Cadent Capital Advisors LLC Cuts Stock Holdings in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Cadent Capital Advisors LLC lowered its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 85.7% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 1,795 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 10,788 shares during the quarter. Cadent Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $335,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth $51,386,863,000. Capital Research Global Investors boosted its position in 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 valued at $30,855,564,000 after acquiring an additional 22,896,705 shares in the last quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 15,496.1% in the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 21,865,525 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $3,454,534,000 after acquiring an additional 21,725,326 shares during the period. Danske Bank A S purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter valued at $3,180,313,000. Finally, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 25.0% in 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 acquiring an additional 14,358,048 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA made a $2 billion equity investment and expanded its NVLink Fusion partnership with Marvell — a deal that strengthens NVDA’s AI‑infrastructure ecosystem and prompted sector buying. Nvidia Makes Equity Investment In Marvell Technology
• Positive Sentiment: Major Wall Street shops and independent researchers continue to back NVDA: Wolfe Research maintained a Buy and other firms (Benchmark) reaffirmed Buy ratings with elevated price targets — supporting demand for the shares. Wolfe Research Maintains a Buy Rating on Nvidia (NVDA)
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s recent results show very high profitability (gross margins near 75%) and huge revenue growth year-over-year, which underpins bullish analyst earnings/forecast models. NVIDIA’s Gross Margin Hovers Near 75%
• Neutral Sentiment: NVDA is a top holding in several AI-focused ETFs and thematic pieces highlighting ETFs/sector exposure — which can amplify flows into or out of NVDA depending on ETF rebalancing. 3 AI ETFs That Let You Invest in the Entire AI Boom at Once
• Neutral Sentiment: Some research shops trimmed price targets (New Street cut its target but kept a Buy) — a mixed signal: it tempers upside expectations while leaving institutional conviction intact. New Street Research Adjusts Nvidia Price Target
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical risk is pressuring chip stocks: threats from Iran and the broader Middle East conflict have raised supply‑chain and security concerns for NVDA and peers. Iran threatens Nvidia, Apple and other tech giants
• Negative Sentiment: Data show Chinese AI chipmakers gaining material share in China’s server accelerator market — a threat to NVDA’s dominance in a key end market. Chinese chipmakers claim nearly half of local market as Nvidia’s lead shrinks
• Negative Sentiment: Some large investors trimmed exposure (D. E. Shaw reported a stake reduction), which can add selling pressure during sector weakness. NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA): D. E. Shaw Trims Stake

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.68, for a total value of $38,501,729.76. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 7,399,771 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,285,192,227.28. This trade represents a 2.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of NVIDIA 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 owned 3,018,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $550,130,190.75. The trade was a 9.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 1,401,616 shares of company stock worth $253,555,407. 4.17% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

NVIDIA Trading Up 0.9%

NVIDIA stock opened at $177.39 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a current ratio of 3.91. The stock has a market cap of $4.31 trillion, a PE ratio of 36.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 2.34. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $182.62 and a two-hundred day moving average of $184.17. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $86.62 and a one year high of $212.19.

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

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on NVDA shares. Wolfe Research upped their price objective on NVIDIA from $250.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, January 30th. DA Davidson reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $250.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, February 23rd. Raymond James Financial increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $291.00 to $323.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 19th. TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating and issued a $235.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, March 17th. Finally, Bank of America lifted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $275.25.

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.