Torrey Payne Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 16,768 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock, valued at approximately $3,127,000. NVIDIA comprises approximately 2.8% of Torrey Payne Wealth Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 12th biggest holding.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Evansbrook LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at about $6,990,000. Rare Wolf Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth about $6,105,000. Harbour Wealth Management Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth approximately $458,000. Lexington Hill Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth approximately $522,000. Finally, First Growth Capital LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $799,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
NVDA has been the subject of several research analyst reports. UBS Group lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $275.00 to $280.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $300.00 price target (up from $275.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Seaport Research Partners raised their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $140.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed a “strong-buy” rating and set a $330.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $413.00 target price (up from $352.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $305.67.
NVIDIA Trading Up 3.0%
NVDA stock opened at $210.69 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $5.10 trillion, a PE ratio of 32.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.46 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a current ratio of 3.44. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $142.03 and a one year high of $236.54. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $209.33 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $192.25.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.81 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA Increases Dividend
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 4th will be issued a $0.25 dividend. This is an increase from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 4th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 15.31%.
NVIDIA announced that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to buyback $80.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization permits the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.
Key NVIDIA News
Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
- Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA was highlighted as an anchor investor in Helix Digital Infrastructure’s new $10 billion AI buildout initiative, reinforcing its central role in financing and shaping the broader AI infrastructure expansion. NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) Invests in a $10B AI Buildout Initiative
- Positive Sentiment: HIVE Digital announced a $220 million AI infrastructure contract that will deploy 2,304 NVIDIA Grace Blackwell GPUs, adding another example of strong real-world demand for NVIDIA hardware in high-performance computing and AI cloud workloads. HIVE secures $220M AI infrastructure contract with Bell and Cohere
- Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA gained visibility from a new ETF launch, PurePlay NVPS, which is designed to track companies supporting the NVIDIA-led AI buildout; that kind of product can broaden investor exposure to the ecosystem and keep the NVIDIA trade in focus. Exchange Traded Concepts Announces Launch of PurePlay Nvidia Ecosystem Picks & Shovels Index ETF (Nasdaq: NVPS) with PurePlay ETFs
- Positive Sentiment: IDC reports that NVIDIA took the No. 1 spot in data center Ethernet switching revenue in Q1, suggesting the company is extending its reach beyond GPUs into more of the AI infrastructure stack. Nvidia takes No. 1 spot in data center ethernet switching by revenue in Q1: IDC
- Neutral Sentiment: Several articles focused on NVIDIA’s broad market influence, recent analyst praise, and CEO Jensen Huang’s comments about AI demand, which support the long-term story but do not change the near-term fundamentals by themselves.
- Negative Sentiment: Amazon’s reported discussions about selling its own AI chips and pushing Trainium deeper into the market could increase competition for NVIDIA in cloud AI accelerators over time. Amazon hopes to challenge Nvidia more directly by selling its AI chips
- Negative Sentiment: Some coverage also warned that AI spending may face a funding squeeze and that major investors such as Michael Burry remain skeptical, which can weigh on sentiment around NVIDIA’s premium valuation. Nvidia Stock Braced for AI Funding Squeeze
Insider Activity
In other NVIDIA news, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total value of $3,343,815.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 116,135 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $25,053,803.55. The trade was a 11.77% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 500,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.83, for a total value of $109,915,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 6,399,771 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,406,861,658.93. The trade was a 7.25% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders sold 1,016,125 shares of company stock valued at $224,582,565. Insiders own 3.94% 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.
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