Horizon Bancorp Inc. IN raised its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 55.4% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 13,023 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,642 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up about 1.2% of Horizon Bancorp Inc. IN’s portfolio, making the stock its 16th largest holding. Horizon Bancorp Inc. IN’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $2,430,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Parsons Capital Management Inc. RI raised its stake in NVIDIA by 1.5% in the third quarter. Parsons Capital Management Inc. RI now owns 141,639 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $26,427,000 after purchasing an additional 2,079 shares in the last quarter. Birinyi Associates Inc raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 0.4% in the 3rd quarter. Birinyi Associates Inc now owns 109,515 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $20,433,000 after buying an additional 440 shares in the last quarter. Dynamic Wealth Strategies LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 8.8% during the 3rd quarter. Dynamic Wealth Strategies LLC now owns 3,271 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $610,000 after acquiring an additional 264 shares during the period. Element Wealth LLC boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 18.6% during the 3rd quarter. Element Wealth LLC now owns 6,278 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,171,000 after acquiring an additional 985 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Turtle Creek Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 30.1% in the third quarter. Turtle Creek Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 242,415 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $45,230,000 after acquiring an additional 56,082 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of research analysts have recently commented on the stock. President Capital upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $240.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 28th. Wall Street Zen downgraded NVIDIA from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $240.00 price target (up from $210.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Loop Capital upped their price objective on NVIDIA from $250.00 to $350.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. Finally, Argus reiterated a “buy” rating and issued 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-six have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $263.98.
Trending Headlines about NVIDIA
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.
NVIDIA Trading Up 7.8%
Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $185.24 on Monday. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $184.09 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $182.92. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $212.19. 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 $4.50 trillion, a PE ratio of 45.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 2.31.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $57.01 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $54.66 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 99.24% and a net margin of 53.01%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 62.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.81 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 4th were given a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 4th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 0.99%.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other news, EVP Debora Shoquist sold 80,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $178.90, for a total transaction of $14,312,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 1,494,443 shares in the company, valued at $267,355,852.70. The trade was a 5.08% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $187.82, for a total transaction of $37,564,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,818,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $717,199,497.54. The trade was a 4.98% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 1,611,474 shares of company stock valued at $291,731,692. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
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.
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