Central Pacific Bank Trust Division Increases Stock Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Central Pacific Bank Trust Division raised its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 2.3% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 101,905 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,327 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up 2.1% of Central Pacific Bank Trust Division’s holdings, making the stock its 6th biggest position. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $20,390,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Diversified Enterprises LLC raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 44.2% during the 4th quarter. Diversified Enterprises LLC now owns 127,604 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $23,798,000 after acquiring an additional 39,129 shares during the period. Altshuler Shaham Ltd lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 6,451.9% during the first quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd now owns 637,236 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $111,134,000 after acquiring an additional 627,510 shares in the last quarter. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. now owns 3,169,377 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $591,086,000 after acquiring an additional 54,877 shares during the period. Storen Legacy Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at $1,350,000. Finally, Weaver Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 5.5% in the fourth quarter. Weaver Capital Management LLC now owns 85,216 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $15,893,000 after purchasing an additional 4,439 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $225.16 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52-week low of $164.07 and a 52-week high of $236.54. The company has a fifty day moving average of $206.14 and a 200-day moving average of $198.51. The company has a market capitalization of $5.45 trillion, a P/E ratio of 34.48, a P/E/G ratio of 0.44 and a beta of 2.23. 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 (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.The business had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.42 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.81 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.79 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were given a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 4th. This is an increase from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.4%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 15.31%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total value of $186,000,450.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. The trade was a 14.53% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the company’s 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 of the company’s stock, valued at $3,030,882. This trade represents a 4.23% 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 ninety days, insiders have sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: UBS expects another major earnings beat. The firm reiterated a Buy rating and $280 price target, forecasting that NVIDIA could exceed its fiscal second-quarter revenue outlook of $91 billion by several billion dollars as GB300 demand ramps ahead of the Vera Rubin platform. UBS earnings outlook
• Positive Sentiment: A proposed $500 billion financing initiative could expand customers’ purchasing capacity. Apollo, BlackRock, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and other financial firms are discussing capital pools and securitized loans for AI data centers. The structure could support continued GPU deployments and create a secondary market for older NVIDIA systems. NVIDIA GPU financing deal
• Positive Sentiment: Demand catalysts continue to broaden. NVIDIA is promoting open-source AI tools, expanding into robotics and physical AI, partnering with former rival Groq, and deepening its networking and infrastructure business. A $2 billion investment in Marvell also highlights efforts to strengthen the broader AI supply chain. NVIDIA open-source AI strategy
• Neutral Sentiment: Market volatility appears driven more by liquidity than fundamentals. Asian market circuit breakers and currency-related selling pressured semiconductor shares, but the underlying hyperscaler data-center buildout and long-term AI infrastructure commitments remain intact. Asian market volatility and AI demand
• Negative Sentiment: Expectations and valuation leave little room for disappointment. Analysts note that NVIDIA’s strong pre-earnings performance has set a high bar, while critics—including Michael Burry—warn that AI financing may become circular if customers rely heavily on borrowed capital. Concerns also include power, labor and chip-supply bottlenecks, as well as the risk that Chinese developers optimize models for Huawei hardware instead of U.S. GPUs. AI infrastructure bottlenecks

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts recently issued reports on the company. Susquehanna reissued a “positive” rating and set a $275.00 price objective (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, May 12th. Daiwa Securities Group lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $215.00 to $255.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, May 22nd. Robert W. Baird set a $500.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and issued a $325.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, KeyCorp reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $330.00 target price (up from $310.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, July 14th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $305.94.

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.