NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Purchased by Howard Capital Management Inc.

Howard Capital Management Inc. grew its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 3.7% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 815,545 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 29,390 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises 1.6% of Howard Capital Management Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 15th biggest position. Howard Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $152,164,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Center for Financial Planning Inc. boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 4.6% in the second quarter. Center for Financial Planning Inc. now owns 8,429 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,332,000 after buying an additional 367 shares during the period. Atria Investments Inc lifted its position in NVIDIA by 3.2% during the 2nd quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 942,208 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $148,859,000 after acquiring an additional 29,479 shares in the last quarter. Svenska Handelsbanken AB publ purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $37,316,000. Oak Ridge Investments LLC grew its position in NVIDIA by 2.2% in the third quarter. Oak Ridge Investments LLC now owns 970,860 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $181,143,000 after acquiring an additional 20,559 shares in the last quarter. Finally, MADDEN SECURITIES Corp raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 3.2% during the second quarter. MADDEN SECURITIES Corp now owns 81,322 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $12,848,000 after purchasing an additional 2,484 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

NVIDIA Stock Up 1.0%

Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $189.82 on Monday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $185.19 and a 200 day moving average price of $183.65. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $86.62 and a fifty-two week high of $212.19. The firm has a market cap of $4.61 trillion, a P/E ratio of 47.10, a P/E/G ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 2.31. The company has a quick ratio of 3.71, a current ratio of 4.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06.

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

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.04, for a total transaction of $36,008,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 3,618,547 shares in the company, valued at $651,483,201.88. The trade was a 5.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $175.72, for a total transaction of $4,856,900.80. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 846,772 shares in the company, valued at $148,794,775.84. This trade represents a 3.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 1,610,848 shares of company stock valued at $291,619,375 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on NVDA shares. Mizuho set a $275.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, January 9th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $240.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. BNP Paribas Exane lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $240.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 18th. Seaport Research Partners boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $100.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research note on Monday, November 17th. Finally, Melius Research raised their price objective on NVIDIA from $300.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note 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 given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $264.20.

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.