Golden State Equity Partners Buys 4,674 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Golden State Equity Partners lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 2.3% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 208,838 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,674 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up approximately 6.3% of Golden State Equity Partners’ portfolio, making the stock its largest holding. Golden State Equity Partners’ holdings in NVIDIA were worth $38,948,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. BKM Wealth Management LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. BKM Wealth Management LLC now owns 5,951 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,110,000 after buying an additional 75 shares during the period. True Link Financial Advisors LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 52.7% during the fourth quarter. True Link Financial Advisors LLC now owns 5,897 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,100,000 after buying an additional 2,035 shares during the period. Richard C. Young & CO. LTD. raised its position in NVIDIA by 2.9% during the fourth quarter. Richard C. Young & CO. LTD. now owns 192,306 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $35,865,000 after buying an additional 5,482 shares during the period. Coquina Private Wealth LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter valued at $5,187,000. Finally, Pinion Investment Advisors LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 2.9% during the fourth quarter. Pinion Investment Advisors LLC now owns 28,708 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $5,354,000 after buying an additional 811 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the business’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 completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,018,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $550,130,190.75. The trade was a 9.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.68, for a total value of $38,501,729.76. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 7,399,771 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,285,192,227.28. This trade represents a 2.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders sold 906,336 shares of company stock valued at $162,802,518. Insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have commented on NVDA shares. UBS Group boosted their target price on NVIDIA from $245.00 to $275.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. BTIG Research started coverage on NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, April 15th. They issued a “buy” rating on the stock. Zacks Research upgraded NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Sanford C. Bernstein restated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, April 17th. Finally, DA Davidson boosted their target price on NVIDIA from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday. Four investment 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. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $278.73.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Several Wall Street firms remain bullish ahead of earnings, with KeyBanc, DA Davidson, Morgan Stanley and Wedbush all raising price targets to as high as $300, citing continued momentum from Blackwell and the coming Rubin platform. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage continues to point to strong AI datacenter demand and a likely “beat-and-raise” quarter, with analysts and investors expecting another huge revenue print and strong guidance. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Hedge-fund filings showing managers such as Tiger Global, Bridgewater, Soros Fund Management and D1 Capital adding to NVDA stakes reinforce institutional confidence in the stock. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Most of the recent news flow is centered on investor positioning and earnings anticipation, including options-market activity, prediction-market bets, and broad media attention ahead of the report. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Some commentary warns that expectations are extremely high, the options market is signaling volatility, and any miss or cautious guidance could disappoint investors. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish analysis is also emerging around valuation and demand sustainability, with one report arguing that political backlash against data centers and a shift toward more CPU-centric architectures could pressure future GPU demand. Article Title

NVIDIA Price Performance

NVIDIA stock opened at $222.32 on Tuesday. 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 company has a market capitalization of $5.38 trillion, a PE ratio of 45.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.70 and a beta of 2.25. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $129.16 and a one year high of $236.54. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $193.14 and a 200 day simple moving average of $188.51.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 firm had revenue of $68.13 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.89 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.84 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th were paid a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was 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.