First Nebraska Trust Co Invests $4.42 Million in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

First Nebraska Trust Co acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 25,332 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock, valued at approximately $4,418,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in NVDA. Foguth Wealth Management LLC. lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 31.2% in the 1st quarter. Foguth Wealth Management LLC. now owns 40,579 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $7,077,000 after purchasing an additional 9,645 shares during the last quarter. Financial Solutions Advisory Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the first quarter valued at approximately $2,225,000. Dala Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the first quarter worth $1,509,000. Ramiah Investment Group boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 10.4% during the 1st quarter. Ramiah Investment Group now owns 2,415 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $421,000 after buying an additional 227 shares during the period. Finally, Krane Financial Solutions LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 1st quarter worth $299,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

NVDA has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Bank of America reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $350.00 target price (up from $320.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Evercore restated an “outperform” rating and set a $413.00 price target (up from $352.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Tigress Financial reaffirmed a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $425.00 price target (up from $360.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, May 27th. DZ Bank reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $500.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $304.26.

NVIDIA Stock Down 0.0%

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $217.50 on Wednesday. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $164.07 and a twelve month high of $236.54. The stock has a market cap of $5.26 trillion, a PE ratio of 33.31, a PEG ratio of 0.42 and a beta of 2.23. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $205.42 and a 200 day simple moving average of $197.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a current ratio of 3.44.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $78.42 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.81 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.79 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

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

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total transaction of $186,000,450.00. Following the sale, the director 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 transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total transaction of $133,750.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 14,163 shares in the company, valued at $3,030,882. This trade represents a 4.23% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015 over the last ninety days. 3.94% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA is partnering with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR to mobilize more than $500 billion in third-party capital for AI data centers, power infrastructure and GPU deployments. The initiative could accelerate customer purchases without requiring NVIDIA to fund the entire buildout directly. Nvidia Just Recruited Wall Street to Help Fund $500 Billion in AI Infrastructure
• Positive Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang’s characterization of GPUs as “revenue-generating assets” supports a broader financing market for computing capacity. However, NVIDIA may provide residual-value support of up to 25% in some transactions, potentially helping overcome lender concerns and expanding demand for its systems. Nvidia Partners With Major Wall Street Players to Raise $500B
• Positive Sentiment: IBM and Together AI signed a multiyear, $240 million agreement to build an NVIDIA-powered AI inference cluster on IBM Cloud, providing a concrete commercial validation of continued demand for NVIDIA systems. IBM and Together AI Ink $240 Million Deal
• Positive Sentiment: Wells Fargo reaffirmed an Overweight rating with a $315 price target, while Bank of America maintained a Buy rating and expects NVIDIA’s August 26 earnings report could begin a multiquarter estimate-upgrade cycle. Wells Fargo on NVIDIA
• Positive Sentiment: Reports that NVIDIA is developing Nemotron 4 open-source models, following the release of Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, suggest the company is expanding beyond hardware into software that could lower customers’ AI costs and strengthen platform adoption. NVIDIA Is Developing Nemotron 4 Open-Source Models
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors are awaiting fiscal second-quarter results on August 26. Recent coverage points to roughly $91 billion in company guidance, with upside estimates near $94–$95 billion; the report is likely to determine whether the financing announcement translates into stronger operating expectations.
• Neutral Sentiment: Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest reportedly added NVIDIA shares, offering a modest sentiment boost, while reports of an asset-manager stake reduction and a congressional sale are unlikely to materially affect the company’s fundamentals.
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts warn that NVIDIA’s potential residual-value guarantees could expose it to losses if AI projects fail or GPU prices decline. Rapid hardware depreciation, particularly if China supplies cheaper computing capacity, could weaken the collateral backing the financing.
• Negative Sentiment: The strategy has prompted “circular financing” concerns: NVIDIA helps finance customers that then buy NVIDIA hardware. Critics fear this could inflate demand temporarily, increase credit risk and make the stock more vulnerable if AI infrastructure spending slows. Why Jensen Huang’s $500 Billion AI Financing Plan Faces China Risk
• Negative Sentiment: Microsoft’s development of custom AI silicon and Broadcom’s faster-growing custom-chip business highlight longer-term competitive risks to NVIDIA’s dominant position, even as near-term demand remains strong.

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.