Milestone Asset Management LLC Buys 11,100 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Milestone Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 14.7% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 86,544 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 11,100 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for about 3.0% of Milestone Asset Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 7th biggest holding. Milestone Asset Management LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $16,141,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Evergreen Private Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 11.4% in the 4th quarter. Evergreen Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,709 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $319,000 after buying an additional 175 shares during the last quarter. Alesco Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 24.5% in the 4th quarter. Alesco Advisors LLC now owns 7,154 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,334,000 after buying an additional 1,410 shares during the last quarter. Juno Financial Group LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth about $617,000. Teacher Retirement System of Texas boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 11.4% in the 4th quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas now owns 7,657,821 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,428,184,000 after buying an additional 784,099 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Trail Ridge Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.9% in the 4th quarter. Trail Ridge Investment Advisors LLC now owns 38,336 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $7,150,000 after buying an additional 727 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms recently issued reports on NVDA. BNP Paribas Exane lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $260.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, February 26th. TD Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $235.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, March 17th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $240.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, March 18th. Fundamental Research set a $218.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, CICC Research lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $228.00 to $240.60 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 27th. Four 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. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $275.69.

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 transaction, 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, CFO Colette Kress sold 42,650 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $174.89, for a total transaction of $7,459,058.50. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 881,387 shares in the company, valued at $154,145,772.43. This represents a 4.62% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 906,336 shares of company stock valued at $162,802,518 over the last ninety days. 4.17% of the stock is owned by insiders.

NVIDIA Trading Up 4.4%

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $235.74 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $191.52 and its two-hundred day moving average is $188.12. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12 month low of $129.16 and a 12 month high of $236.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 3.91 and a quick ratio of 3.24. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.71 trillion, a P/E ratio of 48.11, a PEG ratio of 0.74 and a beta of 2.25.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The company had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $65.56 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.89 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.84 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

More NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: U.S. approval for H200 chip sales to several Chinese tech giants has fueled hopes that Nvidia may finally start monetizing more of the China AI market. Reuters article
• Positive Sentiment: Jensen Huang’s presence on Trump’s China trip is being viewed as a sign that Nvidia’s trade and export issues may improve. Reuters article
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts raised price targets, reinforcing the view that the stock still has room to run before earnings. Benzinga article
• Positive Sentiment: Nvidia’s SAP partnership and broader AI infrastructure expansion support the company’s long-term enterprise AI growth narrative. Insider Monkey article
• Neutral Sentiment: Cerebras’ blockbuster IPO adds a new AI-chip rival, but it is not yet a direct threat to Nvidia’s dominant position. Yahoo Finance article
• Negative Sentiment: Some reports warn that China is still favoring domestic AI chips, which could limit how much of the approved Nvidia business actually converts into revenue. CNBC article
• Negative Sentiment: Bears are also warning that AI spending enthusiasm may be getting ahead of actual utilization, raising valuation risk for the whole sector. Finbold article

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.