NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Bought by AIA Group Ltd

AIA Group Ltd lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 55.1% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 665,253 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 236,263 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for 2.2% of AIA Group Ltd’s portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest holding. AIA Group Ltd’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $124,123,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of NVDA. Norges Bank bought a new stake in NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at approximately $51,386,863,000. Capital Research Global Investors boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 16.1% during the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 165,377,852 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $30,855,564,000 after acquiring an additional 22,896,705 shares during the period. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 15,496.1% during the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 21,865,525 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $3,454,534,000 after acquiring an additional 21,725,326 shares during the last quarter. Danske Bank A S bought a new stake in NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter valued at $3,180,313,000. Finally, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lifted its holdings 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 valued at $13,381,628,000 after purchasing an additional 14,358,048 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

NVIDIA News Roundup

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have commented on NVDA shares. Sanford C. Bernstein upped their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, February 26th. DA Davidson restated a “buy” rating and set a $250.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. Fundamental Research set a $218.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Wedbush increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $230.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 3rd. Finally, CICC Research increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $228.00 to $240.60 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, February 27th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $275.40.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other NVIDIA news, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total value of $3,357,490.00. Following the sale, the director owned 36,007 shares in the company, valued at $6,362,796.97. This trade represents a 34.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total transaction of $54,675,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,018,547 shares in the company, valued at approximately $550,130,190.75. The trade was a 9.04% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,179,934 shares of company stock valued at $215,053,678. 4.17% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NVIDIA stock opened at $172.76 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $4.20 trillion, a PE ratio of 35.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 2.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 3.91 and a quick ratio of 3.24. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $184.60 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $184.20. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $86.62 and a one year high of $212.19.

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

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be given a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 0.82%.

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.