NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Stock Holdings Decreased by Capital Investment Counsel Inc

Key Points

• Capital Investment Counsel Inc trimmed its NVIDIA stake by 1.1% in Q4, selling 7,115 shares and now holds 613,000 shares worth about $114.3 million, with NVDA representing roughly 13.4% of the firm's assets (its 2nd largest holding).
• Insider selling has been sizeable recently—directors Aarti S. Shah and John Dabiri sold 19,000 and 3,004 shares respectively, and insiders have offloaded 953,976 shares worth $171.17 million in the past three months (insiders now own 4.17%).
• Fundamentals and sentiment remain positive: NVDA beat quarterly expectations (EPS $1.62 vs $1.54; revenue $68.13B, up 73.2% YoY), analysts maintain mostly bullish ratings and a consensus target of about $275.25, supported by product/platform momentum in data‑center AI.

Capital Investment Counsel Inc lowered its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 1.1% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 613,000 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 7,115 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises approximately 13.4% of Capital Investment Counsel Inc's holdings, making the stock its 2nd largest holding. Capital Investment Counsel Inc's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $114,324,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of NVDA. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 47.9% in the 2nd quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth about $40,000. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter worth about $50,000. Networth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth about $51,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth about $54,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total value of $3,357,490.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 36,007 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $6,362,796.97. This represents a 34.54% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 3,004 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $184.90, for a total transaction of $555,439.60. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 14,788 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,734,301.20. The trade was a 16.88% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last three months, insiders have sold 953,976 shares of company stock worth $171,173,819. Insiders own 4.17% of the company's stock.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Product and ecosystem wins continue to support NVDA’s revenue durability — cloud provider Vultr said it will deploy NVIDIA’s Nemotron 3 Nano Omni for multimodal inference, extending adoption of NVIDIA models and serverless inference offerings. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Product platform strength: Analysts point to the Blackwell platform and Rubin chips as drivers of continued data‑center growth and margin expansion, supporting the long‑term revenue outlook. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Institutional/analyst support remains heavy — Bank of America and other firms keep bullish ratings and price targets, and a large institutional filing shows Alecta added shares, signaling continued institutional appetite. Read More. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Options and derivatives activity show traders are pricing a re‑test of recent highs — heavy call/put flows mean volatility is elevated and short‑term moves can be amplified. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Macro/structural view: several analysts argue AI demand is structural (not cyclical) though near‑term valuation and capex digestion remain concerns — this supports a buy‑and‑hold case but warns of short‑term swings. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: OpenAI stumble sparked the selloff — reports that OpenAI missed internal growth/revenue targets triggered a broad chip‑stock pullback today, directly pressuring NVDA as a top AI‑infrastructure supplier. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive and capex risks: coverage highlights the rise of custom silicon (TPUs, in‑house chips) and the risk of capex digestion — these can blunt NVDA’s near‑term share gains if hyperscalers substitute GPUs. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Large insider and institutional sales have been reported in filings (some selling is planned/10b5‑1), which can add to headline noise and amplify pullbacks even if long‑term demand remains intact. Read More.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NVDA opened at $213.42 on Wednesday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $186.09 and a 200-day moving average price of $185.90. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $104.08 and a fifty-two week high of $216.82. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.19 trillion, a PE ratio of 43.56, a PEG ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 2.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a current ratio of 3.91.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 97.37%. The firm had revenue of $68.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $65.56 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.89 EPS. The company's revenue was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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 given 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 presently 0.82%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

NVDA has been the topic of a number of research reports. 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. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of NVIDIA from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Sunday. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $325.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, March 23rd. Stifel Nicolaus set a $250.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, January 8th. Finally, HSBC set a $310.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus 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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