ZynergyRetirementPlanningLLC raised its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 33.0% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 9,648 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,394 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises about 1.0% of ZynergyRetirementPlanningLLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 3rd largest position. ZynergyRetirementPlanningLLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $1,930,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Brighton Jones LLC grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 12.4% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $43,631,000 after buying an additional 35,815 shares during the period. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,346,417 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $315,100,000 after acquiring an additional 22,929 shares during the last quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 6.7% in the fourth quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 58,396 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $7,842,000 after acquiring an additional 3,653 shares during the last quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 30.7% in the fourth quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $6,805,000 after purchasing an additional 11,900 shares during the period. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 15.7% in the first quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 6,598 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $715,000 after purchasing an additional 896 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of research firms have weighed in on NVDA. DZ Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, August 26th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $350.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, August 24th. Zacks Research downgraded NVIDIA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, August 21st. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, July 8th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus set a $315.00 target price on NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $324.23.
NVIDIA News Roundup
Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Hugging Face acquisition: NVIDIA agreed to acquire open-source AI platform Hugging Face for approximately $12.93 billion. The deal could strengthen CUDA adoption, improve developer retention and give NVIDIA a larger role in AI model development and deployment beyond selling chips. Nvidia to buy Hugging Face for nearly $13 billion
- Positive Sentiment: Growth outlook remains strong: NVIDIA’s recent quarterly results exceeded expectations, with $96.22 billion in revenue and $2.22 in EPS. Management’s roughly 70% fiscal 2028 revenue-growth outlook was materially above consensus, reducing concerns that AI demand is rapidly decelerating. Nvidia: The Market Is Crazy Not To Push The Stock Higher
- Positive Sentiment: Customer spending validation: Dell Technologies’ stronger guidance and expanding AI-server demand reinforced NVIDIA’s view that enterprise and hyperscaler capital expenditures remain elevated. NVIDIA also announced that Lenovo and Acer will launch RTX Spark AI PCs in October, extending its reach into client computing. Nvidia sets October launch for RTX Spark AI PCs
- Positive Sentiment: Broader AI ecosystem exposure: Partnerships with Equinix and Together AI on enterprise inference, plus a reported $6 billion GPU deployment connected to humanoid-robotics company Figure, point to additional demand for NVIDIA’s platforms in inference and physical AI. Nvidia lands surprise $6B GPU windfall with Figure
- Neutral Sentiment: Strategic execution will be closely watched: The Hugging Face transaction is intended to preserve an open developer ecosystem, but NVIDIA must integrate the platform without undermining its neutrality or causing developers to migrate elsewhere. The acquisition also comes as cloud providers continue developing custom AI chips.
- Negative Sentiment: Margin pressure: Rising memory and networking costs are expected to weigh on gross margins, even though they reflect supply constraints and strong demand. Investors are monitoring whether NVIDIA can maintain profitability above 70%. Memory Costs Rise: Can NVIDIA Protect Its 70% Gross Margin?
- Negative Sentiment: Insider selling and policy risks: Executives and directors recently sold shares, including a Rule 10b5-1 sale by EVP Timothy Teter. Possible U.S. semiconductor tariffs and elevated interest rates remain additional risks to valuation and global supply chains.
Insider Activity
In other NVIDIA news, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $217.88, for a total transaction of $6,536,400.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at $585,587,360.80. The trade was a 1.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated 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 completion of the sale, the director directly owned 5,207,271 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,094,412,146.07. The trade was a 14.53% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 1,563,501 shares of company stock worth $335,380,530 over the last three months. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
NVIDIA Price Performance
NVDA opened at $228.45 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52-week low of $164.07 and a 52-week high of $236.54. The company has a 50 day moving average of $209.85 and a two-hundred day moving average of $201.85. The company has a market cap of $5.51 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.88, a P/E/G ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a quick ratio of 3.85, a current ratio of 4.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.05 EPS. On average, analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.1 earnings per share for the current year.
NVIDIA Announces Dividend
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, September 10th will be issued a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 12.64%.
NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.
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.
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