Spinnaker Investment Group LLC Increases Stock Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Spinnaker Investment Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 20.2% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 26,176 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 4,390 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises 0.9% of Spinnaker Investment Group LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 14th biggest holding. Spinnaker Investment Group LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $4,884,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Center for Financial Planning Inc. boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 4.6% during the 2nd quarter. Center for Financial Planning Inc. now owns 8,429 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,332,000 after acquiring an additional 367 shares in the last quarter. Atria Investments Inc raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 3.2% during the second quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 942,208 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $148,859,000 after purchasing an additional 29,479 shares during the last quarter. MADDEN SECURITIES Corp boosted its position in NVIDIA by 3.2% during the second quarter. MADDEN SECURITIES Corp now owns 81,322 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $12,848,000 after purchasing an additional 2,484 shares in the last quarter. Whalen Wealth Management Inc. boosted its position in NVIDIA by 20.3% during the third quarter. Whalen Wealth Management Inc. now owns 36,490 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $6,808,000 after purchasing an additional 6,162 shares in the last quarter. Finally, ORG Wealth Partners LLC grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 7.7% in the second quarter. ORG Wealth Partners LLC now owns 49,301 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $7,560,000 after purchasing an additional 3,542 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In related news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 350,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $181.73, for a total value of $63,605,500.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 7,049,803 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,281,160,699.19. This trade represents a 4.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $183.38, for a total transaction of $13,753,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 70,033,203 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,842,688,766.14. The trade was a 0.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders sold 2,161,474 shares of company stock worth $396,157,992. 4.17% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms recently commented on NVDA. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $255.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, December 19th. Citigroup lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $220.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. DA Davidson reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $250.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Daiwa Capital Markets raised their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $165.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 17th. Finally, Arete Research upped their target price on NVIDIA from $244.00 to $261.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-five have given a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $262.14.

NVIDIA Stock Up 1.0%

NVDA stock opened at $190.53 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $186.12 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $176.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a current ratio of 4.47. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.63 trillion, a P/E ratio of 47.28, a PEG ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 2.29. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $86.62 and a one year high of $212.19.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $57.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $54.66 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 99.24% and a net margin of 53.01%.The business’s revenue was up 62.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.81 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 4th were issued a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 4th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 0.99%.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA struck a ~ $20B agreement to license Groq’s inference technology and bring key Groq engineers into NVIDIA, which investors view as a fast way to close a latency/speed gap for inference workloads and extend NVIDIA’s moat. NVIDIA’s $20B Groq Deal Is a Warning Shot to AI Rivals
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple outlets and TV segments frame the Groq deal as market‑moving — coverage highlights the strategic urgency (speed for inference) and immediate market reaction, supporting the near‑term bullish case. Nvidia strikes $20 billion deal with Groq: Here’s what you need to know
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street momentum: major firms reaffirmed/raised bullish ratings and price targets (e.g., $275 PTs reported), supporting further upside expectations as analysts bake the deal into 2026 modeling. Analyst price target reports
• Neutral Sentiment: Deal structure is non‑traditional — a non‑exclusive license plus talent hires (Groq stays independent) — which accelerates integration while aiming to avoid lengthy antitrust review; that reduces near‑term regulatory drag but leaves some legal/competitive ambiguity. Nvidia-Groq deal is structured to keep ‘fiction of competition alive’
• Positive Sentiment: Technical/strategic rationale: analysts and deep‑dive pieces argue Groq’s LPU/compiler tech can materially improve real‑time inference throughput and energy efficiency — a potential product advantage for cloud and robotics customers. Why Nvidia Needs Groq To Win The War Against Google’s TPUs
• Neutral Sentiment: Financing and cash use: while NVDA’s huge free cash flow can fund the deal, $20B is material — some analysts flag near‑term balance‑sheet and capital allocation questions (and one note argued “cash problem” risks). Monitor cash deployment and buyback/dividend policy. Nvidia Has A Cash Problem
• Negative Sentiment: Emerging competitive risk: a MarketBeat piece warns MetaX’s rapid IPO surge and other deep‑tech entrants could pose a meaningful long‑term threat to NVIDIA’s dominance into 2026 — worth tracking as rivals commercialize low‑latency stacks. Is MetaX a NVIDIA Threat—or Just Another DeepSeek Market Scare?

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.