NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Holdings Raised by Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt

Key Points

• Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt increased its NVIDIA stake by 0.7% to 1.35 million shares, valued at approximately $269.1 million. NVIDIA represents about 8.7% of the investor’s portfolio, while institutions and hedge funds collectively own 65.27% of the stock.
• Analyst sentiment remains strongly positive, with five Strong Buy and 49 Buy ratings and an average price target of $321.89. NVIDIA also reported quarterly revenue of $96.22 billion, up 105.9% year over year, and beat earnings expectations.
• NVIDIA authorized a $150 billion share-repurchase program, but investors are also weighing competitive and geopolitical risks, including cheaper rival AI chips, Huawei’s gains in China, and potential pressure on market share and pricing.

Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 0.7% during the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,347,275 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after purchasing an additional 9,900 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up about 8.7% of Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt's investment portfolio, making the stock its biggest position. Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $269,132,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. J. Stern & Co. LLP raised its holdings in 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 purchasing an additional 124,849,603 shares during the last quarter. Jupiter Topco LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at about $16,156,076,000. Amundi boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 10.4% in the 1st 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. SEB Asset Management AB bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 1st quarter valued at about $1,692,807,000. Finally, Employees Provident Fund Board bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 4th quarter valued at about $1,243,336,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. BMO Capital Markets set a $340.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 20th. KGI Securities lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $335.00 to $345.00 in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Itau BBA Securities dropped their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $256.00 to $218.00 in a research report on Wednesday, June 24th. Truist Financial increased their price target on NVIDIA from $307.00 to $346.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, TD Cowen reissued a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, August 18th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have issued a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $321.89.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark Stevens sold 622,239 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the director owned 2,336,531 shares in the company, valued at $541,187,310.22. The trade was a 21.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total transaction of $7,648,787.90. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 765,103 shares of the company's stock, valued at $167,595,812.15. This trade represents a 4.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock worth $399,450,353 over the last three months. Insiders own 3.94% of the company's stock.

NVIDIA Stock Down 3.2%

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $221.30 on Thursday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52-week low of $164.27 and a 52-week high of $243.37. The stock has a market cap of $5.33 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.98, a PEG ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 2.22. The firm's 50-day moving average is $223.43 and its 200-day moving average is $210.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a current ratio of 4.59.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.05 EPS. NVIDIA's revenue was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side 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. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 10th were paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is presently 12.64%.

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

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA announced a five-year, $250 million compute commitment to support U.K. AI safety and security research. The initiative strengthens NVIDIA’s relationships with governments, universities and AI developers while promoting its hardware and software ecosystem. NVIDIA pledges $250 million to boost UK AI safety research
• Positive Sentiment: New ecosystem announcements highlighted continued demand for NVIDIA technology. LSEG is using NVIDIA GPUs to accelerate historical market-data processing, while NVIDIA introduced tools including cuPotential for molecular simulation and expanded collaborations in AI-defined chip manufacturing. LSEG teams up with NVIDIA for faster market data processing
• Positive Sentiment: State Street launched a sector ETF designed to give NVIDIA a 20.93% allocation, above the 15.41% weighting in its comparable fund, potentially creating incremental demand for NVDA shares. New State Street Sector ETFs Give Biggest Stocks Full Weight
• Neutral Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang said NVIDIA would stop supplying chips to customers developing unsafe AI systems. The stance may improve regulatory and reputational positioning, although broader AI-safety concerns could increase scrutiny of the company and industry. Nvidia, Anthropic Weigh In On AI Safeguards
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are assessing competitive threats from Microsoft’s Maia 300 architecture and Intel’s lower-cost, air-cooled Crescent Island inference GPU. Custom accelerators and cheaper inference solutions could pressure NVIDIA’s pricing, growth assumptions and market share over time. Microsoft Just Unveiled a Brand-New AI Chip
• Negative Sentiment: IDC reportedly estimates NVIDIA’s China AI-chip market share has fallen to 34% as Huawei gains ground, underscoring export restrictions and rising local competition. Separately, investor Michael Burry is betting against chip stocks, reinforcing valuation and AI-spending concerns. NVIDIA’s China AI chip market share falls to 34%

About NVIDIA

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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