LifePlan Financial LLC Purchases New Holdings in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

LifePlan Financial LLC purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm purchased 3,819 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock, valued at approximately $764,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 991,480,489 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $184,911,111,000 after buying an additional 11,451,386 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in NVIDIA by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 588,803,093 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $109,446,217,000 after buying an additional 3,383,441 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new stake in NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth about $62,244,133,000. Bank of America Corp DE raised its position in NVIDIA by 2.1% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 191,200,989 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,345,453,000 after acquiring an additional 4,019,505 shares during the period. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 1.5% in the third quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 181,203,035 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,808,862,000 after acquiring an additional 2,609,560 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on NVDA. UBS Group set a $300.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. CICC Research upped their price objective on NVIDIA from $240.60 to $268.30 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, May 22nd. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $350.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, August 24th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, August 31st. Finally, Wedbush boosted their target price on NVIDIA from $330.00 to $345.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have issued a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $324.83.

Insider Activity

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the firm’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 transaction, the director owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at $1,094,412,146.07. This trade represents a 14.53% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $217.88, for a total value of $6,536,400.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $585,587,360.80. The trade was a 1.10% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 2,585,740 shares of company stock valued at $571,015,527. 3.94% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA continues to benefit from exceptional AI infrastructure demand. Recent analysis highlighted $96.2 billion in quarterly revenue, 106% year-over-year growth, strong data-center momentum and management’s expectation for approximately 70% revenue growth in fiscal 2028. Blackwell, networking and the upcoming Vera Rubin platform provide additional product catalysts. Nvidia’s Earnings Staircase Keeps The Momentum Rolling
• Positive Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang reinforced the investment case by describing NVIDIA’s computing hardware as durable, rentable and capable of generating revenue for customers even as chips age. Continued rental demand for older H100 systems supports the resale and utilization value of NVIDIA’s installed base. Jensen Huang Calls Nvidia Chips a Revenue-Generating Asset
• Positive Sentiment: Customer and ecosystem news remains supportive: NVIDIA-backed Firmus signed a multiyear computing-capacity agreement with OpenAI, while Quantum Cyber announced an eight-GPU NVIDIA A100 cluster for autonomous defense and drone applications. These announcements indicate expanding use of NVIDIA hardware beyond traditional hyperscale deployments. Nvidia-backed Firmus Signs Deal With OpenAI
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA’s approximately $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face is viewed as a way to deepen its software and developer ecosystem, but investors are watching whether the open-source community embraces the platform under NVIDIA ownership and whether the deal produces adequate returns.
• Neutral Sentiment: Supplier activity points to sustained demand but also rising execution and financing requirements. Wistron announced a $1.5 billion share sale to fund materials and capacity, illustrating the capital intensity of the AI-server buildout without directly changing NVIDIA’s earnings outlook.
• Negative Sentiment: Director Mark Stevens sold 1,022,239 NVIDIA shares for approximately $235.6 million across September 3–4, reducing his direct ownership by roughly one-third across the reported transactions. Although insider sales do not necessarily signal deteriorating fundamentals, the size of the sales can weigh on sentiment.
• Negative Sentiment: The stock’s pullback reflects profit-taking after three sessions of gains and weaker risk appetite linked to higher oil prices and renewed Middle East tensions. Investors also continue to debate competition from custom AI chips, data-center opposition, customer concentration and whether AI spending can justify NVIDIA’s multitrillion-dollar valuation.

NVIDIA Stock Down 2.0%

NVIDIA stock opened at $225.73 on Wednesday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $164.27 and a 1-year high of $236.54. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.44 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.54, a P/E/G ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a current ratio of 4.59, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $211.83 and a 200 day simple moving average of $202.77.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%.The firm had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.05 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.1 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, September 10th will be issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.4%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is 12.64%.

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

NVIDIA Company Profile

NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processors and related software. Its products are used for artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, computer graphics, data-center applications and other workloads that benefit from parallel processing.

The company’s offerings include GeForce graphics processing units (GPUs) and software for gaming and personal computers; data-center GPUs, systems and networking products; and professional visualization solutions for design, engineering, media and scientific applications.