LGT Fund Management Co Ltd. Boosts Stock Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

LGT Fund Management Co Ltd. grew its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 145.8% during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 779,765 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 462,511 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises about 5.9% of LGT Fund Management Co Ltd.’s holdings, making the stock its 2nd largest holding. LGT Fund Management Co Ltd.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $135,991,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. Anchor Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.4% in the 1st quarter. Anchor Investment Management LLC now owns 86,940 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $15,162,000 after purchasing an additional 348 shares during the period. Castleview Partners LLC raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 2.4% in the first quarter. Castleview Partners LLC now owns 9,897 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,726,000 after purchasing an additional 230 shares in the last quarter. Arlington Capital Management Inc. raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 0.8% in the first quarter. Arlington Capital Management Inc. now owns 70,076 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $12,221,000 after purchasing an additional 524 shares in the last quarter. United Bank lifted its position in NVIDIA by 5.6% during the first quarter. United Bank now owns 66,009 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $11,512,000 after buying an additional 3,525 shares during the period. Finally, ARQ Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in NVIDIA by 48.4% during the first quarter. ARQ Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 7,954 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,387,000 after buying an additional 2,594 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA announced a joint AI research lab with KAIST in Seoul, backed by a $300 million five-year collaboration, to advance agentic AI models for Korean industries and language use cases. The deal includes compute contributions, funding for at least 10 researchers annually, and NVIDIA internships/full-time hiring pathways, reinforcing NVIDIA’s global AI ecosystem and talent pipeline. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s partnership with Amkor to support U.S. advanced chip packaging expansion is another supportive development, as it strengthens supply-chain capacity for next-generation AI chips and helps meet rising demand for AI infrastructure. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Investor sentiment remains constructive on NVIDIA’s AI leadership, with analysts and market commentators highlighting its dominance in GPUs, strong fundamentals, and technical breakout signals above key moving averages. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Some commentary suggests the stock may face near-term “sell-the-news” pressure after its latest earnings beat, especially as traders reassess whether AI spending momentum has already been priced in.
• Neutral Sentiment: Broader AI-capex headlines from Alphabet and other hyperscalers continue to drive sector interest, but they also appear to be fueling rotation within semiconductors rather than uniformly lifting NVIDIA shares.
• Negative Sentiment: NVIDIA is also facing renewed competitive noise, including AMD’s push with Anthropic and a wave of articles questioning whether large AI spending could eventually favor other chip and memory suppliers, which may temper enthusiasm for NVDA in the short term. Article Title

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on NVDA shares. Tigress Financial reaffirmed a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $425.00 target price (up from $360.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, May 27th. BNP Paribas Exane lifted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $270.00 to $285.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Zacks Research raised shares of NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday. Evercore restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $413.00 price objective (up from $352.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $325.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Three equities 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 stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $304.26.

NVIDIA Stock Down 1.6%

NVIDIA stock opened at $208.76 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12 month low of $164.07 and a 12 month high of $236.54. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $208.22 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $195.73. The company has a current ratio of 3.44, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The firm has a market cap of $5.05 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.97, a PEG ratio of 0.41 and a beta of 2.21.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.The firm had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.42 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.81 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.79 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. This is an increase from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 15.31%.

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, May 20th that authorizes the company to buyback $80.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total transaction of $3,343,815.00. Following the sale, the director owned 116,135 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $25,053,803.55. This trade represents a 11.77% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total transaction of $133,750.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 14,163 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,030,882. This represents a 4.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock worth $410,583,015. Company insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

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.