Douglas Lane & Associates LLC Decreases Stake in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Key Points

• Douglas Lane & Associates cut its NVIDIA stake by 5.7% in Q4, selling 95,494 shares and now holds 1,579,187 shares (about $294.52M), with NVDA representing roughly 4% of the fund and its largest position.
• NVIDIA posted an earnings beat (EPS $1.62 vs. $1.54) and revenue of $68.13B (up 73% YoY), and Wall Street consensus remains positive with a "Buy" rating and a $275.25 target price.

Douglas Lane & Associates LLC cut its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 5.7% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,579,187 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 95,494 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for about 4.0% of Douglas Lane & Associates LLC's portfolio, making the stock its largest position. Douglas Lane & Associates LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $294,518,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. State Street Corp boosted its position in NVIDIA by 1.0% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 978,208,862 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $154,556,803,000 after buying an additional 9,554,857 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in NVIDIA by 1.5% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 579,213,497 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $91,150,170,000 after buying an additional 8,521,936 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $51,386,863,000. Legal & General Group Plc boosted its position in NVIDIA by 1.5% during the 3rd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 181,203,035 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $33,808,862,000 after buying an additional 2,609,560 shares during the period. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors boosted its position in 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 period. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

NVIDIA Stock Up 4.3%

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $208.28 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a current ratio of 3.91. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52-week low of $104.08 and a 52-week high of $212.19. The company's 50 day moving average price is $184.84 and its 200-day moving average price is $185.54. The company has a market capitalization of $5.06 trillion, a P/E ratio of 42.51, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 2.34.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 97.37%. The company had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.89 EPS. NVIDIA's quarterly revenue was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.77 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 11th were given a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA's payout ratio is presently 0.82%.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In related news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.68, for a total transaction of $38,501,729.76. Following the transaction, the director owned 7,399,771 shares in the company, valued at $1,285,192,227.28. The trade was a 2.91% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total transaction of $54,675,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,018,547 shares in the company, valued at $550,130,190.75. The trade was a 9.04% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 953,976 shares of company stock worth $171,173,819 over the last ninety days. 4.17% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Chip-sector rally led by Intel earnings and record momentum in SOXX lifted NVDA as investors priced stronger, durable demand for AI compute. Nvidia stock closes at record, pushing market cap past $5 trillion
• Positive Sentiment: Heavy call-option buying shows bullish positioning: ~3.87M NVDA calls traded today (~52% above typical call volume), adding momentum from traders expecting further gains.
• Positive Sentiment: Corporate and ecosystem wins — partnerships and tech wins (Oklo/LANL nuclear-powered AI factories, Cadence/TSMC/NVIDIA design alliances, Nemotron hackathon activity) reinforce NVDA’s infrastructure leadership and long-term demand for Blackwell-generation GPUs. NVIDIA (NVDA) Partners With Oklo, LANL to Develop Nuclear-Powered AI Factories
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst and institutional backdrop remains supportive: numerous buy ratings and high price targets keep upside expectations intact, though some targets already assume aggressive growth. Here's Why Nvidia (NVDA) is a Strong Growth Stock
• Negative Sentiment: China exposure risk: reports that DeepSeek favored Huawei over U.S. chips highlight potential market-share and export-headwind risks in China, a key growth market. Nvidia Chips Are Losing Out in One Key Market. DeepSeek Lays Bare a Missed Opportunity.
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive threats and in-house builds (Google’s AI chips, automakers like NIO developing in-house silicon) could pressure long-term pricing and share in select segments. Stock Market Today, April 24: Nvidia Surges on Soaring AI Chip Demand
• Negative Sentiment: Notable insider selling and discussion about potential stockpiling by customers are watch-items for investors — they can signal lock-up monetization or temporary demand distortions. NVIDIA Stock (NVDA) Opinions on AI Partnerships and Infrastructure Deals

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms recently commented on NVDA. CICC Research lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $228.00 to $240.60 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, February 27th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of NVIDIA from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Evercore reiterated an "outperform" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, January 6th. BTIG Research assumed coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, April 15th. They set a "buy" rating on the stock. Finally, Wolfe Research boosted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $250.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $275.25.

NVIDIA Company 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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