ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. Grows Stock Holdings in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. increased its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 0.2% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 3,114,500 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,217 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up about 7.1% of ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V.’s holdings, making the stock its biggest position. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $581,100,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at about $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 47.9% during the second quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at about $40,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd bought a new position in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth about $54,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have recently issued reports on NVDA. S&P Equity Research reissued a “positive” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $180.00 to $215.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Robert W. Baird reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $275.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, December 26th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $240.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, CICC Research increased their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $200.00 to $228.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, November 21st. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $263.98.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Nvidia is reportedly nearing a deal to invest about $20 billion in OpenAI’s latest funding round — a sizable strategic tie-up that would reinforce NVDA’s role as the primary AI infrastructure supplier and support future demand for GPUs. Nvidia nears deal to invest $20 billion in OpenAI
• Positive Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang has publicly downplayed a rift and said the company’s OpenAI investment plans remain “on track,” and told CNBC Nvidia would consider participating in an OpenAI IPO — comments that aim to calm investor fears about the partnership’s future. Nvidia will consider investing in OpenAI IPO, CEO Huang tells CNBC
• Positive Sentiment: Business development and ecosystem wins continue: Nvidia-backed UK AI firm Nscale is preparing an IPO (Goldman/JPMorgan hires) and Nvidia struck a strategic industrial-AI partnership with Dassault Systèmes — both support revenue and platform expansion beyond core GPUs. Nvidia-backed UK AI firm Nscale hires banks for IPO Dassault Systèmes and NVIDIA Partner
• Neutral Sentiment: Competitive landscape: Intel announced plans to enter the GPU market — a longer-term competitive risk that increases investor focus on Nvidia’s execution, software moat (CUDA) and margin sustainability rather than creating an immediate earnings threat. Intel will start making GPUs
• Negative Sentiment: Reports say OpenAI has been unsatisfied with some of Nvidia’s chips and has been exploring alternatives; other outlets described the larger $100B investment plan as stalled or facing internal pushback at Nvidia — these stories have directly pressured the stock by raising uncertainty about future GPU demand and partner alignment. OpenAI is unsatisfied with some Nvidia chips Nvidia, OpenAI appear stalled on their mega deal
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling is notable: aggregated transaction data shows heavy insider sales in recent months — a potential governance/market-perception headwind that can amplify volatility when paired with deal uncertainty. NVIDIA Stock Opinions and insider trading

NVIDIA Trading Down 2.8%

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $180.34 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.71, a current ratio of 4.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $184.21 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $182.77. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $86.62 and a twelve month high of $212.19. The company has a market capitalization of $4.38 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.75, a PEG ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 2.31.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $57.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.81 EPS. Research analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Debora Shoquist sold 69,840 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.85, for a total value of $12,421,044.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 1,424,603 shares in the company, valued at approximately $253,365,643.55. The trade was a 4.67% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total transaction of $40,087,825.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 7,621,453 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,373,157,187.01. The trade was a 2.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 1,563,834 shares of company stock valued at $283,360,391. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by 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.