Chilton Capital Management LLC Grows Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Key Points

• Chilton Capital Management increased its NVIDIA stake by 5.5% in the second quarter to 1.2 million shares valued at approximately $239.6 million, making NVIDIA its largest portfolio holding. Institutional investors collectively own 65.27% of the company.
• NVIDIA reported strong quarterly results, with revenue up 105.9% year over year to $96.22 billion and earnings of $2.22 per share, exceeding analyst expectations. Analysts maintain a consensus “Buy” rating with an average price target of $324.34.
• Despite strong AI-driven momentum, insider selling and competitive and valuation risks remain: insiders sold $392.7 million of stock over the past 90 days, while AMD’s growth, infrastructure costs, interest rates and AI-bubble concerns could pressure the shares.

Chilton Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 5.5% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 1,197,325 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after buying an additional 62,564 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up approximately 7.6% of Chilton Capital Management LLC's portfolio, making the stock its largest holding. Chilton Capital Management LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $239,573,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. J. Stern & Co. LLP grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 13,709.1% during the 4th quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP now owns 125,760,307 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $23,454,297,000 after acquiring an additional 124,849,603 shares during the period. PFA Pension Forsikringsaktieselskab bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth approximately $2,635,969,000. Amundi lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 10.4% in the first quarter. Amundi now owns 133,768,018 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $23,329,141,000 after purchasing an additional 12,575,177 shares during the last quarter. SEB Asset Management AB purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the first quarter valued at approximately $1,692,807,000. Finally, Employees Provident Fund Board bought a new position in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter valued at $1,243,336,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In related news, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total value of $7,648,787.90. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 765,103 shares of the company's stock, valued at $167,595,812.15. This represents a 4.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing 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 the firm's stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the director owned 2,336,531 shares in the company, valued at $541,187,310.22. The trade was a 21.03% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,735,658 shares of company stock valued at $392,663,865. Insiders own 3.94% of the company's stock.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVDA opened at $228.87 on Wednesday. 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 stock has a 50-day moving average price of $215.47 and a 200-day moving average price of $205.09. The company has a market cap of $5.52 trillion, a PE ratio of 28.93, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 2.22. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $164.27 and a 12-month high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates 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 the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.05 earnings per share. NVIDIA's quarterly revenue was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA's payout ratio is currently 12.64%.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang pushed back against AI “doomsday” scenarios and argued that existing laws are sufficient, helping ease concerns that overly restrictive regulation could slow AI deployment. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang rejects AI doomsday fears
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and financial commentators continue to highlight NVIDIA’s earnings momentum, broad AI hardware and networking portfolio, and projected long-term demand. Zacks restored the stock to a Rank #1 “Strong Buy,” while another report cited potential upside from positive earnings revisions. Bull of the Day: NVIDIA Corp.
• Positive Sentiment: Potentially improved access to China is a major catalyst. NVIDIA’s latest forecast reportedly assumes no data-center compute sales to China, leaving upside if the upcoming Trump-Xi discussions lead to licenses or expanded chip shipments. Nvidia’s forecast assumes no data center chip sales to China
• Positive Sentiment: New ecosystem initiatives reinforce NVIDIA’s expansion beyond GPUs. QAD | Redzone plans to integrate NVIDIA technology into manufacturing intelligence, while NVIDIA’s reported roughly $12.9 billion Hugging Face acquisition would add a major developer, model and dataset ecosystem. QAD Redzone Accelerates Manufacturing Intelligence with NVIDIA
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors are increasingly focused on AI infrastructure bottlenecks such as high-bandwidth memory, optical networking, power and cooling. Rising component costs could pressure NVIDIA’s margins, but may also validate demand and strengthen the position of critical suppliers such as Micron, Coherent and Lumentum. NVIDIA just named AI’s next bottleneck
• Negative Sentiment: AMD’s rapid advance is intensifying competitive pressure. Large OpenAI and Oracle commitments, rising data-center revenue and potential pricing power suggest hyperscalers are diversifying away from a single accelerator supplier. AMD chips away at NVIDIA’s AI throne
• Negative Sentiment: Other reports warn that higher interest rates, concentrated AI revenue, expensive infrastructure financing and persistent bubble concerns could weigh on NVIDIA’s richly valued shares. NVIDIA also missed the strongest portion of a Meta-driven chip rally, underscoring lingering growth expectations.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have issued reports on NVDA shares. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $390.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Friday, September 4th. Evercore set a $465.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. KeyCorp reiterated an "overweight" rating and set a $330.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, August 24th. Phillip Securities lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $285.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, August 31st. Finally, William Blair restated an "outperform" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $324.34.

NVIDIA Profile

NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processors and related software. Its products are used for artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, computer graphics, data-center applications and other workloads that benefit from parallel processing.

The company's offerings include GeForce graphics processing units (GPUs) and software for gaming and personal computers; data-center GPUs, systems and networking products; and professional visualization solutions for design, engineering, media and scientific applications.

This instant news alert was generated by narrative science technology and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest reporting and unbiased coverage. Please send any questions or comments about this story to contact@marketbeat.com.