Benchmark Financial Wealth Advisors LLC Buys 12,828 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Benchmark Financial Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 21.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 71,436 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 12,828 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for 3.8% of Benchmark Financial Wealth Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 6th largest position. Benchmark Financial Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $13,323,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. State Street Corp boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 1.0% during the second 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 stake 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 valued at $91,150,170,000 after purchasing an additional 8,521,936 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at $51,386,863,000. Legal & General Group Plc lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 181,203,035 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,808,862,000 after purchasing an additional 2,609,560 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 16.1% in the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 165,377,852 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $30,855,564,000 after purchasing an additional 22,896,705 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA announced Suzanne Nora Johnson, former Goldman Sachs vice chairman, will join its board in July, a move that adds high-profile governance and financial expertise. NVIDIA Names Suzanne Nora Johnson to Board of Directors
• Positive Sentiment: The company expanded its AI infrastructure footprint with a strategic partnership and potential $2.1 billion investment in IREN, tied to up to 5 gigawatts of AI data-center capacity. Nvidia to invest up to $2.1 billion in IREN as part of AI data center deal
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA also struck a major partnership with Corning to expand U.S. optical fiber manufacturing for AI data centers, reinforcing demand for its hardware and networking stack. Nvidia funds construction of Corning plants, in addition to equity investment
• Positive Sentiment: Several reports highlighted continued enterprise AI adoption and upbeat commentary on NVIDIA’s long-term growth, including a view that the stock still has room to run ahead of earnings later this month. NVIDIA (NVDA) Gains Another Enterprise AI Win As Adoption Continues To Expand
• Neutral Sentiment: Some articles framed NVIDIA as expensive or underperforming relative to the semiconductor group, suggesting investors are watching for whether recent gains can hold through earnings and broader sector rotation. Here’s just how much Nvidia has been left behind in the extreme semiconductor rally
• Negative Sentiment: Reports about suspected smuggling of NVIDIA chips to China through Thailand add regulatory and geopolitical risk around the company’s supply chain and international sales exposure. US suspects Nvidia chips smuggled to Alibaba via Thailand, Bloomberg News reports
• Negative Sentiment: One recurring concern is that capital and investor attention are spreading across other AI names like Intel, AMD, Micron, and memory suppliers, which could temper NVIDIA’s relative performance even if AI demand stays strong. Wall Street sees ‘changing of the guard in AI’ as Intel, AMD shares soar while Nvidia lags

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $215.10 on Monday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $187.59 and its two-hundred day moving average is $186.68. 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 Corporation has a 1-year low of $115.21 and a 1-year high of $217.80. The company has a market cap of $5.23 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 43.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 2.25.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The company had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.89 EPS. NVIDIA’s revenue was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.78 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th were issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is 0.82%.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total transaction of $3,357,490.00. Following the sale, the director owned 36,007 shares in the company, valued at $6,362,796.97. This represents a 34.54% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total value of $54,675,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 3,018,547 shares in the company, valued at approximately $550,130,190.75. This trade represents a 9.04% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 906,336 shares of company stock worth $162,802,518 over the last quarter. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently commented on NVDA. Wall Street Zen lowered NVIDIA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Sunday, April 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on NVIDIA from $250.00 to $265.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Morgan Stanley set a $260.00 price target on NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, March 2nd. New Street Research decreased their price target on NVIDIA from $307.00 to $275.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, March 31st. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, April 17th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $275.25.

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.