Houlihan Financial Resource Group Ltd. Reduces Stake in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Houlihan Financial Resource Group Ltd. lessened its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 81.4% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 2,045 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 8,972 shares during the quarter. Houlihan Financial Resource Group Ltd.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $382,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

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

NVIDIA Stock Down 2.8%

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $180.34 on Wednesday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $184.21 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $182.77. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $212.19. The stock has a market cap of $4.38 trillion, a P/E ratio of 44.75, a PEG ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 2.31. The company has a quick ratio of 3.71, a current ratio of 4.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued 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. The firm had revenue of $57.01 billion during 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 business’s quarterly revenue was up 62.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.81 earnings per share. Analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company 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. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 4th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is presently 0.99%.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In related news, EVP Debora Shoquist sold 69,840 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction 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 of the company’s stock, valued at $253,365,643.55. This represents a 4.67% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, December 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total transaction of $44,332,500.00. Following the transaction, 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. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,563,834 shares of company stock worth $283,360,391. Company 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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

NVDA has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. BNP Paribas Exane upped their price target on NVIDIA from $240.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 18th. DZ Bank reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Melius Research raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $300.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. New Street Research reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $307.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $180.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $263.98.

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.