NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Stock: Park National Corp OH Reduces Stake

Park National Corp OH decreased its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 4.4% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 594,227 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 27,636 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises 3.7% of Park National Corp OH’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest position. Park National Corp OH’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $135,710,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Montgomery Financial Services LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at $28,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 1st quarter worth $27,000. Phillip James Consulting Co. bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 1st quarter worth $40,000. Bard Associates Inc. raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 8,866.7% in the second quarter. Bard Associates Inc. now owns 269 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $54,000 after purchasing an additional 266 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Frankly Finances LLC purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter worth $60,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Trading Up 0.9%

Shares of NVDA opened at $217.94 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $5.25 trillion, a PE ratio of 27.55 and a beta of 2.22. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $222.15 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $203.85. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $164.27 and a 1-year high of $243.37.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA’s quarterly revenue was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.05 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.30 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on NVDA shares. Phillip Securities upped their price target on NVIDIA from $285.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, August 31st. Evercore set a $465.00 price objective on NVIDIA and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $307.00 to $346.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Weiss Ratings raised NVIDIA from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b+)” rating in a research report on Friday, October 16th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut shares of NVIDIA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have issued a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $321.47.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA plans to invest $3 billion in Meta’s equity offering while expanding collaboration on Meta’s Muse AI models. Meta also intends to deploy more NVIDIA Vera Rubin systems, Vera CPUs, Spectrum-X networking and BlueField-4 technology. The deal strengthens NVIDIA’s relationship with one of its largest customers and could support future infrastructure sales. Nvidia to invest $3 billion in Meta as tech giants deepen AI partnership
• Positive Sentiment: Oracle and NVIDIA expanded the availability of Vera Rubin NVL72 systems and Vera CPUs on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, with additional Rubin systems planned. Broader cloud availability may accelerate customer adoption and reinforce NVIDIA’s position in AI training and inference. NVIDIA and Oracle Expand NVIDIA Vera Rubin
• Positive Sentiment: Anthropic’s IPO filing disclosed large, long-term computing commitments with Amazon, Alphabet and other providers. The spending supports the broader AI infrastructure market, where NVIDIA remains a major merchant-GPU supplier, although some demand may be served by custom chips. Anthropic’s IPO Filing Reveals a Massive Opportunity for AI Infrastructure Giants
• Positive Sentiment: Partners including CoreWeave, NTT DATA and Schneider Electric continue expanding data-center and AI-factory deployments using NVIDIA systems, providing additional evidence of sustained demand across cloud, enterprise and industrial applications. NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint AI Factory Pilot
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts and investors continue to debate NVIDIA’s valuation after its pullback from the record high. Strong revenue growth and high profitability support the long-term case, but expectations remain elevated.
• Negative Sentiment: Anthropic’s filing highlights its ability to use multiple AI-chip providers. A broader multichip strategy could weaken NVIDIA’s pricing power over time, particularly as custom accelerators from hyperscalers and Broadcom gain traction. Anthropic’s worst nightmare may be lurking inside Anthropic’s IPO filing
• Negative Sentiment: NVIDIA’s China AI-chip shipments reportedly fell 44% in the first half of 2026 as Huawei gains ground and supply constraints complicate deliveries. Export restrictions and geopolitical risk remain meaningful headwinds.
• Negative Sentiment: Potentially higher advanced-packaging and wafer costs at TSMC could pressure NVIDIA’s margins, while tighter credit markets may slow data-center construction and reduce GPU orders from financially weaker operators.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,460 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at $598,810,648. The trade was a 1.12% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total transaction of $7,648,787.90. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $167,595,812.15. The trade was a 4.36% decrease in their position. 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. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock worth $399,450,353. 3.94% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.