NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Stake Increased by Paladin Wealth LLC

Paladin Wealth LLC raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 23.8% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 22,946 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 4,413 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises approximately 2.7% of Paladin Wealth LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 4th biggest position. Paladin Wealth LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $4,591,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. State Street Corp grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 991,480,489 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $184,911,111,000 after purchasing an additional 11,451,386 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 588,803,093 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $109,446,217,000 after buying an additional 3,383,441 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at about $62,244,133,000. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in NVIDIA by 2.1% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 191,200,989 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,345,453,000 after buying an additional 4,019,505 shares during the period. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc boosted its position in NVIDIA by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 181,203,035 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,808,862,000 after buying an additional 2,609,560 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction 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 transaction, the director directly owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. This trade represents a 14.53% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total value of $133,750.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 14,163 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,030,882. The trade was a 4.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last three months, insiders have sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock worth $410,583,015. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on the stock. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed a “strong-buy” rating and set a $330.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “hold” rating and set a $255.00 price objective (up from $220.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Wedbush lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $300.00 to $330.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, New Street Research lowered their target price on NVIDIA from $343.00 to $340.00 in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $307.28.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $216.85 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $5.25 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.21, a PEG ratio of 0.43 and a beta of 2.23. The company’s 50 day moving average is $207.28 and its 200 day moving average is $199.41. The company has a quick ratio of 2.85, a current ratio of 3.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52-week low of $164.07 and a 52-week high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $81.61 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. NVIDIA’s revenue for the quarter was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.81 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.6 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA announced that its board has authorized a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: China shipments could reopen a portion of NVIDIA’s market. NVIDIA reportedly plans to begin small-batch shipments of a China-specific AI chip by year-end, while limited H200 shipments have already reached Chinese customers. Although the near-term revenue contribution may be modest, the developments could reduce the impact of export restrictions and preserve relationships with major customers such as Alibaba, ByteDance, and Tencent. Nvidia to ship AI chip for China by year-end
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts remain optimistic ahead of the August 26 earnings release. Jefferies expects fiscal second-quarter revenue to exceed consensus by roughly $3 billion, while RBC reaffirmed its Outperform rating with a $300 price target. Stifel also maintained a Buy rating, citing supply-chain evidence from Foxconn and Super Micro and continued strength in the GPU cycle. RBC rating and price target Foxconn and Super Micro supply-chain analysis
• Positive Sentiment: Enterprise and infrastructure demand continues to expand. IBM signed a multiyear $240 million agreement with Together AI to deploy NVIDIA HGX B300 systems on IBM Cloud, using NVIDIA’s Spectrum-X networking. CoreWeave also signed a multibillion-dollar deal giving Hudson River Trading access to NVIDIA’s newest systems, supporting the company’s data-center demand outlook. IBM and Together AI agreement
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors are focused on whether NVIDIA can clear elevated expectations. The company’s earnings report is the major near-term catalyst, with attention on revenue guidance, demand for the Rubin platform, gross margins amid higher memory costs, and visibility into future spending by hyperscalers and AI developers.
• Negative Sentiment: China’s opportunity remains constrained. Analysts estimate that returning H200 products to China may provide only limited near-term revenue, while Beijing may restrict domestic use and U.S. regulators are examining loopholes that allow Chinese firms to access NVIDIA computing capacity through overseas data centers. China AI access and export-control loopholes
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and competitive risks are limiting enthusiasm. Commentary highlights concentrated AI spending, potential competition from custom chips and rivals, and the possibility that exceptionally strong results are already reflected in the share price. NVIDIA has also underperformed the broader semiconductor index this year, increasing investor sensitivity to any earnings or guidance shortfall.

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.