NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Acquired by Van ECK Associates Corp

Key Points

• Van ECK Associates increased its NVIDIA stake by 34.7% in the second quarter, adding 19.5 million shares to hold 75.8 million shares worth approximately $15.2 billion. NVIDIA now represents about 9.6% of Van ECK’s portfolio, while 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. The company also authorized a $150 billion share-repurchase program and pays a $0.25 quarterly dividend.
• Despite strong AI demand and broadening partnerships, insider selling and market concerns remain: insiders sold $399.5 million of stock over the past three months, while higher interest rates, financing risks, competition and valuation pressures weigh on sentiment. Analysts nonetheless maintain a consensus “Buy” rating with an average price target of $321.89.

Van ECK Associates Corp increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 34.7% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 75,849,721 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after acquiring an additional 19,522,304 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises about 9.6% of Van ECK Associates Corp's investment portfolio, making the stock its largest holding. Van ECK Associates Corp owned approximately 0.31% of NVIDIA worth $15,176,771,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. LightSquare Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.3% during the second quarter. LightSquare Wealth Management LLC now owns 18,695 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $3,741,000 after purchasing an additional 49 shares during the period. Defender Capital LLC. raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 0.7% in the second quarter. Defender Capital LLC. now owns 7,534 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $1,507,000 after buying an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Kooman & Associates boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.6% in the second quarter. Kooman & Associates now owns 8,464 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $1,694,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the period. Roof Eidam Maycock Peralta LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.3% in the second quarter. Roof Eidam Maycock Peralta LLC now owns 18,827 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $3,767,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the period. Finally, Persium Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 3.5% in the second quarter. Persium Advisors LLC now owns 1,466 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $293,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total value of $7,648,787.90. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 765,103 shares in the company, valued at approximately $167,595,812.15. This trade represents a 4.36% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 622,239 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on 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 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. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 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 Performance

Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $217.23 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 4.59, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The company has a market cap 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. The company has a 50 day moving average of $223.40 and a 200-day moving average of $211.08. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $164.27 and a 1-year high of $243.37.

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

NVIDIA declared that its board has initiated a share buyback plan 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 reacquire up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

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 News Roundup

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on NVDA. Itau BBA Securities reduced their price target on NVIDIA from $256.00 to $218.00 in a research report on Wednesday, June 24th. Raymond James Financial set a $515.00 price objective on NVIDIA and gave the company a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Mizuho set a $315.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, September 10th. Finally, UBS Group reissued a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, October 9th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have given a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $321.89.

NVIDIA Company 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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