PensionDanmark Pensionsforsikringsaktieselskab Has $928.17 Million Stake in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Key Points

• PensionDanmark holds a $928.2 million NVIDIA stake after trimming its position by 0.2% in the second quarter. NVIDIA remains the pension fund’s largest holding, representing 7.7% of its portfolio.
• Analysts remain broadly bullish, with a consensus “Buy” rating and an average price target of $305.94. Recent targets range from $255 to $400, supported by expectations for strong AI-related demand and potential earnings outperformance.
• NVIDIA reported quarterly revenue of $81.61 billion and EPS of $1.87, beating estimates, while revenue rose 85.2% year over year. The company also authorized an $80 billion share-buyback program and increased its quarterly dividend to $0.25 per share.

PensionDanmark Pensionsforsikringsaktieselskab trimmed its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 0.2% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 4,638,748 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 11,025 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for 7.7% of PensionDanmark Pensionsforsikringsaktieselskab's portfolio, making the stock its largest holding. PensionDanmark Pensionsforsikringsaktieselskab's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $928,167,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 28.6% in the 2nd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 26,337,224 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $5,269,815,000 after purchasing an additional 5,850,506 shares in the last quarter. St. Louis Financial Planners Asset Management LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at about $3,184,000. 55 North Private Wealth LLC grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 14.4% during the second quarter. 55 North Private Wealth LLC now owns 37,987 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $7,601,000 after purchasing an additional 4,788 shares in the last quarter. Stonehearth Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 11.0% in the second quarter. Stonehearth Capital Management LLC now owns 2,017 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $404,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Evanson Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter worth about $9,408,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently commented on NVDA. BNP Paribas Exane boosted their target price on NVIDIA from $270.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Melius Research set a $400.00 price objective on NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. New Street Research cut their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $343.00 to $340.00 in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a "hold" rating and issued a $255.00 price target (up from $220.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, China Renaissance started coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Friday, June 5th. They set a "buy" rating and a $319.00 price objective for the company. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $305.94.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: UBS expects another major earnings beat. The firm reiterated a Buy rating and $280 price target, forecasting that NVIDIA could exceed its fiscal second-quarter revenue outlook of $91 billion by several billion dollars as GB300 demand ramps ahead of the Vera Rubin platform. UBS earnings outlook
• Positive Sentiment: A proposed $500 billion financing initiative could expand customers’ purchasing capacity. Apollo, BlackRock, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and other financial firms are discussing capital pools and securitized loans for AI data centers. The structure could support continued GPU deployments and create a secondary market for older NVIDIA systems. NVIDIA GPU financing deal
• Positive Sentiment: Demand catalysts continue to broaden. NVIDIA is promoting open-source AI tools, expanding into robotics and physical AI, partnering with former rival Groq, and deepening its networking and infrastructure business. A $2 billion investment in Marvell also highlights efforts to strengthen the broader AI supply chain. NVIDIA open-source AI strategy
• Neutral Sentiment: Market volatility appears driven more by liquidity than fundamentals. Asian market circuit breakers and currency-related selling pressured semiconductor shares, but the underlying hyperscaler data-center buildout and long-term AI infrastructure commitments remain intact. Asian market volatility and AI demand
• Negative Sentiment: Expectations and valuation leave little room for disappointment. Analysts note that NVIDIA’s strong pre-earnings performance has set a high bar, while critics—including Michael Burry—warn that AI financing may become circular if customers rely heavily on borrowed capital. Concerns also include power, labor and chip-supply bottlenecks, as well as the risk that Chinese developers optimize models for Huawei hardware instead of U.S. GPUs. AI infrastructure bottlenecks

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the firm's 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 completion of the sale, the director owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. This trade represents a 14.53% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, 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 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 SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $225.16 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $5.45 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.44 and a beta of 2.23. 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 stock has a 50 day moving average price of $206.14 and a 200-day moving average price of $198.60. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $164.07 and a one year high of $236.54.

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

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

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

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to buyback $80.00 billion in 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 usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

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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