19,669 Shares in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Bought by CTC Alternative Strategies Ltd.

CTC Alternative Strategies Ltd. purchased a new stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 19,669 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock, valued at approximately $3,670,000. NVIDIA accounts for 4.4% of CTC Alternative Strategies Ltd.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 3rd biggest position.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Joule Financial LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 2.2% in the 3rd quarter. Joule Financial LLC now owns 2,308 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $431,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC now owns 4,640 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $866,000 after buying an additional 53 shares during the period. Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 2.6% during the third quarter. Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC now owns 2,118 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $395,000 after buying an additional 54 shares in the last quarter. IMG Wealth Management Inc. grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.4% during the third quarter. IMG Wealth Management Inc. now owns 3,820 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $713,000 after buying an additional 54 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cyr Financial Inc. increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.7% during the third quarter. Cyr Financial Inc. now owns 7,737 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,444,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms recently commented on NVDA. KeyCorp reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $275.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $300.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, March 12th. Zacks Research raised NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Mizuho set a $275.00 price objective on NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, January 9th. Finally, Oppenheimer reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $265.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $275.40.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Major cloud order visibility — Nvidia told Amazon Web Services it will sell ~1 million AI chips plus systems by end-2027, reinforcing multi-year revenue visibility and datacenter demand. Nvidia to sell 1 million chips to Amazon by 2027
• Positive Sentiment: GTC highlights and blowout quarter underpin the long-term bull case — management projected a multi‑year $1T+ AI revenue opportunity and posted a $68.13B quarter that beat expectations, supporting conviction in NVDA’s platform moat. GTC keynote and quarter reaction
• Positive Sentiment: Robust partner/customer momentum — multiple infrastructure partners (Cadence, CoreWeave, Coherent) and public comments from big customers (Elon Musk: Tesla/SpaceX will keep buying) signal persistent demand across cloud, AI and automotive. Strong Micron results also validate surging HBM demand tied to Nvidia GPUs. Partner and customer demand context
• Neutral Sentiment: Product roadmap/consumer tech updates (e.g., DLSS 5) strengthen long-term gaming/graphics positioning but are unlikely to move earnings in the near term. DLSS 5 technical details
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst upgrades and lofty price targets (Raymond James, others) support upside narratives but much of that optimism appears priced in after GTC. Price target/upgrade coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/PR overhang — U.S. prosecutors charged associates tied to a server maker for allegedly smuggling Nvidia‑powered servers to China; while Nvidia isn’t accused, the story raises geopolitical/supply‑chain scrutiny around its chips. Bloomberg: Super Micro smuggling charges
• Negative Sentiment: Tax/headline risk — new disclosures show Nvidia made a large U.S. tax payment reported at ~$17B, which investors may view as a cash/timing headwind or governance disclosure to digest. WSJ: $17B U.S. tax payment
• Negative Sentiment: Technical and sentiment pressure — charts showed a bearish signal after GTC and options flow indicated heavy call selling/put buying (sell‑the‑news), creating short‑term downside risk despite strong fundamentals. MarketWatch: bearish technical signal

NVIDIA Stock Down 3.2%

NVIDIA stock opened at $172.76 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $184.60 and a two-hundred day moving average of $184.11. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $86.62 and a twelve month high of $212.19. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.20 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.26, a PEG ratio of 0.60 and a beta of 2.33. The company has a current ratio of 3.91, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $68.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 97.37%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.89 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be issued a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 0.82%.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In related news, Director John Dabiri sold 3,004 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, March 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.90, for a total transaction of $555,439.60. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 14,788 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,734,301.20. This trade represents a 16.88% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total value of $54,675,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,018,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $550,130,190.75. This trade represents a 9.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 1,179,934 shares of company stock worth $215,053,678 in the last three months. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.