NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Sold by HM Payson & Co.

HM Payson & Co. reduced its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 0.5% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 1,753,521 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 8,861 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for 4.7% of HM Payson & Co.’s portfolio, making the stock its 4th largest position. HM Payson & Co.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $327,172,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. State Street Corp grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% during 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 buying an additional 9,554,857 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.5% in the second 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 last quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC grew its position in NVIDIA by 267,959.7% during the second quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 382,373,765 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $64,976,521,000 after acquiring an additional 382,231,120 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at about $51,386,863,000. Finally, UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 2.9% during the first quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 206,794,926 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $22,412,434,000 after acquiring an additional 5,896,735 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NVIDIA stock opened at $185.16 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $86.62 and a 12-month high of $212.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a current ratio of 4.47 and a quick ratio of 3.71. The company has a market capitalization of $4.50 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 45.95, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 2.31. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $185.57 and its 200 day moving average price is $179.25.

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

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 4th were issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 4th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is currently 0.99%.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In related news, Director A Brooke Seawell sold 12,728 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $183.93, for a total value of $2,341,061.04. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total transaction of $44,332,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 6,933,280 shares in the company, valued at $1,229,478,542.40. This represents a 3.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 1,711,474 shares of company stock worth $312,028,242 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CES product and platform momentum — Rubin (Vera Rubin rack-scale systems) and new AI model/tool launches reinforce NVDA’s technical edge and potential to lock hyperscaler capex into NVIDIA architectures. This supports longer-term revenue and margin upside. Nvidia Pulls The Timeline Forward: Why Rubin Changes The AI Game
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic commercial partnerships broaden addressable markets — announced collaborations (Caterpillar, Lenovo gigafactory, Archer avionics integration) expand NVDA’s TAM beyond cloud hyperscalers into industrial, construction and aerospace customers. Caterpillar taps Nvidia to bring AI to its construction equipment
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street remains bullish — several firms (Evercore, Truist, Bank of America and others) have reaffirmed Outperform/Buy ratings and raised price targets after CES, providing analyst-backed support. Evercore Reiterates Outperform on Nvidia (NVDA), Calls It a Top Pick for 2026
• Neutral Sentiment: Corporate / talent move — Nvidia hired its first Chief Marketing Officer (Alison Wagonfeld), signaling a greater focus on go-to-market and enterprise adoption; important long-term but unlikely to move near-term earnings. Nvidia Hires Google Veteran as Its First Chief Marketing Officer
• Negative Sentiment: China uncertainty — mixed signals from Beijing: some reports say limited approvals for H200 imports are coming, but other reports show authorities previously asked firms to halt orders. That ambiguity is weighing on sentiment and demand visibility in a large market. Exclusive: Nvidia requires full upfront payment for H200 chips in China, sources say
• Negative Sentiment: Defensive sales terms for China clients — reports that NVIDIA is requiring full upfront payment for H200 orders in China signal the company is hedging export/approval risk; this protects NVIDIA but can slow orders and frustrate customers. Nvidia’s reportedly asking Chinese customers to pay upfront its for H200 AI chips
• Negative Sentiment: Short-term market pressure from tech rotation — Nasdaq underperformance and a rotation away from the largest AI names is putting near-term downward pressure on NVDA, even as fundamentals remain strong. Nasdaq Underperforms As Tech Rotation Hits Nvidia, Other AI Stocks; Jobs Report Next

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on NVDA shares. S&P Equity Research reiterated a “positive” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Zacks Research raised shares of NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 24th. New Street Research reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $307.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $250.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday. Finally, President Capital upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $240.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 28th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have given a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $262.14.

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.