Index Fund Advisors Inc. Acquires 9,185 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Index Fund Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 31.1% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 38,749 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 9,185 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises 0.4% of Index Fund Advisors Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 19th biggest position. Index Fund Advisors Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $7,230,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of NVDA. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth about $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter worth about $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC boosted 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 valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares during the period. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at approximately $40,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $54,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Robert W. Baird restated an “outperform” rating and set a $275.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Friday, December 26th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $250.00 price objective on NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, January 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday. Citigroup reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Tigress Financial reissued a “strong-buy” rating and set a $350.00 price objective (up previously from $280.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, December 18th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $263.41.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang’s Davos message — calling for “trillions” more in AI infrastructure spending and arguing the AI buildout will create jobs — reinforced the long‑term capex story that underpins NVDA’s growth. Nvidia CEO Says AI Needs More Investment
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA invested in AI inference startup Baseten (reported as ~$150M), signaling product/stack expansion into model deployment and strengthening its software+services moat. Nvidia Invests in Baseten
• Positive Sentiment: Fresh analyst optimism and rating moves (e.g., Zacks upgrade, JPMorgan reaffirmation) support upside expectations and provide near‑term buying interest. NVDA Upgraded to Strong Buy
• Positive Sentiment: Demand signals remain strong: Micron confirmed near‑full memory sell‑through to AI leaders, underscoring continued hyperscaler spending into GPU servers (a tailwind for NVIDIA). Micron Confirms Sell‑Through
• Positive Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang plans a China trip to try to reopen access to that critical market — a direct catalyst if regulatory approvals and customer access improve. Huang Plans China Visit
• Neutral Sentiment: Market rotation into storage/memory (from compute) is gaining headlines — this could reallocate some flows away from GPUs in the short term even as overall AI infrastructure spending grows. Forget the Chips, Buy Memory
• Negative Sentiment: China clearance for NVIDIA’s H200 appears “stuck” on China’s side despite U.S. approval — if unresolved this limits NVDA’s addressable market and near‑term revenue upside from China. H200 Decision Stuck in China
• Negative Sentiment: Reports of H200 component production halts and supply/production snags could delay shipments and incremental revenue in the near term. H200 Component Production Halted
• Negative Sentiment: A small patent‑infringement suit was filed (Health Discovery) — legal noise that currently seems immaterial but adds another headline risk. Health Discovery Sues NVIDIA

NVIDIA Price Performance

NVDA stock opened at $183.34 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $4.46 trillion, a P/E ratio of 45.49, a P/E/G ratio of 0.87 and a beta of 2.31. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $183.47 and its 200 day moving average is $181.30. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $212.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a current ratio of 4.47.

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

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other NVIDIA news, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 15th. The stock was 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 approximately $1,229,478,542.40. The trade was a 3.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $185.35, for a total value of $13,901,250.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 69,808,203 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,938,950,426.05. This trade represents a 0.11% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,536,474 shares of company stock worth $281,144,482. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.