NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA is Bailard Inc.’s 3rd Largest Position

Bailard Inc. increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 1.5% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 996,295 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 14,288 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for approximately 4.0% of Bailard Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 3rd biggest position. Bailard Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $185,889,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Center for Financial Planning Inc. boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 4.6% in the 2nd quarter. Center for Financial Planning Inc. now owns 8,429 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,332,000 after buying an additional 367 shares in the last quarter. Atria Investments Inc boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 3.2% in the 2nd quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 942,208 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $148,859,000 after purchasing an additional 29,479 shares in the last quarter. Svenska Handelsbanken AB publ bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter worth about $37,316,000. MADDEN SECURITIES Corp increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 3.2% during the 2nd quarter. MADDEN SECURITIES Corp now owns 81,322 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $12,848,000 after purchasing an additional 2,484 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Whalen Wealth Management Inc. increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 20.3% during the 3rd quarter. Whalen Wealth Management Inc. now owns 36,490 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $6,808,000 after purchasing an additional 6,162 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have commented on NVDA. BNP Paribas Exane boosted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $240.00 to $250.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 18th. Tigress Financial restated a “strong-buy” rating and set a $350.00 price target (up from $280.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, December 18th. HSBC set a $320.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 15th. Susquehanna boosted their price objective on NVIDIA from $230.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a $275.00 target price (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, January 16th. Four 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. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $263.98.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Bank of America reiterates confidence in NVDA with a high $275 target, reinforcing buy-side support and helping underpin the stock’s valuation. Bank of America stands by Nvidia (NVDA) with $275 target as AI leadership holds
• Positive Sentiment: Renewed optimism about OpenAI’s finances is lifting stocks tied to the AI ecosystem, which benefits NVDA via stronger expected hyperscaler capex for GPUs. AI Giant OpenAI Is Getting a Lift Lately. So Are Stocks Linked to It.
• Positive Sentiment: High-profile commentary (e.g., Jim Cramer) and multiple Wall Street price targets continue to highlight NVDA’s long-term AI leadership and hyperscaler demand, supporting investor conviction despite short-term volatility. Jim Cramer Says “You Better Believe NVIDIA (NVDA)’s Getting a Big Cut” of the AI CapEx By Mega-Cap Tech
• Neutral Sentiment: Traders are holding back ahead of NVDA’s Q4 results (Feb. 25); several notes highlight that guidance will drive near-term moves, so the stock often trades range-bound until the print. Nvidia Pauses Amid Taiwan Semiconductor, ChatGPT News; Is Nvidia A Buy Now?
• Neutral Sentiment: U.S. officials say they will not block American firms’ access to NVIDIA chips, which limits one potential downside scenario for cloud/data-center customers. That helps constrain downside but doesn’t remove export licensing complexity. U.S. won’t impede American companies’ access to Nvidia chips, Lutnick says
• Negative Sentiment: Commerce officials signaled that NVIDIA must live with licensing guardrails on sales of its second-most-advanced AI chip to China — a regulatory constraint that could limit a major end market and weigh on near-term revenue visibility. This development is a likely driver of today’s weakness. Nvidia must live with guardrails around its AI chip sales to China, Lutnick says
• Negative Sentiment: Cisco launched a new AI networking chip and router targeting data-center traffic — an incremental competitive threat for parts of the AI infrastructure stack that could pressure pricing/margins over time. Cisco unveils new AI networking chip, taking on Broadcom and Nvidia

NVIDIA Trading Down 0.8%

Shares of NVDA opened at $188.60 on Wednesday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $184.43 and its 200-day simple moving average is $183.14. The company has a quick ratio of 3.71, a current ratio of 4.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.58 trillion, a PE ratio of 46.80, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 2.31. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $86.62 and a 12-month high of $212.19.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $57.01 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $54.66 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 53.01% and a return on equity of 99.24%. The company’s revenue was up 62.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.81 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 4th were paid a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 4th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 0.99%.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In related news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.04, for a total value 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 approximately $651,483,201.88. This represents a 5.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total value of $40,087,825.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 7,621,453 shares in the company, valued at $1,373,157,187.01. The trade was a 2.84% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 1,611,474 shares of company stock worth $291,731,692 over the last quarter. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.