NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Acquired by Ardsley Advisory Partners LP

Ardsley Advisory Partners LP raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 58.2% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 125,000 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 46,000 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up approximately 2.6% of Ardsley Advisory Partners LP’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 6th biggest position. Ardsley Advisory Partners LP’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $23,312,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the business. Align Financial LLC purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $349,604,000. Alta Park Capital LP lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 2.9% in the fourth quarter. Alta Park Capital LP now owns 225,911 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $42,132,000 after acquiring an additional 6,410 shares during the last quarter. Altimeter Capital Management LP lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 6.0% during the 4th quarter. Altimeter Capital Management LP now owns 8,099,773 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,510,608,000 after buying an additional 454,875 shares during the last quarter. 9823 Capital L.P. purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth approximately $513,000. Finally, Redwood Park Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 98.1% during the 4th quarter. Redwood Park Advisors LLC now owns 1,258 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $235,000 after buying an additional 623 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on NVDA shares. Citic Securities lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $242.00 to $315.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 22nd. Oppenheimer reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $265.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. William Blair reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. Itau BBA Securities reaffirmed a “market perform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Wolfe Research reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $275.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $305.67.

NVIDIA Trading Down 1.3%

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $204.65 on Thursday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12 month low of $142.03 and a 12 month high of $236.54. The company has a 50-day moving average of $208.68 and a 200-day moving average of $192.01. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 3.44 and a quick ratio of 2.85. The company has a market cap of $4.95 trillion, a P/E ratio of 31.34, a P/E/G ratio of 0.46 and a beta of 2.22.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. The company had revenue of $81.62 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.42 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.81 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.65 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 4th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share. This is a boost from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 15.31%.

NVIDIA declared that its board has approved a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to buyback $80.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization allows the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s bond sale drew strong demand, with reports that the company booked about $85 billion in orders for its jumbo debt offering. That suggests investors still see NVDA as a high-quality credit and gives the company more flexibility to fund its AI infrastructure buildout. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Several articles highlighted continued AI demand and upbeat commentary around NVIDIA’s growth, including strong revenue, expanding margins, and analyst views that the stock still looks attractive relative to peers. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Recent partnerships and ecosystem wins, including HPE’s AI Factory expansion with NVIDIA and other data-center related deals, reinforce NVDA’s central role in AI infrastructure. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA executives, including Jensen Huang, continued to promote AI as a long-term driver for U.S. manufacturing and jobs, but these comments were mostly thematic and did not include a new financial catalyst. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple reports warned that NVIDIA could face an AI funding squeeze as customers and infrastructure partners rely more heavily on debt and become more disciplined about capital spending. That concern is weighing on sentiment across AI stocks, including NVDA. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Short-seller Jim Chanos’ comparison of the AI buildout to the dot-com era added to worries that the current AI capex boom could eventually slow or disappoint, pressuring sentiment on NVIDIA and peers. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: There were also repeated headlines about NVIDIA being “under pressure” and lagging some semiconductor peers, reflecting investor concern that the stock may be pausing after a huge run and facing valuation scrutiny. Article Title

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, CFO Colette Kress sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $174.89, for a total value of $3,497,800.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 83,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $14,526,363.40. This trade represents a 19.41% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total transaction of $133,750.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 14,163 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,030,882. This trade represents a 4.23% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 1,300,457 shares of company stock worth $274,041,153 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Company Profile

NVIDIA Corporation, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a global technology company that designs and develops graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip (SoC) technologies. Co-founded by Jensen Huang, who serves as president and chief executive officer, along with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem, NVIDIA has grown from a graphics-focused chipmaker into a broad provider of accelerated computing hardware and software for multiple industries.

The company’s product portfolio spans discrete GPUs for gaming and professional visualization (marketed under the GeForce and NVIDIA RTX lines), high-performance data center accelerators used for AI training and inference (including widely adopted platforms such as the A100 and H100 series), and Tegra SoCs for automotive and edge applications.