Huntleigh Advisors Inc. Lowers Holdings in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Huntleigh Advisors Inc. reduced its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 5.1% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 374,510 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 19,982 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises about 11.9% of Huntleigh Advisors Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its biggest position. Huntleigh Advisors Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $69,876,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter worth $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth about $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 47.9% during the 2nd quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at about $40,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter worth about $54,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

More NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Bank of America reiterates confidence in NVDA with a high $275 target, reinforcing buy-side support and helping underpin the stock’s valuation. Bank of America stands by Nvidia (NVDA) with $275 target as AI leadership holds
• Positive Sentiment: Renewed optimism about OpenAI’s finances is lifting stocks tied to the AI ecosystem, which benefits NVDA via stronger expected hyperscaler capex for GPUs. AI Giant OpenAI Is Getting a Lift Lately. So Are Stocks Linked to It.
• Positive Sentiment: High-profile commentary (e.g., Jim Cramer) and multiple Wall Street price targets continue to highlight NVDA’s long-term AI leadership and hyperscaler demand, supporting investor conviction despite short-term volatility. Jim Cramer Says “You Better Believe NVIDIA (NVDA)’s Getting a Big Cut” of the AI CapEx By Mega-Cap Tech
• Neutral Sentiment: Traders are holding back ahead of NVDA’s Q4 results (Feb. 25); several notes highlight that guidance will drive near-term moves, so the stock often trades range-bound until the print. Nvidia Pauses Amid Taiwan Semiconductor, ChatGPT News; Is Nvidia A Buy Now?
• Neutral Sentiment: U.S. officials say they will not block American firms’ access to NVIDIA chips, which limits one potential downside scenario for cloud/data-center customers. That helps constrain downside but doesn’t remove export licensing complexity. U.S. won’t impede American companies’ access to Nvidia chips, Lutnick says
• Negative Sentiment: Commerce officials signaled that NVIDIA must live with licensing guardrails on sales of its second-most-advanced AI chip to China — a regulatory constraint that could limit a major end market and weigh on near-term revenue visibility. This development is a likely driver of today’s weakness. Nvidia must live with guardrails around its AI chip sales to China, Lutnick says
• Negative Sentiment: Cisco launched a new AI networking chip and router targeting data-center traffic — an incremental competitive threat for parts of the AI infrastructure stack that could pressure pricing/margins over time. Cisco unveils new AI networking chip, taking on Broadcom and Nvidia

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CFO Colette Kress sold 30,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $178.11, for a total value of $5,432,355.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 1,286,826 shares in the company, valued at $229,196,578.86. This represents a 2.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total transaction of $44,332,500.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 6,933,280 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,229,478,542.40. This represents a 3.48% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 1,611,474 shares of company stock worth $291,731,692 in the last three months. 4.17% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

NVDA has been the subject of a number of research reports. HSBC set a $320.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 15th. Citigroup reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $250.00 price target on NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, January 8th. KeyCorp lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $250.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, January 8th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have issued a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $263.98.

NVIDIA Trading Down 0.8%

NVDA opened at $188.60 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $184.43 and its two-hundred day moving average is $183.14. The firm has a market cap of $4.58 trillion, a PE ratio of 46.80, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 2.31. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $86.62 and a twelve month 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.

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

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) 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.