NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Purchased by NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC

NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC raised its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 3.5% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 1,352,842 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 45,480 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up approximately 6.0% of NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC’s holdings, making the stock its biggest position. NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $250,330,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. JCIC Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 3rd quarter valued at about $16,652,000. Intrua Financial LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 14.0% during the third quarter. Intrua Financial LLC now owns 73,417 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $13,698,000 after acquiring an additional 9,016 shares in the last quarter. Axecap Investments LLC lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 473.1% in the third quarter. Axecap Investments LLC now owns 30,715 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $5,731,000 after acquiring an additional 25,356 shares during the last quarter. Rovin Capital UT ADV grew its position in NVIDIA by 5.1% in the third quarter. Rovin Capital UT ADV now owns 20,158 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $3,761,000 after acquiring an additional 970 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sterling Investment Advisors LLC ADV increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 196.3% during the 3rd quarter. Sterling Investment Advisors LLC ADV now owns 2,516 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $469,000 after purchasing an additional 1,667 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on NVDA shares. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $240.00 price objective (up previously from $210.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, October 31st. CICC Research raised their target price on NVIDIA from $200.00 to $228.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, November 21st. Arete Research boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $244.00 to $261.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 25th. Susquehanna raised their price objective on NVIDIA from $230.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $263.98.

More NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Nvidia is reported to be committing about $20 billion to OpenAI, a high‑visibility strategic move that reinforces NVDA’s central role in the AI infrastructure ecosystem and likely supports further demand for its data‑center GPUs. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang told CNBC that the industry’s ~$660 billion capex buildout for AI infrastructure is sustainable, and other coverage quotes him and customers saying demand is “through the roof” — comments that validate long‑term revenue visibility for NVDA’s chips. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Broad market and semiconductor sector rebounds lifted large-cap chips; NVDA, as the AI‑chip leader, led the rally as investors rotated back into tech after a recent sell‑off. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Suppliers and industry players (e.g., Wistron) are signaling continued AI order growth and say AI is not a bubble — supportive industry context but not an immediate company‑specific catalyst. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Wall‑street analysts remain largely positive and some firms are reiterating bullish ratings on NVDA, which underpins investor confidence but also keeps expectations high. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Company CFO Colette Kress sold sizeable blocks of NVDA shares (filed Form 4), which some investors interpret as a negative signal even though insider sales can be routine tax/planning moves. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/export uncertainty around the H200 (China) export discussions remains unresolved in some reports — a potential headwind for growth in China if approvals are delayed or restricted. Read More.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $187.82, for a total value of $37,564,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 3,818,547 shares in the company, valued at approximately $717,199,497.54. This trade represents a 4.98% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 sale, the director owned 6,933,280 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,229,478,542.40. This 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 90 days, insiders have sold 1,611,474 shares of company stock worth $291,731,692. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

NVIDIA Trading Up 7.8%

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $185.24 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.50 trillion, a P/E ratio of 45.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 2.31. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1 year low of $86.62 and a 1 year high of $212.19. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $184.09 and its 200 day simple moving average is $182.84. The company has a current ratio of 4.47, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06.

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

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

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.