NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Stock Position Raised by Infrastructure Capital Advisors LLC

Key Points

• Infrastructure Capital Advisors more than doubled its NVIDIA stake in the first quarter, increasing holdings by 116.5% to 14,999 shares valued at approximately $2.6 million. Institutional investors collectively own 65.27% of NVDA.
• Analysts remain broadly bullish, with a consensus “Buy” rating and an average price target of $304.26. Recent targets include $275 from Wolfe Research, $280 from JPMorgan, and $350 from Bank of America.
• NVIDIA reported strong quarterly results, with revenue rising 85.2% year over year to $81.61 billion and EPS beating estimates; the company also raised its dividend and authorized an $80 billion share-repurchase program. However, insiders sold roughly $410.6 million of stock over the past three months.

Infrastructure Capital Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 116.5% during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 14,999 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after purchasing an additional 8,070 shares during the period. Infrastructure Capital Advisors LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $2,587,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of NVDA. Maverick Capital Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 6.3% during the first quarter. Maverick Capital Ltd. now owns 3,174,918 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $553,706,000 after purchasing an additional 188,563 shares during the last quarter. Excelsior Advisor Network LLC raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 6.9% during the 1st quarter. Excelsior Advisor Network LLC now owns 45,464 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $7,929,000 after buying an additional 2,933 shares during the period. Hound Partners LLC lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 4.2% during the first quarter. Hound Partners LLC now owns 494,314 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $86,208,000 after buying an additional 19,737 shares in the last quarter. Clough Capital Partners L P lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 14.6% during the first quarter. Clough Capital Partners L P now owns 231,640 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $40,398,000 after buying an additional 29,510 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 17.1% in the first quarter. Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. now owns 698,361 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $121,794,000 after buying an additional 102,133 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Wolfe Research restated an "outperform" rating and set a $275.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of NVIDIA from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Saturday, July 4th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on NVIDIA from $265.00 to $280.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Zacks Research raised NVIDIA from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Monday, July 20th. Finally, Bank of America reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $350.00 price target (up from $320.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $304.26.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Reports that SpaceX plans to deploy NVIDIA’s next-generation AI hardware across terrestrial and orbital computing infrastructure reinforced expectations for another major customer and expanded demand for NVIDIA systems. Time to Buy Nvidia or SpaceX Stock After Their AI Partnership?
• Positive Sentiment: Strong spending by hyperscalers, demand for AI data-center capacity, and NVIDIA-backed projects such as Firmus’ $2 billion fundraising in Australia and Asia-Pacific supported the view that AI infrastructure investment remains robust. Firmus nearly doubles valuation to over $10.5 billion
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst and market commentary highlighted NVIDIA’s leadership in sovereign AI, with one report estimating a 92% share, while investors continued to describe the company as evolving from a GPU supplier into a broader AI infrastructure platform. What’s Going On With NVIDIA Stock Friday?
• Positive Sentiment: Recent commentary pointed to accelerating AI demand, strong cash flow and valuation support, with the median analyst price target reported at $308.50 versus recent trading levels. Should You Buy NVIDIA Stock After Its 11% Rally in a Month?
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA’s rally has lifted the stock roughly 12% over five sessions, increasing focus on the upcoming earnings report. Analysts remain constructive, but some traders are pausing because near-term catalysts may be limited after the sharp advance. Two reasons why Nvidia's stock saw its biggest weekly surge
• Negative Sentiment: AMD’s acquisition of AI-inference chip startup Taalas could strengthen its competitive position and create a longer-term challenge to NVIDIA, although initial investor commentary suggested the deal does not immediately close NVIDIA’s AI gap. AMD Is Buying Its Way Deeper Into AI Inference
• Negative Sentiment: QuiverQuant data showed 45 NVIDIA insider sales and no insider purchases during the past six months, a potential caution signal as the stock trades near its highs. NVIDIA Stock Opinions on AI Market Position

NVIDIA Stock Up 2.3%

NVDA stock opened at $223.96 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $164.07 and a 12-month high of $236.54. The company has a quick ratio of 2.85, a current ratio of 3.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The company has a market cap of $5.42 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.30, a PEG ratio of 0.43 and a beta of 2.23. The company has a 50 day moving average of $205.66 and a two-hundred day moving average of $197.19.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. The business had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $78.42 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.81 EPS. NVIDIA's revenue was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.79 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were paid a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.4%. This is an increase from NVIDIA's previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 4th. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is presently 15.31%.

NVIDIA declared that its board has authorized a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to buyback $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization allows the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated 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 completion of the sale, the director directly owned 116,135 shares of the company's stock, valued at $25,053,803.55. This trade represents a 11.77% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total value of $186,000,450.00. Following the sale, the director 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 have sold a total of 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015 in the last three months. Insiders own 3.94% of the company's stock.

About NVIDIA

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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