7,589 NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Bought by Plato Investment Management Ltd

Key Points

• Plato Investment Management increased its NVIDIA position by 1.3%, purchasing 7,589 shares to hold 605,743 shares valued at approximately $120.5 million. NVIDIA now represents 6.9% of Plato’s portfolio, while institutional investors collectively own 65.27% of the company.
• NVIDIA reported quarterly EPS of $2.22 and revenue of $96.22 billion, exceeding analyst estimates, with revenue rising 105.9% year over year. Analysts maintain a consensus “Buy” rating and an average price target of $324.14.
• The board authorized a $150 billion share-repurchase plan, allowing the company to buy back up to 2.8% of its shares. NVIDIA also declared a $0.25 quarterly dividend, while recent insider sales totaled approximately $399.5 million.

Plato Investment Management Ltd grew its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 1.3% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 605,743 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after buying an additional 7,589 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for about 6.9% of Plato Investment Management Ltd's portfolio, making the stock its largest position. Plato Investment Management Ltd's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $120,496,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. LightSquare Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.3% during the second quarter. LightSquare Wealth Management LLC now owns 18,695 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $3,741,000 after buying an additional 49 shares during the period. Defender Capital LLC. increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.7% in the second quarter. Defender Capital LLC. now owns 7,534 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $1,507,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the period. Kooman & Associates raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.6% during the second quarter. Kooman & Associates now owns 8,464 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $1,694,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Roof Eidam Maycock Peralta LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.3% in the 2nd quarter. Roof Eidam Maycock Peralta LLC now owns 18,827 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $3,767,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the period. Finally, Persium Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 3.5% in the second quarter. Persium Advisors LLC now owns 1,466 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $293,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

NVIDIA Trading Down 0.7%

NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $227.21 on Wednesday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $217.43 and a 200-day simple moving average of $206.62. The stock has a market cap of $5.48 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.72, a P/E/G ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 2.22. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1 year low of $164.27 and a 1 year high of $236.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a current ratio of 4.59.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%.The business had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $92.27 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.05 earnings per share. The business's revenue was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be issued a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.4%. NVIDIA's payout ratio is 12.64%.

NVIDIA announced that its board has approved a stock repurchase plan on Monday, September 28th that allows the company to buyback $150.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization allows the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

NVDA has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Zacks Research upgraded NVIDIA from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Monday, September 21st. BMO Capital Markets set a $340.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 20th. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $390.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday. KGI Securities increased their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $335.00 to $345.00 in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, KeyCorp reissued an "overweight" rating and set a $330.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, August 24th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have issued a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $324.14.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s decision to authorize an additional $150 billion in share repurchases, bringing total remaining authorization to approximately $235 billion through fiscal 2028, signals management’s confidence in future cash flow and could support earnings per share through a lower share count. Nvidia adds $150 billion to existing share repurchase plan
• Positive Sentiment: The company launched its Open Agent Safety Platform, including tools to control, monitor and isolate AI agents. Investors may see the initiative as a new software and inference-infrastructure opportunity rather than a constraint on AI spending. NVIDIA launches Open Agent Safety Platform
• Positive Sentiment: Demand indicators remain strong. SpaceX is reportedly purchasing more NVIDIA GPUs, Uniserve signed a five-year agreement involving NVIDIA B300 servers, and potential Chinese purchases of RTX PRO 5500 processors could expand the company’s addressable market if approved. SpaceX orders more Nvidia chips
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst optimism persists, including Rosenblatt’s reiterated Buy rating and $390 price target. Commentary also highlights accelerating TSMC 2-nanometer capacity and continued hyperscaler capital spending as longer-term support for NVIDIA’s growth. TSMC prices out the competition
• Negative Sentiment: Near-term trading was pressured by rising bond yields and macroeconomic uncertainty, while NVIDIA’s shares consolidated below their recent high after Monday’s buyback-driven advance.
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are monitoring higher memory costs and supply-chain bottlenecks that could compress gross margins even as AI revenue grows. A Netlist complaint seeking to restrict imports of Micron memory used in NVIDIA-related AI systems adds a further legal and supply risk. Netlist seeks U.S. import ban on Micron chips
• Negative Sentiment: NVIDIA is also exploring insurance structures for chip-backed loans to smaller “neocloud” customers. The effort could broaden demand, but it highlights concerns about financing risk and the ability of emerging customers to support massive AI infrastructure investments. Nvidia turns to insurers to spread risk of AI build-out

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 622,239 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Friday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total transaction of $144,122,997.18. Following the sale, the director owned 2,336,531 shares of the company's stock, valued at $541,187,310.22. The trade was a 21.03% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,460 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total transaction of $6,786,488.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 2,687,660 shares of the company's stock, valued at $598,810,648. This represents a 1.12% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 1,766,118 shares of company stock worth $399,450,353 over the last quarter. 3.94% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

NVIDIA Profile

NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processing units (GPUs), central processing units (CPUs), networking products and related software. Its technologies are used in artificial intelligence, data centers, scientific and technical computing, gaming, professional visualization, automotive systems and robotics.

The company's products include GeForce GPUs and gaming software, data center computing platforms, networking solutions, and enterprise software for AI development and deployment.

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