Northwest Capital Management Inc Trims Stake in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Key Points

• Northwest Capital Management cut its stake in NVIDIA (NVDA) by 95.6% in Q4, selling 6,518 shares and leaving just 300 shares valued at about $56,000.
• Several large institutions — including Norges Bank, Capital Research, Laurel Wealth, Danske Bank and MFS — have been adding or initiating substantial NVDA positions, and institutional investors now own roughly 65.27% of the stock.
• Analysts maintain a consensus Buy rating with a $275.25 average price target, and NVIDIA recently beat quarterly estimates (EPS $1.62 vs. $1.54) while reporting $68.13 billion in revenue, up 73% year-over-year.

Northwest Capital Management Inc cut its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 95.6% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 300 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 6,518 shares during the quarter. Northwest Capital Management Inc's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $56,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $51,386,863,000. Capital Research Global Investors increased its holdings in 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 valued at $30,855,564,000 after purchasing an additional 22,896,705 shares during the last quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 15,496.1% in the second 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. Danske Bank A S purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the third quarter valued at approximately $3,180,313,000. Finally, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 25.0% during the third quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 71,720,593 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $13,381,628,000 after purchasing an additional 14,358,048 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently commented on the company. William Blair set a $300.00 price target on NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, March 12th. Weiss Ratings reissued a "buy (b)" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, April 10th. Morgan Stanley set a $260.00 target price on NVIDIA in a report on Monday, March 2nd. Evercore reaffirmed an "outperform" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, January 6th. Finally, New Street Research cut their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $307.00 to $275.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, March 31st. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $275.25.

NVIDIA Trading Up 0.0%

NVDA opened at $198.51 on Tuesday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $186.75 and a 200 day moving average price of $186.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 3.91 and a quick ratio of 3.24. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12 month low of $110.82 and a 12 month high of $216.82. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.82 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.51, a PEG ratio of 0.65 and a beta of 2.25.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The company had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $65.56 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.89 EPS. NVIDIA's revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.78 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 11th were paid a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA's payout ratio is currently 0.82%.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Bernstein says AI agents are driving chip demand “off the charts,” and supply can’t keep up — a clear tailwind for Nvidia’s pricing power and long-term revenue trajectory. Bernstein: AI Agents Drive Chip Demand ‘Off the Charts’
• Positive Sentiment: Nvidia backed DeepInfra’s $107M round — strategic ecosystem investments that address inference bottlenecks and help lock in future GPU demand from cloud inference providers. Nvidia Backs DeepInfra in $107 Million Raise
• Positive Sentiment: Bloomberg reports Nvidia’s pivot to “physical AI” is igniting a rally across its Asian supply chain — signals expanding end-markets and stronger demand for partners that feed Nvidia’s ecosystem. Nvidia’s pivot to physical AI ignites rally
• Positive Sentiment: Institutional buying continues (Manning & Napier increased its NVDA stake) — supportive flows that can buoy the share price during volatility. Manning & Napier Boosts Nvidia Stake
• Neutral Sentiment: Barron’s discusses technicals around the $200 level — useful for traders watching momentum, but not new fundamental news. Nvidia's Big Move: Breakout or Bear Trap?
• Negative Sentiment: Jensen Huang said Nvidia “now has zero market share in China” — highlights regulatory/export-control limits on direct China sales and the risk that losing that market could cap growth. Nvidia CEO: zero market share in China
• Negative Sentiment: Customers are seeking alternative suppliers (Anthropic in talks with Fractile; Cerebras targeting an IPO) — growing chip supply diversification could erode some future Nvidia share if rivals scale. Anthropic in talks to secure Fractile chips
• Negative Sentiment: Speculative bearish takes (trading experts warning of large crashes) increase narrative risk and volatility for NVDA — could pressure sentiment in short-term selloffs. Trading expert predicts NVDA crash

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total transaction of $54,675,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,018,547 shares in the company, valued at $550,130,190.75. The trade was a 9.04% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 42,650 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $174.89, for a total transaction of $7,459,058.50. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 881,387 shares in the company, valued at approximately $154,145,772.43. This represents a 4.62% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 953,976 shares of company stock valued at $171,173,819 over the last ninety days. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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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