Simplicity Wealth LLC grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 2.6% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 182,090 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,625 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises 1.8% of Simplicity Wealth LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 7th largest holding. Simplicity Wealth LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $31,757,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Diversified Enterprises LLC grew its stake in NVIDIA by 44.2% in the fourth quarter. Diversified Enterprises LLC now owns 127,604 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $23,798,000 after purchasing an additional 39,129 shares during the period. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. lifted its position in NVIDIA by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. now owns 3,169,377 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $591,086,000 after buying an additional 54,877 shares during the period. Storen Legacy Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at $1,350,000. Weaver Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 5.5% during the 4th quarter. Weaver Capital Management LLC now owns 85,216 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $15,893,000 after buying an additional 4,439 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 3.6% in the 4th quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 26,652,420 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $4,970,704,000 after buying an additional 936,506 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
NVDA has been the subject of several research reports. Truist Financial increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $287.00 to $307.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Bank of America restated a “buy” rating and issued a $350.00 price objective (up from $320.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $335.00 target price (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Robert W. Baird set a $500.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Itau BBA Securities cut their price target on NVIDIA from $256.00 to $218.00 in a research note on Wednesday, June 24th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $304.26.
NVIDIA Trading Up 2.0%
NVIDIA stock opened at $207.29 on Wednesday. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $164.07 and a one year high of $236.54. The business’s fifty day moving average is $209.04 and its 200 day moving average is $195.41. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.02 trillion, a PE ratio of 31.74, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.45 and a beta of 2.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 3.44 and a quick ratio of 2.85.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $81.61 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.NVIDIA’s revenue was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.81 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.79 EPS for the current year.
NVIDIA Increases Dividend
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 4th. This is a positive change from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is presently 15.31%.
NVIDIA announced that its board has approved a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to buyback $80.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization permits the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually an indication that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.
Insider Activity at NVIDIA
In other NVIDIA news, 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 value of $186,000,450.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 5,207,271 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. The trade was a 14.53% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 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 sale, the director owned 14,163 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,030,882. This represents 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. Insiders have sold a total of 1,901,125 shares of company stock worth $410,583,015 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.
More NVIDIA News
Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
- Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA disclosed that its next-generation Rubin AI chips are shipping to customers and that production is underway, reinforcing confidence that the company’s roadmap remains on schedule and competitive versus rivals like AMD and Broadcom. Nvidia Says Rubin AI Chips Are Shipping
- Positive Sentiment: The company also unveiled an expansion of its Agent Toolkit with Omniverse libraries, aimed at helping developers build simulation-ready “physical AI” applications for robotics, factories, and autonomous systems. That strengthens NVIDIA’s software ecosystem and could support longer-term demand for its hardware and platforms. NVIDIA Agent Toolkit Expands With New Omniverse Libraries
- Positive Sentiment: Investor sentiment was also helped by NVIDIA’s 9.3% stake in Nebius, which signals deeper involvement in AI cloud infrastructure and sparked a broad AI-infrastructure rally that reflects continued confidence in NVIDIA’s influence across the sector. Nebius stock surges as Nvidia discloses 9.3% stake in neocloud
- Neutral Sentiment: Wall Street commentary remains broadly constructive, with several pieces highlighting NVIDIA as a key AI growth name and a possible leader during earnings season, but these are mostly sentiment drivers rather than new fundamentals. Why Nvidia Stock Can ‘Lead the Charge’ This Earnings Season
- Neutral Sentiment: Some articles noted that other AI memory and infrastructure names have been outperforming NVIDIA lately, which is a reminder that the AI trade is broadening beyond NVDA even as it remains a core beneficiary. NVIDIA Isn’t Leading AI Stocks in 2026 – These 2 Are Up Over 180%
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.
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