Paragon Capital Management Inc. Buys New Shares in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Key Points

• Paragon Capital Management bought a new stake in NVIDIA, acquiring 3,491 shares valued at about $651,000 during the fourth quarter per its latest 13F filing.
• Equity analysts remain broadly positive with a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $275.25, supported by multiple recent buy/outperform ratings and raised targets from firms like Truist.
• At the same time, insiders have been net sellers—953,976 shares worth roughly $171.2 million sold over the past 90 days—while institutional ownership sits at 65.27%; NVIDIA still reported a strong quarter (EPS $1.62 beat and revenue $68.13 billion, up 73.2% year‑over‑year).

Paragon Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 3,491 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock, valued at approximately $651,000.

Several other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. State Street Corp increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 978,208,862 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $154,556,803,000 after acquiring an additional 9,554,857 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 579,213,497 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $91,150,170,000 after acquiring an additional 8,521,936 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at $51,386,863,000. Legal & General Group Plc boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.5% in the third quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 181,203,035 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $33,808,862,000 after purchasing an additional 2,609,560 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 16.1% in the third quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 165,377,852 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $30,855,564,000 after purchasing an additional 22,896,705 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have commented on the stock. Truist Financial upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $283.00 to $287.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, March 18th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of NVIDIA from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Sunday. New Street Research lowered their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $307.00 to $275.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, March 31st. Barclays reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, April 17th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $275.25.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total transaction of $3,357,490.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 36,007 shares of the company's stock, valued at $6,362,796.97. This represents a 34.54% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 3,004 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $184.90, for a total transaction of $555,439.60. Following the sale, the director directly owned 14,788 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,734,301.20. The trade was a 16.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 953,976 shares of company stock worth $171,173,819. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA has expanded enterprise adoption of its Nemotron model family (Nemotron 3 Nano Omni) and customers such as Vultr are deploying the model to cut inference cost and speed multimodal apps — this supports revenue growth in software + inference services beyond GPU sales. Vultr Deploys NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano Omni
• Positive Sentiment: Broad analyst optimism and high price targets continue to underpin the stock: multiple buy/outperform ratings and a median analyst target well above current levels give investors a bullish backdrop and support positioning as AI capex ramps. QuiverQuant NVDA analyst and price‑target summary
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA continues to win design‑wins in new end markets — Pony AI unveiled a Level‑4 domain controller built on NVIDIA DRIVE (DRIVE AGX Thor/Hyperion), reinforcing NVDA’s automotive TAM beyond data‑center GPUs. NVIDIA Powers Pony AI Autonomous Driving System
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA set a May 20 webcast to report Q1 FY2027 results and will post CFO written commentary — an upcoming earnings print and management commentary can drive short‑term volatility but will clarify the near‑term revenue cadence. NVIDIA Sets Conference Call for First‑Quarter Financial Results
• Neutral Sentiment: TSMC’s control of advanced capacity remains a focal point: strong end‑market demand is clear, but wafer/packaging timing at TSMC can shift when NVIDIA’s chips ship — that supply concentration affects revenue timing and inventory dynamics across the AI stack. AI Demand Is Surging — But Taiwan Semiconductor Is Controlling the Supply
• Negative Sentiment: Reports that OpenAI missed internal growth/revenue goals sparked a chip‑sector pullback and renewed investor concern about the sustainability/timing of some hyperscaler AI spend — that headline risk is pressuring NVDA and peers. Semiconductor Stocks Tumble on OpenAI Warning
• Negative Sentiment: High levels of insider selling (multiple execs and disclosures) and some recent political sell disclosures are fueling short‑term skepticism among retail traders and can amplify downdrafts during news shocks. QuiverQuant NVDA price dip and insider activity

NVIDIA Trading Down 1.8%

NVDA stock opened at $209.25 on Thursday. The company's 50-day simple moving average is $186.51 and its 200-day simple moving average is $186.06. The company has a quick ratio of 3.24, a current ratio of 3.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52-week low of $104.08 and a 52-week high of $216.82. The firm has a market cap of $5.08 trillion, a P/E ratio of 42.70, a PEG ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 2.34.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) 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 business had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $65.56 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.89 EPS. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th were paid a dividend of $0.01 per share. 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%.

NVIDIA 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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