Leavell Investment Management Inc. Sells 66,351 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Leavell Investment Management Inc. decreased its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 6.5% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 948,008 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 66,351 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for approximately 7.5% of Leavell Investment Management Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its biggest holding. Leavell Investment Management Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $176,889,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at about $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth about $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC increased its stake 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 valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $40,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $54,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

NVDA has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. DA Davidson reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $250.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. KeyCorp raised their target price on NVIDIA from $250.00 to $275.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, January 6th. William Blair restated an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, January 6th. Finally, Argus restated a “buy” rating and set a $220.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Four investment 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 stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $263.98.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVDA opened at $174.19 on Thursday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52-week low of $86.62 and a 52-week high of $212.19. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $184.08 and its 200 day simple moving average is $182.71. 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 stock has a market capitalization of $4.23 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 43.22, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.55 and a beta of 2.31.

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

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 4th were issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis 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%.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Google’s surge in AI capital expenditures is being cited as a direct tailwind for Nvidia’s data-center GPU demand, supporting upside to revenue and utilization at hyperscalers. Broadcom, Nvidia shares rise on surging Google capital expenditures for AI
• Positive Sentiment: Institutional buying: Davis Selected Advisers recently increased its NVDA stake, signaling continued large-investor interest that can underpin the stock during pullbacks. Davis Selected Advisers boosts Nvidia stake
• Positive Sentiment: Nvidia-backed AI ecosystem signals health: ElevenLabs (a startup supported by Nvidia) raised capital at an $11B valuation, highlighting continued demand and healthy partner ecosystems for Nvidia GPUs. Nvidia-backed AI voice startup ElevenLabs hits $11 billion valuation
• Neutral Sentiment: Reports say Nvidia is nearing a very large (~$20B) OpenAI investment — a potential long-term strategic positive but not finalized; uncertainty on terms/timing tempers immediate share impact. Nvidia nears deal to invest $20 billion in OpenAI
• Neutral Sentiment: Management and product messaging continue (CEO appearances, AI summit transcript) that reiterate long-term demand and new chip roadmaps — supportive but not immediate catalysts given market volatility. NVIDIA Presents at Second Annual AI Summit (transcript)
• Negative Sentiment: China sales remain uncertain: Reuters reports H200/H200-series exports to Chinese buyers face conditions and may be stalled by a U.S. security review — leaving a meaningful revenue channel in limbo. That regulatory uncertainty is pressuring the stock. Exclusive: Nvidia’s AI chip sale to ByteDance hinges on conditions
• Negative Sentiment: Broader software/AI trade selloff and reports of a strained OpenAI relationship (some outlets) have amplified short-term risk appetite, prompting indiscriminate selling of large-cap AI names including Nvidia. Nvidia’s stock gets swept up in software selloff
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts and media note the stock has pulled back from recent highs amid momentum shifts — technical selling and profit-taking amplify headlines-driven moves. Why Nvidia stock is crashing

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.04, for a total value of $36,008,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,618,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $651,483,201.88. This trade represents a 5.24% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the business’s 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 ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 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.

NVIDIA Company 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.