Encompass Wealth Advisors LLC Has $3.18 Million Stake in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Key Points

• Encompass Wealth Advisors increased its NVIDIA stake by 20.3% in Q4 to 17,066 shares worth $3.18 million, representing about 1.1% of its portfolio and the firm’s 22nd largest holding.
• Significant insider selling has occurred recently—directors sold notable blocks (3,004 and 221,682 shares) and insiders disposed of 953,976 shares worth $171.17 million over the past 90 days, while insiders still own 4.17% of the stock.
• NVIDIA’s fundamentals and market position remain strong: shares are trading up with a market cap around $5.06 trillion after a quarter that beat estimates (EPS $1.62 vs. $1.54; revenue $68.13 billion, up 73.2%), institutional ownership is ~65% and analysts’ consensus target is $275.25 with mostly Buy ratings.

Encompass Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 20.3% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 17,066 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after buying an additional 2,881 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises approximately 1.1% of Encompass Wealth Advisors LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its 22nd largest holding. Encompass Wealth Advisors LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $3,183,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% in 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 purchasing an additional 9,554,857 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% in 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 purchasing an additional 8,521,936 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth $51,386,863,000. Legal & General Group Plc lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% in 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 purchasing an additional 2,609,560 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 16.1% in 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 purchasing an additional 22,896,705 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company's stock.

NVIDIA News Summary

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

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other news, Director John Dabiri sold 3,004 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Friday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $184.90, for a total transaction of $555,439.60. Following the sale, the director directly owned 14,788 shares in the company, valued at $2,734,301.20. The trade was a 16.88% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Friday, March 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $173.68, for a total value of $38,501,729.76. Following the sale, 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 ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 953,976 shares of company stock worth $171,173,819. 4.17% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. Tigress Financial reiterated a "strong-buy" rating and issued a $360.00 target price (up from $350.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, March 5th. Morgan Stanley set a $260.00 target price on NVIDIA in a report on Monday, March 2nd. Evercore reiterated an "outperform" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, January 6th. KeyCorp reiterated an "overweight" rating and issued a $275.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, March 17th. Finally, Fundamental Research set a $218.00 price objective on NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $275.25.

NVIDIA Trading Up 4.3%

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $208.28 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.06 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 42.51, a PEG ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 2.34. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $104.08 and a one year high of $212.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 3.91 and a quick ratio of 3.24. The business's fifty day moving average is $184.84 and its 200-day moving average is $185.54.

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

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th were paid 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%.

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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