Osprey Private Wealth LLC Increases Stake in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Key Points

• Osprey Private Wealth increased its NVIDIA stake by 8.2% in the second quarter to 135,812 shares valued at approximately $27.2 million. Institutional investors collectively own 65.27% of NVIDIA.
• NVIDIA reported quarterly revenue of $96.22 billion and earnings of $2.22 per share, exceeding analyst expectations, while revenue more than doubled year over year. Analysts maintain a consensus “Buy” rating with a $324.34 price target.
• Despite strong AI-driven demand and positive growth expectations, investors face risks from competition, potential AI-spending slowdowns, rising memory costs and NVIDIA’s elevated valuation; insiders have also sold substantial shares recently.

Osprey Private Wealth LLC increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 8.2% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 135,812 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after purchasing an additional 10,289 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up about 7.0% of Osprey Private Wealth LLC's portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest holding. Osprey Private Wealth LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $27,175,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Massachusetts Wealth Management boosted its position in NVIDIA by 0.4% during the 2nd quarter. Massachusetts Wealth Management now owns 19,172 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $3,836,000 after buying an additional 75 shares during the period. Smith Group Asset Management LLC raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 14.2% during the second quarter. Smith Group Asset Management LLC now owns 72,078 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $14,422,000 after acquiring an additional 8,954 shares during the last quarter. Essential Planning LLC. raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 3.8% during the second quarter. Essential Planning LLC. now owns 1,889 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $378,000 after acquiring an additional 70 shares during the last quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 3.3% during the second quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 1,252,314 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $250,576,000 after purchasing an additional 40,109 shares during the period. Finally, Lummis Asset Management LP grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 16.1% in the second quarter. Lummis Asset Management LP now owns 497 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $99,000 after purchasing an additional 69 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang said NVIDIA expects to sell roughly twice as many chips next year, reinforcing expectations that hyperscaler spending on AI data centers remains strong. The forecast includes demand for GPUs, CPUs, networking equipment and complete server racks. Nvidia Chip Sales Could Double Next Year, CEO Jensen Huang Says
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and market commentators increasingly view NVIDIA as attractively valued relative to its growth. Its scale, diversified AI exposure, high profitability and lower forward valuation multiple give it an advantage over peers such as Credo, while some estimates suggest revenue growth could remain near 70% in fiscal 2028. Credo vs. NVIDIA After Earnings
• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure demand is expanding beyond processors into high-bandwidth memory and optical networking. NVIDIA has identified memory and silicon photonics as potential bottlenecks and has committed capital and purchase agreements involving suppliers such as Coherent and Lumentum, signaling sustained demand throughout its supply chain.
• Positive Sentiment: New ecosystem activity supports NVIDIA’s long-term growth narrative. Cloud partner CoreWeave is deploying next-generation Vera Rubin clusters, while NVIDIA-backed Nscale filed for a U.S. IPO. NVIDIA technology is also being used in autonomous trading systems, quantum-computing research and planned enterprise augmented-reality products.
• Neutral Sentiment: Speculative initiatives, including potential orbital data centers with SpaceX and NVIDIA’s quantum-computing software, could create future demand but are unlikely to materially affect near-term revenue.
• Negative Sentiment: Investors remain alert to competition from Huawei’s planned 2027 Ascend chips, possible AI-spending deceleration, rising memory costs that could pressure gross margins, and the effects of higher interest rates. The stock’s elevated valuation and dependence on continued hyperscaler capital expenditure also leave it sensitive to disappointing guidance.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently weighed in on NVDA. BMO Capital Markets set a $340.00 price objective on NVIDIA and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, August 20th. Wall Street Zen upgraded NVIDIA from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, August 29th. Oppenheimer set a $315.00 price objective on NVIDIA and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Benchmark reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $335.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn increased their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $300.00 to $325.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $324.34.

NVIDIA Trading Up 1.3%

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $222.27 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $5.36 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.10, a PEG ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 2.22. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $214.66 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $204.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a current ratio of 4.59. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $164.27 and a fifty-two week high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%.The company's revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.05 EPS. Research analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $217.88, for a total transaction of $6,536,400.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at approximately $585,587,360.80. This represents a 1.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale 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 Mark A. Stevens sold 622,239 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total transaction of $144,122,997.18. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 2,336,531 shares in the company, valued at $541,187,310.22. This trade represents a 21.03% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 1,735,658 shares of company stock valued at $392,663,865 over the last ninety days. 3.94% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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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