Penn Davis Mcfarland Inc. Sells 22,353 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Penn Davis Mcfarland Inc. trimmed its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 4.1% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 520,278 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 22,353 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for 10.0% of Penn Davis Mcfarland Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 2nd largest position. Penn Davis Mcfarland Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $97,073,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Brighton Jones LLC increased its holdings in NVIDIA by 12.4% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $43,631,000 after buying an additional 35,815 shares during the period. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% during the 4th quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,346,417 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $315,100,000 after acquiring an additional 22,929 shares in the last quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE increased its stake in NVIDIA by 6.7% in the fourth quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 58,396 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $7,842,000 after acquiring an additional 3,653 shares during the last quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 30.7% in the fourth quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $6,805,000 after acquiring an additional 11,900 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. raised its position in NVIDIA by 15.7% during the first quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 6,598 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $715,000 after purchasing an additional 896 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total transaction of $40,087,825.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 7,621,453 shares in the company, valued at $1,373,157,187.01. This represents a 2.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the business’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 transaction, the director owned 6,933,280 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,229,478,542.40. The trade was a 3.48% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 1,734,114 shares of company stock worth $317,034,081. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $186.94 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $4.54 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 46.39, a PEG ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 2.31. The company has a quick ratio of 3.71, a current ratio of 4.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $86.62 and a twelve month high of $212.19. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $184.26 and a 200 day simple moving average of $180.41.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly 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. The company had revenue of $57.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $54.66 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 99.24% and a net margin of 53.01%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 62.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.81 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 4th were given a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 4th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 0.99%.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Surging AI data‑center demand and optimism about sustained growth; several market pieces highlight strong enterprise orders and continued uptake of Blackwell/H200 chips. Stock Market Today, Jan. 15: Nvidia Rises on Strong AI Demand and Data Center Growth Optimism
• Positive Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang says the Vera Rubin platform is in full production — a near‑term revenue driver and margin enhancer if adoption scales as expected. NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin is in Full Production, Says Jensen Huang. Time to Get Bullish?
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts are raising targets and reaffirming buy ratings — Baird reiterated Outperform with a $275 target and Rothschild & Co Redburn raised its target to $268 — supporting upside expectations. Baird reiterates outperform on Nvidia with $275 target Rothschild & Co Redburn raises PT to $268
• Neutral Sentiment: Broader chip sector tailwind after TSMC blew past estimates — NVDA has benefited from the sector rally but faces supply constraints tied to foundry capacity. Chip stocks pop after TSMC’s earnings beat
• Neutral Sentiment: Design wins / ecosystem expansion: SiFive will adopt NVIDIA interconnect tech for RISC‑V designs, extending NVDA tech reach (longer‑term modest upside). SiFive to adopt Nvidia technology
• Negative Sentiment: China appears to be drafting rules limiting H200 purchases and Chinese customs were reported to have blocked H200 imports — a material risk to NVDA’s China revenue if enforced. China drafting purchase rules for Nvidia H200 chips
• Negative Sentiment: The U.S. announced a 25% tariff/surcharge on certain advanced AI chips (including the H200) headed to China — this reduces realized revenue on China sales even as it permits controlled exports. Trump imposes 25% tariff on some advanced computing chips
• Negative Sentiment: Prominent short interest: Michael Burry publicly bet against Nvidia, arguing valuation math is stretched — a headline risk that can pressure sentiment. Michael Burry Bets Against Nvidia
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: CFO Colette Kress disclosed multi‑million dollar share sales earlier this week — investors sometimes view large exec sales as a near‑term negative signal. SEC insider‑sale filing

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on NVDA shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on NVIDIA from $215.00 to $250.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. BNP Paribas Exane boosted their target price on NVIDIA from $240.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 18th. Rothschild & Co Redburn raised their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $245.00 to $268.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. DZ Bank reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $180.00 to $215.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $262.84.

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.