NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Sold by Udine Wealth Management Inc.

Key Points

• Udine Wealth Management trimmed its NVIDIA stake by 8.1% in Q3, selling 2,617 shares and leaving 29,795 shares (worth $5.559 million), making NVDA 2.7% of the firm's portfolio and its 9th largest holding.
• Significant insider selling: EVP Ajay Puri sold 200,000 shares (~$36.0M) and Director Mark Stevens sold 222,500 shares (~$40.1M); insiders have offloaded 1,563,834 shares (~$283.4M) in the past three months (insiders now own 4.17%).
• Analyst and market catalysts favor upside — NVDA has many Buy/Strong Buy ratings and an average target of $263.98 (Stifel $250, Wolfe $275), while Reuters reports China has conditionally approved H200 chip sales and Nvidia is in talks to invest in OpenAI, both of which could reduce geopolitical risk and boost demand.

Udine Wealth Management Inc. cut its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 8.1% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 29,795 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 2,617 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up 2.7% of Udine Wealth Management Inc.'s investment portfolio, making the stock its 9th biggest holding. Udine Wealth Management Inc.'s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $5,559,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Hartford Financial Management Inc. boosted its position in NVIDIA by 0.4% during the third quarter. Hartford Financial Management Inc. now owns 67,828 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $12,655,000 after purchasing an additional 303 shares during the period. Versant Capital Management Inc grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 6.0% during the 3rd quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 71,466 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $13,334,000 after purchasing an additional 4,026 shares in the last quarter. Stephens Inc. AR raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 3.8% in the 3rd quarter. Stephens Inc. AR now owns 776,577 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $144,947,000 after buying an additional 28,395 shares in the last quarter. Optima Capital LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 3.2% during the third quarter. Optima Capital LLC now owns 4,641 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $866,000 after purchasing an additional 142 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Henry James International Management Inc. bought a new stake in NVIDIA in the third quarter valued at $259,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $191.13 on Monday. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $184.09 and its 200 day simple moving average is $182.62. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.64 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.43, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.93 and a beta of 2.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a current ratio of 4.47 and a quick ratio of 3.71. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1 year low of $86.62 and a 1 year high of $212.19.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.07. NVIDIA had a net margin of 53.01% and a return on equity of 99.24%. The company had revenue of $57.01 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $54.66 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.81 EPS. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 62.5% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 4th were issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 4th. NVIDIA's payout ratio is 0.99%.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wolfe Research raised its price target to $275 and kept an "outperform" rating, signaling meaningful upside from current levels and supporting investor confidence. Wolfe Research adjusts NVIDIA price target to $275
• Positive Sentiment: Reuters reports China has conditionally approved DeepSeek to buy Nvidia H200 chips — a potential reopening of a major market that reduces a key geopolitical risk to revenue. China conditionally approves DeepSeek to buy Nvidia's H200 chips
• Positive Sentiment: Reports say Nvidia is part of talks (with Microsoft, Amazon) to invest in OpenAI as part of a very large funding round — a strategic tie to the biggest AI software player that could boost long-term demand. Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon in talks to invest up to $60 billion in OpenAI
• Positive Sentiment: Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed a Buy on NVDA, reinforcing sell-side bullishness and analyst support for the thesis. Sanford C. Bernstein Reaffirms Buy Rating for NVIDIA
• Neutral Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang says AI memory requirements are rising and backs TSMC expansion — a reminder NVIDIA depends on the broader supply chain and that ecosystem capacity is crucial for growth. Jensen Huang says AI memory needs are rising
• Neutral Sentiment: Microsoft says it will continue buying third‑party AI chips even as it develops its own — this limits a key competitive risk but keeps competitive dynamics in play. Microsoft won't stop buying AI chips from Nvidia
• Neutral Sentiment: Nvidia expanded its CoreWeave partnership with a $2B investment to accelerate AI data-center buildout, supporting long-term capacity and demand. NVIDIA invests $2B in CoreWeave
• Negative Sentiment: NYTimes warns Amazon and Google are eating into Nvidia’s AI chip supremacy — increased competition could pressure pricing and growth rates over time. Amazon and Google eat into Nvidia's AI chip supremacy
• Negative Sentiment: Macro and market-risk commentary (including Michael Burry warnings) and repeated notes about NVDA’s high valuation are keeping some traders cautious, which can amplify intraday pullbacks. Michael Burry's stark warning

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus set a $250.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, January 8th. Wall Street Zen upgraded NVIDIA from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Sunday, January 25th. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an "overweight" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, January 8th. Sanford C. Bernstein restated a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Evercore ISI reissued an "outperform" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, January 6th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $263.98.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.04, for a total value of $36,008,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,618,547 shares in the company, valued at approximately $651,483,201.88. The trade was a 5.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total transaction of $40,087,825.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 7,621,453 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,373,157,187.01. This represents a 2.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders have sold 1,563,834 shares of company stock worth $283,360,391. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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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