Peak Financial Advisors LLC Has $1.20 Million Stock Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Peak Financial Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 114.0% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 6,432 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,426 shares during the quarter. Peak Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $1,200,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. State Street Corp increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 978,208,862 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $154,556,803,000 after buying an additional 9,554,857 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted 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 buying an additional 8,521,936 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at $51,386,863,000. Legal & General Group Plc boosted its position in NVIDIA by 1.5% during the third quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 181,203,035 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,808,862,000 after acquiring an additional 2,609,560 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 16.1% during the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 165,377,852 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $30,855,564,000 after acquiring an additional 22,896,705 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA broadened its AI ecosystem with a strategic, $2 billion investment and NVLink Fusion tie‑up with Marvell — investors see this as a move to lock partners into Nvidia’s rack‑scale fabric and protect long‑term data‑center share. Nvidia takes stake in Marvell (CNBC)
• Positive Sentiment: Product pipeline: coverage points to Rubin Ultra and other next‑gen AI capabilities that could drive outsized revenue growth if adopted broadly, supporting longer‑term upside. Rubin Ultra revenue upside (InsiderMonkey)
• Positive Sentiment: Big‑name investors and institutional conviction are supporting sentiment — recent disclosures show purchases by well‑known allocators alongside continued high sell‑side buy ratings and above‑consensus price targets. Analyst bullishness and price targets (InsiderMonkey) Paul Tudor Jones bullish on NVDA (Yahoo) Ray Dalio buying activity (MSN)
• Positive Sentiment: Profitability remains a strength: gross margins are running near 75%, which supports cash flow generation and the company’s ability to fund investments and ecosystem stakes. Gross margin analysis (Zacks)
• Neutral Sentiment: Some analysts adjusted targets downward from earlier peaks but kept buy ratings (New Street cut its target to $275 while maintaining a buy), which tempers upside expectations but keeps institutional backing intact. New Street price target adjustment (MarketScreener)
• Neutral Sentiment: Corporate actions and cash returns — including a near‑term dividend payment — are incremental positives for income‑focused holders but unlikely to move the long‑term growth story. Dividend announcement (Finbold)
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive pressure in China: IDC data show local GPU/AI‑accelerator vendors gaining meaningful share, which raises execution risk in a key international market. Chinese competition eroding share (Reuters)
• Negative Sentiment: Near‑term market pressure and technical/headline-driven selloffs (including an AI memory‑led rout that knocked shares lower) are reminding investors that NVDA’s premium valuation is vulnerable to sentiment swings. AI memory rout analysis (BeInCrypto)
• Negative Sentiment: Operational/earnings caution: NVDA has recorded consecutive quarterly share price declines for the first time in years — history offers rebound scenarios but the streak highlights short‑term earnings/guide risk. Two‑quarter loss and outlook (Barron’s)
• Negative Sentiment: Some long‑standing holders trimmed positions (D. E. Shaw reported a reduction), a reminder that portfolio rebalancing can add selling pressure even amid broad conviction. D. E. Shaw trims NVDA stake (InsiderMonkey)

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total value of $54,675,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,018,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $550,130,190.75. This trade represents a 9.04% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 42,650 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $174.89, for a total value of $7,459,058.50. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 881,387 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $154,145,772.43. This trade represents a 4.62% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 1,401,616 shares of company stock worth $253,555,407 over the last three months. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $250.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Morgan Stanley set a $260.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. Citigroup lifted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $270.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, January 6th. Finally, Raymond James Financial increased their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $291.00 to $323.00 and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 19th. 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. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $275.25.

NVIDIA Trading Up 0.8%

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $175.75 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.24, a current ratio of 3.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $212.19. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $182.77 and a 200-day moving average price of $184.22. The company has a market cap of $4.27 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.87, a P/E/G ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 2.34.

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

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th were paid a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 0.82%.

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.