NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Stake Increased by Legacy Trust

Legacy Trust raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 232.9% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 89,466 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 62,591 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises about 3.3% of Legacy Trust’s portfolio, making the stock its 4th biggest position. Legacy Trust’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $16,693,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter worth $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 47.9% in the second quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at $40,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at $54,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

NVIDIA Trading Down 0.6%

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $186.47 on Tuesday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $183.37 and a 200 day moving average of $181.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a current ratio of 4.47 and a quick ratio of 3.71. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $86.62 and a 1-year high of $212.19. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.53 trillion, a PE ratio of 46.27, a P/E/G ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 2.31.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $57.01 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 in the previous year, the company posted $0.81 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company 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. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 4th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 0.99%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

NVDA has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Wolfe Research upped their target price on NVIDIA from $230.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. BNP Paribas Exane upped their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $240.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 18th. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $300.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Barclays lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $240.00 to $275.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, Melius Research increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $300.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $263.41.

More NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA expands demand visibility with a $2 billion investment in CoreWeave to accelerate >5 GW of AI data-center buildout through 2030 — this deepens NVDA’s infrastructure footprint and secures long-term chassis demand for GPUs. Nvidia invests $2 billion in CoreWeave, expands partnership
• Positive Sentiment: Supply-chain relief: reports that Samsung will begin HBM4 production next month to supply NVIDIA ease memory constraints that have capped GPU throughput and pricing power. Improved HBM supply reduces a key bottleneck for next‑gen AI systems. Samsung to start production of HBM4 chips next month for Nvidia supply
• Positive Sentiment: Product/technology leadership: NVIDIA released three open‑source AI weather models, reinforcing its software and model ecosystem that drives GPU demand and developer mindshare. Nvidia unveils AI models for faster, cheaper weather forecasts
• Neutral Sentiment: Pelosi portfolio activity shows a nuanced stance: public filings indicate rotation and use of long‑dated options to retain tech exposure — interpreted as a structural, leveraged bullish stance on AI names (NVDA mentioned in the filing analysis). Pelosi’s Bullish 2026 Buy List: AI, Power & Dividends
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive risk: Microsoft unveiled the Maia 200 accelerator and new software targeting inference efficiency — a direct attempt to reduce hyperscaler dependence on third‑party GPUs and attack NVIDIA’s software moat for certain workloads. That raises execution risk around some GPU demand segments. Microsoft rolls out next generation of its AI chips
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: an NVIDIA EVP disclosed a large sale (~$36M), which can amplify short‑term selling pressure and investor wariness around timing of stock‑based compensation events. Insider Selling: NVIDIA EVP Sells $36,008,000
• Negative Sentiment: Macro/earnings cadence: traders are risk‑off ahead of a packed week of big‑tech earnings and the Fed decision — that broader caution is flattening momentum in high‑beta names like NVDA despite strong fundamentals. Nvidia stock is down in the red

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $187.82, for a total transaction of $37,564,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,818,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $717,199,497.54. This represents a 4.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 30,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $178.11, for a total transaction of $5,432,355.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 1,286,826 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $229,196,578.86. This represents a 2.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders have sold 1,636,474 shares of company stock valued at $298,482,982. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

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.