Hilltop Wealth Advisors LLC Boosts Holdings in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Hilltop Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 168.8% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 22,408 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 14,071 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for about 2.2% of Hilltop Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 11th biggest holding. Hilltop Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $4,181,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. Center for Financial Planning Inc. boosted its position in NVIDIA by 4.6% during the 2nd quarter. Center for Financial Planning Inc. now owns 8,429 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,332,000 after buying an additional 367 shares during the period. Svenska Handelsbanken AB publ bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the third quarter valued at about $37,316,000. Atria Investments Inc boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 3.2% during the second quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 942,208 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $148,859,000 after purchasing an additional 29,479 shares during the period. MADDEN SECURITIES Corp grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 3.2% in the second quarter. MADDEN SECURITIES Corp now owns 81,322 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $12,848,000 after purchasing an additional 2,484 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Whalen Wealth Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 20.3% in the third quarter. Whalen Wealth Management Inc. now owns 36,490 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $6,808,000 after purchasing an additional 6,162 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other news, EVP Debora Shoquist sold 69,840 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.85, for a total transaction of $12,421,044.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 1,424,603 shares in the company, valued at $253,365,643.55. This represents a 4.67% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total transaction of $40,087,825.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 7,621,453 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,373,157,187.01. This trade represents a 2.84% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 1,861,474 shares of company stock worth $340,422,492 in the last ninety days. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Major product architecture and chip cycle — NVIDIA introduced its Rubin architecture and a family of new Rubin GPUs (announced as in production) that management says will cut training and inference costs; this supports data‑center revenue growth and margin leverage. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Alpamayo open models and AV push — NVIDIA launched the Alpamayo family (open reasoning VLA models, simulation tools and large driving datasets) and announced plans to test a robotaxi service in 2027, positioning NVDA deeper into autonomous‑vehicle software and services beyond chips. These moves expand addressable market and partner adoption. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Ecosystem & OEM partnerships broaden adoption — Multiple partners (Red Hat, Magna, CoreWeave, OMNIVISION and others) announced integrations or expanded collaborations with NVIDIA platforms (DRIVE Hyperion, Rubin, RHEL for NVIDIA), which should boost software, systems and services revenue streams. Red Hat press release BlueField-4
• Neutral Sentiment: Supply‑chain signal — Foxconn reported strong server rack shipments, supporting demand for AI infrastructure (positive demand signal) but also underscores reliance on manufacturing partners. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Competition & execution watch — Reuters and other outlets note intensifying competition from cloud/custom chips and OEMs; investors will watch execution and customer wins as Rubin ramps. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling and analyst noise — Continued insider stock sales (documented in filings) and at least one media note of a downgrade add short‑term pressure and signal profit‑taking. Insider trading details
• Negative Sentiment: Cost headwind risk — Reports that rising memory prices could raise GPU costs may pressure margins or slow adoption/pricing flexibility for some product lines. Article Title

NVIDIA Trading Down 0.4%

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $188.12 on Tuesday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1 year low of $86.62 and a 1 year high of $212.19. The stock has a market cap of $4.57 trillion, a P/E ratio of 46.68, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 2.31. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $186.55 and a 200 day moving average of $178.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a current ratio of 4.47 and a quick ratio of 3.71.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.07. NVIDIA had a net margin of 53.01% and a return on equity of 99.24%. The business had revenue of $57.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $54.66 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.81 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 62.5% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have weighed in on NVDA. Citigroup reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, December 29th. Susquehanna upped their target price on NVIDIA from $230.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. President Capital lifted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $240.00 to $245.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 28th. Rothschild & Co Redburn boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $211.00 to $245.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 17th. Finally, Argus reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $220.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have given a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $262.14.

NVIDIA Company 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.