Clayton Financial Group LLC Sells 8,446 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Key Points

• Clayton Financial Group cut its NVIDIA stake by 74.5% in the second quarter, selling 8,446 shares and retaining 2,884 shares worth approximately $577,000. Institutional investors collectively own 65.27% of NVIDIA.
• NVIDIA exceeded quarterly expectations with $2.22 in EPS and $96.22 billion in revenue, representing 105.9% year-over-year revenue growth. Analysts maintain a “Moderate Buy” consensus rating with an average price target of $324.83.
• Insiders have been selling shares, including major transactions by executives and directors totaling 2.59 million shares worth $571 million over the past 90 days. NVIDIA also declared a $0.25 quarterly dividend and authorized an $80 billion share-repurchase program.

Clayton Financial Group LLC decreased its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 74.5% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 2,884 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 8,446 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for approximately 0.3% of Clayton Financial Group LLC's holdings, making the stock its 20th biggest position. Clayton Financial Group LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $577,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. bought a new position in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in NVIDIA in the 1st quarter worth approximately $27,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC grew its position in 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 period. Phillip James Consulting Co. purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 1st quarter valued at $40,000. Finally, Spurstone Advisory Services LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at $40,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts recently commented on the company. Melius Research set a $420.00 price objective on NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, August 27th. HSBC increased their target price on NVIDIA from $360.00 to $365.00 in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Wedbush raised their target price on NVIDIA from $330.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. BMO Capital Markets set a $340.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 20th. Finally, CICC Research upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $240.60 to $268.30 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, May 22nd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $324.83.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $217.88, for a total transaction of $6,536,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at $585,587,360.80. This trade represents a 1.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total value of $186,000,450.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 5,207,271 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. The trade was a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 2,585,740 shares of company stock valued at $571,015,527. 3.94% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $225.73 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $5.44 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.54, a P/E/G ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 2.22. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $164.27 and a 1-year high of $236.54. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is $211.83 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $202.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 4.59 and a quick ratio of 3.85.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last released 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. The company had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. NVIDIA's revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.05 EPS. Research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.1 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be paid a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is presently 12.64%.

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has approved 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 repurchase up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA continues to benefit from exceptional AI infrastructure demand. Recent analysis highlighted $96.2 billion in quarterly revenue, 106% year-over-year growth, strong data-center momentum and management’s expectation for approximately 70% revenue growth in fiscal 2028. Blackwell, networking and the upcoming Vera Rubin platform provide additional product catalysts. Nvidia's Earnings Staircase Keeps The Momentum Rolling
• Positive Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang reinforced the investment case by describing NVIDIA’s computing hardware as durable, rentable and capable of generating revenue for customers even as chips age. Continued rental demand for older H100 systems supports the resale and utilization value of NVIDIA’s installed base. Jensen Huang Calls Nvidia Chips a Revenue-Generating Asset
• Positive Sentiment: Customer and ecosystem news remains supportive: NVIDIA-backed Firmus signed a multiyear computing-capacity agreement with OpenAI, while Quantum Cyber announced an eight-GPU NVIDIA A100 cluster for autonomous defense and drone applications. These announcements indicate expanding use of NVIDIA hardware beyond traditional hyperscale deployments. Nvidia-backed Firmus Signs Deal With OpenAI
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA’s approximately $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face is viewed as a way to deepen its software and developer ecosystem, but investors are watching whether the open-source community embraces the platform under NVIDIA ownership and whether the deal produces adequate returns.
• Neutral Sentiment: Supplier activity points to sustained demand but also rising execution and financing requirements. Wistron announced a $1.5 billion share sale to fund materials and capacity, illustrating the capital intensity of the AI-server buildout without directly changing NVIDIA’s earnings outlook.
• Negative Sentiment: Director Mark Stevens sold 1,022,239 NVIDIA shares for approximately $235.6 million across September 3–4, reducing his direct ownership by roughly one-third across the reported transactions. Although insider sales do not necessarily signal deteriorating fundamentals, the size of the sales can weigh on sentiment.
• Negative Sentiment: The stock’s pullback reflects profit-taking after three sessions of gains and weaker risk appetite linked to higher oil prices and renewed Middle East tensions. Investors also continue to debate competition from custom AI chips, data-center opposition, customer concentration and whether AI spending can justify NVIDIA’s multitrillion-dollar valuation.

NVIDIA Company 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.

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