Legacy Wealth Management LLC MS cut its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 1.9% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 359,695 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 6,894 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up approximately 18.5% of Legacy Wealth Management LLC MS’s portfolio, making the stock its largest holding. Legacy Wealth Management LLC MS’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $71,971,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of NVDA. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 12.4% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $43,631,000 after acquiring an additional 35,815 shares during the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG raised its stake in NVIDIA by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,346,417 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $315,100,000 after purchasing an additional 22,929 shares during the last quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE raised its stake in NVIDIA by 6.7% in the 4th quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 58,396 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $7,842,000 after purchasing an additional 3,653 shares during the last quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 30.7% in the 4th quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $6,805,000 after purchasing an additional 11,900 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 15.7% during the 1st quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 6,598 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $715,000 after purchasing an additional 896 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on NVDA shares. China Renaissance began coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, June 5th. They set a “buy” rating and a $319.00 target price for the company. Wolfe Research reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $275.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. DZ Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. New Street Research cut their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $343.00 to $340.00 in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $500.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $305.94.
NVIDIA Trading Down 2.3%
Shares of NVDA stock opened at $219.74 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 3.44, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $164.07 and a twelve month high of $236.54. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $206.70 and its 200-day moving average price is $199.05. The stock has a market cap of $5.32 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.65, a PEG ratio of 0.44 and a beta of 2.23.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. The firm had revenue of $81.61 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $78.42 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.81 earnings per share. NVIDIA’s revenue was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.79 earnings per share for the current year.
NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the computer hardware maker to buy up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.
Insider Activity
In other news, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 owned 14,163 shares in the company, valued at $3,030,882. This trade represents a 4.23% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred 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 directly owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. The trade was a 14.53% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.
Trending Headlines about NVIDIA
Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Bank of America argued that NVIDIA’s shares offer a compelling valuation relative to free cash flow and could have as much as 55% upside, partly because expanded buybacks may improve shareholder returns. Here’s the case for Nvidia’s stock to climb 55% from here, according to BofA
- Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s agreement to support financing for OpenAI’s Ohio data center could help secure up to 8 gigawatts of future AI-compute capacity. The company is also investing $1.5 billion in SB Energy and is expected to be the campus’s exclusive AI-compute provider, potentially expanding long-term demand for its systems. Nvidia backs financing for OpenAI data center in Ohio
- Positive Sentiment: Analysts and investors continue to describe NVIDIA as a central “chokepoint” in AI infrastructure. Wall Street’s average price target implies substantial potential upside, while demand for GPUs remains strong even as custom AI chips gain traction. Wall Street Analysts Think Nvidia Could Surge
- Neutral Sentiment: Investors are focused on NVIDIA’s upcoming earnings and, more importantly, its forward guidance. Strong data-center growth, Blackwell demand, gross margins near 75%, and commentary on next-generation Rubin products will determine whether estimates move higher. Nvidia’s Q2 Preview
- Negative Sentiment: The Ohio project and NVIDIA’s broader plan to help arrange as much as $500 billion in AI infrastructure financing are raising concerns about circular financing, credit exposure, and whether customers can support the resulting spending. Higher Treasury yields further pressured high-growth technology valuations. Nvidia’s AI moat is shifting from chips to capital
- Negative Sentiment: Some investors favor Micron because of surging high-bandwidth-memory demand and a lower valuation, while comparisons with AMD and Broadcom highlight intensifying competition from custom AI silicon. NVIDIA’s large Intel investment and divided hedge-fund positioning also add to uncertainty. NVIDIA vs. Micron
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.
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