NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Position Raised by Rockland Trust Co.

Rockland Trust Co. boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 6.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 361,309 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 21,664 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises 3.2% of Rockland Trust Co.’s portfolio, making the stock its 7th biggest holding. Rockland Trust Co.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $82,516,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Retirement Wealth Solutions LLC lifted its position in NVIDIA by 1.2% during the 2nd quarter. Retirement Wealth Solutions LLC now owns 4,121 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $825,000 after acquiring an additional 47 shares during the last quarter. LightSquare Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 0.3% in the second quarter. LightSquare Wealth Management LLC now owns 18,695 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $3,741,000 after purchasing an additional 49 shares during the last quarter. Defender Capital LLC. increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.7% in the second quarter. Defender Capital LLC. now owns 7,534 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,507,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the period. Kooman & Associates increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.6% in the second quarter. Kooman & Associates now owns 8,464 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,694,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the period. Finally, Roof Eidam Maycock Peralta LLC increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.3% in the second quarter. Roof Eidam Maycock Peralta LLC now owns 18,827 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $3,767,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total value of $7,648,787.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares in the company, valued at approximately $167,595,812.15. This represents a 4.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 622,239 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total value of $144,122,997.18. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 2,336,531 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $541,187,310.22. This trade represents a 21.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock worth $399,450,353. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages recently weighed in on NVDA. DA Davidson restated a “buy” rating and set a $300.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $335.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, August 27th. President Capital lifted their price target on NVIDIA from $295.00 to $330.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on NVIDIA from $280.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $230.00 price objective on NVIDIA in a research report on Friday, October 2nd. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $321.47.

NVIDIA Stock Up 2.4%

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $216.00 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a current ratio of 4.59. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $222.48 and a 200 day simple moving average of $203.56. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $164.27 and a twelve month high of $243.37. The stock has a market cap of $5.21 trillion, a PE ratio of 27.31, a PEG ratio of 1.62 and a beta of 2.22.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%. The business had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.05 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.30 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Monday, September 28th that allows the company to repurchase $150 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the computer hardware maker to buy up to 2.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 1st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 10th were given a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 12.64%.

More NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: SpaceX reportedly committed up to $40 billion in financing for NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin processors, with deliveries expected in 2027. SpaceX’s plans to build at least 10 gigawatts of computing capacity could create substantial long-term demand for NVIDIA hardware. Elon Musk and SpaceX Just Delivered Incredible News to Nvidia
• Positive Sentiment: Anthropic’s IPO filing highlighted approximately $224.5 billion in non-cancelable compute agreements with Amazon and Alphabet. The commitments reinforce expectations for sustained hyperscaler spending on NVIDIA GPUs and other AI infrastructure, despite Anthropic’s reported accounting-driven loss. Anthropic’s IPO Filing Reveals a Massive Opportunity for AI Infrastructure Giants
• Positive Sentiment: Demand indicators remain strong: GPU rental prices have risen sharply, including for older chips, while NVIDIA is expanding beyond data centers through a self-driving partnership with Mercedes-Benz and an industrial AI collaboration with Honeywell and Dell. Nvidia Just Doubled Down on Self-Driving Cars With Mercedes
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst sentiment remains overwhelmingly bullish, with reports citing a 98% buy-rating rate and continued confidence in NVIDIA’s triple-digit revenue growth. However, the shares remain below their 50-day moving average while trading above the 200-day average, reflecting both strong long-term momentum and near-term volatility.
• Negative Sentiment: Credit-market pressure could slow AI data-center construction and reduce GPU purchases by highly leveraged neocloud operators. Analysts also warn of infrastructure bottlenecks, while Broadcom’s custom AI chips and open Ethernet alternatives could gradually challenge NVIDIA’s ecosystem and InfiniBand position. Seaport Reiterates Sell Rating On Nvidia Stock Over Data Center Infrastructure Bottlenecks

About NVIDIA

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is a technology company that designs graphics processing units (GPUs), accelerated computing platforms, networking products and related software. Its technologies support artificial intelligence, machine learning, scientific computing, data analytics, professional visualization and computer graphics.

The company’s products include GeForce GPUs for gaming and personal computing, data center GPUs and systems for AI and high-performance computing, and networking solutions used to connect and manage large-scale computing infrastructure.