Family Capital Trust Co Buys Shares of 29,197 NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Family Capital Trust Co purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 29,197 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock, valued at approximately $5,448,000. NVIDIA comprises about 1.8% of Family Capital Trust Co’s holdings, making the stock its 17th biggest position.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 2.6% during the third quarter. Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC now owns 2,118 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $395,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares in the last quarter. Helen Stephens Group LLC grew its stake in NVIDIA by 3.9% during the 3rd quarter. Helen Stephens Group LLC now owns 1,483 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $277,000 after buying an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Morton Brown Family Wealth LLC increased its position in NVIDIA by 1.5% during the 2nd quarter. Morton Brown Family Wealth LLC now owns 3,928 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $621,000 after buying an additional 58 shares in the last quarter. Roof Eidam Maycock Peralta LLC raised its stake in NVIDIA by 0.3% in the second quarter. Roof Eidam Maycock Peralta LLC now owns 20,903 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $3,302,000 after buying an additional 58 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Alpha Wealth Funds LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.3% in the second quarter. Alpha Wealth Funds LLC now owns 4,634 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $732,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on NVDA shares. Oppenheimer restated an “outperform” rating and set a $265.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Mizuho set a $275.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, January 9th. Barclays raised their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $240.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Benchmark boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $220.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, Loop Capital raised their target price on NVIDIA from $250.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $263.41.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Reports say Chinese regulators have signaled that large companies (including Alibaba) can prepare to order NVIDIA’s H200 GPUs, which would reopen a huge addressable market and explain the stock lift. Nvidia may have picked up a win in China. So why isn’t the stock surging?
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA invested $150 million in Baseten, a startup focused on AI inference — a strategic bet to strengthen its software/inference ecosystem and capture more of the AI stack beyond chips. NVIDIA (NVDA) Invests $150 million in Baseten
• Positive Sentiment: Jefferies raised its price target on NVDA (from $250 to $275) and JPMorgan reaffirmed a Buy — analyst backing supports investor confidence and limits downside from short-term noise. Jefferies Raises PT on NVIDIA JPMorgan Reaffirms Buy
• Neutral Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang plans a China visit and has been publicly framing AI infrastructure as a long-term buildout (jobs/infrastructure narrative) — this can soothe relations but outcome depends on negotiations and approvals. Nvidia’s Huang to visit China as AI chip sales stall
• Negative Sentiment: Counterpoints: analysis flags a potential H200 China roadblock and warns that soaring memory (HBM) costs could squeeze NVIDIA’s margin/production dynamics — these are key risks that could cap upside even if China reopens. Nvidia: H200 China Roadblock And Soaring Memory Costs Threaten The Bull Case
• Negative Sentiment: Macro/structural shift: investors are rotating money into memory/storage names as HBM allocation tightness pushes up memory costs and reshapes supply chains — that rotation can weigh on NVDA multiple if capital flows away. Forget the Chips, Buy Memory: Why AI Money Is Moving to Storage

NVIDIA Price Performance

NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $187.81 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $183.38 and its two-hundred day moving average is $181.68. The firm has a market cap of $4.56 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 46.60, a PEG ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 2.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a current ratio of 4.47. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $86.62 and a one year high of $212.19.

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

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 4th were paid a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 4th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 0.99%.

Insider Activity

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Debora Shoquist sold 80,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $178.90, for a total value of $14,312,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 1,494,443 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $267,355,852.70. The trade was a 5.08% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total transaction of $44,332,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 6,933,280 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,229,478,542.40. This trade represents a 3.48% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 1,661,474 shares of company stock worth $303,251,232. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.