Clear Trail Advisors LLC Grows Stock Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Key Points

• Clear Trail Advisors increased its NVIDIA position by 393.1% in the second quarter, holding 11,878 shares valued at approximately $2.38 million. Institutional investors and hedge funds collectively own 65.27% of NVIDIA.
• NVIDIA insiders sold approximately $571 million worth of stock during the last quarter, including significant sales by EVP Timothy Teter and director Mark Stevens, while insiders retain a 3.94% ownership stake.
• Analysts maintain a generally bullish outlook, with an average “Moderate Buy” rating and a $324.83 price target. NVIDIA also reported quarterly revenue of $96.22 billion, up 105.9% year over year, and authorized an $80 billion share-repurchase plan.

Clear Trail Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 393.1% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 11,878 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after buying an additional 9,469 shares during the period. Clear Trail Advisors LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $2,377,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Norges Bank purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth approximately $62,244,133,000. J. Stern & Co. LLP grew its stake 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 buying an additional 124,849,603 shares during the period. Cardano Risk Management B.V. increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 896.4% during the 4th quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. now owns 78,123,960 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $14,570,119,000 after buying an additional 70,283,539 shares during the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 16.1% during the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 165,377,852 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $30,855,564,000 after buying an additional 22,896,705 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 15,496.1% in the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 21,865,525 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $3,454,534,000 after buying an additional 21,725,326 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Monday, August 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $217.88, for a total transaction of $6,536,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $585,587,360.80. This trade represents a 1.10% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 622,239 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Friday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total transaction of $144,122,997.18. Following the sale, the director directly owned 2,336,531 shares in the company, valued at $541,187,310.22. This trade represents a 21.03% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 2,585,740 shares of company stock worth $571,015,527 in the last quarter. Insiders own 3.94% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

NVDA has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an "overweight" rating and set a $350.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, August 24th. Mizuho set a $315.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $315.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. DA Davidson restated a "buy" rating and issued a $300.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $300.00 to $330.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have given a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $324.83.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $225.73 on Wednesday. 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 Corporation has a 1-year low of $164.27 and a 1-year high of $236.54. The company has a market capitalization of $5.44 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.54, a PEG ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 2.22. The business has a 50-day moving average of $211.83 and a 200-day moving average of $202.77.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%.The company's revenue was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.05 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.1 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to buyback $80.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization allows the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

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 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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