First PREMIER Bank Cuts Holdings in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Key Points

• First PREMIER Bank cut its stake in NVIDIA by 19.8% in Q4, selling 3,101 shares and leaving 12,544 shares valued at about $2.34 million.
• NVIDIA posted a strong quarter—$1.62 EPS vs. $1.54 expected and $68.13 billion revenue (up 73.2% year‑over‑year)—and the stock carries a consensus "Buy" rating with an average price target of $275.25.
• Insider and institutional activity is notable: insiders sold roughly 953,976 shares (~$171.17 million) in the past 90 days (including large director sales), while institutions/hedge funds own about 65.27% of the company.

First PREMIER Bank reduced its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 19.8% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 12,544 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 3,101 shares during the quarter. First PREMIER Bank's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $2,340,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 47.9% in the second quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares during the period. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at about $40,000. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the third quarter valued at about $50,000. Networth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at about $51,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at about $54,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

NVIDIA Stock Down 1.5%

Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $213.42 on Wednesday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $186.09 and a 200-day moving average of $185.90. 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 company has a market capitalization of $5.19 trillion, a PE ratio of 43.56, a P/E/G ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 2.34. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $104.08 and a 1-year high of $216.82.

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

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other news, Director John Dabiri sold 3,004 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.90, for a total transaction of $555,439.60. Following the transaction, the director owned 14,788 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,734,301.20. This trade represents a 16.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $173.68, for a total transaction of $38,501,729.76. Following the transaction, the director directly 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. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 953,976 shares of company stock valued at $171,173,819. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company's stock.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Product and ecosystem wins continue to support NVDA’s revenue durability — cloud provider Vultr said it will deploy NVIDIA’s Nemotron 3 Nano Omni for multimodal inference, extending adoption of NVIDIA models and serverless inference offerings. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Product platform strength: Analysts point to the Blackwell platform and Rubin chips as drivers of continued data‑center growth and margin expansion, supporting the long‑term revenue outlook. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Institutional/analyst support remains heavy — Bank of America and other firms keep bullish ratings and price targets, and a large institutional filing shows Alecta added shares, signaling continued institutional appetite. Read More. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Options and derivatives activity show traders are pricing a re‑test of recent highs — heavy call/put flows mean volatility is elevated and short‑term moves can be amplified. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Macro/structural view: several analysts argue AI demand is structural (not cyclical) though near‑term valuation and capex digestion remain concerns — this supports a buy‑and‑hold case but warns of short‑term swings. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: OpenAI stumble sparked the selloff — reports that OpenAI missed internal growth/revenue targets triggered a broad chip‑stock pullback today, directly pressuring NVDA as a top AI‑infrastructure supplier. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive and capex risks: coverage highlights the rise of custom silicon (TPUs, in‑house chips) and the risk of capex digestion — these can blunt NVDA’s near‑term share gains if hyperscalers substitute GPUs. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Large insider and institutional sales have been reported in filings (some selling is planned/10b5‑1), which can add to headline noise and amplify pullbacks even if long‑term demand remains intact. Read More.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have commented on the company. HSBC set a $310.00 price objective on NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Mizuho set a $275.00 price objective on NVIDIA and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, January 9th. BTIG Research assumed coverage on NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, April 15th. They set a "buy" rating for the company. Robert W. Baird raised their target price on NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane raised their target price on NVIDIA from $260.00 to $270.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $275.25.

NVIDIA 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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