Alphinity Investment Management Pty Ltd Reduces Holdings in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Alphinity Investment Management Pty Ltd lessened its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 23.3% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 3,883,033 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 1,178,496 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for approximately 7.1% of Alphinity Investment Management Pty Ltd’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest holding. Alphinity Investment Management Pty Ltd’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $724,496,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of NVDA. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at about $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC lifted its position in NVIDIA by 47.9% during the second quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares during the period. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at about $40,000. Finally, Sellwood Investment Partners LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA in the third quarter valued at approximately $50,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

NVDA has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Fundamental Research set a $218.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Wolfe Research increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $250.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, January 30th. Raymond James Financial restated a “strong-buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, January 6th. Bank of America lifted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, DA Davidson reissued a “buy” rating and set a $250.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. Four 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. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $273.41.

NVIDIA Stock Down 1.3%

NVDA opened at $180.05 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $4.38 trillion, a PE ratio of 36.74, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.62 and a beta of 2.33. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $86.62 and a twelve month high of $212.19. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $186.23 and a 200 day moving average price of $183.88. The company has a quick ratio of 3.24, a current ratio of 3.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The company had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $65.56 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.89 EPS. NVIDIA’s revenue was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared 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 payout ratio is presently 0.82%.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other news, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $175.72, for a total transaction of $4,856,900.80. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 846,772 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $148,794,775.84. This represents a 3.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.04, for a total transaction of $36,008,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 3,618,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $651,483,201.88. This trade represents a 5.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 1,598,120 shares of company stock valued at $289,278,314 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA-led coalition commits to building AI‑native, open 6G infrastructure — expands a multi‑year telecom TAM for GPUs and software that could drive long‑term server and edge demand. Nvidia Expands Telecom Push With AI-Native 6G Initiative
• Positive Sentiment: Akamai and other large cloud/edge customers are deploying thousands of NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs for inference — signals strong demand for inference infrastructure beyond hyperscalers and supports recurring GPU sales. Akamai to Deploy Thousands of NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA is deepening optics and photonics supply chain with major investments (Coherent, Lumentum) and backing Ayar Labs — reduces supply risk for high‑speed interconnects and accelerates data‑center scale for AI. Nvidia to invest $4 billion in two photonics companies
• Positive Sentiment: Droplet Biosciences and other healthcare partners are using NVIDIA Parabricks/AI tools to speed diagnostics — showcases revenue diversification into life‑sciences AI workloads. Diagnostics startup partners with Nvidia
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street support remains strong: UBS reaffirmed Buy citing extended backlog into 2027 and Wedbush raised its price target sharply to $300 — both reinforce upside expectations for revenue and margins. UBS Maintains Buy Rating on NVIDIA Wedbush PT Raised to $300
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst commentary and bullish think‑pieces argue NVDA remains a structural AI winner (Morgan Stanley/Investopedia, Strategas) — positive longer term but not an immediate price catalyst. Nvidia Is Morgan Stanley’s Favorite Chip Stock Again
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical risk: NVIDIA temporarily closed its Dubai office amid the U.S.‑Iran conflict — raises short‑term operational/market‑risk and helped trigger risk‑off selling across tech. Nvidia, Amazon temporarily close Dubai offices
• Negative Sentiment: Market‑wide risk‑off tied to the Middle East escalation (Nasdaq futures weakness) and post‑earnings rotation/profit‑taking are pressuring NVDA despite blockbuster Q4 — short‑term selling often follows big run‑ups. Nasdaq futures plunge as market takes Iran war more seriously Why Nvidia stock is down 2% today

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.