NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Acquired by XML Financial LLC

Key Points

• XML Financial LLC increased its NVIDIA stake by 10.8% in the second quarter, bringing its holdings to 74,279 shares valued at approximately $14.9 million. Institutional investors collectively own 65.27% of NVIDIA’s shares.
• NVIDIA insiders sold roughly $385 million in stock over the past 90 days, including significant sales by Director Mark A. Stevens and EVP Timothy S. Teter.
• NVIDIA recently reported strong quarterly results, with revenue up 105.9% year over year and EPS beating analyst expectations. Wall Street maintains a “Buy” consensus rating with an average price target of $324.34.

XML Financial LLC increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 10.8% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 74,279 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after purchasing an additional 7,256 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for 1.1% of XML Financial LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its 20th largest holding. XML Financial LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $14,862,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 2.1% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 191,200,989 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $33,345,453,000 after buying an additional 4,019,505 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in NVIDIA by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 143,239,504 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $26,714,167,000 after acquiring an additional 446,178 shares during the last quarter. Amundi lifted its position in NVIDIA by 10.4% during the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 133,768,018 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $23,329,141,000 after acquiring an additional 12,575,177 shares during the period. J. Stern & Co. LLP lifted its position in NVIDIA by 13,709.1% during 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 acquiring an additional 124,849,603 shares during the period. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.6% in the 1st 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 purchasing an additional 555,221 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 622,239 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 completion of the sale, the director directly owned 2,336,531 shares in the company, valued at approximately $541,187,310.22. This trade represents a 21.03% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $217.88, for a total value of $6,536,400.00. Following the completion of 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 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 have sold 1,700,740 shares of company stock worth $385,015,077 over the last 90 days. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on the company. Evercore set a $465.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Barclays reiterated an "overweight" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Tigress Financial reissued a "strong-buy" rating and issued a $425.00 price objective (up from $360.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, May 27th. Citic Securities raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $242.00 to $315.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, May 22nd. Finally, Melius Research set a $420.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $324.34.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Management continues to defend AI spending. CEO Jensen Huang said the AI spending “flywheel” is accelerating and argued that companies, rather than new regulations, should manage AI safety. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg broadly supported that view, easing fears that safety concerns could trigger a development pause. NVIDIA CEO Says AI Spending Flywheel Is Really, Really Flying
• Positive Sentiment: Rubin demand is reinforcing the infrastructure story. CoreWeave brought a multi-rack NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 cluster online, connecting hundreds of GPUs for large-scale training and inference. The deployment supports expectations for continued demand beyond Blackwell systems. CoreWeave Stock Gains as Nvidia Rubin Cluster Boosts AI Cloud Capacity
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA is expanding beyond GPUs. An energy alliance with Google and Emerald AI aims to make data centers flexible electricity customers, potentially reducing grid constraints that could otherwise limit AI capacity. NVIDIA is also supplying networking and software for Apple’s potential future AI servers. Nvidia and Google Launch Energy Alliance to Prevent AI Grid Overload
• Positive Sentiment: Quantum-computing research adds a longer-term catalyst. NVIDIA’s H200 GPU, CUDA-Q platform and cuQuantum software helped researchers reduce quantum-circuit compilation from minutes to roughly 28 seconds in larger tests, strengthening its position as an infrastructure provider for hybrid computing. IonQ and NVIDIA Just Cracked a Major Quantum Computing Bottleneck
• Neutral Sentiment: Strategic expansion could improve future monetization. Reports describe NVIDIA’s $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face as a way to extend its ecosystem into AI software and models, although the deal may be expensive relative to current revenue and is unlikely to materially affect near-term results. Forget Nvidia’s Chips: Hugging Face Is the Real Reason to Own This Stock Now
• Negative Sentiment: Competition and customer bargaining power remain risks. OpenAI says it has more alternatives to NVIDIA, while AMD is pursuing large-scale chip deployments with major AI developers. Greater supplier choice could pressure NVIDIA’s pricing and market share over time. OpenAI’s CFO Just Explained Why Nvidia Is No Longer the Only Option
• Negative Sentiment: AI slowdown fears have not disappeared. Bearish investor Michael Burry continues to warn of a potential sharp decline in AI-linked stocks, while reports of insider selling and elevated valuation could encourage profit-taking if infrastructure spending moderates. Michael Burry Predicts a Possible 1987-Style Drop

NVIDIA Price Performance

NVIDIA stock opened at $213.90 on Thursday. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $164.27 and a one year 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. The business has a fifty day moving average of $214.10 and a two-hundred day moving average of $203.86. The company has a market cap of $5.15 trillion, a P/E ratio of 27.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.66 and a beta of 2.22.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results 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 company had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $92.27 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.05 EPS. The business's revenue was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.12 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, September 10th will be issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA's payout ratio is currently 12.64%.

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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