Middleton & Co. Inc. MA Has $12.82 Million Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Middleton & Co. Inc. MA raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 6.0% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 68,739 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 3,887 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up approximately 1.4% of Middleton & Co. Inc. MA’s holdings, making the stock its 24th largest holding. Middleton & Co. Inc. MA’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $12,820,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 47.9% during the 2nd quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 67 shares during the period. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at about $40,000. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter valued at about $50,000. Networth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth approximately $51,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter worth approximately $54,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA delivered another huge beat-and-raise quarter, with record revenue, strong EPS growth, and data-center results that underline its dominance in AI infrastructure.
• Positive Sentiment: The company authorized an additional $80 billion share buyback and raised its quarterly dividend from $0.01 to $0.25 per share, signaling confidence in future cash generation and returning more capital to shareholders.
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and commentators highlighted broad AI demand, strong Blackwell ramp-up, and continued operating leverage, which support the bullish case for NVIDIA stock.
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA said its outlook does not assume any Data Center compute revenue from China, leaving a meaningful source of potential upside or downside depending on trade and licensing developments.
• Neutral Sentiment: Management is also transitioning to a new reporting framework focused on Data Center and Edge Computing, which should better reflect growth drivers but may make comparisons harder in the near term.
• Negative Sentiment: Despite the strong results, articles noted rising competition from custom chips at companies like Amazon and Alphabet, plus ongoing uncertainty around China shipments, which could temper enthusiasm if growth slows.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have recently commented on NVDA. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on NVIDIA from $250.00 to $265.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. CICC Research boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $228.00 to $240.60 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 27th. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $325.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, March 23rd. Fundamental Research set a $218.00 price objective on NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $279.06.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $223.47 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $5.41 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 45.61, a PEG ratio of 0.69 and a beta of 2.25. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $129.16 and a fifty-two week high of $236.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a current ratio of 3.91. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $194.82 and a 200-day moving average price of $188.75.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings results 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 $81.62 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.NVIDIA’s revenue was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.81 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.85 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th were issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is 0.82%.

NVIDIA announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase 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 purchase up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, March 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $173.68, for a total transaction of $38,501,729.76. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 7,399,771 shares in the company, valued at $1,285,192,227.28. This represents a 2.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total value of $3,357,490.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 36,007 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,362,796.97. This represents a 34.54% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 906,336 shares of company stock worth $162,802,518 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 4.17% 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.