NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Acquired by Cookson Peirce & Co. Inc.

Key Points

• Cookson Peirce increased its NVIDIA position by 2.9% in the second quarter, bringing its holdings to 156,203 shares worth approximately $31.3 million. Institutional investors collectively own 65.27% of NVIDIA.
• NVIDIA insiders have been net sellers, with executives and directors selling 1.77 million shares worth about $399.5 million over the past 90 days, including major sales by CFO Colette Kress and director Mark Stevens.
• Analysts remain broadly bullish: NVIDIA has a consensus “Buy” rating and an average price target of $321.89, supported by quarterly revenue growth of 105.9% and earnings that exceeded expectations. However, higher interest rates, financing concerns and increasing competition remain risks.

Cookson Peirce & Co. Inc. grew its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 2.9% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 156,203 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after buying an additional 4,444 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up about 1.0% of Cookson Peirce & Co. Inc.'s investment portfolio, making the stock its 27th largest holding. Cookson Peirce & Co. Inc.'s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $31,255,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Cascade Investment Group Inc. boosted its position in NVIDIA by 3.4% during the 2nd quarter. Cascade Investment Group Inc. now owns 8,563 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $1,713,000 after acquiring an additional 279 shares in the last quarter. Griffin Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 8.7% during the 2nd quarter. Griffin Asset Management Inc. now owns 98,014 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $19,612,000 after buying an additional 7,860 shares in the last quarter. Hunter Associates Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 5.7% during the 2nd quarter. Hunter Associates Investment Management LLC now owns 14,651 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $2,931,000 after buying an additional 789 shares in the last quarter. Ignite Planners LLC grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 3.7% in the 2nd quarter. Ignite Planners LLC now owns 113,546 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $22,722,000 after buying an additional 4,008 shares during the period. Finally, Tanager Wealth Management LLP increased its position in NVIDIA by 9.5% during the 2nd quarter. Tanager Wealth Management LLP now owns 21,939 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $4,390,000 after buying an additional 1,912 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Key NVIDIA News

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

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the business's stock in a transaction 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 sale, the chief financial officer owned 765,103 shares in the company, valued at $167,595,812.15. The trade was a 4.36% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, 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 of the company's stock, valued at $541,187,310.22. This trade represents a 21.03% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock worth $399,450,353. Insiders own 3.94% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms recently issued reports on NVDA. BNP Paribas Exane reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and issued a $345.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, October 5th. Mizuho set a $315.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Truist Financial boosted 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. Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, September 21st. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $390.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, September 29th. Five equities 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. According to data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $321.89.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $217.23 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $5.24 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.46, a PEG ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a quick ratio of 3.85, a current ratio of 4.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $223.40 and its 200-day simple moving average is $211.08. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $164.27 and a 52 week high of $243.37.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 company had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.05 EPS. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Monday, September 28th that allows the company to buy back $150.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, September 10th were paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend 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 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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