NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Bought by Groupe la Francaise

Key Points

• Groupe la Française increased its NVIDIA stake by 4.3% in the second quarter to 2.62 million shares valued at approximately $520.9 million, making NVIDIA its largest portfolio holding. Institutional investors own about 65.3% of NVIDIA.
• NVIDIA insiders sold 1.77 million shares worth roughly $399.5 million during the latest quarter, including sales by EVP Timothy Teter and CFO Colette Kress under pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plans.
• NVIDIA continues to report strong growth, with quarterly revenue up 105.9% year over year and earnings exceeding estimates, while its board authorized a $150 billion share-repurchase program. Analysts remain broadly bullish, though concerns about AI infrastructure financing, valuation and semiconductor-sector pressure remain.

Groupe la Francaise grew its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 4.3% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 2,618,791 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after acquiring an additional 107,074 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for 6.2% of Groupe la Francaise's portfolio, making the stock its biggest holding. Groupe la Francaise's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $520,898,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 1st quarter worth about $27,000. Montgomery Financial Services LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at about $28,000. Langley Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at about $34,000. Phillip James Consulting Co. purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 1st quarter valued at about $40,000. Finally, Bard Associates Inc. grew its position in NVIDIA by 8,866.7% during the 2nd quarter. Bard Associates Inc. now owns 269 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $54,000 after purchasing an additional 266 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,460 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, September 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total transaction of $6,786,488.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares of the company's stock, valued at $598,810,648. This represents a 1.12% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the firm's 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 completion of 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 ownership of the stock. 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. In the last quarter, insiders sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock valued at $399,450,353. Company insiders own 3.94% of the company's stock.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure demand remains robust. CEO Jensen Huang said neocloud demand is “off the charts,” while Super Micro’s significantly higher revenue outlook and SpaceX’s plans to add substantial computing capacity provided evidence that customers continue expanding AI infrastructure. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says neocloud demand is off the charts but capital is scarce
• Positive Sentiment: GTC Berlin expanded NVIDIA’s addressable market. The company introduced DSX POD modular Vera Rubin AI factories, designed to reduce deployment timelines from roughly six months to as little as 14 days. Its DSX platform also targets up to 30% lower power consumption and near-zero cooling-water usage, potentially easing customers’ power and permitting constraints. NVIDIA introduces DSX POD AI factories
• Positive Sentiment: Platform expansion supports the long-term bull case. New partnerships involving AI-agent security, robotics, autonomous vehicles, telecom networks, quantum-computing interfaces and industrial AI reinforce NVIDIA’s strategy of selling a broader full-stack computing ecosystem rather than only GPUs.
• Neutral Sentiment: Quantum news is strategically relevant but not yet a material earnings driver. Quantum X Labs reported improved error-correction results using NVIDIA CUDA-Q, illustrating ecosystem adoption, although the announcement does not provide meaningful near-term revenue information for NVIDIA.
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are questioning AI-spending sustainability and financing. Concerns that hyperscalers, neoclouds and other customers may struggle to fund massive data-center buildouts are weighing on the entire AI trade. Rising-rate risk adds pressure to high-growth technology valuations.
• Negative Sentiment: Semiconductor-sector pressure compounded the decline. Chip stocks weakened after Lam Research cited supply-chain constraints, while broader technology indexes also fell. NVIDIA’s high valuation and upcoming earnings raise the risk of a “sell-the-news” reaction even if results exceed expectations.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NVDA opened at $212.21 on Friday. 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 stock has a market capitalization of $5.11 trillion, a P/E ratio of 26.83, a P/E/G ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 2.22. The company's 50-day simple moving average is $222.86 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $212.57. 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 announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.05 earnings per share. As a group, analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.30 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA announced that its board has approved a share repurchase plan on Monday, September 28th that permits the company to repurchase $150.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization permits the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 1st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 10th were given a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA's payout ratio is 12.64%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have weighed in on NVDA. Rosenblatt Securities restated a "buy" rating and set a $390.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, September 29th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of NVIDIA from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Monday, September 21st. Rothschild & Co Redburn increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $300.00 to $325.00 in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an "overweight" rating and set a $350.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, October 1st. Finally, Evercore set a $465.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have issued a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $321.47.

NVIDIA Profile

NVIDIA Corporation NASDAQ: NVDA is a technology company that designs graphics processing units (GPUs), accelerated computing platforms, networking products and related software. Its technologies support artificial intelligence, machine learning, scientific computing, data analytics, professional visualization and computer graphics.

The company's products include GeForce GPUs for gaming and personal computing, data center GPUs and systems for AI and high-performance computing, and networking solutions used to connect and manage large-scale computing infrastructure.

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