NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Holdings Reduced by Second Line Capital LLC

Second Line Capital LLC decreased its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 16.9% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 40,188 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 8,197 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for 1.5% of Second Line Capital LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 14th biggest position. Second Line Capital LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $8,041,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Jupiter Topco LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth about $16,156,076,000. Van ECK Associates Corp raised its stake in NVIDIA by 34.7% in the 2nd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 75,849,721 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $15,176,771,000 after purchasing an additional 19,522,304 shares during the last quarter. Amundi lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 10.4% in the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 133,768,018 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $23,329,141,000 after purchasing an additional 12,575,177 shares in the last quarter. Nykredit A S purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at about $2,315,956,000. Finally, SEB Asset Management AB purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the 1st quarter valued at about $1,692,807,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total value of $7,648,787.90. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 765,103 shares in the company, valued at $167,595,812.15. This trade represents a 4.36% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 622,239 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total transaction of $144,122,997.18. Following the sale, the director directly owned 2,336,531 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $541,187,310.22. This represents a 21.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock valued at $399,450,353. Insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on NVDA shares. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, August 31st. Truist Financial upped their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $307.00 to $346.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Piper Sandler assumed coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, September 9th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $300.00 target price on the stock. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $280.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have given a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $321.47.

NVIDIA Trading Down 4.4%

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $212.21 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12 month low of $164.27 and a 12 month high of $243.37. The company has a 50-day moving average of $222.86 and a 200-day moving average of $212.57. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 4.59 and a quick ratio of 3.85. The company has a market cap of $5.11 trillion, a P/E ratio of 26.83, a P/E/G ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 2.22.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The business had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $92.27 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.05 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.30 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan on Monday, September 28th that permits the company to buy back $150.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often a sign that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, September 10th were given a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is 12.64%.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure demand remains robust. CEO Jensen Huang said neocloud demand is “off the charts,” while Super Micro’s significantly higher revenue outlook and SpaceX’s plans to add substantial computing capacity provided evidence that customers continue expanding AI infrastructure. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says neocloud demand is off the charts but capital is scarce
• Positive Sentiment: GTC Berlin expanded NVIDIA’s addressable market. The company introduced DSX POD modular Vera Rubin AI factories, designed to reduce deployment timelines from roughly six months to as little as 14 days. Its DSX platform also targets up to 30% lower power consumption and near-zero cooling-water usage, potentially easing customers’ power and permitting constraints. NVIDIA introduces DSX POD AI factories
• Positive Sentiment: Platform expansion supports the long-term bull case. New partnerships involving AI-agent security, robotics, autonomous vehicles, telecom networks, quantum-computing interfaces and industrial AI reinforce NVIDIA’s strategy of selling a broader full-stack computing ecosystem rather than only GPUs.
• Neutral Sentiment: Quantum news is strategically relevant but not yet a material earnings driver. Quantum X Labs reported improved error-correction results using NVIDIA CUDA-Q, illustrating ecosystem adoption, although the announcement does not provide meaningful near-term revenue information for NVIDIA.
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are questioning AI-spending sustainability and financing. Concerns that hyperscalers, neoclouds and other customers may struggle to fund massive data-center buildouts are weighing on the entire AI trade. Rising-rate risk adds pressure to high-growth technology valuations.
• Negative Sentiment: Semiconductor-sector pressure compounded the decline. Chip stocks weakened after Lam Research cited supply-chain constraints, while broader technology indexes also fell. NVIDIA’s high valuation and upcoming earnings raise the risk of a “sell-the-news” reaction even if results exceed expectations.

About NVIDIA

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is a technology company that designs graphics processing units (GPUs), accelerated computing platforms, networking products and related software. Its technologies support artificial intelligence, machine learning, scientific computing, data analytics, professional visualization and computer graphics.

The company’s products include GeForce GPUs for gaming and personal computing, data center GPUs and systems for AI and high-performance computing, and networking solutions used to connect and manage large-scale computing infrastructure.