Brown Financial Advisors Purchases 7,404 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Key Points

• Brown Financial Advisors increased its NVIDIA stake by 21.3%. The firm purchased 7,404 additional shares, bringing its holdings to 42,229 shares worth approximately $8.45 million; institutional investors collectively own 65.27% of NVIDIA.
• Analyst sentiment remains strongly positive. NVIDIA has an average “Buy” rating and a consensus price target of $321.47, supported by 5 Strong Buy and 49 Buy ratings.
• NVIDIA reported strong operating results and announced a major buyback. Quarterly EPS and revenue exceeded estimates, revenue rose 105.9% year over year, and the company authorized up to $150 billion in share repurchases, while insiders sold approximately $399.5 million of stock over the past 90 days.

Brown Financial Advisors increased its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 21.3% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 42,229 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after purchasing an additional 7,404 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up approximately 2.9% of Brown Financial Advisors' holdings, making the stock its 3rd largest holding. Brown Financial Advisors' holdings in NVIDIA were worth $8,450,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Kirkwood Financial Services bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $864,000. Tobias Financial Advisors Inc. increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 50.0% during the second quarter. Tobias Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 29,786 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $5,960,000 after buying an additional 9,924 shares during the period. Groupe la Francaise raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 4.3% during the second quarter. Groupe la Francaise now owns 2,618,791 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $520,898,000 after acquiring an additional 107,074 shares in the last quarter. VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at approximately $1,036,586,000. Finally, Financial Insights Inc. raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.3% during the second quarter. Financial Insights Inc. now owns 16,681 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $3,338,000 after acquiring an additional 219 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts recently weighed in on the stock. President Capital lifted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $295.00 to $330.00 in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Piper Sandler began coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, September 9th. They set an "overweight" rating and a $300.00 price target for the company. Daiwa Securities Group dropped their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $255.00 to $245.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, September 17th. UBS Group restated a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, October 9th. Finally, Yorkville Ives initiated coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, October 6th. They set an "outperform" rating and a $300.00 price target for the company. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have given a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $321.47.

NVIDIA Stock Down 4.4%

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $212.21 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12 month low of $164.27 and a 12 month high of $243.37. The stock has a market cap of $5.11 trillion, a P/E ratio of 26.83, a P/E/G ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a current ratio of 4.59, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $222.86 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $212.57.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. 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 company posted $1.05 EPS. The company's revenue was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.30 earnings per share for the current year.

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 dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 12.64%.

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,460 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred 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 owned 2,687,660 shares of the company's stock, valued at $598,810,648. The trade was a 1.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark Stevens sold 622,239 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total transaction of $144,122,997.18. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 2,336,531 shares in the company, valued at $541,187,310.22. This represents a 21.03% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock worth $399,450,353. Company insiders own 3.94% of the company's stock.

More NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure demand remains robust. CEO Jensen Huang said neocloud demand is “off the charts,” while Super Micro’s significantly higher revenue outlook and SpaceX’s plans to add substantial computing capacity provided evidence that customers continue expanding AI infrastructure. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says neocloud demand is off the charts but capital is scarce
• Positive Sentiment: GTC Berlin expanded NVIDIA’s addressable market. The company introduced DSX POD modular Vera Rubin AI factories, designed to reduce deployment timelines from roughly six months to as little as 14 days. Its DSX platform also targets up to 30% lower power consumption and near-zero cooling-water usage, potentially easing customers’ power and permitting constraints. NVIDIA introduces DSX POD AI factories
• Positive Sentiment: Platform expansion supports the long-term bull case. New partnerships involving AI-agent security, robotics, autonomous vehicles, telecom networks, quantum-computing interfaces and industrial AI reinforce NVIDIA’s strategy of selling a broader full-stack computing ecosystem rather than only GPUs.
• Neutral Sentiment: Quantum news is strategically relevant but not yet a material earnings driver. Quantum X Labs reported improved error-correction results using NVIDIA CUDA-Q, illustrating ecosystem adoption, although the announcement does not provide meaningful near-term revenue information for NVIDIA.
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are questioning AI-spending sustainability and financing. Concerns that hyperscalers, neoclouds and other customers may struggle to fund massive data-center buildouts are weighing on the entire AI trade. Rising-rate risk adds pressure to high-growth technology valuations.
• Negative Sentiment: Semiconductor-sector pressure compounded the decline. Chip stocks weakened after Lam Research cited supply-chain constraints, while broader technology indexes also fell. NVIDIA’s high valuation and upcoming earnings raise the risk of a “sell-the-news” reaction even if results exceed expectations.

About NVIDIA

NVIDIA Corporation NASDAQ: NVDA is a technology company that designs graphics processing units (GPUs), accelerated computing platforms, networking products and related software. Its technologies support artificial intelligence, machine learning, scientific computing, data analytics, professional visualization and computer graphics.

The company's products include GeForce GPUs for gaming and personal computing, data center GPUs and systems for AI and high-performance computing, and networking solutions used to connect and manage large-scale computing infrastructure.

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