Private Capital Advisors Inc. Has $28.76 Million Stock Holdings in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Private Capital Advisors Inc. raised its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 2.8% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 154,138 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,172 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up 3.2% of Private Capital Advisors Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 6th biggest position. Private Capital Advisors Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $28,759,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Winnow Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 47.9% during the 2nd quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth about $40,000. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter worth about $50,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at approximately $54,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Trading Up 0.7%

NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $186.00 on Thursday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1 year low of $86.62 and a 1 year high of $212.19. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $185.59 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $184.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 3.91 and a quick ratio of 3.24. The company has a market cap of $4.52 trillion, a P/E ratio of 37.96, a P/E/G ratio of 0.63 and a beta of 2.33.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.89 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is currently 0.82%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

NVDA has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Susquehanna lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $230.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $180.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Tigress Financial reissued a “strong-buy” rating and set a $360.00 target price (up from $350.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, March 5th. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. Finally, HSBC set a $310.00 target price on NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, February 24th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, NVIDIA has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $273.64.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA agreed to a $2 billion strategic investment in Nebius to build hyperscale AI cloud infrastructure — a major follow‑on to its cloud partnerships that supports longer‑term GPU demand. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Product/news flow: NVIDIA released the Nemotron 3 super model (aimed at advanced agentic AI) and is launching agentic/AI infrastructure initiatives ahead of GTC, which can drive new GPU and software adoption. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic partnerships and investments continue: Nvidia made a significant investment and multi‑year supply/compute deals with startups (Thinking Machines Lab) that will deploy large volumes of Nvidia systems — a direct demand signal for future GPU shipments. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Supply‑chain and customer confirmations: Suppliers and partners (Coherent, Scintil Photonics) are publicly describing multibillion‑dollar, multi‑year NVIDIA deals and product testing — underlining durable commercial pull for Nvidia chips and optics. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Macro backdrop is steady: Feb CPI was largely in line with expectations, keeping the macro risk profile stable for growth names like NVIDIA. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst/street tone remains mostly constructive — multiple outlets reiterate buy/bull narratives ahead of GTC, which may support momentum but also sets high expectations for the event. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: EVP Ajay K. Puri disclosed sale of 300,000 shares (~$54.8M at the time), trimming his stake — an event some investors view as a near‑term negative signal. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory risk: analysts (Bernstein and others) flag potential export licensing or tighter rules on AI chip exports — any new curbs would be a material headwind for NVDA’s international sales. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Reputational/short‑term headlines: high‑profile critics and social commentary (e.g., Michael Burry’s comments) add noise and can amplify short‑term volatility even if they lack immediate operational impact. Read More.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 sale, the director owned 7,621,453 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,373,157,187.01. This represents a 2.84% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $175.72, for a total transaction of $3,514,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 93,060 shares in the company, valued at $16,352,503.20. This represents a 17.69% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 1,388,120 shares of company stock worth $251,344,814. Insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

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.