Etesian Wealth Advisors Inc. Increases Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Etesian Wealth Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 46.8% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 26,249 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after acquiring an additional 8,373 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up approximately 1.6% of Etesian Wealth Advisors Inc.'s investment portfolio, making the stock its 17th largest position. Etesian Wealth Advisors Inc.'s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $5,252,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth approximately $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the first quarter worth $27,000. Phillip James Consulting Co. purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the 1st quarter valued at $40,000. Syntax Research Inc. grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 62.5% in the 4th quarter. Syntax Research Inc. now owns 260 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $49,000 after buying an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Frankly Finances LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth $60,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

NVDA has been the topic of several analyst reports. Robert W. Baird set a $500.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Argus raised their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $220.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $300.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, September 4th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a "buy" rating and set a $390.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, September 4th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets set a $340.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, August 20th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $324.34.

NVIDIA Trading Down 3.4%

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $210.96 on Tuesday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $164.27 and a 1-year high of $236.54. The firm has a market cap of $5.08 trillion, a PE ratio of 26.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a 50-day moving average of $213.60 and a two-hundred day moving average of $203.54. 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 quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) 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 in the previous year, the firm earned $1.05 EPS. The business's revenue was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.12 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be given a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA's payout ratio is presently 12.64%.

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

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang publicly rejected the idea of an AI slowdown and told President Donald Trump that NVIDIA would not allow one to happen. Trump also criticized opposition to new data centers, signaling continued political support for AI infrastructure investment. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang tells Trump about AI slowdown
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s underlying demand story remains strong: recent earnings showed revenue growth of more than 100%, while management has indicated that supply—not customer demand—is limiting expansion. Analysts continue to view NVIDIA favorably relative to other AI infrastructure companies because of its faster growth, strong margins and lower leverage. NVIDIA versus Marvell AI infrastructure comparison
• Positive Sentiment: The company expanded its open-source CUDA-Q platform with CUDA-Q Logical, which connects GPUs with quantum processors and could generate longer-term demand for NVIDIA accelerated-computing and networking systems. Fermilab reportedly reduced a fault-tolerant design cycle from five months to three weeks using the platform. NVIDIA expands CUDA-Q for quantum computing
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA is reportedly considering a large investment in Anthropic and continues to pursue strategic investments across AI infrastructure. Such moves could strengthen ecosystem demand, but the Anthropic investment has not been presented as a finalized transaction. NVIDIA investment discussions involving Anthropic
• Negative Sentiment: Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI executives have called for a more measured pace of frontier-model development. Investors interpreted those comments as a potential threat to hyperscaler capital spending, GPU demand and the pace of data-center expansion, pressuring NVDA and peer chip stocks. NVIDIA stock and AI slowdown concerns
• Negative Sentiment: Management expects higher memory costs to weigh on gross margins, while NVIDIA’s reliance on a relatively small number of major customers creates concentration risk. These concerns make the stock vulnerable to profit-taking when AI spending expectations soften.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, 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 value of $144,122,997.18. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 2,336,531 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $541,187,310.22. The trade was a 21.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Monday, August 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $217.88, for a total value 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 $585,587,360.80. The trade was a 1.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last three months, insiders sold 2,585,740 shares of company stock worth $571,015,527. 3.94% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

About NVIDIA

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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