Avity Investment Management Inc. Lowers Stock Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Avity Investment Management Inc. decreased its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 2.4% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 301,336 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 7,259 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for approximately 3.9% of Avity Investment Management Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 6th biggest holding. Avity Investment Management Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $56,223,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Center for Financial Planning Inc. raised its position 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 purchasing an additional 367 shares during the last quarter. Atria Investments Inc raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 3.2% in the second quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 942,208 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $148,859,000 after buying an additional 29,479 shares during the last quarter. Svenska Handelsbanken AB publ bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the third quarter valued at about $37,316,000. Oak Ridge Investments LLC grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. Oak Ridge Investments LLC now owns 970,860 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $181,143,000 after acquiring an additional 20,559 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Whalen Wealth Management Inc. grew its holdings in 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 acquiring an additional 6,162 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have issued reports on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $250.00 price objective on NVIDIA and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $250.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, January 8th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, February 28th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $250.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $274.30.

NVIDIA Trading Down 0.8%

NVDA opened at $180.40 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $184.97 and its two-hundred day moving average is $184.15. The firm has a market cap of $4.38 trillion, a PE ratio of 36.82, 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 debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a current ratio of 3.91.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released 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. The business had revenue of $68.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 97.37%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.89 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 0.82%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 19th. The shares were 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 approximately $1,373,157,187.01. This trade represents a 2.84% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.52, for a total transaction of $54,756,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,318,547 shares in the company, valued at approximately $605,701,198.44. The trade was a 8.29% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 1,020,784 shares of company stock worth $186,152,154. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Nvidia says Chinese authorities approved H200 sales and the company has received purchase orders — management is restarting China‑compliant H200 production, reopening a large market if licenses and supply hold. Chinese authorities approve Nvidia H200 sales
• Positive Sentiment: Jensen Huang guided to >$1 trillion in demand for Blackwell and Rubin systems through 2027 — that figure reset investor expectations about the size of Nvidia’s inference/AI‑infrastructure TAM. $1T Blackwell/Rubin opportunity
• Positive Sentiment: GTC product roadmap expands monetization beyond GPUs (Vera Rubin platform, Vera CPU, Nemotron inference, OpenClaw/NemoClaw agent tools, DLSS 5) — broadens software, inference and agentic AI revenue pathways. GTC product and OpenClaw coverage
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street stayed largely bullish after GTC — multiple firms reaffirmed/raised price targets and Buy ratings, supporting upside expectations. Analyst updates after GTC
• Positive Sentiment: Management signaled capital returns — a plan to deploy ~50% of free cash flow to buybacks/dividends improves shareholder return outlook. FCF return plan
• Neutral Sentiment: Multiple partner wins and ecosystem integrations (robotaxi partners, cloud and optics suppliers, hospital/healthcare use cases) validate demand but are multi‑quarter revenue plays. WeRide / DRIVE partnerships
• Negative Sentiment: Market reaction was muted — shares traded sideways/edged lower after the keynote as investors look for concrete order recognition, supply timelines and margin impact. That caution is weighing on near‑term performance. Muted market reaction
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling and profit‑taking: a director disclosed a sale this week, which can pressure sentiment even if it’s small versus institutional ownership. Insider Form 4 disclosure
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory, tariff and competitive risks remain — potential U.S. export/tariff friction, DOJ antitrust scrutiny around talent deals, and rising hyperscaler/in‑house rivals could slow or compress upside. DOJ antitrust comments China tariff risk

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.