FAS Wealth Partners Inc. Raises Stock Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Key Points

• FAS Wealth Partners increased its NVIDIA stake by 6.7% in the first quarter, bringing its holdings to 157,406 shares valued at approximately $27.5 million. Institutional investors collectively own 65.27% of NVIDIA.
• NVIDIA continues to report strong operating momentum, with quarterly revenue up 85.2% year over year and earnings exceeding analysts’ expectations. Analysts maintain a consensus “Buy” rating, with an average price target of $305.94.
• Investor focus remains on upcoming earnings and financing risks: Demand for current and older GPUs remains robust, but concerns persist over potential circular financing, GPU depreciation and oversupply. Insiders sold approximately $410.6 million of shares over the past three months.

FAS Wealth Partners Inc. grew its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 6.7% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 157,406 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after purchasing an additional 9,833 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises about 1.7% of FAS Wealth Partners Inc.'s holdings, making the stock its 12th biggest holding. FAS Wealth Partners Inc.'s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $27,452,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Norges Bank bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $62,244,133,000. J. Stern & Co. LLP grew its holdings 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 worth $23,454,297,000 after acquiring an additional 124,849,603 shares during the period. Cardano Risk Management B.V. raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 896.4% in 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 acquiring an additional 70,283,539 shares in the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors raised its position 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 acquiring an additional 22,896,705 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its stake 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 valued at $3,454,534,000 after purchasing an additional 21,725,326 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In related news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the firm's 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 owned 5,207,271 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. This trade represents a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total transaction of $133,750.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 14,163 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,030,882. The trade was a 4.23% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 1,901,125 shares of company stock worth $410,583,015 in the last three months. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: $500 billion financing push reduces funding constraints: Bank of America said the initiative could ease financing risk by shifting much of the capital burden to Wall Street. The plan may make it easier for cloud providers and other customers to purchase NVIDIA hardware, networking products, and software, potentially extending the company’s revenue runway. BofA Says Nvidia’s $500 Billion Plan Eases Financing Risk
• Positive Sentiment: Continued demand for current and older GPUs: Susquehanna expects a continued GB300 ramp ahead of NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin platform release. Separately, CoreWeave’s CEO said the company is booking NVIDIA A100 systems through 2029 at full pricing, challenging concerns that older GPUs will rapidly lose value. Nvidia likely to see continued GB300 ramp ahead of Vera Rubin release
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts remain bullish: Recent coverage includes rating upgrades and price-target increases, with Wells Fargo maintaining an overweight rating and a $315 target. The positive views reflect expectations for sustained AI infrastructure spending and NVIDIA’s end-to-end hardware, networking, and software advantage. SA analyst upgrades and downgrades
• Positive Sentiment: Broader AI ecosystem momentum: IBM and Together AI agreed to a $240 million multiyear contract for an NVIDIA-powered inference cluster, while NVIDIA’s open-weight model efforts could strengthen its software ecosystem and CUDA platform. IBM and Together AI ink $240 million deal
• Negative Sentiment: Financing risks remain a key overhang: Critics question whether the arrangement amounts to circular financing because NVIDIA may provide residual-value support of up to 25% on some deals. Rapid GPU depreciation, potential oversupply, and lower-cost Chinese compute could weaken collateral values and expose NVIDIA to losses if customers struggle.
• Neutral Sentiment: Near-term test: Investors are likely to look to NVIDIA’s late-August earnings report for evidence that GB300 demand, expanding customer spending, and the financing strategy are translating into sustainable revenue and earnings growth.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NVDA opened at $224.09 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $205.61 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $198.06. The firm has a market cap of $5.42 trillion, a PE ratio of 34.32, a P/E/G ratio of 0.42 and a beta of 2.23. The company has a current ratio of 3.44, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $164.07 and a 1-year high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $81.61 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.NVIDIA's revenue was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.81 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.79 EPS for the current year.

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

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.4%. This is an increase from NVIDIA's previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is presently 15.31%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on NVDA shares. Itau BBA Securities dropped their price target on NVIDIA from $256.00 to $218.00 in a research report on Wednesday, June 24th. CICC Research raised their price objective on NVIDIA from $240.60 to $268.30 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, May 22nd. Bank of America restated a "buy" rating and set a $350.00 target price (up from $320.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Wedbush upped their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $300.00 to $330.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, DZ Bank reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $305.94.

About NVIDIA

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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