NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Stake Boosted by Retirement Planning Group LLC

Key Points

• Retirement Planning Group LLC increased its NVIDIA stake by 16.9% in the second quarter, bringing its holdings to 72,509 shares valued at approximately $14.5 million. Institutional investors collectively own 65.27% of the stock.
• NVIDIA insiders sold 1.74 million shares worth about $392.7 million over the past three months, including sales by CFO Colette Kress and EVP Timothy Teter under pre-arranged trading plans.
• Wall Street remains broadly bullish, with NVIDIA receiving an average “Buy” rating and a consensus price target of $324.34. The company also exceeded quarterly estimates, reporting $2.22 in EPS and $96.22 billion in revenue, up 105.9% year over year.

Retirement Planning Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 16.9% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 72,509 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after buying an additional 10,465 shares during the period. Retirement Planning Group LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $14,508,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 2.1% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 191,200,989 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $33,345,453,000 after acquiring an additional 4,019,505 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased its stake in NVIDIA by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 143,239,504 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $26,714,167,000 after buying an additional 446,178 shares during the period. J. Stern & Co. LLP lifted its position in NVIDIA by 13,709.1% in the 4th quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP now owns 125,760,307 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $23,454,297,000 after buying an additional 124,849,603 shares in the last quarter. Amundi increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 10.4% in the first quarter. Amundi now owns 133,768,018 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $23,329,141,000 after acquiring an additional 12,575,177 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.6% during the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 94,521,253 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $16,479,126,000 after acquiring an additional 555,221 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other NVIDIA news, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total transaction of $7,648,787.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $167,595,812.15. This trade represents a 4.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $217.88, for a total transaction of $6,536,400.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 2,687,660 shares of the company's stock, valued at $585,587,360.80. This trade represents a 1.10% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 1,735,658 shares of company stock worth $392,663,865 over the last three months. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on NVDA shares. Zacks Research lowered NVIDIA from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, August 21st. Itau BBA Securities dropped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $256.00 to $218.00 in a research note on Wednesday, June 24th. TD Cowen reissued a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, August 18th. Phillip Securities upped their target price on NVIDIA from $285.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, August 31st. Finally, Benchmark reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $335.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $324.34.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $222.27 on Monday. 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 company has a 50-day moving average of $214.66 and a 200-day moving average of $204.44. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $164.27 and a 52 week high of $236.54. The company has a market capitalization of $5.36 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.10, a PEG ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 2.22.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 company's quarterly revenue was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.05 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be given a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is 12.64%.

More NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang said NVIDIA expects to sell roughly twice as many chips next year, reinforcing expectations that hyperscaler spending on AI data centers remains strong. The forecast includes demand for GPUs, CPUs, networking equipment and complete server racks. Nvidia Chip Sales Could Double Next Year, CEO Jensen Huang Says
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and market commentators increasingly view NVIDIA as attractively valued relative to its growth. Its scale, diversified AI exposure, high profitability and lower forward valuation multiple give it an advantage over peers such as Credo, while some estimates suggest revenue growth could remain near 70% in fiscal 2028. Credo vs. NVIDIA After Earnings
• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure demand is expanding beyond processors into high-bandwidth memory and optical networking. NVIDIA has identified memory and silicon photonics as potential bottlenecks and has committed capital and purchase agreements involving suppliers such as Coherent and Lumentum, signaling sustained demand throughout its supply chain.
• Positive Sentiment: New ecosystem activity supports NVIDIA’s long-term growth narrative. Cloud partner CoreWeave is deploying next-generation Vera Rubin clusters, while NVIDIA-backed Nscale filed for a U.S. IPO. NVIDIA technology is also being used in autonomous trading systems, quantum-computing research and planned enterprise augmented-reality products.
• Neutral Sentiment: Speculative initiatives, including potential orbital data centers with SpaceX and NVIDIA’s quantum-computing software, could create future demand but are unlikely to materially affect near-term revenue.
• Negative Sentiment: Investors remain alert to competition from Huawei’s planned 2027 Ascend chips, possible AI-spending deceleration, rising memory costs that could pressure gross margins, and the effects of higher interest rates. The stock’s elevated valuation and dependence on continued hyperscaler capital expenditure also leave it sensitive to disappointing guidance.

NVIDIA Profile

NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processors and related software. Its products are used for artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, computer graphics, data-center applications and other workloads that benefit from parallel processing.

The company's offerings include GeForce graphics processing units (GPUs) and software for gaming and personal computers; data-center GPUs, systems and networking products; and professional visualization solutions for design, engineering, media and scientific applications.

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