NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Purchased by Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC

Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC grew its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 1.8% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 552,621 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 9,646 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises 2.9% of Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 3rd biggest holding. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $111,093,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in NVDA. State Street Corp grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 978,208,862 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $154,556,803,000 after acquiring an additional 9,554,857 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 579,213,497 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $91,150,170,000 after purchasing an additional 8,521,936 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth $51,386,863,000. Legal & General Group Plc grew its position in NVIDIA by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 178,593,475 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $28,215,983,000 after purchasing an additional 2,623,678 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 2.8% during the 2nd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 155,668,775 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $24,594,110,000 after purchasing an additional 4,209,423 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total transaction of $40,087,825.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 7,621,453 shares in the company, valued at $1,373,157,187.01. This represents a 2.84% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated 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 completion of the sale, the director owned 6,933,280 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,229,478,542.40. The trade was a 3.48% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 1,611,474 shares of company stock worth $291,731,692 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Trading Down 0.8%

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $188.60 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $4.58 trillion, a P/E ratio of 46.80, a P/E/G ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 2.31. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $86.62 and a 12-month high of $212.19. The company has a quick ratio of 3.71, a current ratio of 4.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $184.43 and a 200 day moving average price of $183.14.

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, 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 during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $54.66 billion. During the same quarter last 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 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

NVIDIA News Roundup

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Melius Research lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $300.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Arete Research lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $244.00 to $261.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. DZ Bank restated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. DA Davidson reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $250.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $275.00 price target (up previously from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, January 16th. Four 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 data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $263.98.

About NVIDIA

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.