Valmark Advisers Inc. Increases Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Valmark Advisers Inc. lifted its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 32.5% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 102,804 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 25,196 shares during the period. Valmark Advisers Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $19,173,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Joule Financial LLC raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 2.2% in the 3rd quarter. Joule Financial LLC now owns 2,308 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $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 during the period. Vision Financial Markets LLC raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC now owns 4,640 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $866,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares during the period. IMG Wealth Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.4% in the 3rd quarter. IMG Wealth Management Inc. now owns 3,820 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $713,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares during the period. Finally, Cyr Financial Inc. raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. Cyr Financial Inc. now owns 7,737 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,444,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms recently commented on NVDA. UBS Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, March 17th. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, January 6th. Barclays reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Tigress Financial reaffirmed a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $360.00 price target (up from $350.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, March 5th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus set a $250.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, January 8th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $275.25.

NVIDIA Stock Down 0.6%

NVDA opened at $198.45 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $186.75 and a 200-day moving average price of $186.14. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.82 trillion, a P/E ratio of 40.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.65 and a beta of 2.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 3.91 and a quick ratio of 3.24. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $110.82 and a one year high of $216.82.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $68.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 97.37%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.89 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.78 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th were given a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 0.82%.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total transaction of $3,357,490.00. Following the sale, the director owned 36,007 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,362,796.97. This trade represents a 34.54% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 3,004 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $184.90, for a total transaction of $555,439.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 14,788 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,734,301.20. This trade represents a 16.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 953,976 shares of company stock worth $171,173,819. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Pentagon deals with leading AI vendors including NVIDIA bolster defense revenue visibility and credibility for classified AI deployments. Pentagon reaches agreements with leading AI companies
• Positive Sentiment: Hyperscaler capex commitments remain massive (reports cite $700–$725B+ on AI), supporting long-term GPU demand for NVDA. The Big 4 Hyperscalers Are Spending $710 Billion on AI
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s recent track record of earnings beats and ultra-high margins keeps the fundamental bull case intact heading into the next quarter. Will Nvidia (NVDA) Beat Estimates Again?
• Positive Sentiment: Surging B300 server prices in China signal tight supply and strong demand for Nvidia-powered AI infrastructure, supporting pricing power. Exclusive: Prices of Nvidia’s B300 server at $1 million in China
• Neutral Sentiment: Minor analyst model changes (small FY2027 EPS tweak) and technical indicators are sending mixed signals — keep an eye on upcoming guidance. MarketBeat NVDA summary
• Neutral Sentiment: Chart/technical analysis is noisy: some traders call the drop a pullback in a larger uptrend, others see a false breakout — short-term volatility likely. Nvidia Stock Is Moving Today: Here’s What The Chart Is Signaling
• Negative Sentiment: Competition risk is rising as hyperscalers (Google, Amazon) push custom AI chips — analysts warn this could erode Nvidia’s long-term dominance if adoption accelerates. Nvidia’s $4.9 trillion chip empire has a new problem
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/political scrutiny: a senator has questioned U.S. chip exports to China (H200 licensing), adding execution and geopolitical risk for international revenue. Lutnick gets grilling on Nvidia chip sales to China
• Negative Sentiment: Short-term selling/rotation into other tech names knocked NVDA below key technical levels ($200 area), prompting momentum-based outflows. Nvidia stock is in the red, back below $200
• Negative Sentiment: Despite the rally, consensus price targets still sit well above the market, creating downside if guidance or growth cadence disappoints. NVIDIA Trades 23% Below Analyst Price Targets

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.