NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Sold by UMB Bank n.a.

UMB Bank n.a. lowered its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 1.1% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,366,068 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 14,678 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises approximately 3.8% of UMB Bank n.a.’s holdings, making the stock its 5th largest holding. UMB Bank n.a.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $254,881,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in NVIDIA in the second quarter worth $51,386,863,000. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 15,496.1% during the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 21,865,525 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $3,454,534,000 after buying an additional 21,725,326 shares in the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 25.0% in the third quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 71,720,593 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $13,381,628,000 after purchasing an additional 14,358,048 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its stake in NVIDIA by 1.0% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 978,208,862 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $154,556,803,000 after buying an additional 9,554,857 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.5% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 579,213,497 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $91,150,170,000 after acquiring an additional 8,521,936 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In related news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total transaction of $40,087,825.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 7,621,453 shares in the company, valued at $1,373,157,187.01. The trade was a 2.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $175.72, for a total value of $4,856,900.80. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 846,772 shares in the company, valued at approximately $148,794,775.84. This represents a 3.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 1,610,848 shares of company stock valued at $291,619,375. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street expects an enormous revenue beat (models near ~$65B for the quarter), which is supporting optimism that hyperscaler capex will keep NVDA’s growth story intact. Why is Nvidia stock soaring before Q4 earnings? Here’s $65.9B reason
• Positive Sentiment: Valuation supporters note NVDA trades around ~25x FY’27 estimates — presented as a growth-at-reasonable-price opportunity if AI capex continues to accelerate. How To Trade Nvidia Ahead Of Q4 Earnings?
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s enterprise reach expands (BlueField DPU use cases); partnerships that broaden product footprint into cybersecurity and OT/ICS protection help diversify revenue beyond GPUs. Akamai and NVIDIA Launch New Agentless Cybersecurity Solution for Critical Infrastructure
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst firms have reaffirmed bullish ratings and raised targets ahead of results, helping sentiment, but brokers question whether another beat will materially shift a market that’s cautious about where AI demand peaks. Nvidia heads into results week with the numbers almost certain to impress. The question is whether that still moves the stock
• Negative Sentiment: Competition risk: hyperscalers increasingly plan custom cheaper AI ASICs — a direct threat to NVDA’s long-term margin and volume outlook if cloud customers move workloads off Nvidia silicon. Nvidia results are AI market’s biggest test amid competitive worries
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical/export-control risk surfaced: a Reuters exclusive says a Chinese startup trained models on NVIDIA’s top Blackwell chip despite U.S. controls — potential regulatory, export-control and supply ramifications. Exclusive: China’s DeepSeek trained AI model on Nvidia’s best chip despite US ban, official says
• Negative Sentiment: Technical/structural risk from options and implied volatility: heavy bullish options positioning means implied volatility could collapse post-earnings, creating downside even if results beat. Traders should watch IV/gamma flows. Nvidia stock may fall sharply after earnings

NVIDIA Stock Up 0.9%

NVDA opened at $191.55 on Tuesday. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $86.62 and a fifty-two week high of $212.19. The company’s 50-day moving average is $185.50 and its 200 day moving average is $183.73. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.65 trillion, a P/E ratio of 47.53, a PEG ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 2.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a current ratio of 4.47 and a quick ratio of 3.71.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on the company. Wedbush reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $230.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday. Benchmark upped their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $220.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Citic Securities lifted their price target on NVIDIA from $237.00 to $242.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Bank of America reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $275.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, December 26th. Finally, DZ Bank restated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $267.73.

NVIDIA 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.