NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Bought by 71 West Capital Partners

71 West Capital Partners lifted its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 13.7% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 480,811 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after buying an additional 57,973 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up approximately 3.3% of 71 West Capital Partners' investment portfolio, making the stock its 7th biggest position. 71 West Capital Partners' holdings in NVIDIA were worth $96,205,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new position in NVIDIA in the 1st quarter valued at about $27,000. Phillip James Consulting Co. bought a new position in NVIDIA in the 1st quarter valued at about $40,000. Frankly Finances LLC acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $60,000. Finally, Horrell Capital Management Inc. raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 38.1% in the 4th quarter. Horrell Capital Management Inc. now owns 373 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $70,000 after buying an additional 103 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company's stock.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $225.51 on Thursday. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $215.73 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $205.39. The stock has a market cap of $5.43 trillion, a PE ratio of 28.51, a PEG ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 2.22. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $164.27 and a fifty-two week 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.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results 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 net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The company had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.05 earnings per share. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be issued a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is presently 12.64%.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other news, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $167,595,812.15. This trade represents a 4.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed 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 business's stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the director owned 2,336,531 shares in the company, valued at approximately $541,187,310.22. This trade represents a 21.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last three months, insiders sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock worth $399,450,353. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Demand for NVIDIA’s AI infrastructure remains strong. Management’s outlook implies roughly 70% revenue growth in fiscal 2028, while analysts and commentary continue to highlight the Vera Rubin product ramp, expanding data-center investment and potential supply constraints as catalysts. NVIDIA demand growth article
• Positive Sentiment: Super Micro Computer began shipping NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 liquid-cooled server racks, providing evidence that NVIDIA’s latest systems are moving into customer deployments and supporting continued hyperscaler capital spending. Super Micro Vera Rubin shipment article
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA received a Zacks upgrade to Strong Buy. Other bullish analyses point to its broad AI hardware, networking and software portfolio, while IonQ’s planned quantum-computing deployment at an NVIDIA research center expands the company’s longer-term technology ecosystem. Zacks NVIDIA analysis
• Neutral Sentiment: Potential progress in Trump-Xi discussions could improve NVIDIA’s access to China, where the company’s latest revenue forecast assumes no data-center compute sales. However, export controls and the November tariff-truce deadline leave the opportunity highly uncertain. NVIDIA China sales outlook
• Negative Sentiment: Higher Treasury yields and renewed expectations for a possible October rate increase pressured high-growth technology stocks, making NVIDIA’s elevated valuation more vulnerable to multiple compression.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider-selling reports added to investor caution. EVP Timothy Teter sold approximately $6.8 million of shares under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, while separate coverage described a much larger sale by a senior director without a disclosed prearranged plan. The sales do not establish a fundamental problem but can weigh on sentiment. NVIDIA insider transaction
• Negative Sentiment: Management expects higher memory costs to pressure gross margins, highlighting a shift in AI bottleneck power toward memory and optical-networking suppliers. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang also said AI companies should not receive antitrust or liability exemptions, a stance that may increase compliance burdens across the industry. Reuters AI regulation article

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts recently issued reports on the stock. William Blair reiterated an "outperform" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Jefferies Financial Group restated a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, August 26th. TD Cowen restated a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, August 18th. BMO Capital Markets set a $340.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 20th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $390.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, September 4th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have given a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock 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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