NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Position Raised by Benjamin Edwards Inc.

Key Points

• Benjamin Edwards Inc. increased its NVIDIA stake by 32.7% in the second quarter to 849,108 shares valued at approximately $169.9 million. Institutional investors and hedge funds collectively own 65.27% of NVIDIA.
• NVIDIA reported strong quarterly results, with revenue rising 105.9% year over year to $96.22 billion and EPS of $2.22, exceeding analyst estimates. Analysts maintain a consensus “Buy” rating with an average price target of $321.89.
• Shares opened at $217.23, while macroeconomic pressure, valuation concerns and growing competition pose risks. NVIDIA also authorized a $150 billion share-repurchase program, despite recent insider selling.

Benjamin Edwards Inc. grew its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 32.7% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 849,108 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after buying an additional 209,467 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for 1.5% of Benjamin Edwards Inc.'s investment portfolio, making the stock its 10th largest holding. Benjamin Edwards Inc.'s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $169,896,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. GTS Securities LLC increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 26.5% in the second quarter. GTS Securities LLC now owns 583,462 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $116,745,000 after buying an additional 122,310 shares in the last quarter. Harvest Management LLC raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 7.9% during the 2nd quarter. Harvest Management LLC now owns 2,533 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $507,000 after buying an additional 186 shares during the last quarter. Flputnam Investment Management Co. boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 8.9% in the 2nd quarter. Flputnam Investment Management Co. now owns 1,717,562 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $343,667,000 after buying an additional 139,872 shares in the last quarter. Provident Trust Co. purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth about $212,000. Finally, Nichols & Pratt Advisers LLP MA boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.7% in the 2nd quarter. Nichols & Pratt Advisers LLP MA now owns 32,010 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $6,405,000 after buying an additional 540 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Key Stories Impacting 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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have weighed in on the stock. Rothschild & Co Redburn raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $300.00 to $325.00 in a report on Thursday, August 27th. President Capital upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $295.00 to $330.00 in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Wells Fargo & Company set a $210.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, October 2nd. Raymond James Financial set a $515.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, DZ Bank reissued a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, August 26th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have issued a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $321.89.

NVIDIA Trading Down 1.8%

Shares of NVDA opened at $217.23 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $223.40 and a two-hundred day moving average of $211.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a current ratio of 4.59. The company has a market capitalization of $5.24 trillion, a PE ratio of 27.46, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 2.22. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $164.27 and a fifty-two week high of $243.37.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%. The business had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $92.27 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.05 earnings per share. The business's revenue was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

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

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Monday, September 28th that permits the company to repurchase $150.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization permits the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Mark Stevens sold 622,239 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total transaction of $144,122,997.18. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 2,336,531 shares in the company, valued at $541,187,310.22. This represents a 21.03% decrease in their position. The sale 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 firm's stock in a transaction that occurred 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 completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares in the company, valued at $167,595,812.15. This represents a 4.36% 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 have sold a total of 1,766,118 shares of company stock worth $399,450,353 in the last three months. Company insiders own 3.94% of the company's stock.

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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