NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA is Transcend Capital Advisors LLC's 6th Largest Position

Key Points

• Transcend Capital Advisors increased its NVIDIA position by 11.9% in the second quarter to 143,616 shares worth approximately $28.7 million, making NVIDIA its sixth-largest holding. Institutional investors collectively own 65.27% of the company.
• NVIDIA reported quarterly EPS of $2.22 and revenue of $96.22 billion, exceeding analyst expectations, with revenue rising 105.9% year over year. Analysts maintain a consensus “Buy” rating with an average price target of $324.34.
• Investors see continued upside from AI demand, potential expanded China sales and ecosystem expansion, but face risks from AMD competition, infrastructure bottlenecks, valuation concerns and recent insider selling.

Transcend Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 11.9% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 143,616 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after purchasing an additional 15,279 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises 1.9% of Transcend Capital Advisors LLC's holdings, making the stock its 6th biggest holding. Transcend Capital Advisors LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $28,736,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Boyd Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 273.4% during the 2nd quarter. Boyd Wealth Management LLC now owns 9,145 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $1,830,000 after buying an additional 6,696 shares in the last quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd grew its stake in NVIDIA by 6,451.9% in the 1st quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd now owns 637,236 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $111,134,000 after acquiring an additional 627,510 shares in the last quarter. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. now owns 3,169,377 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $591,086,000 after acquiring an additional 54,877 shares during the period. Storen Legacy Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,350,000. Finally, Baker Tilly Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 7.4% during the second quarter. Baker Tilly Wealth Management LLC now owns 71,898 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $14,386,000 after acquiring an additional 4,958 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang pushed back against AI “doomsday” scenarios and argued that existing laws are sufficient, helping ease concerns that overly restrictive regulation could slow AI deployment. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang rejects AI doomsday fears
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and financial commentators continue to highlight NVIDIA’s earnings momentum, broad AI hardware and networking portfolio, and projected long-term demand. Zacks restored the stock to a Rank #1 “Strong Buy,” while another report cited potential upside from positive earnings revisions. Bull of the Day: NVIDIA Corp.
• Positive Sentiment: Potentially improved access to China is a major catalyst. NVIDIA’s latest forecast reportedly assumes no data-center compute sales to China, leaving upside if the upcoming Trump-Xi discussions lead to licenses or expanded chip shipments. Nvidia’s forecast assumes no data center chip sales to China
• Positive Sentiment: New ecosystem initiatives reinforce NVIDIA’s expansion beyond GPUs. QAD | Redzone plans to integrate NVIDIA technology into manufacturing intelligence, while NVIDIA’s reported roughly $12.9 billion Hugging Face acquisition would add a major developer, model and dataset ecosystem. QAD Redzone Accelerates Manufacturing Intelligence with NVIDIA
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors are increasingly focused on AI infrastructure bottlenecks such as high-bandwidth memory, optical networking, power and cooling. Rising component costs could pressure NVIDIA’s margins, but may also validate demand and strengthen the position of critical suppliers such as Micron, Coherent and Lumentum. NVIDIA just named AI’s next bottleneck
• Negative Sentiment: AMD’s rapid advance is intensifying competitive pressure. Large OpenAI and Oracle commitments, rising data-center revenue and potential pricing power suggest hyperscalers are diversifying away from a single accelerator supplier. AMD chips away at NVIDIA’s AI throne
• Negative Sentiment: Other reports warn that higher interest rates, concentrated AI revenue, expensive infrastructure financing and persistent bubble concerns could weigh on NVIDIA’s richly valued shares. NVIDIA also missed the strongest portion of a Meta-driven chip rally, underscoring lingering growth expectations.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $228.87 on Wednesday. The stock's 50-day moving average is $215.47 and its 200 day moving average is $205.09. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $164.27 and a 1-year high of $236.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 4.59 and a quick ratio of 3.85. The company has a market cap of $5.52 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.93, a PEG ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 2.22.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 firm posted $1.05 earnings per share. The company's quarterly revenue was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, 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 value of $7,648,787.90. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares in the company, valued at $167,595,812.15. This trade represents a 4.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Monday, August 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $217.88, for a total transaction of $6,536,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at $585,587,360.80. This represents a 1.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 1,735,658 shares of company stock valued at $392,663,865 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 3.94% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently issued reports on NVDA. Itau BBA Securities dropped their price objective on NVIDIA from $256.00 to $218.00 in a research note on Wednesday, June 24th. Citigroup reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $315.00 target price (up from $300.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Evercore set a $465.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Melius Research set a $420.00 price target on NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, August 31st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have issued a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $324.34.

NVIDIA Profile

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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