Congress Asset Management Co. Has $418.64 Million Stock Holdings in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Congress Asset Management Co. lowered its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 0.8% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 2,649,792 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 20,761 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for approximately 2.9% of Congress Asset Management Co.’s holdings, making the stock its biggest holding. Congress Asset Management Co.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $418,641,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Pachira Investments Inc. boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.0% during the second quarter. Pachira Investments Inc. now owns 6,450 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,019,000 after buying an additional 63 shares in the last quarter. HFG Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 3.4% during the second quarter. HFG Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,075 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $328,000 after buying an additional 68 shares in the last quarter. Hidden Cove Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 0.3% during the second quarter. Hidden Cove Wealth Management LLC now owns 23,778 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $3,757,000 after buying an additional 69 shares in the last quarter. Burkett Financial Services LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.3% during the second quarter. Burkett Financial Services LLC now owns 5,450 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $861,000 after buying an additional 70 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Guided Capital Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 0.3% during the second quarter. Guided Capital Wealth Management LLC now owns 27,858 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $4,401,000 after buying an additional 70 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on NVDA. Phillip Securities upgraded shares of NVIDIA from a “moderate buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 14th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Saturday, September 27th. Piper Sandler set a $225.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 13th. Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating and set a $210.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, August 28th. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $206.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 28th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-seven have issued a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $211.26.

NVIDIA Stock Down 0.3%

NVDA stock opened at $185.04 on Wednesday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $86.62 and a 12-month high of $191.05. The company has a quick ratio of 3.60, a current ratio of 4.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08. The company has a market cap of $4.50 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 52.72, a PEG ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 2.12. The company has a 50 day moving average of $178.48 and a two-hundred day moving average of $149.30.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.01 by $0.04. NVIDIA had a net margin of 52.41% and a return on equity of 101.74%. The company had revenue of $46.74 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $45.65 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.68 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 55.6% compared to the same quarter last year. NVIDIA has set its Q3 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 2nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 11th were given a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 11th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is presently 1.14%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CFO Colette Kress sold 30,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.40, for a total transaction of $5,380,200.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 2,883,402 shares in the company, valued at approximately $508,632,112.80. This trade represents a 1.05% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, October 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $185.79, for a total transaction of $13,934,250.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 70,858,203 shares in the company, valued at $13,164,745,535.37. This represents a 0.11% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 3,947,622 shares of company stock valued at $694,333,235. Insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Profile

NVIDIA Corporation provides graphics and compute and networking solutions in the United States, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and internationally. The Graphics segment offers GeForce GPUs for gaming and PCs, the GeForce NOW game streaming service and related infrastructure, and solutions for gaming platforms; Quadro/NVIDIA RTX GPUs for enterprise workstation graphics; virtual GPU or vGPU software for cloud-based visual and virtual computing; automotive platforms for infotainment systems; and Omniverse software for building and operating metaverse and 3D internet applications.