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NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Bought by City of London Investment Management Co. Ltd.

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Key Points

  • City of London Investment Management Co. Ltd. boosted its NVIDIA stake by 67.4% to 388,621 shares (worth about $72.5M), making NVDA its fifth-largest holding and 5.4% of the fund's portfolio.
  • NVIDIA delivered strong quarterly results—EPS $1.62 (beat) and revenue $68.13B, up 73.2% year‑over‑year—and analysts have raised targets (Citigroup to $300) with an average target around $274.21 and a consensus "Buy".
  • Significant insider selling has occurred recently, including EVP Ajay Puri's sale of 300,000 shares (~$54.8M); insiders sold about 1,017,780 shares (~$185.6M) in the past 90 days, which could prompt short‑term profit‑taking concerns.
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City of London Investment Management Co. Ltd. raised its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 67.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 388,621 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after purchasing an additional 156,467 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for 5.4% of City of London Investment Management Co. Ltd.'s investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th biggest holding. City of London Investment Management Co. Ltd.'s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $72,507,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Winnow Wealth LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 47.9% in the 2nd quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares during the period. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth $40,000. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the third quarter valued at about $50,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at about $54,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other news, CFO Colette Kress sold 20,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $175.72, for a total value of $3,514,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 93,060 shares in the company, valued at $16,352,503.20. This trade represents a 17.69% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.52, for a total value of $54,756,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,318,547 shares of the company's stock, valued at $605,701,198.44. This trade represents a 8.29% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 1,017,780 shares of company stock valued at $185,596,715. Insiders own 4.17% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms recently issued reports on NVDA. Citigroup increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $270.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a "buy (b-)" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, December 29th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $240.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Evercore reissued an "outperform" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, January 6th. Finally, Arete Research raised their price target on NVIDIA from $244.00 to $261.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $274.21.

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NVIDIA Price Performance

NVDA stock opened at $180.25 on Monday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $185.35 and a 200-day moving average of $184.10. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $86.62 and a 12-month high of $212.19. The company has a current ratio of 3.91, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. The company has a market cap of $4.38 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.79, a PEG ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 2.33.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The business had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $65.56 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.89 EPS. The company's revenue was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be issued a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is 0.82%.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

  • Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA struck a high‑profile strategic deal, committing $2 billion to Nebius to scale hyperscale AI cloud capacity — a move that secures future demand for NVIDIA GPUs and signals long‑term revenue/market share benefits. NVIDIA Bets $2 Billion on Nebius
  • Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA released Nemotron 3 (an advanced open AI model) and continues to push agentic‑AI positioning — extending software/IP monetization beyond chips and supporting higher attach rates for its data‑center stack. NVIDIA Launches Nemotron 3
  • Positive Sentiment: Reports show ByteDance is assembling AI capacity using NVIDIA’s top chips outside China, which reinforces global enterprise demand for NVIDIA hardware. ByteDance Access to Nvidia AI Chips
  • Neutral Sentiment: Investors are focused on next week’s GTC where NVIDIA is expected to emphasize new CPU and system announcements (the company says CPUs are becoming a bottleneck for agentic AI) — the event can swing sentiment either way depending on product details and guidance. Nvidia's GTC will mark an AI chip pivot
  • Neutral Sentiment: Macro and geopolitical risks (oil price moves, regional conflicts) are elevating market volatility and capping near‑term upside for high‑beta AI names like NVDA. Dow Jones Futures Fall; Crude Oil Prices Top $90
  • Neutral Sentiment: Competing chip/cloud moves — e.g., Cerebras partnering with Amazon to offer alternative AI accelerators — underline growing competition in AI compute, a factor to monitor for margin/market‑share dynamics. Cerebras and Amazon deal
  • Negative Sentiment: A sizable insider sale (EVP Ajay Puri sold 300,000 shares) has been flagged by the market and can feed short‑term profit‑taking narratives. Ajay K. Puri insider sale filing
  • Negative Sentiment: U.S. policymakers are considering tighter export/permit controls on advanced AI chips — any formal restriction would directly affect NVIDIA’s addressable market and create regulatory uncertainty. US mulling export permits for Nvidia chips

About NVIDIA

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NVIDIA Corporation, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a global technology company that designs and develops graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip (SoC) technologies. Co-founded by Jensen Huang, who serves as president and chief executive officer, along with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem, NVIDIA has grown from a graphics-focused chipmaker into a broad provider of accelerated computing hardware and software for multiple industries.

The company's product portfolio spans discrete GPUs for gaming and professional visualization (marketed under the GeForce and NVIDIA RTX lines), high-performance data center accelerators used for AI training and inference (including widely adopted platforms such as the A100 and H100 series), and Tegra SoCs for automotive and edge applications.

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