GTS Securities LLC Purchases 122,310 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Key Points

• GTS Securities increased its NVIDIA position by 26.5% in the second quarter, purchasing 122,310 shares to own 583,462 shares valued at approximately $116.7 million. Institutional investors collectively own 65.27% of NVIDIA.
• Analyst sentiment remains strongly positive: 49 analysts rate NVIDIA a Buy and five rate it a Strong Buy, with an average price target of $321.89. The company also exceeded quarterly expectations, reporting $2.22 in EPS and $96.22 billion in revenue, up 105.9% year over year.
• NVIDIA announced a $150 billion share-repurchase authorization and a quarterly dividend yielding 0.5%. However, insiders sold approximately $399.5 million of stock over the past three months, while macroeconomic pressures, competition and valuation concerns remain risks.

GTS Securities LLC lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 26.5% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 583,462 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after buying an additional 122,310 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises about 2.5% of GTS Securities LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its 8th largest holding. GTS Securities LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $116,745,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in NVIDIA by 2.2% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 195,366,864 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $39,090,956,000 after acquiring an additional 4,165,875 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 143,239,504 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $26,714,167,000 after acquiring an additional 446,178 shares in the last quarter. Amundi raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 10.4% in the first quarter. Amundi now owns 133,768,018 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $23,329,141,000 after purchasing an additional 12,575,177 shares during the last quarter. Deutsche Bank AG raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 2.3% in the second quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 91,954,159 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $18,399,108,000 after purchasing an additional 2,045,101 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.6% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 94,521,253 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $16,479,126,000 after purchasing an additional 555,221 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have recently commented on the stock. Raymond James Financial set a $515.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Truist Financial lifted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $307.00 to $346.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an "overweight" rating and issued a $350.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, October 1st. DZ Bank reissued a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, August 26th. Finally, DA Davidson reissued a "buy" rating and set a $300.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have assigned a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $321.89.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $217.23 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $223.40 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $211.08. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $164.27 and a one year high of $243.37. The stock has a market cap of $5.24 trillion, a P/E ratio of 27.46, a P/E/G ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 2.22. 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 data 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 return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%. The company had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $92.27 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.05 earnings per share. The business's revenue was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, September 10th were issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA's payout ratio is presently 12.64%.

NVIDIA announced that its board has initiated a share repurchase program on Monday, September 28th that authorizes the company to repurchase $150.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to buy up to 2.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Automotive expansion: Volvo Cars is expanding its long-running partnership with NVIDIA, adopting three NVIDIA hardware and software components for automated driving systems designed for urban streets and highways. This strengthens NVIDIA’s position in physical AI and autonomous vehicles. Volvo Cars expands automated driving partnership with Nvidia
• Positive Sentiment: Broader enterprise adoption: Adobe and NVIDIA expanded their collaboration to optimize Photoshop, Premiere, Substance 3D, Frame.io and Brand Concierge for faster AI-powered creation. LSEG also selected NVIDIA GPUs to accelerate analysis of its large Tick History dataset, supporting demand beyond hyperscale cloud providers. Adobe and NVIDIA Expand Collaboration to Speed Agentic Creation
• Positive Sentiment: Demand remains substantial: QumulusAI put all GPUs covered by a $71.9 million, three-year NVIDIA Blackwell agreement into production, while industry coverage continues to highlight supply constraints and extensive hyperscaler AI spending. These developments support NVIDIA’s revenue outlook, although they do not eliminate financing risks. QumulusAI Blackwell agreement
• Neutral Sentiment: AI safety initiatives: NVIDIA committed $250 million in computing resources over five years for U.K. agentic AI safety and security research. The move may improve NVIDIA’s regulatory and reputational position, but it is primarily a strategic investment rather than a near-term earnings catalyst. Nvidia pledges $250 million to boost UK AI safety research
• Neutral Sentiment: Political and governance attention: NVIDIA confirmed a multimillion-dollar donation to President Trump’s White House ballroom project, while CEO Jensen Huang discussed working with Chinese AI companies on safety and potentially withholding chips from irresponsible customers. These developments could generate reputational or regulatory scrutiny without directly changing near-term results. Nvidia and Cisco donations
• Negative Sentiment: Macro and financing concerns dominated: Rising Treasury yields and hotter inflation data encouraged investors to reduce exposure to high-growth AI stocks. Markets are increasingly questioning whether cloud providers and neoclouds can fund the infrastructure spending required to support NVIDIA’s growth. Rate pressure versus AI demand
• Negative Sentiment: Competition and valuation rotation: Analysts pointed to Micron’s lower valuation and improving AI-related margins as a more attractive alternative, while Broadcom, AMD and Microsoft’s custom-chip efforts reinforce concerns that NVIDIA’s market share and pricing power could face pressure. Micron versus NVIDIA

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total value of $7,648,787.90. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 765,103 shares in the company, valued at approximately $167,595,812.15. This represents a 4.36% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark Stevens sold 622,239 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Friday, September 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total value of $144,122,997.18. Following the sale, the director directly owned 2,336,531 shares of the company's stock, valued at $541,187,310.22. This represents a 21.03% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last three months, insiders have sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock valued at $399,450,353. 3.94% of the stock is owned by insiders.

NVIDIA Profile

NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processing units (GPUs), central processing units (CPUs), networking products and related software. Its technologies are used in artificial intelligence, data centers, scientific and technical computing, gaming, professional visualization, automotive systems and robotics.

The company's products include GeForce GPUs and gaming software, data center computing platforms, networking solutions, and enterprise software for AI development and deployment.

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