NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA is Sarasin & Partners LLP’s 2nd Largest Position

Sarasin & Partners LLP lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 16.1% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 4,556,370 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 631,692 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises 8.1% of Sarasin & Partners LLP’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest position. Sarasin & Partners LLP’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $828,576,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 4.4% in the 3rd quarter. Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 32,040 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $6,011,000 after buying an additional 1,347 shares during the period. Myecfo LLC raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 14.6% in the third quarter. Myecfo LLC now owns 3,766 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $703,000 after acquiring an additional 479 shares in the last quarter. Orrstown Financial Services Inc. lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 3.8% in the third quarter. Orrstown Financial Services Inc. now owns 27,836 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $5,194,000 after acquiring an additional 1,014 shares during the last quarter. Red Door Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 3.0% during the 3rd quarter. Red Door Wealth Management LLC now owns 255,551 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $47,681,000 after acquiring an additional 7,424 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Trust Point Inc. increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.6% in the 3rd quarter. Trust Point Inc. now owns 117,144 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $21,857,000 after purchasing an additional 1,791 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts recently commented on the stock. HSBC set a $320.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 15th. Seaport Global Securities increased their price objective on NVIDIA from $100.00 to $140.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, November 17th. KeyCorp boosted their target price on NVIDIA from $250.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Evercore ISI set a $352.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, Oppenheimer reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $265.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-five have issued a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $262.14.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $190.53 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 4.47, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. The stock has a market cap of $4.63 trillion, a P/E ratio of 47.28, a P/E/G ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 2.29. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $186.12 and a two-hundred day moving average of $176.54. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $86.62 and a twelve month high of $212.19.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.07. NVIDIA had a net margin of 53.01% and a return on equity of 99.24%. The firm had revenue of $57.01 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $54.66 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.81 EPS. NVIDIA’s revenue for the quarter was up 62.5% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 4th were issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 4th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 0.99%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $183.38, for a total transaction of $13,753,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 70,033,203 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $12,842,688,766.14. This represents a 0.11% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 350,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $181.73, for a total value of $63,605,500.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 7,049,803 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,281,160,699.19. The trade was a 4.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 2,161,474 shares of company stock worth $396,157,992. Insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

More NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA struck a ~ $20B agreement to license Groq’s inference technology and bring key Groq engineers into NVIDIA, which investors view as a fast way to close a latency/speed gap for inference workloads and extend NVIDIA’s moat. NVIDIA’s $20B Groq Deal Is a Warning Shot to AI Rivals
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple outlets and TV segments frame the Groq deal as market‑moving — coverage highlights the strategic urgency (speed for inference) and immediate market reaction, supporting the near‑term bullish case. Nvidia strikes $20 billion deal with Groq: Here’s what you need to know
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street momentum: major firms reaffirmed/raised bullish ratings and price targets (e.g., $275 PTs reported), supporting further upside expectations as analysts bake the deal into 2026 modeling. Analyst price target reports
• Neutral Sentiment: Deal structure is non‑traditional — a non‑exclusive license plus talent hires (Groq stays independent) — which accelerates integration while aiming to avoid lengthy antitrust review; that reduces near‑term regulatory drag but leaves some legal/competitive ambiguity. Nvidia-Groq deal is structured to keep ‘fiction of competition alive’
• Positive Sentiment: Technical/strategic rationale: analysts and deep‑dive pieces argue Groq’s LPU/compiler tech can materially improve real‑time inference throughput and energy efficiency — a potential product advantage for cloud and robotics customers. Why Nvidia Needs Groq To Win The War Against Google’s TPUs
• Neutral Sentiment: Financing and cash use: while NVDA’s huge free cash flow can fund the deal, $20B is material — some analysts flag near‑term balance‑sheet and capital allocation questions (and one note argued “cash problem” risks). Monitor cash deployment and buyback/dividend policy. Nvidia Has A Cash Problem
• Negative Sentiment: Emerging competitive risk: a MarketBeat piece warns MetaX’s rapid IPO surge and other deep‑tech entrants could pose a meaningful long‑term threat to NVIDIA’s dominance into 2026 — worth tracking as rivals commercialize low‑latency stacks. Is MetaX a NVIDIA Threat—or Just Another DeepSeek Market Scare?

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.