First Interstate Bank Reduces Stock Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

First Interstate Bank trimmed its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 7.9% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 33,639 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 2,886 shares during the period. First Interstate Bank’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $6,276,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. acquired a new stake in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth about $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter worth approximately $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 47.9% in the second quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares during the period. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth approximately $40,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth approximately $54,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NVDA opened at $189.86 on Tuesday. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $86.62 and a twelve month high of $212.19. The firm has a market cap of $4.61 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.11, a PEG ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 2.31. The company has a current ratio of 4.47, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $184.29 and a 200 day simple moving average of $183.04.

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 net margin of 53.01% and a return on equity of 99.24%. The company had revenue of $57.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $54.66 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.81 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 62.5% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Loop Capital boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $250.00 to $350.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. Seaport Research Partners boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $100.00 to $140.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research report on Monday, November 17th. Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, January 8th. Citic Securities boosted their target price on NVIDIA from $237.00 to $242.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, Barclays increased their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $240.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Four 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. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $263.98.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on 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 directly owned 3,818,547 shares in the company, valued at $717,199,497.54. This represents a 4.98% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 30,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $178.11, for a total transaction of $5,432,355.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 1,286,826 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $229,196,578.86. This represents a 2.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 1,611,474 shares of company stock worth $291,731,692 over the last 90 days. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CEO outlook/rebuild of AI infrastructure — Jensen Huang’s comments that the AI buildout is multi‑year and “generational” have renewed conviction that hyperscalers’ multibillion-dollar AI capex will sustain demand for NVIDIA GPUs. NVIDIA Stock (NVDA) Opinions on CEO Jensen Huang’s AI Buildout Forecast
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst/momentum support — NVDA’s momentum ranking and recent analyst upgrades/price targets are drawing buy-side attention, supporting upward moves ahead of upcoming catalysts. Nvidia (NVDA) is a Top-Ranked Momentum Stock: Should You Buy?
• Positive Sentiment: Macro/market lift — a tech-driven rally in US indices ahead of economic data helped push NVDA higher as investors rotated back into large-cap AI names. Nasdaq 100 and S&P500: Oracle Soars, Nvidia Climbs as US Indices Strengthen Into Jobs Data
• Neutral Sentiment: Supply‑chain / ecosystem win for suppliers — reports that suppliers (e.g., Lumentum) could benefit from NVIDIA’s acceleration of co‑packaged optics are constructive for the AI supply chain but represent indirect upside to NVDA. Lumentum should benefit as Nvidia ‘accelerates’ co-packaged optics: GF
• Neutral Sentiment: Needs fresh catalysts — some outlets note last week’s rally may need additional company-specific catalysts (partner wins, guidance or another beat) to sustain momentum. Nvidia Stock Slips. How OpenAI Can Boost the Chip Maker’s Shares.
• Negative Sentiment: Market downside risk — big‑tech volatility and a recent $1‑trillion pullback across megacaps mean NVDA remains sensitive to macro risk and risk‑off flows. Big Tech stocks are treading water after $1 trillion sell-off week
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive pressure from Intel — Intel’s renewed push into discrete AI GPUs and memory (and strategic partnerships) could increase long‑term competition in inference and memory solutions. Intel Stock Is Priced for Ruin, But the AI Offensive Is Here (NVDA)
• Negative Sentiment: Large insider selling highlighted — recent data showing extensive insider sales can unsettle some investors even if driven by diversification. NVIDIA Stock (NVDA) Opinions on CEO Jensen Huang’s AI Buildout Forecast

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.