Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC Purchases 22,940 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC raised its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 49.5% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 69,267 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 22,940 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for 2.7% of Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 5th largest holding. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $12,924,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Norges Bank acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth $51,386,863,000. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in NVIDIA by 15,496.1% during the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 21,865,525 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $3,454,534,000 after buying an additional 21,725,326 shares during the period. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 25.0% during the 3rd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 71,720,593 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $13,381,628,000 after purchasing an additional 14,358,048 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its position in NVIDIA by 1.0% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 978,208,862 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $154,556,803,000 after acquiring an additional 9,554,857 shares during the period. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position 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 buying an additional 8,521,936 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

NVIDIA Trading Up 1.0%

NVDA opened at $189.82 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $86.62 and a 12-month high of $212.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a current ratio of 4.47 and a quick ratio of 3.71. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.61 trillion, a PE ratio of 47.10, a P/E/G ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 2.31. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $185.19 and its 200 day moving average price is $183.59.

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, beating the consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $57.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $54.66 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 99.24% and a net margin of 53.01%.The business’s revenue was up 62.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.81 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Meta partnership expands into a full-stack deal (Blackwell GPUs, Rubin chips and Vera CPUs) and commits multi‑year purchases that underpin long-term data‑center revenue for NVIDIA. NVIDIA and Meta Deepen Their AI Alliance—and the Spending Numbers Are Enormous
• Positive Sentiment: Reports that NVIDIA is close to finalizing ~ $30B investment in OpenAI reinforce strategic alignment with the largest AI software player and could secure future demand for chips and services. Nvidia close to finalizing $30 billion investment in OpenAI funding round, FT reports
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple institutional buyers (e.g., Atreides, Woodline, D1 Capital) increased NVDA stakes recently and analysts at several firms reiterated Buy ratings — a sign of continued institutional conviction ahead of earnings. Altimeter Capital’s Brad Gerstner Boosts Nvidia Stake
• Neutral Sentiment: Q4 earnings are the immediate catalyst — consensus expects very large revenue (est. ~$65B) and another beat could re-accelerate the stock; but much of that is already priced in. NVIDIA to Post Q4 Earnings: Buy, Hold, or Take Profits?
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA’s Q4 options market is pricing in near‑perfect results — that elevates implied volatility and makes downside moves more likely if execution or guidance falls short. Nvidia options are priced for a perfect earnings outlook
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts and commentators flag the risk of a post‑earnings pullback (examples projecting a $165–$170 downside scenario) if beats only match lofty expectations or guidance disappoints. NVDA Seeks to Break Rangebound Stock Moves After Earnings
• Negative Sentiment: New ASIC competitors and well‑funded startups (e.g., Taalas) are raising capital to challenge NVIDIA on cost/performance — a medium‑term competitive risk to monitor. Chip startup Taalas raises $169 million to help build AI chips to take on Nvidia

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

NVDA has been the subject of several research reports. Mizuho set a $275.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, January 9th. KeyCorp raised their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $250.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, January 8th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Oppenheimer restated an “outperform” rating and set a $265.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. 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 stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $264.20.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In related news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the 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 transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,818,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $717,199,497.54. This represents a 4.98% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available 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 stock was sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total value of $44,332,500.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 6,933,280 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,229,478,542.40. The trade was a 3.48% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 1,611,474 shares of company stock valued at $291,731,692. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

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.