Arete Wealth Advisors LLC Buys 8,383 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Key Points

• Arete Wealth Advisors increased its NVIDIA stake by 4.3%, purchasing 8,383 shares to hold 203,959 shares valued at approximately $40.81 million. Institutional investors collectively own 65.27% of the company.
• NVIDIA reported quarterly EPS of $2.22 and revenue of $96.22 billion, beating analyst estimates, with revenue up 105.9% year over year. The company also authorized a $150 billion share-buyback program and declared a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share.
• Wall Street maintains a positive outlook, with a consensus “Buy” rating and an average price target of $321.89, although insiders—including a director and an executive vice president—sold shares worth roughly $399.45 million over the past 90 days.

Arete Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 4.3% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 203,959 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after purchasing an additional 8,383 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises about 1.8% of Arete Wealth Advisors LLC's holdings, making the stock its 11th biggest position. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $40,810,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. LightSquare Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 0.3% during the 2nd quarter. LightSquare Wealth Management LLC now owns 18,695 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $3,741,000 after purchasing an additional 49 shares in the last quarter. Defender Capital LLC. lifted 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 valued at $1,507,000 after buying an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Kooman & Associates lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.6% in the second quarter. Kooman & Associates now owns 8,464 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $1,694,000 after buying an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Roof Eidam Maycock Peralta LLC grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.3% during the second 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 last quarter. Finally, Persium Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 3.5% during the second quarter. Persium Advisors LLC now owns 1,466 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $293,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NVIDIA stock opened at $230.48 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.55 trillion, a PE ratio of 29.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.83 and a beta of 2.22. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $164.27 and a 1-year high of $243.37. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is $222.09 and its 200 day simple moving average is $209.29. The company has a current ratio of 4.59, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14.

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, beating the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%.The firm's quarterly revenue was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.05 earnings per share. As a group, analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Monday, September 28th that authorizes the company to buyback $150.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 1st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 10th were paid a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.4%. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is currently 12.64%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Mark Stevens sold 622,239 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, September 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total value of $144,122,997.18. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 2,336,531 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $541,187,310.22. This represents a 21.03% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,460 shares of the stock in a transaction on 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 transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at approximately $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. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock valued at $399,450,353. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on NVDA shares. China Renaissance lifted their price target on NVIDIA from $319.00 to $330.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, August 31st. Evercore set a $465.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, September 21st. Benchmark reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $335.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company set a $210.00 price objective on NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, October 2nd. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have issued a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $321.89.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: SpaceX is reportedly seeking approximately $40 billion in debt financing to purchase NVIDIA GPUs, potentially creating a major future order and reinforcing demand for the company’s data-center products. Apollo, banks in talks to finance SpaceX's $40 billion Nvidia GPU purchase
• Positive Sentiment: TSMC reported record quarterly revenue of roughly $46.7 billion, up 50% year over year, indicating that demand for advanced AI processors—including NVIDIA’s products—remains robust. Nvidia and AMD fuel a $46.7B TSMC quarter
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA committed $1 billion over five years to U.S. science initiatives spanning artificial intelligence, quantum computing, healthcare and energy security. The investment may strengthen government relationships and expand long-term technology adoption. NVIDIA Commits $1 Billion to Advance US Science
• Positive Sentiment: BNP Paribas Exane upgraded NVIDIA to “strong buy,” while Microsoft and PC manufacturers unveiled systems using NVIDIA’s RTX Spark chips, supporting expansion into local and personal AI computing. NVIDIA Stock Lifted to Strong-Buy
• Neutral Sentiment: A large options trade reportedly bets on additional upside, but the signal is speculative and does not change NVIDIA’s underlying earnings outlook. Nvidia Stock Slips. A Big Options Trade Signals Where It Might Go Next
• Negative Sentiment: OpenAI’s reported annualized revenue of about $50 billion was below a previously circulated $68 billion figure, prompting a selloff across AI stocks and raising questions about the pace of AI monetization. Nvidia, Oracle, CoreWeave and other AI stocks sink on OpenAI revenue report
• Negative Sentiment: Firmus, an NVIDIA-backed cloud-computing company, abandoned plans for a major Australian IPO, citing market conditions. The failed offering highlights tightening investor appetite for AI infrastructure financing. NVIDIA’s proposed $20 billion Groq transaction also faces a Delaware lawsuit alleging improper deal structuring, adding legal risk. Nvidia-Backed Firmus Scraps Australian IPO

NVIDIA Company 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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