SFE Investment Counsel Raises Holdings in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Key Points

• SFE Investment Counsel increased its NVIDIA holdings by 1.9% in the second quarter to 138,995 shares valued at approximately $27.8 million, making NVIDIA its second-largest position. Institutional investors collectively own 65.27% of the company.
• Analyst sentiment remains strongly positive: four analysts rate NVIDIA a “Strong Buy” and 50 rate it a “Buy,” with a consensus price target of $324.14. Recent brokerages raised targets as high as $345.
• NVIDIA reported quarterly earnings and revenue above expectations, with revenue up 105.9% year over year, though insiders sold approximately $399.5 million of stock over the past three months.

SFE Investment Counsel increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 1.9% in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 138,995 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after purchasing an additional 2,610 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for approximately 3.8% of SFE Investment Counsel's holdings, making the stock its 2nd largest position. SFE Investment Counsel's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $27,812,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of NVDA. Affinity Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in NVIDIA by 3.3% in the second quarter. Affinity Investment Advisors LLC now owns 15,784 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $3,158,000 after buying an additional 509 shares during the period. Gryphon Financial Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 2.9% during the 2nd quarter. Gryphon Financial Partners LLC now owns 169,338 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $33,883,000 after acquiring an additional 4,800 shares during the last quarter. Souders Financial Advisors raised its stake in NVIDIA by 13.4% in the 2nd quarter. Souders Financial Advisors now owns 56,763 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $11,358,000 after acquiring an additional 6,726 shares during the period. GWN Securities Inc. raised its stake in NVIDIA by 2.3% in the 2nd quarter. GWN Securities Inc. now owns 35,365 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $7,076,000 after acquiring an additional 800 shares during the period. Finally, PDS Planning Inc lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 2.1% during the 2nd quarter. PDS Planning Inc now owns 180,460 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $36,108,000 after purchasing an additional 3,771 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on NVDA. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $300.00 to $330.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, September 10th. Wedbush increased their target price on NVIDIA from $330.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. BMO Capital Markets set a $340.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 20th. Finally, Piper Sandler began coverage on NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, September 9th. They set an "overweight" rating and a $300.00 price objective on the stock. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $324.14.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 622,239 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, September 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total transaction of $144,122,997.18. Following the sale, the director owned 2,336,531 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $541,187,310.22. The trade was a 21.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,460 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Monday, September 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total transaction of $6,786,488.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at approximately $598,810,648. The trade was a 1.12% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 1,766,118 shares of company stock worth $399,450,353 in the last three months. 3.94% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

NVIDIA Trading Down 0.4%

Shares of NVDA opened at $224.58 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52-week low of $164.27 and a 52-week high of $236.54. The business's fifty day moving average is $216.08 and its 200-day moving average is $205.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a current ratio of 4.59. The firm has a market cap of $5.41 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.39, a PEG ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 2.22.

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

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, September 10th will be issued 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 dividend yield of 0.4%. NVIDIA's payout ratio is 12.64%.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AI demand remains exceptionally strong. Commentary indicates NVIDIA’s management sees a path to roughly 70% revenue growth in fiscal 2028, well above the approximately 45% previously modeled by analysts. This suggests hyperscaler spending and demand for NVIDIA’s accelerated-computing systems may remain robust for longer than expected. NVIDIA demand growth article
• Positive Sentiment: The Vera Rubin rollout is progressing, with Super Micro Computer reportedly shipping liquid-cooled NVL72 racks for customer deployments. Successful system integration supports NVIDIA’s next-generation sales cycle and reinforces demand for related data-center infrastructure. Vera Rubin shipment article
• Positive Sentiment: Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed its “Buy” rating, while other research coverage continues to favor NVIDIA over competing AI-chip stocks because of its faster growth, stronger margins and broader hardware, networking and software ecosystem. NVIDIA versus Marvell analysis
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA’s reported agreement to acquire Hugging Face for nearly $13 billion would expand its access to AI models, developers, datasets and distribution. The strategic benefits could be significant, but the deal’s high price relative to Hugging Face’s reported revenue creates execution and valuation risk. Hugging Face acquisition analysis
• Negative Sentiment: Higher Treasury yields are making expensive technology stocks less attractive and increasing the risk of valuation compression. This macro pressure was the clearest reason for weakness across NVIDIA and other semiconductor shares. Semiconductor stocks and Treasury yields
• Negative Sentiment: Management expects higher memory costs to pressure gross margins, indicating that pricing power is shifting toward memory and optical-networking suppliers. NVIDIA also faces scrutiny from large insider sales, including an approximately $6.8 million Rule 10b5-1 sale by EVP Timothy Teter, although the transaction was prearranged. NVIDIA insider sale

NVIDIA 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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