Country Trust Bank Has $244.75 Million Stock Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Country Trust Bank lowered its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 13.2% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,311,778 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 198,764 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises about 5.4% of Country Trust Bank’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 3rd biggest position. Country Trust Bank’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $244,752,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Global Trust Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 28.6% during the third quarter. Global Trust Asset Management LLC now owns 27,724 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $5,173,000 after purchasing an additional 6,174 shares during the period. Gratus Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 11.4% during the 3rd quarter. Gratus Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 61,588 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $11,491,000 after buying an additional 6,289 shares during the last quarter. Forbes J M & Co. LLP raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 0.9% during the 3rd quarter. Forbes J M & Co. LLP now owns 409,314 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $76,370,000 after buying an additional 3,557 shares during the last quarter. Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 3rd quarter valued at $5,133,000. Finally, Kerusso Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 76.1% in the 3rd quarter. Kerusso Capital Management LLC now owns 20,223 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $3,773,000 after acquiring an additional 8,742 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total value of $44,332,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 6,933,280 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,229,478,542.40. The trade was a 3.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.92, for a total transaction of $5,111,188.80. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 874,412 shares in the company, valued at approximately $161,696,267.04. The trade was a 3.06% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 1,563,834 shares of company stock worth $283,360,391 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently commented on the stock. Wall Street Zen raised shares of NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Sunday, January 25th. Wedbush increased their price objective on NVIDIA from $210.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. William Blair reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, January 6th. President Capital upped their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $240.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 28th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $263.98.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NVDA opened at $180.34 on Wednesday. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $86.62 and a fifty-two week high of $212.19. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $184.21 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $182.77. The stock has a market cap of $4.38 trillion, a PE ratio of 44.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.57 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 (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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 company had revenue of $57.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $54.66 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.81 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 62.5% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

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.