Breachway Investments LLC Buys New Stake in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Key Points

• Breachway Investments LLC opened a new position in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter, buying 4,621 shares valued at about $862,000.
• Institutional interest remains strong overall, with 65.27% of NVIDIA shares held by institutions and hedge funds, even as some insiders recently sold stock.
• Wall Street sentiment is still bullish: analysts rate NVIDIA a consensus “Buy” with an average price target of $275.25, and the company recently beat quarterly earnings and revenue expectations.

Breachway Investments LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund bought 4,621 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock, valued at approximately $862,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its position in NVIDIA by 12.4% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $43,631,000 after purchasing an additional 35,815 shares during the period. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG lifted its position in NVIDIA by 1.0% during the fourth quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,346,417 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $315,100,000 after purchasing an additional 22,929 shares during the period. Highview Capital Management LLC DE increased its holdings in NVIDIA by 6.7% in the fourth quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 58,396 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $7,842,000 after buying an additional 3,653 shares in the last quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC increased its holdings in NVIDIA by 30.7% in the fourth quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $6,805,000 after buying an additional 11,900 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. increased its holdings in NVIDIA by 15.7% in the first quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 6,598 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $715,000 after buying an additional 896 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have weighed in on NVDA. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and issued a $250.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, March 17th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a "buy (b)" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, April 10th. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an "overweight" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 26th. UBS Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, March 17th. Finally, William Blair set a $300.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, March 12th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $275.25.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 19th. The shares were 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 owned 36,007 shares of the company's stock, valued at $6,362,796.97. The trade was a 34.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 3,004 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $184.90, for a total transaction of $555,439.60. Following the sale, the director directly owned 14,788 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,734,301.20. This represents a 16.88% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 906,336 shares of company stock valued at $162,802,518. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company's stock.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA remains a key beneficiary of the AI infrastructure boom, with commentary saying its lead in chips is expanding into a broader infrastructure moat and that hyperscalers’ spending should keep driving demand. Nvidia: Moat Is Wider Than The Market Thinks
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and market commentary continue to view NVDA as one of the top semiconductor names to own, reinforcing bullish expectations into earnings. NVIDIA (NVDA): The Best American Semiconductor Stock to Buy According to Analysts
• Positive Sentiment: Investor attention is high ahead of NVIDIA’s earnings report, with the stock trading near record levels as traders position for what could be another strong quarter. Why Nvidia stock is beating the broader market today
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s partnership with IREN to accelerate up to 5 gigawatts of AI infrastructure is being cited as evidence that the company is extending its ecosystem beyond chips and into data-center buildout. Why NVIDIA (NVDA) Is Turning Its AI Hardware Lead Into an Infrastructure Moat
• Positive Sentiment: Several market pieces frame NVIDIA as a long-term AI winner and a likely beneficiary of continued spending on chips, data centers, and inference workloads. 5 Stocks Positioned to Benefit From the AI Inference Boom
• Neutral Sentiment: One note says Alphabet could briefly overtake NVIDIA in market value, which is more of a headline watch item than a direct fundamental concern. Alphabet Is on the Brink of Beating NVIDIA in Market Value: ETFs to Buy
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest data showed no meaningful short positioning change, so it does not appear to be a real market driver. Short Interest Update
• Negative Sentiment: Some articles raise caution that competition is increasing as major cloud customers develop custom AI chips, which could pressure NVIDIA’s margins over time. Nvidia Stock: Reasons For Short-Term Caution Into Earnings
• Negative Sentiment: There is also some broader sector warning chatter about semiconductors flashing a technical crash signal, which could weigh on sentiment if risk appetite fades. Semiconductor stocks just printed major crash signal

NVIDIA Stock Up 2.0%

NVDA stock opened at $219.44 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.33 trillion, a P/E ratio of 44.78, a P/E/G ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 2.25. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $188.67 and a 200-day simple moving average of $187.18. The company has a quick ratio of 3.24, a current ratio of 3.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $120.28 and a 52 week high of $222.30.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $68.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 97.37%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.89 earnings per share. Equities analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.78 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th were paid a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA's payout ratio 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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