Compound Planning Inc. boosted its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 14.7% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 359,109 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 45,935 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for 2.0% of Compound Planning Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 7th biggest holding. Compound Planning Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $66,974,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Joule Financial LLC increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 2.2% during the third quarter. Joule Financial LLC now owns 2,308 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $431,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the period. Presidio Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Presidio Capital Management LLC now owns 15,137 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $2,823,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. LMG Wealth Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. LMG Wealth Partners LLC now owns 7,649 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,427,000 after buying an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% during the third quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC now owns 4,640 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $866,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares during the last quarter. Finally, IMG Wealth Management Inc. lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 1.4% during the third quarter. IMG Wealth Management Inc. now owns 3,820 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $713,000 after buying an additional 54 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of analysts have recently issued reports on NVDA shares. DZ Bank restated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $325.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Melius Research set a $400.00 price target on NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. New Street Research reduced their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $343.00 to $340.00 in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, President Capital boosted their price objective on NVIDIA from $280.00 to $295.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $305.67.
Insider Transactions at NVIDIA
In related news, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total value of $133,750.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 14,163 shares in the company, valued at $3,030,882. This trade represents a 4.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 500,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.83, for a total transaction of $109,915,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 6,399,771 shares in the company, valued at $1,406,861,658.93. This trade represents a 7.25% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 1,016,125 shares of company stock worth $224,582,565. Corporate insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.
Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA
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
NVIDIA Stock Up 3.0%
Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $210.69 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $5.10 trillion, a PE ratio of 32.26, a PEG ratio of 0.46 and a beta of 2.22. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52-week low of $142.03 and a 52-week high of $236.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a current ratio of 3.44. The business has a fifty day moving average of $209.33 and a two-hundred day moving average of $192.25.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.81 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA Increases Dividend
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 4th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share. This is a positive change from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 15.31%.
NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Wednesday, May 20th that authorizes the company to buyback $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to buy up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically an indication that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.
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.
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