Firetrail Investments PTY Ltd. lowered its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 1.8% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 192,183 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 3,466 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises approximately 8.9% of Firetrail Investments PTY Ltd.’s holdings, making the stock its largest holding. Firetrail Investments PTY Ltd.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $35,584,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 47.9% during the 2nd quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 67 shares during the period. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at $40,000. Finally, Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA in the third quarter valued at $50,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
NVDA has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Zacks Research upgraded NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Citigroup lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $270.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Argus reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $220.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, Robert W. Baird raised their target price on NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $273.41.
NVIDIA Stock Performance
Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $180.05 on Wednesday. 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 firm has a market cap of $4.38 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.74, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.62 and a beta of 2.33. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $186.23 and its 200-day moving average is $183.88. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $86.62 and a one year high of $212.19.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $68.13 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The business’s revenue was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.89 earnings per share. Equities analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA Announces Dividend
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be given a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is presently 0.82%.
Insider Activity
In other news, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $175.72, for a total transaction of $4,856,900.80. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 846,772 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $148,794,775.84. This trade represents a 3.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total transaction of $40,087,825.00. Following the sale, 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 ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 1,598,120 shares of company stock worth $289,278,314. Insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.
NVIDIA News Roundup
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.
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