Symmetry Partners LLC Buys 5,226 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Symmetry Partners LLC boosted its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 31.8% in the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 21,685 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,226 shares during the quarter. Symmetry Partners LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $4,046,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 47.9% in the 2nd quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth $40,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd bought a new position in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth about $54,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Surging China demand for H200 GPUs — Nvidia has approached TSMC to ramp H200 production as Chinese buyers reportedly ordered millions of units, supporting near‑term revenue and pricing power. Exclusive: Nvidia sounds out TSMC on new H200 chip order as China demand jumps, sources say
• Positive Sentiment: Big customer orders — reports that ByteDance could spend roughly $14B on Nvidia chips in 2026 underline strong enterprise pull into next year, adding revenue visibility if export rules allow. ByteDance to spend about $14 billion in Nvidia chips in 2026, SCMP reports
• Positive Sentiment: Groq deal shores up inference strategy — Nvidia’s ~$20B Groq agreement (licensing/talent plus strategic integration) accelerates its push into AI inference and complements its GPU stack, a growth catalyst for product breadth and long‑term monetization. NVIDIA’s $20B Groq deal is a warning shot to AI rivals
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic $5B Intel investment — the private placement in Intel secures advanced packaging capacity (Foveros/EMIB) for Nvidia chips and reduces a key supply bottleneck, improving supply resilience and lowering concentration risk. Sleeping With the Enemy: Inside the NVIDIA-Intel Deal
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support and institutional buying — multiple firms reiterated Buy ratings and analysts raised targets; institutional accumulation continues, underpinning share demand despite short-term consolidation. UBS Group Reiterates Buy Rating for NVIDIA
• Neutral Sentiment: M&A/talent chatter — Nvidia is reportedly in talks for additional AI deals (e.g., AI21 Labs) and continuing strategic acquisitions/licensing; these could expand capabilities but add integration execution risk. Nvidia Looks to Acquire Israeli AI Startup AI21 Labs
• Neutral Sentiment: Flow into semiconductor ETFs — big thematic ETF flows (SMH/SOXX) and commentary on ETF exposure affect NVDA liquidity and passive-holder behavior, which can amplify moves but do not change fundamentals. The Lazy Way to Play NVIDIA’s $20B Groq Deal
• Negative Sentiment: Export‑control/smuggling probe — federal cases alleging smuggling of export‑controlled H100/H200 GPUs into China create legal and compliance risk and could tighten export rules or delay approvals. How $160 million worth of export-controlled Nvidia chips were allegedly smuggled into China
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive pressure from AMD — coverage highlighting AMD’s MI450 roadmap and potential share gains is a reminder that competition in GPUs/inference could intensify, pressuring pricing or share long term. Advanced Micro Devices Is the Most Compelling AI Trade for 2026
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/antitrust risk around acquisitions — the Groq move and larger M&A push raise the possibility of scrutiny that could delay or limit benefits from the deals. Nvidia Is Getting Creative as Options to Use Its Cash Flood Narrow

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $240.00 price target (up previously from $210.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Bank of America restated a “buy” rating and set a $275.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, December 26th. Susquehanna upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $230.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. HSBC set a $320.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 15th. Finally, Truist Financial reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $275.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have issued a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $262.14.

NVIDIA Trading Down 0.6%

Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $186.50 on Thursday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $186.48 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $177.70. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $86.62 and a one year high of $212.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a current ratio of 4.47 and a quick ratio of 3.71. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.53 trillion, a PE ratio of 46.28, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 2.29.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.07. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 99.24% and a net margin of 53.01%.The company had revenue of $57.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $54.66 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.81 EPS. NVIDIA’s revenue for the quarter was up 62.5% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 4th were paid a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 4th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 0.99%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director A Brooke Seawell sold 12,728 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $183.93, for a total value of $2,341,061.04. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total transaction of $44,332,500.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 6,933,280 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,229,478,542.40. The trade was a 3.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 2,011,474 shares of company stock worth $368,486,742 in the last quarter. 4.17% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

About NVIDIA

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.