Avion Wealth Acquires 19,845 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Avion Wealth lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 201.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 29,708 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 19,845 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises approximately 1.2% of Avion Wealth’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 16th largest holding. Avion Wealth’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $5,542,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at about $51,386,863,000. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 15,496.1% in the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 21,865,525 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $3,454,534,000 after acquiring an additional 21,725,326 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.0% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 978,208,862 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $154,556,803,000 after acquiring an additional 9,554,857 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in NVIDIA by 1.5% in the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 579,213,497 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $91,150,170,000 after acquiring an additional 8,521,936 shares during the period. Finally, California Public Employees Retirement System increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 10.7% during the second quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System now owns 64,728,856 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $10,226,512,000 after acquiring an additional 6,235,074 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA expands demand visibility with a $2 billion investment in CoreWeave to accelerate >5 GW of AI data-center buildout through 2030 — this deepens NVDA’s infrastructure footprint and secures long-term chassis demand for GPUs. Nvidia invests $2 billion in CoreWeave, expands partnership
• Positive Sentiment: Supply-chain relief: reports that Samsung will begin HBM4 production next month to supply NVIDIA ease memory constraints that have capped GPU throughput and pricing power. Improved HBM supply reduces a key bottleneck for next‑gen AI systems. Samsung to start production of HBM4 chips next month for Nvidia supply
• Positive Sentiment: Product/technology leadership: NVIDIA released three open‑source AI weather models, reinforcing its software and model ecosystem that drives GPU demand and developer mindshare. Nvidia unveils AI models for faster, cheaper weather forecasts
• Neutral Sentiment: Pelosi portfolio activity shows a nuanced stance: public filings indicate rotation and use of long‑dated options to retain tech exposure — interpreted as a structural, leveraged bullish stance on AI names (NVDA mentioned in the filing analysis). Pelosi’s Bullish 2026 Buy List: AI, Power & Dividends
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive risk: Microsoft unveiled the Maia 200 accelerator and new software targeting inference efficiency — a direct attempt to reduce hyperscaler dependence on third‑party GPUs and attack NVIDIA’s software moat for certain workloads. That raises execution risk around some GPU demand segments. Microsoft rolls out next generation of its AI chips
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: an NVIDIA EVP disclosed a large sale (~$36M), which can amplify short‑term selling pressure and investor wariness around timing of stock‑based compensation events. Insider Selling: NVIDIA EVP Sells $36,008,000
• Negative Sentiment: Macro/earnings cadence: traders are risk‑off ahead of a packed week of big‑tech earnings and the Fed decision — that broader caution is flattening momentum in high‑beta names like NVDA despite strong fundamentals. Nvidia stock is down in the red

NVIDIA Trading Down 0.6%

NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $186.47 on Tuesday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $212.19. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $183.37 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $181.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a current ratio of 4.47. The firm has a market cap of $4.53 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 46.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 2.31.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its earnings results 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. The firm had revenue of $57.01 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $54.66 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 99.24% and a net margin of 53.01%.The company’s revenue was up 62.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.81 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In related news, CFO Colette Kress sold 30,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $178.11, for a total transaction of $5,432,355.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 1,286,826 shares in the company, valued at approximately $229,196,578.86. This represents a 2.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the firm’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 sale, the director owned 6,933,280 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,229,478,542.40. This trade represents a 3.48% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 1,636,474 shares of company stock worth $298,482,982. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on NVDA. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $240.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $250.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, January 8th. Wells Fargo & Company reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, December 29th. Truist Financial reissued a “buy” rating and set a $275.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $235.00 to $250.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, December 1st. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $263.41.

NVIDIA 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.