NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Newly Acquired by Polaris Financial Partners

Polaris Financial Partners bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm bought 161,395 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock, valued at approximately $37,213,000. NVIDIA accounts for approximately 17.2% of Polaris Financial Partners’ portfolio, making the stock its biggest holding.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. State Street Corp increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.6% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,009,783,437 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $202,047,568,000 after buying an additional 15,897,836 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 2.2% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 195,366,864 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $39,090,956,000 after acquiring an additional 4,165,875 shares in the last quarter. Amundi increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 10.4% during the first quarter. Amundi now owns 133,768,018 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $23,329,141,000 after purchasing an additional 12,575,177 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.6% during the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 94,521,253 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $16,479,126,000 after purchasing an additional 555,221 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 2.3% during the 2nd quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 91,954,159 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $18,399,108,000 after purchasing an additional 2,045,101 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages recently weighed in on NVDA. HSBC boosted their target price on NVIDIA from $360.00 to $365.00 in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Yorkville Ives assumed coverage on NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, October 6th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $300.00 price target for the company. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $350.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, October 1st. Rothschild & Co Redburn raised their price target on NVIDIA from $300.00 to $325.00 in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, KeyCorp restated an “overweight” rating and set a $330.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, August 24th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $321.47.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: SpaceX reportedly committed up to $40 billion in financing for NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin processors, with deliveries expected in 2027. SpaceX’s plans to build at least 10 gigawatts of computing capacity could create substantial long-term demand for NVIDIA hardware. Elon Musk and SpaceX Just Delivered Incredible News to Nvidia
• Positive Sentiment: Anthropic’s IPO filing highlighted approximately $224.5 billion in non-cancelable compute agreements with Amazon and Alphabet. The commitments reinforce expectations for sustained hyperscaler spending on NVIDIA GPUs and other AI infrastructure, despite Anthropic’s reported accounting-driven loss. Anthropic’s IPO Filing Reveals a Massive Opportunity for AI Infrastructure Giants
• Positive Sentiment: Demand indicators remain strong: GPU rental prices have risen sharply, including for older chips, while NVIDIA is expanding beyond data centers through a self-driving partnership with Mercedes-Benz and an industrial AI collaboration with Honeywell and Dell. Nvidia Just Doubled Down on Self-Driving Cars With Mercedes
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst sentiment remains overwhelmingly bullish, with reports citing a 98% buy-rating rate and continued confidence in NVIDIA’s triple-digit revenue growth. However, the shares remain below their 50-day moving average while trading above the 200-day average, reflecting both strong long-term momentum and near-term volatility.
• Negative Sentiment: Credit-market pressure could slow AI data-center construction and reduce GPU purchases by highly leveraged neocloud operators. Analysts also warn of infrastructure bottlenecks, while Broadcom’s custom AI chips and open Ethernet alternatives could gradually challenge NVIDIA’s ecosystem and InfiniBand position. Seaport Reiterates Sell Rating On Nvidia Stock Over Data Center Infrastructure Bottlenecks

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In related news, Director Mark Stevens sold 622,239 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total value of $144,122,997.18. Following the transaction, the director owned 2,336,531 shares in the company, valued at approximately $541,187,310.22. This represents a 21.03% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,460 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total transaction of $6,786,488.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $598,810,648. This represents a 1.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 1,766,118 shares of company stock worth $399,450,353 over the last quarter. Insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVDA opened at $216.00 on Tuesday. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $222.48 and a two-hundred day moving average of $203.56. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $164.27 and a one year high of $243.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a current ratio of 4.59. The stock has a market cap of $5.21 trillion, a P/E ratio of 27.31, a P/E/G ratio of 1.62 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, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%. The company’s revenue was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.05 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.30 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Monday, September 28th that allows the company to repurchase $150 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization allows the computer hardware maker to buy up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Share buyback programs are usually an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

NVIDIA Company Profile

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.