NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Sold by Sapient Capital LLC

Sapient Capital LLC decreased its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 7.8% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 463,145 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 39,425 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up about 1.2% of Sapient Capital LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 13th largest position. Sapient Capital LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $92,671,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Spectrum Financial Alliance Ltd LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 3.8% during the 1st quarter. Spectrum Financial Alliance Ltd LLC now owns 1,395 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $243,000 after acquiring an additional 51 shares in the last quarter. LMG Wealth Partners LLC increased its holdings in NVIDIA by 0.7% in the 4th quarter. LMG Wealth Partners LLC now owns 7,649 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,427,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 1.2% in 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 period. JGP Global Gestao de Recursos Ltda. raised its position in NVIDIA by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. JGP Global Gestao de Recursos Ltda. now owns 2,402 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $448,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares during the period. Finally, Penobscot Wealth Management lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.7% during the first quarter. Penobscot Wealth Management now owns 7,930 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,383,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

NVIDIA Stock Down 1.0%

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $217.56 on Thursday. 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 1 year low of $164.07 and a 1 year high of $236.54. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $207.04 and its 200-day simple moving average is $199.23. The firm has a market cap of $5.26 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.32, a PEG ratio of 0.44 and a beta of 2.23.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.The firm had revenue of $81.61 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.42 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.81 earnings per share. NVIDIA’s revenue for the quarter was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.59 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, May 20th that authorizes the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 directly owned 14,163 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,030,882. This represents a 4.23% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, 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 885,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total value of $186,000,450.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 5,207,271 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. This trade represents a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Potential China revenue boost: Reports indicate small shipments of NVIDIA’s H200 processors have reached mainland China, with ByteDance and Tencent reportedly receiving units. However, Beijing may restrict how the chips are used. Nvidia H200 chips reach China in small shipments
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support remains strong: Stifel reaffirmed a Buy rating and a $282 target ahead of NVIDIA’s August 26 earnings report, while Bank of America reportedly sees substantial upside based on the company’s valuation and free-cash-flow potential. Analyst updates Nvidia stock price ahead of earnings
• Positive Sentiment: Supply-chain checks support the AI buildout: Stifel pointed to signals from Foxconn and Super Micro as evidence that demand for NVIDIA systems remains healthy heading into the company’s results. NVIDIA is also expanding its role by connecting Nordic GPU customers with available data-center capacity. What Foxconn and Super Micro are telling us about the AI boom
• Neutral Sentiment: Mercor investment under consideration: NVIDIA is reportedly discussing an investment in AI data-labeling provider Mercor at a valuation of about $20 billion. The deal could strengthen NVIDIA’s broader AI ecosystem, but its size and terms remain unknown. Nvidia weighs investment in Mercor
• Negative Sentiment: China uncertainty remains a key overhang: U.S. efforts to close loopholes allowing Chinese firms to access NVIDIA computing power through overseas data centers could limit sales, while any H200 shipments appear restricted and relatively small. U.S. export controls and Nvidia chips
• Negative Sentiment: The earnings bar is high: Investors are looking beyond a routine quarterly beat and want higher forward guidance, sustained data-center growth, strong Blackwell demand, and healthy margins. This creates volatility ahead of the August 26 report. NVIDIA earnings expectations and AI demand
• Negative Sentiment: Competition and concentration risks are intensifying: Investors are questioning whether custom chips, rivals such as AMD and Broadcom, and newer AI-chip startups could eventually pressure NVIDIA’s dominant position. Michael Burry discusses competition for Nvidia

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on NVDA shares. Wedbush upped their target price on NVIDIA from $300.00 to $330.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $413.00 price target (up from $352.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. China Renaissance began coverage on NVIDIA in a report on Friday, June 5th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $319.00 price target for the company. Susquehanna reaffirmed a “positive” rating and issued a $275.00 price objective (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, July 8th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $305.94.

NVIDIA Company 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.