NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA is Hall Laurie J Trustee’s 3rd Largest Position

Hall Laurie J Trustee lessened its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 22.9% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 67,723 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 20,078 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for approximately 4.1% of Hall Laurie J Trustee’s portfolio, making the stock its 3rd largest position. Hall Laurie J Trustee’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $12,636,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Seaside Wealth Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 5.2% in the 3rd quarter. Seaside Wealth Management Inc. now owns 2,987 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $557,000 after purchasing an additional 147 shares during the last quarter. PFW Advisors LLC increased its position in NVIDIA by 4.9% during the third quarter. PFW Advisors LLC now owns 25,626 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $4,781,000 after buying an additional 1,203 shares during the period. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 7.4% in the third quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 472,894 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $88,233,000 after buying an additional 32,599 shares during the last quarter. Salvus Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 19.6% in the third quarter. Salvus Wealth Management LLC now owns 23,385 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $4,363,000 after acquiring an additional 3,835 shares during the period. Finally, Foster Group Inc. grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 7.6% during the third quarter. Foster Group Inc. now owns 34,527 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $6,442,000 after acquiring an additional 2,440 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

More NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA struck a ~ $20B agreement to license Groq’s inference technology and bring key Groq engineers into NVIDIA, which investors view as a fast way to close a latency/speed gap for inference workloads and extend NVIDIA’s moat. NVIDIA’s $20B Groq Deal Is a Warning Shot to AI Rivals
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple outlets and TV segments frame the Groq deal as market‑moving — coverage highlights the strategic urgency (speed for inference) and immediate market reaction, supporting the near‑term bullish case. Nvidia strikes $20 billion deal with Groq: Here’s what you need to know
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street momentum: major firms reaffirmed/raised bullish ratings and price targets (e.g., $275 PTs reported), supporting further upside expectations as analysts bake the deal into 2026 modeling. Analyst price target reports
• Neutral Sentiment: Deal structure is non‑traditional — a non‑exclusive license plus talent hires (Groq stays independent) — which accelerates integration while aiming to avoid lengthy antitrust review; that reduces near‑term regulatory drag but leaves some legal/competitive ambiguity. Nvidia-Groq deal is structured to keep ‘fiction of competition alive’
• Positive Sentiment: Technical/strategic rationale: analysts and deep‑dive pieces argue Groq’s LPU/compiler tech can materially improve real‑time inference throughput and energy efficiency — a potential product advantage for cloud and robotics customers. Why Nvidia Needs Groq To Win The War Against Google’s TPUs
• Neutral Sentiment: Financing and cash use: while NVDA’s huge free cash flow can fund the deal, $20B is material — some analysts flag near‑term balance‑sheet and capital allocation questions (and one note argued “cash problem” risks). Monitor cash deployment and buyback/dividend policy. Nvidia Has A Cash Problem
• Negative Sentiment: Emerging competitive risk: a MarketBeat piece warns MetaX’s rapid IPO surge and other deep‑tech entrants could pose a meaningful long‑term threat to NVIDIA’s dominance into 2026 — worth tracking as rivals commercialize low‑latency stacks. Is MetaX a NVIDIA Threat—or Just Another DeepSeek Market Scare?

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $190.53 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $212.19. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $186.12 and a 200 day moving average price of $176.77. The company has a market cap of $4.63 trillion, a P/E ratio of 47.28, a PEG ratio of 0.93 and a beta of 2.29. The company has a quick ratio of 3.71, a current ratio of 4.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.07. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 99.24% and a net margin of 53.01%.The business had revenue of $57.01 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $54.66 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.81 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 62.5% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 4th were given a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 4th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is presently 0.99%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

NVDA has been the subject of several research reports. DA Davidson reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $250.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Benchmark lifted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $220.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Rothschild & Co Redburn upped their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $211.00 to $245.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 17th. New Street Research reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $307.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, DZ Bank reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-five have assigned a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $262.14.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total transaction of $44,332,500.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 6,933,280 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,229,478,542.40. This represents a 3.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $183.38, for a total transaction of $13,753,500.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 70,033,203 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,842,688,766.14. The trade was a 0.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last quarter, insiders sold 2,161,474 shares of company stock valued at $396,157,992. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

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.