Orographic Financial Advisors LLC Takes $434,000 Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Key Points

• Orographic Financial Advisors initiated a $434,000 NVIDIA position by purchasing 2,490 shares in the first quarter. Institutional investors collectively own 65.27% of NVIDIA.
• Analysts remain broadly bullish, with a consensus “Buy” rating and a $304.26 price target; recent targets range from $280 to $330. NVIDIA also reported quarterly revenue of $81.61 billion, up 85.2% year over year, and exceeded earnings expectations.
• NVIDIA continues to benefit from strong AI infrastructure demand and approved an $80 billion share-repurchase plan, but insiders sold approximately $410.6 million of stock over the past 90 days and AMD’s expansion in AI inference presents a longer-term competitive risk.

Orographic Financial Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 2,490 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock, valued at approximately $434,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Diversified Enterprises LLC increased its holdings in NVIDIA by 44.2% in the 4th quarter. Diversified Enterprises LLC now owns 127,604 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $23,798,000 after purchasing an additional 39,129 shares during the last quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 6,451.9% during the first quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd now owns 637,236 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $111,134,000 after purchasing an additional 627,510 shares in the last quarter. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. now owns 3,169,377 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $591,086,000 after buying an additional 54,877 shares during the period. Storen Legacy Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth $1,350,000. Finally, Weaver Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 5.5% in the fourth quarter. Weaver Capital Management LLC now owns 85,216 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $15,893,000 after buying an additional 4,439 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

NVIDIA News Summary

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

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other news, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total transaction of $133,750.00. Following the sale, the director owned 14,163 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,030,882. The trade was a 4.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total value of $3,343,815.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 116,135 shares in the company, valued at $25,053,803.55. This represents a 11.77% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock worth $410,583,015. Corporate insiders own 3.94% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms recently issued reports on NVDA. UBS Group boosted their price objective on NVIDIA from $275.00 to $280.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a "buy" rating and set a $285.00 target price (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Citic Securities boosted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $242.00 to $315.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, May 22nd. DA Davidson reissued a "buy" rating and set a $300.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, June 1st. Finally, KeyCorp reissued an "overweight" rating and issued a $330.00 price objective (up from $310.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, July 14th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned 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 price target of $304.26.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $223.96 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.85, a current ratio of 3.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $164.07 and a 52 week high of $236.54. The firm's 50 day moving average is $205.66 and its two-hundred day moving average is $197.27. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.42 trillion, a P/E ratio of 34.30, a P/E/G ratio of 0.44 and a beta of 2.23.

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

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

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

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

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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