Terra Alpha Investments LLC trimmed its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 6.7% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 37,874 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 2,741 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises about 7.2% of Terra Alpha Investments LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest position. Terra Alpha Investments LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $7,067,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Center for Financial Planning Inc. increased its position in NVIDIA by 4.6% during the 2nd quarter. Center for Financial Planning Inc. now owns 8,429 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,332,000 after purchasing an additional 367 shares in the last quarter. Atria Investments Inc lifted its position in NVIDIA by 3.2% during the second quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 942,208 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $148,859,000 after buying an additional 29,479 shares in the last quarter. Svenska Handelsbanken AB publ purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the third quarter worth approximately $37,316,000. Oak Ridge Investments LLC grew its stake in NVIDIA by 2.2% during the third quarter. Oak Ridge Investments LLC now owns 970,860 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $181,143,000 after buying an additional 20,559 shares during the period. Finally, Whalen Wealth Management Inc. increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 20.3% in the third quarter. Whalen Wealth Management Inc. now owns 36,490 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $6,808,000 after acquiring an additional 6,162 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several research firms recently weighed in on NVDA. Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating and set a $240.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. DA Davidson reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $250.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $240.00 price objective (up previously from $210.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, January 8th. Finally, Raymond James Financial reiterated a “strong-buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, January 6th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $267.73.
Insider Activity at NVIDIA
In other NVIDIA news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.04, for a total transaction of $36,008,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,618,547 shares in the company, valued at $651,483,201.88. This represents a 5.24% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $175.72, for a total transaction of $4,856,900.80. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 846,772 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $148,794,775.84. This represents a 3.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 1,610,848 shares of company stock worth $291,619,375 over the last three months. 4.17% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA
Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Wall Street expects an enormous revenue beat (models near ~$65B for the quarter), which is supporting optimism that hyperscaler capex will keep NVDA’s growth story intact. Why is Nvidia stock soaring before Q4 earnings? Here’s $65.9B reason
- Positive Sentiment: Valuation supporters note NVDA trades around ~25x FY’27 estimates — presented as a growth-at-reasonable-price opportunity if AI capex continues to accelerate. How To Trade Nvidia Ahead Of Q4 Earnings?
- Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s enterprise reach expands (BlueField DPU use cases); partnerships that broaden product footprint into cybersecurity and OT/ICS protection help diversify revenue beyond GPUs. Akamai and NVIDIA Launch New Agentless Cybersecurity Solution for Critical Infrastructure
- Neutral Sentiment: Analyst firms have reaffirmed bullish ratings and raised targets ahead of results, helping sentiment, but brokers question whether another beat will materially shift a market that’s cautious about where AI demand peaks. Nvidia heads into results week with the numbers almost certain to impress. The question is whether that still moves the stock
- Negative Sentiment: Competition risk: hyperscalers increasingly plan custom cheaper AI ASICs — a direct threat to NVDA’s long-term margin and volume outlook if cloud customers move workloads off Nvidia silicon. Nvidia results are AI market’s biggest test amid competitive worries
- Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical/export-control risk surfaced: a Reuters exclusive says a Chinese startup trained models on NVIDIA’s top Blackwell chip despite U.S. controls — potential regulatory, export-control and supply ramifications. Exclusive: China’s DeepSeek trained AI model on Nvidia’s best chip despite US ban, official says
- Negative Sentiment: Technical/structural risk from options and implied volatility: heavy bullish options positioning means implied volatility could collapse post-earnings, creating downside even if results beat. Traders should watch IV/gamma flows. Nvidia stock may fall sharply after earnings
NVIDIA Price Performance
Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $191.55 on Tuesday. 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 fifty-two week low of $86.62 and a fifty-two week high of $212.19. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $185.50 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $183.73. The firm has a market cap of $4.65 trillion, a PE ratio of 47.53, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 2.31.
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.
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