NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Stake Raised by Axon Capital LP

Key Points

• Axon Capital LP increased its NVIDIA stake by 19.9% in the second quarter to 42,200 shares valued at approximately $8.4 million. Institutional investors collectively own 65.27% of NVIDIA.
• NVIDIA reported quarterly earnings and revenue above analyst expectations, with revenue up 105.9% year over year. Analysts maintain a consensus “Buy” rating and an average price target of $324.34.
• Investor risks include higher Treasury yields, potential margin pressure from rising memory costs, uncertain China access and significant insider selling, including a $144.1 million sale by director Mark Stevens.

Axon Capital LP increased its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 19.9% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 42,200 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after buying an additional 7,000 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises approximately 11.5% of Axon Capital LP's investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest holding. Axon Capital LP's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $8,444,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of NVDA. Golden Reserve Retirement LLC increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 77.5% in the second quarter. Golden Reserve Retirement LLC now owns 39,665 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $7,936,000 after acquiring an additional 17,320 shares during the period. Investment Research Partners LLC lifted its position in NVIDIA by 7.4% during the second quarter. Investment Research Partners LLC now owns 57,526 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $11,510,000 after purchasing an additional 3,963 shares during the period. Steinberganna Wealth Management lifted its position in NVIDIA by 0.3% during the second quarter. Steinberganna Wealth Management now owns 21,112 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $4,224,000 after purchasing an additional 61 shares during the period. 71 West Capital Partners boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 13.7% in the second quarter. 71 West Capital Partners now owns 480,811 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $96,205,000 after purchasing an additional 57,973 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Petix & Botte Co lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 7.4% in the 2nd quarter. Petix & Botte Co now owns 11,079 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $2,217,000 after buying an additional 764 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

More NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Demand for NVIDIA’s AI infrastructure remains strong. Management’s outlook implies roughly 70% revenue growth in fiscal 2028, while analysts and commentary continue to highlight the Vera Rubin product ramp, expanding data-center investment and potential supply constraints as catalysts. NVIDIA demand growth article
• Positive Sentiment: Super Micro Computer began shipping NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 liquid-cooled server racks, providing evidence that NVIDIA’s latest systems are moving into customer deployments and supporting continued hyperscaler capital spending. Super Micro Vera Rubin shipment article
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA received a Zacks upgrade to Strong Buy. Other bullish analyses point to its broad AI hardware, networking and software portfolio, while IonQ’s planned quantum-computing deployment at an NVIDIA research center expands the company’s longer-term technology ecosystem. Zacks NVIDIA analysis
• Neutral Sentiment: Potential progress in Trump-Xi discussions could improve NVIDIA’s access to China, where the company’s latest revenue forecast assumes no data-center compute sales. However, export controls and the November tariff-truce deadline leave the opportunity highly uncertain. NVIDIA China sales outlook
• Negative Sentiment: Higher Treasury yields and renewed expectations for a possible October rate increase pressured high-growth technology stocks, making NVIDIA’s elevated valuation more vulnerable to multiple compression.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider-selling reports added to investor caution. EVP Timothy Teter sold approximately $6.8 million of shares under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, while separate coverage described a much larger sale by a senior director without a disclosed prearranged plan. The sales do not establish a fundamental problem but can weigh on sentiment. NVIDIA insider transaction
• Negative Sentiment: Management expects higher memory costs to pressure gross margins, highlighting a shift in AI bottleneck power toward memory and optical-networking suppliers. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang also said AI companies should not receive antitrust or liability exemptions, a stance that may increase compliance burdens across the industry. Reuters AI regulation article

NVIDIA Trading Down 1.5%

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $225.51 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 4.59 and a quick ratio of 3.85. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.43 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.51, a PEG ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 2.22. The firm's 50-day moving average is $215.73 and its two-hundred day moving average is $205.39. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12 month low of $164.27 and a 12 month high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last announced 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 analysts' expectations 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 last year, the business earned $1.05 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In related news, EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,460 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Monday, September 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total value of $6,786,488.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at approximately $598,810,648. This trade represents a 1.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark Stevens sold 622,239 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total value of $144,122,997.18. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 2,336,531 shares of the company's stock, valued at $541,187,310.22. The trade was a 21.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock valued at $399,450,353. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts recently commented on the company. Rothschild & Co Redburn raised their target price on NVIDIA from $300.00 to $325.00 in a report on Thursday, August 27th. William Blair reissued an "outperform" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, June 2nd. BMO Capital Markets set a $340.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, August 20th. DZ Bank reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, August 26th. Finally, Truist Financial raised their price objective on NVIDIA from $307.00 to $346.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have given a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $324.34.

NVIDIA Company 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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