HCR Wealth Advisors Boosts Stock Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

HCR Wealth Advisors raised its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 0.8% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 307,290 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,579 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for about 5.5% of HCR Wealth Advisors’ portfolio, making the stock its 4th biggest position. HCR Wealth Advisors’ holdings in NVIDIA were worth $61,486,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Defender Capital LLC. raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 0.7% during the 2nd quarter. Defender Capital LLC. now owns 7,534 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,507,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the period. Spectrum Financial Alliance Ltd LLC boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 3.8% in the first quarter. Spectrum Financial Alliance Ltd LLC now owns 1,395 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $243,000 after buying an additional 51 shares during the period. LMG Wealth Partners LLC increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 0.7% during the fourth quarter. LMG Wealth Partners LLC now owns 7,649 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,427,000 after acquiring an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% during the third quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC now owns 4,640 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $866,000 after acquiring an additional 53 shares during the period. Finally, JGP Global Gestao de Recursos Ltda. lifted its position in NVIDIA by 2.3% in the 4th quarter. JGP Global Gestao de Recursos Ltda. now owns 2,402 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $448,000 after acquiring an additional 55 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

NVIDIA Trading Down 2.9%

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $208.48 on Tuesday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12 month low of $164.07 and a 12 month high of $236.54. The company has a current ratio of 3.44, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $207.39 and a 200-day moving average of $199.81. The company has a market cap of $5.05 trillion, a PE ratio of 31.93, a PEG ratio of 0.42 and a beta of 2.23.

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

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA announced that its Groq 3 LPX inference accelerator is now in full production. The product reportedly achieved 3,400 output tokens per second in benchmarking, while Nebius plans to become its first AI-cloud adopter. This supports NVIDIA’s push beyond training into fast-growing agentic AI inference. NVIDIA Groq 3 LPX Now in Full Production
• Positive Sentiment: SpaceXAI said it will use NVIDIA’s Vera CPU for large-scale agentic AI and planned satellite deployments, providing another potential long-term customer and demonstrating demand for the Vera Rubin platform outside traditional data centers. SpaceXAI Adopts NVIDIA Vera CPU
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts including Rosenblatt, KeyBanc and Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed bullish ratings, with price targets ranging from $325 to $350. Consensus expectations call for roughly $92.2 billion in quarterly revenue, supported by strong AI data-center demand. NVIDIA Analyst Ratings
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA is reportedly considering an investment in AI search startup Perplexity at a valuation above $30 billion. The deal could strengthen NVIDIA’s ecosystem, but it also adds to concerns about the company investing heavily in customers and AI partners. Nvidia Discusses Perplexity Investment
• Negative Sentiment: The broader market is rotating away from semiconductors amid higher yields, geopolitical concerns and uncertainty surrounding trade policy. NVIDIA’s earnings have beaten estimates for 14 straight quarters, but the stock has frequently declined after reports, raising the risk that strong results are already priced in.
• Negative Sentiment: Memory shortages and energy constraints are reportedly prompting AI-server price increases of more than 15%. While higher prices could lift revenue, investors worry about customer affordability, demand elasticity and margin pressure.
• Negative Sentiment: Taiwanese prosecutors indicted nine people, including individuals linked to NVIDIA and Super Micro, over alleged illegal AI-server exports to China. The investigation adds regulatory and China-exposure risk. Taiwan Indicts Nine Over AI Server Exports

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the company. Truist Financial increased their target price on NVIDIA from $287.00 to $307.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Melius Research set a $400.00 target price on NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. DA Davidson set a $335.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday. KeyCorp restated an “overweight” rating and set a $330.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday. Finally, Wedbush raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $300.00 to $330.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $308.01.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total transaction of $133,750.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 14,163 shares in the company, valued at $3,030,882. The trade was a 4.23% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total transaction of $3,343,815.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 116,135 shares in the company, valued at approximately $25,053,803.55. The trade was a 11.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

NVIDIA Profile

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.