48,037 Shares in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Acquired by Vanderbilt University

Key Points

• Vanderbilt University acquired 48,037 NVIDIA shares worth approximately $9.6 million in the second quarter, making NVDA about 1.3% of its portfolio and its ninth-largest position.
• NVIDIA reported quarterly EPS of $2.22 and revenue of $96.22 billion, surpassing estimates; revenue increased 105.9% year over year. Analysts maintain a broadly positive outlook, with an average “Buy” rating and a $324.34 price target.
• Despite strong AI-driven growth prospects and an $80 billion buyback authorization, investors face valuation, regulatory and insider-selling risks; insiders sold roughly $571 million of stock over the past 90 days.

Vanderbilt University purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 48,037 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock, valued at approximately $9,612,000. NVIDIA makes up about 1.3% of Vanderbilt University's investment portfolio, making the stock its 9th largest position.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 1st quarter worth about $27,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC grew its holdings in 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 acquiring an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Phillip James Consulting Co. acquired a new stake in NVIDIA in the 1st quarter valued at about $40,000. Finally, Inspire Investing LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth about $44,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on NVDA. Wedbush upped their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $330.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. HSBC boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $360.00 to $365.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. New Street Research reduced their price objective on NVIDIA from $343.00 to $340.00 in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Wall Street Zen upgraded NVIDIA from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, August 29th. Finally, Raymond James Financial set a $515.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the company a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $324.34.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrade and growth outlook: Piper Sandler upgraded NVIDIA to “strong buy,” while CEO Jensen Huang reiterated expectations for roughly 70% revenue growth next year and a potential $3 trillion–$4 trillion AI market by 2030. Erste Group also raised its FY2027 EPS estimate to $9.23 from $9.00. NVIDIA analyst upgrade Jensen Huang growth outlook
• Positive Sentiment: Evidence of sustained chip demand: TSMC reported August revenue growth of 53.3% year over year, signaling continued orders for AI accelerators and advanced packaging. The data supports NVIDIA’s view that hyperscaler and enterprise AI infrastructure spending remains strong. TSMC August revenue
• Positive Sentiment: Infrastructure expansion and partnerships: NVIDIA is working with Australian cloud and data-center companies on up to 2 gigawatts of AI-factory capacity by 2027. Its collaborations with Palantir on sovereign AI supply chains and d-Matrix on chip-linking technology further expand the CUDA-based ecosystem and potential future demand. NVIDIA Australia AI infrastructure d-Matrix partnership
• Neutral Sentiment: Valuation remains the central debate: Investors are weighing NVIDIA’s exceptional growth, profitability and AI leadership against a very high market capitalization and the possibility that optimistic forecasts are already reflected in the stock. Analysts continue to compare NVIDIA with Broadcom and AMD as custom silicon competition develops. NVIDIA valuation debate
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory and sentiment risks: The Justice Department is reportedly examining NVIDIA’s licensing arrangement with Groq for possible antitrust concerns. In addition, insiders have reported substantial selling with no purchases in the past six months, while higher oil prices and Treasury yields have pressured high-growth technology shares. DOJ Groq investigation NVIDIA insider sales

NVIDIA Trading Down 0.0%

NVDA opened at $218.29 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $213.29 and a 200 day simple moving average of $203.33. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $164.27 and a fifty-two week high of $236.54. The company has a market cap of $5.26 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 4.59 and a quick ratio of 3.85.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The firm had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $92.27 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.05 earnings per share. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.12 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be given a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 12.64%.

NVIDIA declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to buyback $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization permits the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $217.88, for a total value of $6,536,400.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 2,687,660 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $585,587,360.80. This represents a 1.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total value of $186,000,450.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. This trade represents a 14.53% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 2,585,740 shares of company stock worth $571,015,527 over the last 90 days. 3.94% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

NVIDIA Company Profile

NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processors and related software. Its products are used for artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, computer graphics, data-center applications and other workloads that benefit from parallel processing.

The company's offerings include GeForce graphics processing units (GPUs) and software for gaming and personal computers; data-center GPUs, systems and networking products; and professional visualization solutions for design, engineering, media and scientific applications.

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