Holocene Advisors LP Raises Stock Holdings in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Holocene Advisors LP boosted its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 73.3% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 16,815,635 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,111,695 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up approximately 7.1% of Holocene Advisors LP’s holdings, making the stock its biggest position. Holocene Advisors LP owned 0.07% of NVIDIA worth $3,137,461,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Joule Financial LLC grew its stake in NVIDIA by 2.2% during the third quarter. Joule Financial LLC now owns 2,308 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $431,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC now owns 4,640 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $866,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 2.6% in the 3rd quarter. Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC now owns 2,118 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $395,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares in the last quarter. IMG Wealth Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.4% during the 3rd quarter. IMG Wealth Management Inc. now owns 3,820 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $713,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cyr Financial Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Cyr Financial Inc. now owns 7,737 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,444,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. KeyCorp reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $275.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, February 23rd. Seaport Research Partners increased their price target on NVIDIA from $100.00 to $140.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research note on Monday, November 17th. Mizuho set a $275.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, January 9th. Oppenheimer reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $265.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $274.21.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Jensen Huang projected massive demand — he said purchase orders for Blackwell and Vera Rubin systems could reach $1 trillion through 2027, a bullish volume signal for data-center GPU and inference spend. CNBC: Nvidia GTC 2026
• Positive Sentiment: Major product stack unveiled at GTC — NVIDIA introduced the Vera CPU (agentic AI focus), Vera Rubin inference systems, new Blackwell/Rubin chips, and software like Dynamo and NVL72 reference designs that together target inference/agentic workloads and AI factories, widening TAM for NVIDIA beyond traditional GPUs. TechCrunch: Jensen just put Nvidia’s …
• Positive Sentiment: Ecosystem & commercial traction — multiple customers and partners (Uber robotaxi rollout, automakers adopting DRIVE Hyperion, Samsung showcasing a 4nm inference chip, Nebius/Meta infrastructure deals, and broad ISV support) signal enterprise, cloud and automotive demand for NVIDIA platforms. These commercial commitments support near-term order visibility. Reuters: Samsung showcases Nvidia’s new inference chip
• Neutral Sentiment: Gaming & graphics upside — DLSS 5 (real-time neural rendering) may boost consumer GPU demand and strengthens NVIDIA’s moat in graphics, but is more incremental to the core data-center revenue story. GlobeNewswire: NVIDIA DLSS 5
• Neutral Sentiment: Software & agent tooling (NemoClaw, OpenClaw/OpenShell) aim to make enterprise agents easier to deploy — strengthens software stickiness but monetization timeline and margins are less certain. CNET: Nvidia Wants to Make It Easier …
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst and valuation scrutiny — some investors and analysts are pushing NVIDIA for clearer 2027 targets and cash allocation plans; with a richly priced stock, expectations are high and any execution miss could pressure the share price. MSN: Analysts push Nvidia …
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive & macro risks — growing inference specialization (in-house chips from big cloud/meta players and Chinese foundry/OSAT advances) plus supply-chain/capex cycles and the stock’s high multiple leave downside risk if orders or margins disappoint. Seeking Alpha: NVDA risk piece

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In related news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.52, for a total transaction of $54,756,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,318,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $605,701,198.44. The trade was a 8.29% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total transaction of $40,087,825.00. Following the transaction, the director 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 disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 1,017,780 shares of company stock worth $185,596,715 over the last quarter. Insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Trading Up 1.6%

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $183.22 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $4.45 trillion, a PE ratio of 37.39, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 2.33. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1 year low of $86.62 and a 1 year high of $212.19. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $185.25 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $184.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 3.91 and a quick ratio of 3.24.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $68.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.89 EPS. Research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is presently 0.82%.

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.