Vicus Capital Buys 4,405 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Vicus Capital grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 11.0% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 44,617 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 4,405 shares during the period. Vicus Capital’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $8,325,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. State Street Corp lifted its position 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 worth $154,556,803,000 after buying an additional 9,554,857 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% in the 2nd 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 during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at $51,386,863,000. Legal & General Group Plc grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% during the 2nd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 178,593,475 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $28,215,983,000 after purchasing an additional 2,623,678 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its position in NVIDIA by 2.8% in the 2nd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 155,668,775 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $24,594,110,000 after purchasing an additional 4,209,423 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

NVDA has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Stifel Nicolaus set a $250.00 target price on NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, January 8th. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $240.00 price objective (up previously from $210.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $275.00 target price (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, January 16th. William Blair reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, January 6th. Finally, Mizuho set a $275.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, January 9th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $263.41.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $191.52 on Thursday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $183.62 and its 200 day moving average is $182.20. The company has a quick ratio of 3.71, a current ratio of 4.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. The stock has a market cap of $4.65 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.52, a PEG ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 2.31. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $86.62 and a twelve month high of $212.19.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.07. NVIDIA had a net margin of 53.01% and a return on equity of 99.24%. The firm had revenue of $57.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $54.66 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.81 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 62.5% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal 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 paid a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 4th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is presently 0.99%.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: China approvals/licence progress for H200 chip ease a major sales uncertainty and reopen a large market for NVDA’s highest-end accelerators. Nvidia CEO says H200 licence for China is being finalised
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s $2bn investment and expanded partnership with CoreWeave signal deeper control of AI infrastructure demand and capacity planning for NVDA GPUs. NVIDIA (NVDA) Invests $2B in CoreWeave, Expands AI Data Center Partnership
• Positive Sentiment: Reports that NVDA, Microsoft and Amazon are in talks to invest up to $60bn in OpenAI reinforce NVDA’s central role in the AI ecosystem and potential long‑term demand tailwinds for GPUs. Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon in talks to invest up to $60 billion in OpenAI
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA is scheduled to pay its first 2026 dividend on March 27, a direct cash return that supports investor confidence in near‑term shareholder returns. Here’s how much Nvidia investors will receive in March 2026 dividend
• Positive Sentiment: Market commentary (Barron’s and others) links NVDA’s breakout potential to large AI spending commitments from Microsoft and Meta, supporting momentum heading into earnings. Nvidia Stock Looks to Break Out. What Microsoft, Meta’s Earnings Mean for the Chip Maker.
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA will report Q4 & FY2026 results and hold a Feb. 25 conference call — a scheduled catalyst that can produce volatility but also clarity on forward guidance. NVIDIA to Host Conference Call Discussing Q4 and Fiscal Year 2026 Financial Results
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage on ASML’s critical role in advanced chip production underscores that NVDA’s long-term supply of leading-edge silicon depends on a small set of equipment suppliers (supportive for NVDA demand but a supply-chain concentration risk). Why Nvidia’s AI boom couldn’t happen without Dutch chip equipment maker ASML
• Negative Sentiment: A U.S. lawmaker’s letter alleging NVDA helped DeepSeek refine models later used by China’s military raises regulatory, export‑control and reputational risk that could attract scrutiny. Exclusive: Nvidia helped DeepSeek hone AI models later used by China’s military, lawmaker says
• Negative Sentiment: Coverage about growing use of leveraged “GPU debt” to finance AI infrastructure highlights a systemic financing risk: elevated leverage in customers could amplify demand swings for NVDA hardware. Nvidia’s AI Boom Is Being Financed By Wall Street’s Newest Asset Class: GPU Debt

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 350,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $181.73, for a total value of $63,605,500.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 7,049,803 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,281,160,699.19. The trade was a 4.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 30,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, December 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $178.11, for a total value of $5,432,355.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 1,286,826 shares in the company, 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. Insiders have sold 1,611,474 shares of company stock worth $293,285,232 over the last quarter. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.