NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Holdings Trimmed by Clarus Group Inc.

Key Points

• Clarus Group cut its NVIDIA stake by 7.2% in the second quarter, selling 2,842 shares and retaining 36,802 shares valued at $7.36 million. NVIDIA still represents about 2.5% of Clarus’s portfolio, while institutional investors collectively own 65.27% of the company.
• NVIDIA reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results, with revenue rising 105.9% year over year to $96.22 billion and EPS of $2.22. Analysts remain bullish, with the stock carrying a consensus “Buy” rating and an average price target of $324.34.
• Executives sold shares through pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plans, contributing to $392.7 million in insider sales last quarter. Investors are also monitoring risks including potential AI-spending deceleration, rising memory costs, competition, and NVIDIA’s elevated valuation.

Clarus Group Inc. cut its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 7.2% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 36,802 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 2,842 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises approximately 2.5% of Clarus Group Inc.'s portfolio, making the stock its 9th biggest holding. Clarus Group Inc.'s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $7,364,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 2.1% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 191,200,989 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $33,345,453,000 after buying an additional 4,019,505 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 143,239,504 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $26,714,167,000 after buying an additional 446,178 shares in the last quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 13,709.1% in 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 in the last quarter. Amundi boosted its holdings in 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 period. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 0.6% during 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 buying an additional 555,221 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang said NVIDIA expects to sell roughly twice as many chips next year, reinforcing expectations that hyperscaler spending on AI data centers remains strong. The forecast includes demand for GPUs, CPUs, networking equipment and complete server racks. Nvidia Chip Sales Could Double Next Year, CEO Jensen Huang Says
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and market commentators increasingly view NVIDIA as attractively valued relative to its growth. Its scale, diversified AI exposure, high profitability and lower forward valuation multiple give it an advantage over peers such as Credo, while some estimates suggest revenue growth could remain near 70% in fiscal 2028. Credo vs. NVIDIA After Earnings
• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure demand is expanding beyond processors into high-bandwidth memory and optical networking. NVIDIA has identified memory and silicon photonics as potential bottlenecks and has committed capital and purchase agreements involving suppliers such as Coherent and Lumentum, signaling sustained demand throughout its supply chain.
• Positive Sentiment: New ecosystem activity supports NVIDIA’s long-term growth narrative. Cloud partner CoreWeave is deploying next-generation Vera Rubin clusters, while NVIDIA-backed Nscale filed for a U.S. IPO. NVIDIA technology is also being used in autonomous trading systems, quantum-computing research and planned enterprise augmented-reality products.
• Neutral Sentiment: Speculative initiatives, including potential orbital data centers with SpaceX and NVIDIA’s quantum-computing software, could create future demand but are unlikely to materially affect near-term revenue.
• Negative Sentiment: Investors remain alert to competition from Huawei’s planned 2027 Ascend chips, possible AI-spending deceleration, rising memory costs that could pressure gross margins, and the effects of higher interest rates. The stock’s elevated valuation and dependence on continued hyperscaler capital expenditure also leave it sensitive to disappointing guidance.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have recently commented on NVDA shares. Citigroup reissued a "buy" rating and set a $315.00 price objective (up from $300.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Rothschild & Co Redburn increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $300.00 to $325.00 in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Daiwa Securities Group raised their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $215.00 to $255.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, May 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $280.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, Phillip Securities increased their target price on NVIDIA from $285.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, August 31st. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $324.34.

Insider Activity

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $217.88, for a total value of $6,536,400.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at approximately $585,587,360.80. This represents a 1.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total transaction of $7,648,787.90. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares of the company's stock, valued at $167,595,812.15. This represents a 4.36% decrease in their position. 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 a total of 1,735,658 shares of company stock worth $392,663,865 in the last quarter. 3.94% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

NVIDIA Trading Up 1.3%

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $222.27 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $5.36 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.69 and a beta of 2.22. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $214.66 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $204.29. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $164.27 and a fifty-two week high of $236.54. 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 issued its quarterly earnings data 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 analyst estimates of $92.27 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.05 EPS. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be given a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.4%. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is currently 12.64%.

About NVIDIA

NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processors and related software. Its products are used for artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, computer graphics, data-center applications and other workloads that benefit from parallel processing.

The company's offerings include GeForce graphics processing units (GPUs) and software for gaming and personal computers; data-center GPUs, systems and networking products; and professional visualization solutions for design, engineering, media and scientific applications.

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