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Wealth Science Advisors LLC Increases Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

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Key Points

  • Wealth Science Advisors increased its NVIDIA position by 30.2% in the second quarter, bringing its holdings to 29,100 shares worth approximately $5.82 billion and making NVIDIA its sixth-largest investment.
  • Institutional investors own 65.27% of NVIDIA, while insiders sold approximately $410.6 million of stock during the latest quarter, including a $186 million sale by director Mark A. Stevens.
  • Analysts remain broadly bullish, with NVIDIA holding a consensus “Buy” rating and an average price target of $305.94, but investors face risks from China export restrictions, intensifying competition, and high expectations ahead of the August 26 earnings report.
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Wealth Science Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 30.2% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 29,100 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after purchasing an additional 6,751 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up about 2.6% of Wealth Science Advisors LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its 6th biggest holding. Wealth Science Advisors LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $5,823,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Spectrum Financial Alliance Ltd LLC grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 3.8% in the 1st quarter. Spectrum Financial Alliance Ltd LLC now owns 1,395 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $243,000 after acquiring an additional 51 shares in the last quarter. LMG Wealth Partners LLC raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 0.7% during the fourth quarter. LMG Wealth Partners LLC now owns 7,649 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $1,427,000 after acquiring an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.2% during the third quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC now owns 4,640 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $866,000 after acquiring an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. JGP Global Gestao de Recursos Ltda. boosted its position in NVIDIA by 2.3% during the fourth quarter. JGP Global Gestao de Recursos Ltda. now owns 2,402 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $448,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Penobscot Wealth Management boosted its position in NVIDIA by 0.7% during the first quarter. Penobscot Wealth Management now owns 7,930 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $1,383,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the 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 transaction, the director directly owned 5,207,271 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,094,412,146.07. This represents a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the firm's 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 of the company's stock, valued at approximately $3,030,882. This represents a 4.23% 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 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015 in the last quarter. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

NVDA has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. BNP Paribas Exane boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $270.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Wall Street Zen downgraded NVIDIA from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Saturday, July 4th. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, June 29th. Seaport Research Partners boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $140.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock a "sell" rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Evercore reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and set a $413.00 price target (up from $352.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have issued a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $305.94.

Read Our Latest Stock Analysis on NVDA

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

  • Positive Sentiment: Potential China revenue boost: Reports indicate small shipments of NVIDIA’s H200 processors have reached mainland China, with ByteDance and Tencent reportedly receiving units. However, Beijing may restrict how the chips are used. Nvidia H200 chips reach China in small shipments
  • Positive Sentiment: Analyst support remains strong: Stifel reaffirmed a Buy rating and a $282 target ahead of NVIDIA’s August 26 earnings report, while Bank of America reportedly sees substantial upside based on the company’s valuation and free-cash-flow potential. Analyst updates Nvidia stock price ahead of earnings
  • Positive Sentiment: Supply-chain checks support the AI buildout: Stifel pointed to signals from Foxconn and Super Micro as evidence that demand for NVIDIA systems remains healthy heading into the company’s results. NVIDIA is also expanding its role by connecting Nordic GPU customers with available data-center capacity. What Foxconn and Super Micro are telling us about the AI boom
  • Neutral Sentiment: Mercor investment under consideration: NVIDIA is reportedly discussing an investment in AI data-labeling provider Mercor at a valuation of about $20 billion. The deal could strengthen NVIDIA’s broader AI ecosystem, but its size and terms remain unknown. Nvidia weighs investment in Mercor
  • Negative Sentiment: China uncertainty remains a key overhang: U.S. efforts to close loopholes allowing Chinese firms to access NVIDIA computing power through overseas data centers could limit sales, while any H200 shipments appear restricted and relatively small. U.S. export controls and Nvidia chips
  • Negative Sentiment: The earnings bar is high: Investors are looking beyond a routine quarterly beat and want higher forward guidance, sustained data-center growth, strong Blackwell demand, and healthy margins. This creates volatility ahead of the August 26 report. NVIDIA earnings expectations and AI demand
  • Negative Sentiment: Competition and concentration risks are intensifying: Investors are questioning whether custom chips, rivals such as AMD and Broadcom, and newer AI-chip startups could eventually pressure NVIDIA’s dominant position. Michael Burry discusses competition for Nvidia

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NVDA opened at $217.56 on Thursday. 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 12-month low of $164.07 and a 12-month high of $236.54. The business has a 50 day moving average of $207.04 and a 200-day moving average of $199.23. The stock has a market cap of $5.26 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.32, a PEG ratio of 0.44 and a beta of 2.23.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.The business had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.42 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.81 EPS. The firm's revenue was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.59 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to buyback $80.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization permits the computer hardware maker to buy up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

About NVIDIA

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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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