12,382 Shares in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Acquired by R Squared Ltd

R Squared Ltd acquired a new stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund acquired 12,382 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock, valued at approximately $2,310,000. NVIDIA makes up 1.0% of R Squared Ltd’s holdings, making the stock its 9th largest holding.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Joule Financial LLC raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. Joule Financial LLC now owns 2,308 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $431,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the period. Vision Financial Markets LLC boosted 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 during the period. Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 2.6% during 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 in the last quarter. IMG Wealth Management Inc. grew its holdings in 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 buying an additional 54 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cyr Financial Inc. increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 0.7% during the third quarter. Cyr Financial Inc. now owns 7,737 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,444,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated 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 directly owned 6,933,280 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,229,478,542.40. This trade represents a 3.48% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, 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 sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,318,547 shares in the company, valued at $605,701,198.44. The trade was a 8.29% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,388,120 shares of company stock worth $251,344,814. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have recently commented on NVDA. Barclays restated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Morgan Stanley set a $260.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, March 2nd. KeyCorp reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $275.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, February 23rd. Citigroup raised their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $270.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, CICC Research boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $228.00 to $240.60 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, February 27th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $273.64.

More NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA agreed to a $2 billion strategic investment in Nebius to build hyperscale AI cloud infrastructure — a major follow‑on to its cloud partnerships that supports longer‑term GPU demand. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Product/news flow: NVIDIA released the Nemotron 3 super model (aimed at advanced agentic AI) and is launching agentic/AI infrastructure initiatives ahead of GTC, which can drive new GPU and software adoption. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic partnerships and investments continue: Nvidia made a significant investment and multi‑year supply/compute deals with startups (Thinking Machines Lab) that will deploy large volumes of Nvidia systems — a direct demand signal for future GPU shipments. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Supply‑chain and customer confirmations: Suppliers and partners (Coherent, Scintil Photonics) are publicly describing multibillion‑dollar, multi‑year NVIDIA deals and product testing — underlining durable commercial pull for Nvidia chips and optics. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Macro backdrop is steady: Feb CPI was largely in line with expectations, keeping the macro risk profile stable for growth names like NVIDIA. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst/street tone remains mostly constructive — multiple outlets reiterate buy/bull narratives ahead of GTC, which may support momentum but also sets high expectations for the event. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: EVP Ajay K. Puri disclosed sale of 300,000 shares (~$54.8M at the time), trimming his stake — an event some investors view as a near‑term negative signal. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory risk: analysts (Bernstein and others) flag potential export licensing or tighter rules on AI chip exports — any new curbs would be a material headwind for NVDA’s international sales. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Reputational/short‑term headlines: high‑profile critics and social commentary (e.g., Michael Burry’s comments) add noise and can amplify short‑term volatility even if they lack immediate operational impact. Read More.

NVIDIA Trading Up 0.7%

NVDA opened at $186.00 on Thursday. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $86.62 and a one year high of $212.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 3.91 and a quick ratio of 3.24. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $185.59 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $184.07. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.52 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.96, a PEG ratio of 0.63 and a beta of 2.33.

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

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be given a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis 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%.

About NVIDIA

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.