NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Acquired by Sculptor Capital LP

Sculptor Capital LP lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 111.5% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 734,000 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 387,000 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises approximately 1.3% of Sculptor Capital LP’s portfolio, making the stock its 13th biggest position. Sculptor Capital LP’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $128,010,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Gateway Wealth Partners LLC grew its position in NVIDIA by 210.2% in the 1st quarter. Gateway Wealth Partners LLC now owns 219,824 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $38,337,000 after buying an additional 148,964 shares during the last quarter. Troluce Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the 1st quarter worth $13,080,000. Turim 21 Investimentos Ltda. raised its position in NVIDIA by 144.3% during the 1st quarter. Turim 21 Investimentos Ltda. now owns 1,268 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $221,000 after buying an additional 749 shares during the last quarter. Blue Chip Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.3% in the 1st quarter. Blue Chip Partners LLC now owns 22,913 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $3,996,000 after acquiring an additional 70 shares during the period. Finally, Royal Capital Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% in the 1st quarter. Royal Capital Wealth Management LLC now owns 56,127 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $9,788,000 after acquiring an additional 667 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

NVIDIA Trading Down 0.2%

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $218.78 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $5.29 trillion, a P/E ratio of 33.50, a P/E/G ratio of 0.43 and a beta of 2.23. The company has a quick ratio of 2.85, a current ratio of 3.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $164.07 and a fifty-two week high of $236.54. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $205.40 and a 200-day simple moving average of $197.00.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.81 EPS. On average, analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.79 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were issued a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend 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 payout ratio is currently 15.31%.

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, May 20th that authorizes the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $350.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. BNP Paribas Exane lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $270.00 to $285.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Susquehanna reiterated a “positive” rating and set a $275.00 target price (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “hold” rating and set a $255.00 target price (up from $220.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Raymond James Financial reissued a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $330.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $304.26.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the 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 sale, the director directly owned 14,163 shares in the company, valued at $3,030,882. This represents a 4.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total value of $186,000,450.00. Following the transaction, 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 disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock worth $410,583,015 over the last ninety days. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: SpaceX endorsement strengthens demand outlook: Elon Musk said SpaceX will build its AI infrastructure exclusively with NVIDIA chips, including Vera Rubin systems. The announcement supports expectations for substantial incremental GPU demand and contributed to NVIDIA’s recent rally. Nvidia Stock Is on the Rise After SpaceX Announcement
• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure demand remains robust: AZIO AI outlined a potential purchase of up to 128 NVIDIA HGX B300 systems valued at approximately $77 million, while Zayo announced plans to expand network capacity for NVIDIA-powered AI factories. These announcements reinforce demand for NVIDIA’s next-generation systems and surrounding infrastructure. AZIO AI Secures Sales Pipeline Zayo Teams with NVIDIA
• Positive Sentiment: Growth expectations remain elevated: Analysts and bullish commentary point to custom CPU expansion, networking, software and enterprise AI as potential long-term growth drivers beyond GPUs. NVIDIA’s August 26 earnings report is viewed as the next major catalyst, with several analysts maintaining buy ratings and price targets well above the current level. NVIDIA’s Custom CPU Expansion
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-term momentum is being debated: After the sharp rally, some traders are pausing because immediate catalysts may be limited before earnings, although analysts continue to cite strong hyperscaler spending and AI demand. NVIDIA Stock Slips After Five-Day Rally
• Negative Sentiment: Semiconductor and supply-chain risks are resurfacing: SanDisk’s weaker outlook pressured AI and memory shares, while reports that NVIDIA may reduce memory in future Rubin Ultra designs highlight high-bandwidth-memory bottlenecks. Proposed restrictions on Chinese AI components could also raise costs and complicate deployment.
• Negative Sentiment: Profit-taking and insider selling add caution: NVIDIA insiders have reported sales but no open-market purchases during the past six months. Michael Burry’s warning that AI stocks could become “future ghost towns” is also reinforcing concerns about elevated expectations, despite remaining a minority view.

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.