NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Sold by Assenagon Asset Management S.A.

Assenagon Asset Management S.A. decreased its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 0.7% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 20,887,453 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 138,730 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up about 5.4% of Assenagon Asset Management S.A.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 4th largest position. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. owned approximately 0.09% of NVIDIA worth $3,895,510,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Center for Financial Planning Inc. grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 4.6% in the second quarter. Center for Financial Planning Inc. now owns 8,429 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,332,000 after acquiring an additional 367 shares in the last quarter. PMG Family Office LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter worth about $2,150,000. Svenska Handelsbanken AB publ bought a new stake in NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter valued at about $37,316,000. Oak Ridge Investments LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 2.2% in the 3rd quarter. Oak Ridge Investments LLC now owns 970,860 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $181,143,000 after purchasing an additional 20,559 shares during the period. Finally, Circle Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 16.1% during the 3rd quarter. Circle Wealth Management LLC now owns 107,787 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $20,111,000 after purchasing an additional 14,936 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst/valuation support: Multiple pieces argue NVDA is trading cheaply vs. its growth profile and some brokers/analysts reiterated buys or raised long‑term estimates, providing a buy‑the‑dip narrative that could attract value buyers. 5 April Buys With Double-Digit Year-End Targets
• Positive Sentiment: Enterprise deployments and partnerships expand demand: NVIDIA’s tech is being embedded across industries (energy partnership with SLB, healthcare deployments and HGX systems for regional AI factories), which supports recurring data‑center GPU demand beyond hyperscalers. SLB expands Nvidia partnership to develop AI infrastructure for energy sector
• Positive Sentiment: Ecosystem capital: A Reuters report that a Nvidia‑backed startup (Reflection) is seeking a large funding round signals continued investor appetite for NVDA‑adjacent AI ecosystems that can drive future software and services spend tied to NVIDIA hardware. Nvidia-backed Reflection AI eyes $25 billion valuation, WSJ reports
• Neutral Sentiment: Valuation narrative shifts: Several outlets note NVDA’s forward multiple has compressed (trading near S&P valuation levels), which can be read as either a buying opportunity or a signal that the market is discounting growth — the net impact depends on investor time horizon. Nvidia (NVDA) Stock Trades Below S&P 500 Valuation for First Time in Over a Decade
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/export risk: Senators have pushed to pause NVIDIA export licenses after DOJ charges in an alleged AI‑chip diversion/smuggling case — any tighter export controls would directly reduce addressable revenue from China and adjacent markets. Senators Push to Freeze Nvidia Export Licenses
• Negative Sentiment: Legal and reputational headwinds: A revived class‑action/lawsuit environment and separate suits tied to alleged undisclosed revenues or compliance issues increase near‑term legal risk and uncertainty for guidance/controls. Super Micro Computer Hit With Securities Fraud Lawsuit
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical/supply‑chain concentration: Analysts warn war risk (Iran/Taiwan tensions) could hit NVDA because most advanced GPUs are manufactured at TSMC in Taiwan; heightened geopolitical risk compresses multiples and prompts sectorwide selling. Nvidia Share Price Could Be Hit Hard By Iran War
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling and short‑term uncertainty: Director share sales and vocal skeptics (media/pundits warning of dramatic downside) add to near‑term caution and can amplify momentum selling. NVIDIA Director Sells $38.5M in Stock

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, Director John Dabiri sold 3,004 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $184.90, for a total transaction of $555,439.60. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 14,788 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,734,301.20. The trade was a 16.88% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total value of $54,675,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 3,018,547 shares in the company, valued at $550,130,190.75. This trade represents a 9.04% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 1,401,616 shares of company stock valued at $253,555,407 over the last quarter. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have commented on NVDA shares. Sanford C. Bernstein raised their price objective on NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $300.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, March 23rd. Oppenheimer reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $265.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Tigress Financial reaffirmed a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $360.00 price target (up from $350.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. Finally, William Blair set a $300.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, March 12th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $275.95.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NVIDIA stock opened at $167.52 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $183.42 and a 200-day moving average of $184.34. The company has a market capitalization of $4.07 trillion, a P/E ratio of 34.19, a P/E/G ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 2.33. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1 year low of $86.62 and a 1 year high of $212.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 3.91 and a quick ratio of 3.24.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 97.37%. The business had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.89 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share 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 issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 0.82%.

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.