NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Sold by Apeiron RIA LLC

Key Points

• Apeiron RIA LLC cut its NVIDIA stake by 29.2% in the second quarter, selling 4,073 shares and retaining 9,888 shares valued at approximately $1.98 million. Institutional investors and hedge funds collectively own 65.27% of NVIDIA.
• NVIDIA reported strong quarterly results, with earnings of $2.22 per share and revenue of $96.22 billion, exceeding analyst estimates; revenue increased 105.9% year over year. The company also authorized an $80 billion share-repurchase program.
• Analysts remain broadly bullish, with a consensus “Moderate Buy” rating and an average price target of $324.23 versus the reported share price of $217.44. However, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares for approximately $186 million.

Apeiron RIA LLC lowered its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 29.2% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 9,888 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 4,073 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for 0.5% of Apeiron RIA LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its 27th biggest position. Apeiron RIA LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $1,979,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Diversified Enterprises LLC grew its position in NVIDIA by 44.2% during the fourth quarter. Diversified Enterprises LLC now owns 127,604 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $23,798,000 after acquiring an additional 39,129 shares during the period. Altshuler Shaham Ltd raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 6,451.9% in the 1st quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd now owns 637,236 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $111,134,000 after purchasing an additional 627,510 shares during the period. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.8% in the 4th quarter. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. now owns 3,169,377 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $591,086,000 after purchasing an additional 54,877 shares in the last quarter. Storen Legacy Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 4th quarter valued at about $1,350,000. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 3.6% during the 4th quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 26,652,420 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $4,970,704,000 after purchasing an additional 936,506 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In related news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total transaction of $186,000,450.00. Following the sale, the director owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at $1,094,412,146.07. This represents a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

NVIDIA Trading Down 1.5%

NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $217.44 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.85, a current ratio of 4.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The business's 50 day moving average is $208.68 and its two-hundred day moving average is $201.27. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $164.07 and a 52 week high of $236.54. The company has a market cap of $5.24 trillion, a PE ratio of 27.49, a P/E/G ratio of 1.73 and a beta of 2.22.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%.The business's quarterly revenue was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.05 EPS. On average, analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.1 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Wednesday, May 20th that authorizes the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

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

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AI demand remains exceptionally strong. NVIDIA’s recent results showed revenue of approximately $96.2 billion, up 105.9% year over year, while management reportedly sees roughly 70% revenue growth in fiscal 2028. Analysts and investors continue to view the Vera Rubin platform and sustained hyperscaler spending as important long-term catalysts. Nvidia: Unstoppable Momentum As Vera Rubin Platform Takes Off
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA is expanding its platform and defending against custom chips. The company’s approximately $3.5 billion convertible-bond investment in MediaTek will support NVLink Fusion and extend NVIDIA technology into custom AI infrastructure, edge computing, PCs and automotive applications. The strategy could keep customers tied to NVIDIA’s networking and CUDA ecosystems as hyperscalers develop proprietary accelerators. Qualcomm rival MediaTek jumps 10% after $3.5 billion Nvidia AI chip deal
• Positive Sentiment: Additional ecosystem demand supports the growth narrative. Anthropic reportedly agreed to a $35 billion cloud-computing deal with NVIDIA-backed Lambda, while NVIDIA-backed SB Energy filed for an IPO. These developments reinforce demand for AI compute and data-center infrastructure, although they also raise questions about interconnected financing. Anthropic signs $35 billion cloud deal with Nvidia-backed Lambda
• Neutral Sentiment: Growth is shifting toward infrastructure bottlenecks. Reports highlight tight supply in memory, optical networking, power and cooling equipment. This validates AI expansion but may redirect some profit to suppliers and make NVIDIA’s own component costs higher. Not just Nvidia: these power and cooling firms are riding the trillion-dollar data centre boom
• Negative Sentiment: Margin and financing concerns are weighing on sentiment. NVIDIA expects higher supply costs to pressure gross margins, while reports that it paused parts of an AI-cloud financing program have revived concerns about circular transactions, credit risk and possible antitrust scrutiny. Nvidia's Latest ‘Circular' Deal Might Be Its Most Confusing Yet
• Negative Sentiment: Macro conditions are pressuring high-growth technology stocks. A global bond selloff, higher long-term Treasury yields, expectations of tighter Federal Reserve policy and traditionally weak September seasonality are encouraging investors to reduce exposure to richly valued semiconductor shares. Semiconductor Stocks Slide as Global Bond Selloff Lifts Yields

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus set a $315.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. BNP Paribas Exane increased their target price on NVIDIA from $270.00 to $285.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Bank of America reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $350.00 target price (up from $320.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Rothschild & Co Redburn boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $300.00 to $325.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, China Renaissance lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $319.00 to $330.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $324.23.

NVIDIA Profile

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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