NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Stock Holdings Raised by Howland Capital Management LLC

Key Points

• Howland Capital Management increased its NVIDIA stake by 14.9% in the second quarter, adding 81,221 shares to own 626,042 shares worth approximately $125.3 million. Institutional investors collectively own 65.27% of the company.
• NVIDIA insiders sold 1.9 million shares valued at roughly $410.4 million over the past 90 days, including substantial sales by directors Stephen Neal and Mark Stevens.
• Analysts remain broadly bullish, with a consensus “Moderate Buy” rating and an average price target of $308.46, although concerns include elevated expectations, potential AI-server price increases, hyperscaler dependence and export-related risks.

Howland Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 14.9% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 626,042 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after acquiring an additional 81,221 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up approximately 4.5% of Howland Capital Management LLC's holdings, making the stock its 5th largest holding. Howland Capital Management LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $125,265,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 12.4% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $43,631,000 after buying an additional 35,815 shares in the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG raised its stake in NVIDIA by 1.0% during the fourth quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,346,417 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $315,100,000 after acquiring an additional 22,929 shares during the period. Highview Capital Management LLC DE boosted its position in NVIDIA by 6.7% during the 4th quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 58,396 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $7,842,000 after purchasing an additional 3,653 shares during the period. Hudson Value Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 30.7% in the 4th quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $6,805,000 after acquiring an additional 11,900 shares during the period. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 15.7% during the first quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 6,598 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $715,000 after buying an additional 896 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company's stock.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s launch of the Groq 3 LPX into full production strengthens its inference-AI portfolio. The accelerator reportedly achieved 3,400 output tokens per second in benchmarking, while Nebius plans to become its first AI-cloud customer. NVIDIA Groq 3 LPX production announcement
• Positive Sentiment: The new Jetson Orin Nano 2 robotics computer delivers twice the inference performance of its predecessor at the same size and uses 40% less power, expanding NVIDIA’s opportunity in edge AI, robotics and autonomous systems. Jetson Orin Nano 2 announcement
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street expects another exceptionally strong quarter, with consensus revenue near $92 billion and approximately 95% year-over-year growth. Analysts including Raymond James, Rosenblatt, KeyBanc and Cantor Fitzgerald maintained bullish ratings and price targets ranging from $325 to $352. NVIDIA growth and Rubin earnings preview
• Neutral Sentiment: Options markets imply an unusually large post-earnings move, estimated at roughly 5.4% or approximately $280 billion in market value. Investors are focused on Rubin shipment growth, margins, hyperscaler demand, supply constraints and management’s forward guidance. NVIDIA options-implied earnings move
• Negative Sentiment: Despite strong expected results, NVIDIA entered earnings after a seven-session losing streak and is testing technical support. Investors increasingly worry that a simple earnings beat may already be priced in, particularly because the stock has often declined after prior beats. NVIDIA tests support ahead of earnings
• Negative Sentiment: Reports of potential 15% or greater price increases for next-generation AI servers could create customer resistance and give competing chips or custom silicon an opening. Concerns also persist around hyperscalers’ heavy capital spending, NVIDIA’s AI investments and financing arrangements, and possible competition from startups such as Etched and Cerebras. NVIDIA hyperscaler dependence
• Negative Sentiment: Taiwanese authorities indicted individuals, including employees linked to NVIDIA and Super Micro, over alleged illegal AI-server exports to China, adding regulatory and geopolitical risk. Taiwan AI-server export investigation

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total transaction of $3,343,815.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 116,135 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $25,053,803.55. The trade was a 11.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total value of $186,000,450.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 5,207,271 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. This represents a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 1,900,500 shares of company stock valued at $410,449,265 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 3.94% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

NVDA has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Bank of America reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $350.00 price objective (up from $320.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Weiss Ratings reiterated a "buy (b)" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, July 8th. Argus increased their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $220.00 to $270.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. President Capital upped their price target on NVIDIA from $280.00 to $295.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Morgan Stanley reiterated an "overweight" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have given a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $308.46.

NVIDIA Trading Up 2.2%

NVIDIA stock opened at $213.05 on Wednesday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $207.50 and a 200 day moving average price of $200.09. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $164.07 and a 52 week high of $236.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a current ratio of 3.44. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.16 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.63, a P/E/G ratio of 0.41 and a beta of 2.23.

NVIDIA announced that its board has approved a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that authorizes the company to buyback $80.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

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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