GHP Investment Advisors Inc. Acquires 5,111 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

GHP Investment Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 41.3% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 17,498 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 5,111 shares during the period. GHP Investment Advisors Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $3,052,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. AA Financial Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.4% in the first quarter. AA Financial Advisors LLC now owns 31,629 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $5,516,000 after buying an additional 446 shares during the period. Falcon Wealth Planning grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 6.2% during the 1st quarter. Falcon Wealth Planning now owns 60,852 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $10,613,000 after acquiring an additional 3,542 shares during the period. Decker Retirement Planning Inc. grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 22.5% during the 1st quarter. Decker Retirement Planning Inc. now owns 1,079 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $188,000 after acquiring an additional 198 shares during the period. Verus Financial Partners Inc. raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 54.7% during the 1st quarter. Verus Financial Partners Inc. now owns 4,224 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $737,000 after acquiring an additional 1,494 shares during the last quarter. Finally, LifeWealth Investments LLC raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 5.7% during the 1st quarter. LifeWealth Investments LLC now owns 35,847 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $6,252,000 after acquiring an additional 1,929 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Zacks Research lowered NVIDIA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Tigress Financial reiterated a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $425.00 price objective (up from $360.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, May 27th. HSBC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $325.00 target price (up from $295.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, May 19th. BTIG Research started coverage on NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, April 15th. They set a “buy” rating on the stock. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane boosted their target price on NVIDIA from $270.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $303.84.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total value of $133,750.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 14,163 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,030,882. The trade was a 4.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total transaction of $3,343,815.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 116,135 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $25,053,803.55. This trade represents a 11.77% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last three months, insiders sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock worth $410,583,015. 3.94% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA unveiled a new revenue-sharing model that lets fast-growing AI startups access compute power in exchange for a slice of future profits, which could expand NVDA’s customer base and create a new recurring monetization stream. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple pieces highlighted fresh AI partnerships and infrastructure wins, including NVIDIA’s role in sovereign AI efforts with Palantir, AI-RAN validation with Amdocs, Supermicro and 1Finity, and a new data center collaboration with Valar Atomics, reinforcing demand for NVDA’s AI hardware and software ecosystem. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst commentary remained broadly supportive, with reports citing “buy the dip” interest, consensus Buy ratings, and bullish price targets that suggest investors still see upside despite the recent pullback. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage also focused on NVIDIA’s growing exposure to robotics, edge AI, and blackwell infrastructure deals, which supports the long-term growth story but is unlikely to move the stock sharply on its own in the near term. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Several articles pointed to continued weakness, with NVDA extending its recent pullback as investors took profits from semiconductors, while technical commentary warned the stock could remain range-bound or even retest lower levels near $165. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish takes from high-profile investors and commentators, including Michael Burry’s renewed short thesis on AI chips and concerns about valuation/digestion risk, added to the pressure on sentiment around NVIDIA shares. Article Title

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $194.83 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $210.37 and its 200 day simple moving average is $193.50. The company has a current ratio of 3.44, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The company has a market capitalization of $4.71 trillion, a PE ratio of 29.84, a PEG ratio of 0.44 and a beta of 2.21. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12 month low of $157.34 and a 12 month high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.The firm had revenue of $81.61 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $78.42 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.81 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.69 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. This is a boost from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 15.31%.

NVIDIA announced that its board has approved a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, May 20th that authorizes the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.

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.