Watershed Private Wealth LLC Boosts Stake in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Watershed Private Wealth LLC grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 72.4% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 92,841 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 38,995 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises about 5.5% of Watershed Private Wealth LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd biggest position. Watershed Private Wealth LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $17,322,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC increased its holdings 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 valued at $395,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the period. Helen Stephens Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 3.9% in the third quarter. Helen Stephens Group LLC now owns 1,483 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $277,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Morton Brown Family Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% in the second quarter. Morton Brown Family Wealth LLC now owns 3,928 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $621,000 after acquiring an additional 58 shares during the last quarter. Roof Eidam Maycock Peralta LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.3% in the 2nd quarter. Roof Eidam Maycock Peralta LLC now owns 20,903 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $3,302,000 after purchasing an additional 58 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Alpha Wealth Funds LLC grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.3% during the 2nd quarter. Alpha Wealth Funds LLC now owns 4,634 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $732,000 after purchasing an additional 59 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total value of $44,332,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 6,933,280 shares in the company, valued at $1,229,478,542.40. This represents a 3.48% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 30,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $178.11, for a total transaction of $5,432,355.00. Following the completion of 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 position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 1,761,474 shares of company stock worth $321,897,742 in the last three months. 4.17% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: U.S. approval clears a path for H200 sales to China (subject to licenses, security conditions and a 25% government take), preserving access to a crucial market rather than an outright ban. Trump administration clears way for Nvidia H200 chip sales to China with a 25% surcharge
• Positive Sentiment: An analyst lift: Mizuho raised its price target on NVDA (helping sentiment that NVDA still has upside despite size/valuation concerns). Mizuho Raises PT on NVIDIA (NVDA) Stock
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA is hiring senior marketing, policy and HR leaders and adding software acqui-hires — a sign of scaling and governance focus that helps long-term execution but is unlikely to move near-term earnings. Nvidia is staffing up as it draws heightened scrutiny. These are the key leaders it gained and lost last year.
• Neutral Sentiment: Longer-term demand signal: coverage of NVIDIA’s Rubin/CES roadmap and the supplier ecosystem (power, photonics, packaging) underlines persistent structural demand for GPUs and data-center platforms — positive for NVDA over time but not an immediate catalyst. Small Names, Big Impact: The Stocks Behind NVIDIA’s Rubin
• Negative Sentiment: China has moved to restrict or block H200 imports (customs told agents H200s are not permitted and Beijing is drafting tighter purchase rules), creating near-term demand uncertainty for NVDA’s highest‑end chips. China’s customs agents told Nvidia’s H200 chips are not permitted, sources say
• Negative Sentiment: Beijing is reportedly drafting purchase limits on H200 buys (special circumstances only), adding a second policy headwind that could meaningfully reduce NVDA volume into China even if U.S. export licenses are available. China drafting purchase rules for Nvidia H200 chips, Nikkei Asia reports
• Negative Sentiment: U.S. policy also imposes a 25% tariff/“government take” on certain advanced-computing chip sales — that reduces NVDA’s margin on China shipments and hands a slice of revenue to the U.S. government, a net economic headwind. Trump Imposes Limited Tariffs on Foreign Semiconductors
• Negative Sentiment: Sentiment and positioning risks: high-profile short interest and headlines (e.g., Michael Burry publicly shorting NVDA) plus a recent analyst downgrade/hold calls add pressure to sentiment and can accelerate outflows if momentum sours. ‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry explains why he’s betting against Nvidia
• Negative Sentiment: Insider/insider‑adjacent selling reported (Rep. Cisneros disclosed NVDA share sales) — small in isolation but contributes to negative intraday headlines. Rep. Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. Sells NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) Shares

NVIDIA Trading Down 1.4%

NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $183.14 on Thursday. 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 one year low of $86.62 and a one year high of $212.19. The company has a market cap of $4.45 trillion, a PE ratio of 45.44, a PEG ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 2.31. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $184.28 and a 200-day moving average of $180.36.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.07. The business 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 company’s quarterly revenue was up 62.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.81 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have weighed in on NVDA. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, January 8th. Royal Bank Of Canada assumed coverage on NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday. They set an “outperform” rating and a $240.00 price objective on the stock. Wolfe Research increased their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $230.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Mizuho set a $275.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, January 9th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $300.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $262.32.

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.