Arvest Bank Trust Division Grows Stock Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Key Points

• Arvest Bank Trust Division increased its NVIDIA position by 5.4% in the first quarter, adding 13,503 shares to hold 261,348 shares valued at approximately $45.6 million.
• NVIDIA insiders sold about 1.9 million shares worth $410.6 million over the past 90 days, while institutional investors own 65.27% of the company.
• Analysts remain broadly bullish, with an average “Buy” rating and a $304.26 price target. NVIDIA also reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings and revenue, authorized an $80 billion share-repurchase program, and increased its quarterly dividend to $0.25 per share.

Arvest Bank Trust Division grew its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 5.4% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 261,348 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after acquiring an additional 13,503 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for approximately 2.5% of Arvest Bank Trust Division's holdings, making the stock its 11th largest holding. Arvest Bank Trust Division's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $45,579,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the first quarter worth $27,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 47.9% during the second quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 67 shares during the period. Phillip James Consulting Co. purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the first quarter valued at $40,000. Finally, Spurstone Advisory Services LLC purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at $40,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total transaction of $186,000,450.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 5,207,271 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,094,412,146.07. The trade was a 14.53% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total transaction of $133,750.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 14,163 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $3,030,882. This represents a 4.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015 in the last 90 days. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. Truist Financial raised their target price on NVIDIA from $287.00 to $307.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Benchmark reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $335.00 price target (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. KeyCorp reissued an "overweight" rating and issued a $330.00 price objective (up from $310.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, July 14th. Melius Research set a $400.00 price objective on NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Wolfe Research reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and set a $275.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $304.26.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $206.64 on Tuesday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52-week low of $164.07 and a 52-week high of $236.54. The company has a quick ratio of 2.85, a current ratio of 3.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The stock has a market cap of $5.00 trillion, a PE ratio of 31.64, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.39 and a beta of 2.23. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $205.24 and a 200-day simple moving average of $196.34.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.NVIDIA's revenue for the quarter was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.81 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.79 EPS for the current year.

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

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 4th. This is a positive change from NVIDIA's previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is 15.31%.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Cloud providers are accelerating spending on AI infrastructure, particularly NVIDIA’s liquid-cooled Blackwell systems. This reinforced expectations that demand for NVIDIA’s data-center GPUs remains well ahead of supply ahead of the company’s next earnings report. Nvidia stock climbs as AI infrastructure demand boosts investor sentiment
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst and earnings-preview coverage remains bullish. NVIDIA has a strong history of beating estimates, while reported first-quarter revenue of $81.6 billion and data-center revenue of $75.2 billion showed exceptional year-over-year growth. Forecasts also point to continued momentum from the Blackwell and upcoming Vera Rubin platforms. Will Nvidia beat estimates again
• Positive Sentiment: A strong Nasdaq and semiconductor-sector rebound lifted sentiment across chip stocks, providing an additional market-wide catalyst for NVDA. Some analysts argue that NVIDIA’s valuation remains reasonable relative to its growth and potential future sales. Nvidia beats stock market upswing
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA is using financial guarantees, equity investments, and revenue-sharing arrangements to help customers build AI data centers and secure demand for Vera Rubin. The strategy could strengthen its ecosystem and market share, but it also increases exposure to customer defaults, cash outflows, and weaker AI-investment returns. Nvidia financial engineering and Vera Rubin
• Negative Sentiment: Risk-focused coverage highlights concerns about circular financing, rising AI infrastructure costs, and whether hyperscaler spending can remain economically justified. NVIDIA has also traded sideways for several months, suggesting investors may require stronger earnings or guidance to sustain a breakout. Nvidia stock remains in a $200 rut
• Negative Sentiment: Longer-term competitive risks are emerging as custom AI chips gain traction and AI-generated software could weaken CUDA’s traditional competitive moat, particularly as workloads shift from training toward inference. AI threats to Nvidia CUDA

About NVIDIA

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.

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