302,656 Shares in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Purchased by Stevens Capital Management LP

Stevens Capital Management LP acquired a new stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 302,656 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock, valued at approximately $56,470,000. NVIDIA accounts for about 7.5% of Stevens Capital Management LP’s investment portfolio, making the stock its largest holding.

A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Isthmus Partners LLC increased its position in NVIDIA by 13.4% during the 3rd quarter. Isthmus Partners LLC now owns 1,809 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $338,000 after purchasing an additional 214 shares during the period. Coyle Financial Counsel LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 3.3% in the 3rd quarter. Coyle Financial Counsel LLC now owns 28,730 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $5,360,000 after buying an additional 921 shares during the period. Greenwoods Asset Management Hong Kong Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 277.3% in the 3rd quarter. Greenwoods Asset Management Hong Kong Ltd. now owns 2,378,757 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $443,828,000 after buying an additional 1,748,317 shares during the period. Bridgewater Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 3.3% in the third quarter. Bridgewater Advisors Inc. now owns 146,640 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $27,580,000 after buying an additional 4,628 shares in the last quarter. Finally, China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 9.4% in the third quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 462,213 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $86,244,000 after buying an additional 39,539 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Stock Down 3.0%

NVIDIA stock opened at $177.83 on Monday. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $86.62 and a fifty-two week high of $212.19. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.32 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.60 and a beta of 2.33. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $185.77 and its two-hundred day moving average is $183.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a current ratio of 3.91.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The business had revenue of $68.13 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.89 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 0.82%.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Major AI infrastructure dealflow and ecosystem wins — Nvidia participated in a $2 billion funding round for U.K. AI data‑center builder Nscale, a vote of confidence in continued GPU demand and a partner for global data‑center expansion. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Customer momentum from leading AI users — OpenAI/Anthropic-related capacity ramps prompted public thanks from Sam Altman to Jensen Huang and signal accelerating buy cycles from hyperscalers (including AWS). This underscores durable enterprise demand for Nvidia GPUs. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Large investor buying — reports that a billionaire Tesla investor materially increased their NVDA position can calm markets and provide price support amid volatility. Big-ticket purchases often attract momentum flows. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Fundamentals remain strong — analysts and deep‑dive pieces highlight record revenue, huge data‑center growth, and bullish product roadmaps (Blackwell/Rubin) that underpin multi‑year growth expectations despite recent pullbacks. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Institutional rebalancing — disclosure that Advyzon Investment Management slightly increased its NVDA stake is a small institutional flow item but not material to the company’s fundamentals. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical supply‑chain risk — coverage points to the Iran conflict raising concerns about semiconductor supply chains and broader market risk appetite; geopolitical uncertainty is pressuring sentiment and can disrupt logistics or component sourcing. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Macro/commodity shock and market volatility — a surge in oil prices and risk‑off futures trading is weighing on high‑beta, growth names like NVDA as investors trim exposure to cyclical/geopolitical risk. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: China export/production uncertainty — reports that Nvidia halted China‑bound H200 output and other China‑related restrictions remain a headline risk that could keep investors cautious about near‑term upside from that market. Read More.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have issued reports on NVDA shares. Wolfe Research increased their price objective on NVIDIA from $250.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Wedbush boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $230.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 3rd. Melius Research upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $300.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $260.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, March 2nd. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $273.64.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other news, CFO Colette Kress sold 30,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $178.11, for a total transaction of $5,432,355.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 1,286,826 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $229,196,578.86. This trade represents a 2.32% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total transaction of $40,087,825.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 7,621,453 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,373,157,187.01. This trade represents a 2.84% 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 1,248,120 shares of company stock valued at $225,672,814 in the last quarter. 4.17% of the stock is owned by corporate 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.