NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Stake Lowered by Petra Financial Advisors Inc.

Petra Financial Advisors Inc. cut its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 30.1% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 15,275 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 6,572 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises approximately 1.6% of Petra Financial Advisors Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 11th biggest position. Petra Financial Advisors Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $2,664,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of NVDA. Goepper Burkhardt LLC boosted its position in NVIDIA by 11.7% during the first quarter. Goepper Burkhardt LLC now owns 18,962 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $3,307,000 after purchasing an additional 1,979 shares during the last quarter. WealthCollab LLC increased its position in NVIDIA by 1.6% in the 1st quarter. WealthCollab LLC now owns 6,294 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,098,000 after purchasing an additional 98 shares during the last quarter. First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. increased its position in NVIDIA by 2.5% in the 1st quarter. First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. now owns 702,702 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $122,551,000 after purchasing an additional 17,120 shares during the last quarter. Alesco Advisors LLC An ESL Co raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 224.4% during the 1st quarter. Alesco Advisors LLC An ESL Co now owns 23,208 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $4,048,000 after purchasing an additional 16,054 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Acumen Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 482.6% during the 1st quarter. Acumen Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 39,323 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $6,858,000 after purchasing an additional 32,574 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts recently commented on NVDA shares. Royal Bank Of Canada set a $280.00 price target on NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Stifel Nicolaus set a $282.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. BNP Paribas Exane lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $270.00 to $285.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Citigroup began coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, April 15th. They issued a “buy” rating for the company. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and set a $350.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $304.26.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total transaction of $186,000,450.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at $1,094,412,146.07. The trade was a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the company’s 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 completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 14,163 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,030,882. This trade represents a 4.23% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015 over the last three months. 3.94% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Cloud providers are accelerating spending on AI infrastructure, particularly NVIDIA’s liquid-cooled Blackwell systems. This reinforced expectations that demand for NVIDIA’s data-center GPUs remains well ahead of supply ahead of the company’s next earnings report. Nvidia stock climbs as AI infrastructure demand boosts investor sentiment
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst and earnings-preview coverage remains bullish. NVIDIA has a strong history of beating estimates, while reported first-quarter revenue of $81.6 billion and data-center revenue of $75.2 billion showed exceptional year-over-year growth. Forecasts also point to continued momentum from the Blackwell and upcoming Vera Rubin platforms. Will Nvidia beat estimates again
• Positive Sentiment: A strong Nasdaq and semiconductor-sector rebound lifted sentiment across chip stocks, providing an additional market-wide catalyst for NVDA. Some analysts argue that NVIDIA’s valuation remains reasonable relative to its growth and potential future sales. Nvidia beats stock market upswing
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA is using financial guarantees, equity investments, and revenue-sharing arrangements to help customers build AI data centers and secure demand for Vera Rubin. The strategy could strengthen its ecosystem and market share, but it also increases exposure to customer defaults, cash outflows, and weaker AI-investment returns. Nvidia financial engineering and Vera Rubin
• Negative Sentiment: Risk-focused coverage highlights concerns about circular financing, rising AI infrastructure costs, and whether hyperscaler spending can remain economically justified. NVIDIA has also traded sideways for several months, suggesting investors may require stronger earnings or guidance to sustain a breakout. Nvidia stock remains in a $200 rut
• Negative Sentiment: Longer-term competitive risks are emerging as custom AI chips gain traction and AI-generated software could weaken CUDA’s traditional competitive moat, particularly as workloads shift from training toward inference. AI threats to Nvidia CUDA

NVIDIA Stock Up 2.9%

NVDA opened at $206.64 on Tuesday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $205.24 and a 200-day moving average of $196.34. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.00 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.64, a P/E/G ratio of 0.39 and a beta of 2.23. The company has a current ratio of 3.44, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $164.07 and a 1-year high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $81.61 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.81 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.79 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

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

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

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.