Richard C. Young & CO. LTD. Acquires 5,482 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Richard C. Young & CO. LTD. boosted its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 2.9% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 192,306 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 5,482 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for 3.2% of Richard C. Young & CO. LTD.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 6th largest holding. Richard C. Young & CO. LTD.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $35,865,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Diversified Enterprises LLC raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 44.2% in the fourth quarter. Diversified Enterprises LLC now owns 127,604 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $23,798,000 after buying an additional 39,129 shares during the period. PMG Family Office LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the third quarter valued at approximately $2,150,000. Oak Ridge Investments LLC raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 2.2% in the third quarter. Oak Ridge Investments LLC now owns 970,860 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $181,143,000 after buying an additional 20,559 shares during the period. Weaver Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 5.5% during the fourth quarter. Weaver Capital Management LLC now owns 85,216 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $15,893,000 after purchasing an additional 4,439 shares during the period. Finally, Circle Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 16.1% during the third quarter. Circle Wealth Management LLC now owns 107,787 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $20,111,000 after purchasing an additional 14,936 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total transaction of $3,357,490.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 36,007 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,362,796.97. The trade was a 34.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total transaction of $54,675,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly 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. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 906,336 shares of company stock valued at $162,802,518. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Several Wall Street firms remain bullish ahead of earnings, with KeyBanc, DA Davidson, Morgan Stanley and Wedbush all raising price targets to as high as $300, citing continued momentum from Blackwell and the coming Rubin platform. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage continues to point to strong AI datacenter demand and a likely “beat-and-raise” quarter, with analysts and investors expecting another huge revenue print and strong guidance. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Hedge-fund filings showing managers such as Tiger Global, Bridgewater, Soros Fund Management and D1 Capital adding to NVDA stakes reinforce institutional confidence in the stock. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Most of the recent news flow is centered on investor positioning and earnings anticipation, including options-market activity, prediction-market bets, and broad media attention ahead of the report. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Some commentary warns that expectations are extremely high, the options market is signaling volatility, and any miss or cautious guidance could disappoint investors. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish analysis is also emerging around valuation and demand sustainability, with one report arguing that political backlash against data centers and a shift toward more CPU-centric architectures could pressure future GPU demand. Article Title

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NVIDIA stock opened at $222.32 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $5.38 trillion, a PE ratio of 45.37, a P/E/G ratio of 0.70 and a beta of 2.25. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $193.14 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $188.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 3.91 and a quick ratio of 3.24. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12 month low of $129.16 and a 12 month high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 97.37%. The company had revenue of $68.13 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.89 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.84 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on NVDA shares. HSBC set a $310.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Tigress Financial reiterated a “strong-buy” rating and set a $360.00 price objective (up from $350.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of NVIDIA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Sunday, April 26th. William Blair set a $300.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, March 12th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $260.00 to $285.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $278.73.

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.