NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Stock Position Trimmed by Lee Johnson Capital Management LLC

Lee Johnson Capital Management LLC trimmed its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 23.4% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 36,108 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 11,011 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up about 2.3% of Lee Johnson Capital Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 9th largest position. Lee Johnson Capital Management LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $6,297,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Brighton Jones LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 12.4% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $43,631,000 after buying an additional 35,815 shares during the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,346,417 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $315,100,000 after acquiring an additional 22,929 shares during the last quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 6.7% in the fourth quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 58,396 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $7,842,000 after acquiring an additional 3,653 shares during the period. Hudson Value Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 30.7% in the fourth quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $6,805,000 after acquiring an additional 11,900 shares during the period. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 15.7% during the first quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 6,598 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $715,000 after purchasing an additional 896 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. President Capital boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $280.00 to $295.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Susquehanna reiterated a “positive” rating and set a $275.00 price objective (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on NVIDIA from $265.00 to $280.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Wall Street Zen upgraded NVIDIA from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 23rd. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, April 10th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $303.84.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total transaction of $3,343,815.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 116,135 shares in the company, valued at $25,053,803.55. This trade represents a 11.77% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total transaction of $133,750.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 14,163 shares in the company, valued at $3,030,882. This represents a 4.23% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015 in the last three months. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Micron’s strong earnings and commentary around booming AI infrastructure spending are lifting the broader chip sector, supporting the view that NVIDIA’s data-center demand remains robust. Why Is NVIDIA Stock Gaining Thursday?
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to frame NVIDIA as a core AI leader, with bullish notes citing strong revenue growth, healthy margins, and continued hyperscaler demand for Blackwell and other AI products. NVIDIA: AI Dominance With More Room To Run
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA also has company-specific support from its expanding AI ecosystem, including new partnerships and use cases in life sciences, robotics, and energy-related data center applications. Tecan Accelerates Data-Driven Lab Journey With Agentic AI Developments Powered by NVIDIA
• Neutral Sentiment: The company’s strong latest quarter still provides a solid backdrop, with NVIDIA beating EPS and revenue estimates and reporting sharp year-over-year growth, reinforcing its fundamental strength.
• Negative Sentiment: Competition is getting louder, with Qualcomm and other rivals pushing harder into AI data centers, which is pressuring sentiment around NVIDIA’s long-term pricing power and software moat. Qualcomm’s $4B AI Deal Takes Aim at NVIDIA’s Software Moat
• Negative Sentiment: There is also fresh headline risk from a lower analyst price target and insider share sales, which can add caution when the stock is already trading near a high valuation. MarketScreener
• Negative Sentiment: Broader AI-chip skepticism and reports of intensifying competition in chips are also weighing on sentiment, helping explain why NVIDIA is not fully participating in the semiconductor rally. Why Nvidia stock isn’t joining the Micron-led surge today

NVIDIA Trading Down 1.6%

Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $195.74 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $210.79 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $193.00. 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 fifty-two week low of $151.49 and a fifty-two week high of $236.54. The company has a market cap of $4.74 trillion, a P/E ratio of 29.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.44 and a beta of 2.22.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its 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. The firm had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.81 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.69 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 4th. This is a positive change from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 15.31%.

NVIDIA declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that authorizes the company to buyback $80.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

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.