Mizuho Markets Americas LLC Cuts Stock Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Mizuho Markets Americas LLC decreased its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 60.9% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 284,196 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 441,804 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for about 1.4% of Mizuho Markets Americas LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 25th biggest position. Mizuho Markets Americas LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $49,564,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new position in NVIDIA during the 1st quarter valued at about $27,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 47.9% during the second quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Phillip James Consulting Co. purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 1st quarter valued at $40,000. Finally, Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at about $40,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

NVIDIA Stock Up 2.6%

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $211.94 on Wednesday. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $205.18 and a 200-day moving average price of $196.55. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $164.07 and a one year high of $236.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a current ratio of 3.44. The company has a market capitalization of $5.13 trillion, a P/E ratio of 32.46, a P/E/G ratio of 0.40 and a beta of 2.23.

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

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

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

NVIDIA declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to buyback $80.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization permits the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically a sign that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Elon Musk said SpaceX will build “exclusively” on NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin platform, providing a potentially significant high-profile customer commitment and strengthening confidence in demand for NVIDIA’s next-generation systems. Musk Praises Vera Rubin Platform on SpaceX Earnings Call, Nvidia Stock Climbs
• Positive Sentiment: Corvex secured a multi-year agreement for Blackwell GPU infrastructure, including liquid-cooled clusters, Quantum-2 InfiniBand and high-speed storage. The deployment adds another large-scale Blackwell installation without issuing new shares. Nvidia Stock Surges as Corvex Secures Multi-Year Blackwell GPU Deal
• Positive Sentiment: Anthropic reportedly signed a six-year, $10 billion computing agreement with NVIDIA-backed Volta Infra. The arrangement could support demand for Vera Rubin systems and validates the growth of AI cloud infrastructure. Anthropic Inks $10B Computing Deal With Nvidia-Backed Volta Infra
• Positive Sentiment: Reports describing a roughly 12-to-1 demand-to-supply imbalance, scarce chips and strong chip resale values reinforced the view that NVIDIA retains pricing power amid the AI buildout. NVIDIA Facing 12-to-1 Demand to Supply
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s Open Secure AI Alliance has expanded to more than 120 companies and is developing shared security standards, potentially broadening NVIDIA’s influence across the AI software ecosystem. Nvidia’s Open Secure AI Alliance Shows Progress
• Neutral Sentiment: Export controls are creating a gray market in Southeast Asia, where buyers use proxy cloud access to obtain NVIDIA-based compute. This signals inelastic demand but also highlights continuing regulatory and geopolitical risks. The AI Chip Blockade Is Creating a Shadow Market
• Negative Sentiment: Investor Michael Burry reportedly increased put-option exposure to NVIDIA, Micron and semiconductor ETFs, renewing concerns that AI spending expectations and valuations may be vulnerable to a correction. Michael Burry’s Latest Bet Puts Nvidia’s AI Boom on Trial
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts continue to warn that custom chips, AI inference workloads and software capable of rewriting code could gradually weaken NVIDIA’s CUDA advantage and pressure future margins.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have commented on the stock. KeyCorp reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $330.00 target price (up from $310.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, July 14th. Seaport Research Partners increased their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $140.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Melius Research set a $400.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Rothschild & Co Redburn upped their price target on NVIDIA from $280.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $285.00 price target (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $304.26.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In related news, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total value of $3,343,815.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 116,135 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $25,053,803.55. This trade represents a 11.77% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total value of $186,000,450.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at $1,094,412,146.07. The trade was a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015. Insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

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.