Atala Financial Inc Lowers Holdings in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Key Points

• Atala Financial Inc. trimmed its stake in NVIDIA (NVDA) by 13.3% in Q4, selling 3,707 shares to hold 24,064 shares valued at about $4.49 million, making NVDA roughly 2.8% of the fund and its sixth-largest holding.
• Significant insider selling has occurred recently—Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares and EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares—with insiders offloading 953,976 shares (~$171.2 million) over the past 90 days; insiders now own 4.17% of the company.
• Despite sales, Wall Street remains broadly bullish: MarketBeat shows a consensus "Buy" rating with a $275.25 target, multiple firms have raised price targets, and institutional investors hold about 65.3% of NVDA's shares.

Atala Financial Inc decreased its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 13.3% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 24,064 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 3,707 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for approximately 2.8% of Atala Financial Inc's holdings, making the stock its 6th biggest holding. Atala Financial Inc's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $4,488,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 47.9% in the 2nd quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth about $40,000. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter worth about $50,000. Networth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth about $51,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth about $54,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

NVDA has been the topic of several research reports. CICC Research upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $228.00 to $240.60 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, February 27th. HSBC set a $310.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $250.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $250.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, January 8th. Finally, Robert W. Baird upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $275.25.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total transaction of $3,357,490.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 36,007 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $6,362,796.97. This represents a 34.54% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total value of $54,675,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,018,547 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $550,130,190.75. The trade was a 9.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 953,976 shares of company stock worth $171,173,819 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company's stock.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Product and ecosystem wins continue to support NVDA’s revenue durability — cloud provider Vultr said it will deploy NVIDIA’s Nemotron 3 Nano Omni for multimodal inference, extending adoption of NVIDIA models and serverless inference offerings. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Product platform strength: Analysts point to the Blackwell platform and Rubin chips as drivers of continued data‑center growth and margin expansion, supporting the long‑term revenue outlook. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Institutional/analyst support remains heavy — Bank of America and other firms keep bullish ratings and price targets, and a large institutional filing shows Alecta added shares, signaling continued institutional appetite. Read More. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Options and derivatives activity show traders are pricing a re‑test of recent highs — heavy call/put flows mean volatility is elevated and short‑term moves can be amplified. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Macro/structural view: several analysts argue AI demand is structural (not cyclical) though near‑term valuation and capex digestion remain concerns — this supports a buy‑and‑hold case but warns of short‑term swings. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: OpenAI stumble sparked the selloff — reports that OpenAI missed internal growth/revenue targets triggered a broad chip‑stock pullback today, directly pressuring NVDA as a top AI‑infrastructure supplier. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive and capex risks: coverage highlights the rise of custom silicon (TPUs, in‑house chips) and the risk of capex digestion — these can blunt NVDA’s near‑term share gains if hyperscalers substitute GPUs. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Large insider and institutional sales have been reported in filings (some selling is planned/10b5‑1), which can add to headline noise and amplify pullbacks even if long‑term demand remains intact. Read More.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $213.42 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $5.19 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 43.56, a P/E/G ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 2.34. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is $186.09 and its 200 day simple moving average is $185.90. 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 Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $104.08 and a fifty-two week high of $216.82.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 97.37%. NVIDIA's revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.89 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.77 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 11th were given a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 0.82%.

NVIDIA 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.

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