Penn Davis Mcfarland Inc. reduced its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 6.5% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 465,988 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 32,350 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises approximately 8.3% of Penn Davis Mcfarland Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest position. Penn Davis Mcfarland Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $93,240,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Essential Investment Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 27.0% during the second quarter. Essential Investment Partners LLC now owns 14,259 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $2,853,000 after purchasing an additional 3,031 shares in the last quarter. Brookstone Capital Management lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 8.8% in the 2nd quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 981,311 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $196,351,000 after purchasing an additional 79,288 shares during the period. Shaker Investments LLC OH boosted its position in NVIDIA by 17.1% during the second quarter. Shaker Investments LLC OH now owns 75,720 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $15,151,000 after acquiring an additional 11,040 shares during the last quarter. Quantum Financial Planning Services Inc. boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 17.2% during the 2nd quarter. Quantum Financial Planning Services Inc. now owns 4,405 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $881,000 after purchasing an additional 645 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Innova Wealth Partners boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 4.2% during the 2nd quarter. Innova Wealth Partners now owns 5,713 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,143,000 after buying an additional 228 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.
NVIDIA Trading Down 4.6%
NVIDIA stock opened at $217.55 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $208.09 and its 200-day moving average price is $200.77. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $164.07 and a fifty-two week high of $236.54. The stock has a market cap of $5.24 trillion, a P/E ratio of 27.50, a PEG ratio of 0.44 and a beta of 2.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a current ratio of 4.59.
NVIDIA Announces Dividend
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 15.31%.
NVIDIA announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to buyback $80.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization permits the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically an indication that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.
More NVIDIA News
Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
- Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA reported fiscal Q2 revenue of approximately $96.2 billion, up 106% year over year and ahead of Wall Street expectations. Data-center revenue rose 117% to $89 billion, while adjusted EPS of $2.22 also exceeded consensus. The results reinforced that hyperscaler AI spending remains robust. Nvidia rises after signaling longer AI spending runway
- Positive Sentiment: Management guided to roughly $108 billion in fiscal Q3 revenue and indicated that fiscal 2028 sales could grow about 70%, well above the roughly 45% growth analysts had modeled. The forecast has shifted the debate from whether AI demand is slowing to whether NVIDIA and its suppliers can build enough capacity. Nvidia’s 70% growth forecast
- Positive Sentiment: Several analysts raised their NVIDIA price targets following the results, including Wedbush, Truist, RBC and JPMorgan. The upgrades reflect expectations for sustained Blackwell demand, the Vera Rubin product ramp and strong order visibility through fiscal 2028. Wedbush lifts Nvidia price target
- Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA is reportedly pursuing a roughly $12.9 billion acquisition of open-source AI platform Hugging Face. The deal could expand NVIDIA’s software ecosystem and improve visibility into future AI workloads, but reports indicate terms may not be finalized and the valuation is high relative to Hugging Face’s revenue. Nvidia agrees to buy Hugging Face report
- Negative Sentiment: Investors are locking in gains after NVIDIA’s strong post-earnings rally. The stock’s elevated valuation and proximity to record levels make it vulnerable to short-term profit-taking even though fundamentals remain strong. Nvidia AMD Intel stocks slide as investors take profits
- Negative Sentiment: Gross-margin expectations are moving lower toward roughly 72%–73% as NVIDIA absorbs higher memory, packaging and infrastructure costs. Management also said supply constraints remain significant, potentially limiting how much demand can immediately translate into revenue and cash flow.
- Negative Sentiment: Broader market pressure is coming from a more hawkish Federal Reserve outlook, while NVIDIA’s decision to exclude China data-center compute revenue from its forecast underscores continuing export-control and geopolitical risks. Reports that the company paused some revenue-sharing arrangements with AI cloud providers also raise questions about financing and customer ROI. Nvidia pauses revenue-sharing deals
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of research firms have recently issued reports on NVDA. Stifel Nicolaus set a $315.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday. Robert W. Baird set a $500.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, July 8th. Daiwa Securities Group increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $215.00 to $255.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, May 22nd. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $350.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, August 24th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $322.61.
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Insider Buying and Selling
In other NVIDIA news, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total value of $3,343,815.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 116,135 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $25,053,803.55. The trade was a 11.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total value of $186,000,450.00. Following the sale, the director owned 5,207,271 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,094,412,146.07. This represents a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 1,900,500 shares of company stock valued at $410,449,265 in the last 90 days. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
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.
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