Charles Schwab Trust Co Purchases 101,140 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Charles Schwab Trust Co boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 428.5% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 124,745 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 101,140 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises about 1.5% of Charles Schwab Trust Co’s holdings, making the stock its 19th biggest holding. Charles Schwab Trust Co’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $23,265,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Westview Management dba Westview Investment Advisors purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth about $6,214,000. Post Resch Tallon Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 7.2% during the fourth quarter. Post Resch Tallon Group Inc. now owns 8,061 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,503,000 after buying an additional 544 shares during the last quarter. Affinity Capital Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 101.2% during the fourth quarter. Affinity Capital Advisors LLC now owns 16,989 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $3,168,000 after acquiring an additional 8,547 shares in the last quarter. Inspirion Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 15.9% during the fourth quarter. Inspirion Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 11,156 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $2,081,000 after acquiring an additional 1,531 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Hardin Capital Partners LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth approximately $506,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total transaction of $54,675,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,018,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $550,130,190.75. This represents a 9.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 42,650 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $174.89, for a total transaction of $7,459,058.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 881,387 shares in the company, valued at $154,145,772.43. The trade was a 4.62% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 1,401,616 shares of company stock worth $253,555,407 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst/valuation support: Multiple pieces argue NVDA is trading cheaply vs. its growth profile and some brokers/analysts reiterated buys or raised long‑term estimates, providing a buy‑the‑dip narrative that could attract value buyers. 5 April Buys With Double-Digit Year-End Targets
• Positive Sentiment: Enterprise deployments and partnerships expand demand: NVIDIA’s tech is being embedded across industries (energy partnership with SLB, healthcare deployments and HGX systems for regional AI factories), which supports recurring data‑center GPU demand beyond hyperscalers. SLB expands Nvidia partnership to develop AI infrastructure for energy sector
• Positive Sentiment: Ecosystem capital: A Reuters report that a Nvidia‑backed startup (Reflection) is seeking a large funding round signals continued investor appetite for NVDA‑adjacent AI ecosystems that can drive future software and services spend tied to NVIDIA hardware. Nvidia-backed Reflection AI eyes $25 billion valuation, WSJ reports
• Neutral Sentiment: Valuation narrative shifts: Several outlets note NVDA’s forward multiple has compressed (trading near S&P valuation levels), which can be read as either a buying opportunity or a signal that the market is discounting growth — the net impact depends on investor time horizon. Nvidia (NVDA) Stock Trades Below S&P 500 Valuation for First Time in Over a Decade
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/export risk: Senators have pushed to pause NVIDIA export licenses after DOJ charges in an alleged AI‑chip diversion/smuggling case — any tighter export controls would directly reduce addressable revenue from China and adjacent markets. Senators Push to Freeze Nvidia Export Licenses
• Negative Sentiment: Legal and reputational headwinds: A revived class‑action/lawsuit environment and separate suits tied to alleged undisclosed revenues or compliance issues increase near‑term legal risk and uncertainty for guidance/controls. Super Micro Computer Hit With Securities Fraud Lawsuit
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical/supply‑chain concentration: Analysts warn war risk (Iran/Taiwan tensions) could hit NVDA because most advanced GPUs are manufactured at TSMC in Taiwan; heightened geopolitical risk compresses multiples and prompts sectorwide selling. Nvidia Share Price Could Be Hit Hard By Iran War
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling and short‑term uncertainty: Director share sales and vocal skeptics (media/pundits warning of dramatic downside) add to near‑term caution and can amplify momentum selling. NVIDIA Director Sells $38.5M in Stock

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have commented on NVDA shares. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $250.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Oppenheimer restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $265.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Wedbush upped their price target on NVIDIA from $230.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 3rd. TD Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $235.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, March 17th. Finally, KeyCorp reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $275.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, March 17th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $275.95.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NVDA stock opened at $167.52 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 3.91 and a quick ratio of 3.24. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1 year low of $86.62 and a 1 year high of $212.19. The company has a market cap of $4.07 trillion, a P/E ratio of 34.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 2.33. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $183.42 and its 200-day moving average price is $184.25.

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

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

NVIDIA Company 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.