NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Sold by Kavar Capital Partners Group LLC

Key Points

• Kavar Capital trimmed its NVIDIA stake by 4.2%, selling 7,056 shares and leaving 161,311 shares valued at $30,084,000, making NVDA ~4.1% of Kavar’s portfolio and its sixth-largest holding.
• Insiders have been net sellers: EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares (~$54.8M) and Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares, with insiders offloading 1,153,976 shares (~$207.2M) in the last quarter while still owning 4.17% of the company.
• NVIDIA's business momentum remains strong — quarterly revenue of $68.13B and EPS of $1.62 beat estimates (revenue +73.2% YoY), and management cites roughly $1 trillion of GPU orders through 2027 amid heavy institutional ownership (65.27%).

Kavar Capital Partners Group LLC trimmed its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 4.2% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 161,311 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 7,056 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up approximately 4.1% of Kavar Capital Partners Group LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its 6th largest position. Kavar Capital Partners Group LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $30,084,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. State Street Corp increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 978,208,862 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $154,556,803,000 after purchasing an additional 9,554,857 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 579,213,497 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $91,150,170,000 after buying an additional 8,521,936 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at $51,386,863,000. Legal & General Group Plc grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 181,203,035 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $33,808,862,000 after buying an additional 2,609,560 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 16.1% in the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 165,377,852 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $30,855,564,000 after buying an additional 22,896,705 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA launched "Ising," an open‑source family of AI models for quantum calibration and error correction — a structural move that validates the quantum ecosystem, accelerates adoption of NVIDIA software across hardware vendors, and sparked a sector rally that benefits Nvidia’s platform positioning. NVIDIA Launches Ising (Press Release)
• Positive Sentiment: The stock is on a multi‑day winning streak as momentum returns to the AI trade; CEO Jensen Huang citing ~$1 trillion of GPU orders through 2027 underscores robust demand visibility for data‑center GPUs. Nvidia stock is on a 10-day winning streak (CNBC)
• Positive Sentiment: Product and partner signals — including work to optimize Gemma‑4 and a new multi‑chip AI strategy — reinforce that Nvidia is extending its ecosystem beyond GPUs into full‑stack AI infrastructure, which can expand revenue per customer. NVIDIA partners with Google on Gemma 4 (MSN)
• Neutral Sentiment: Wall Street remains divided on valuation and duration of growth — some analysts see material upside from platform adoption while others highlight "multiple compression" despite strong execution; this keeps NVDA both a momentum and macro/valuation trade. Multiple compression debate (Seeking Alpha)
• Neutral Sentiment: Nvidia denied takeover talks about major PC/server vendors, removing one source of M&A speculation that had pushed peers higher — the confirmation calms takeover rumors but is not a direct business catalyst. Nvidia shuts down Dell rumor (Barron's)
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive and technological risks are resurfacing: quantum vendors and some commentators suggest quantum approaches could displace GPU workloads over time, and rival silicon (e.g., TPUs) remains a longer‑term threat to pricing/mix. These narratives can cap the stock if they gain traction. D‑Wave CEO warns Nvidia (AOL)
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling and concerns about how long exceptional growth can persist are getting airtime; investors should watch insider activity, guidance assumptions and order cadence for signs of softening demand. Insider selling debate (247WallSt)

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.52, for a total transaction of $54,756,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,318,547 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $605,701,198.44. This represents a 8.29% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total value of $3,357,490.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 36,007 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,362,796.97. The trade was a 34.54% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 1,153,976 shares of company stock worth $207,181,819. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company's stock.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $196.38 on Wednesday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $95.04 and a 52 week high of $212.19. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $182.01 and its 200-day simple moving average is $184.67. The firm has a market cap of $4.77 trillion, a PE ratio of 40.08, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.63 and a beta of 2.34. The company has a quick ratio of 3.24, a current ratio of 3.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 analyst estimates of $65.56 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.89 EPS. The company's quarterly revenue was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th were paid a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is 0.82%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have issued reports on NVDA. Barclays restated a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Wells Fargo & Company restated an "overweight" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, December 29th. Needham & Company LLC restated a "buy" rating and issued a $240.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, March 18th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a "buy" rating and issued a $275.00 target price (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, January 16th. Finally, Wolfe Research upped their target price on NVIDIA from $250.00 to $275.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, January 30th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $275.25.

NVIDIA Company 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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