Peak Financial Advisors LLC Reduces Stock Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Peak Financial Advisors LLC trimmed its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 12.0% in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 16,390 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 2,228 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up about 1.4% of Peak Financial Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 22nd largest position. Peak Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $3,279,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. LifeSteps Financial Inc. boosted its position in NVIDIA by 3.8% in the second quarter. LifeSteps Financial Inc. now owns 50,647 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $10,134,000 after buying an additional 1,852 shares during the last quarter. Ballentine Partners LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 1.6% during the 2nd quarter. Ballentine Partners LLC now owns 505,140 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $101,073,000 after buying an additional 7,957 shares during the last quarter. Storen Legacy Partners LLC lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 9.7% during the 2nd quarter. Storen Legacy Partners LLC now owns 7,448 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,490,000 after acquiring an additional 657 shares during the period. Burns Matteson Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 8.7% in the 2nd quarter. Burns Matteson Capital Management LLC now owns 21,112 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $4,224,000 after acquiring an additional 1,682 shares during the last quarter. Finally, O Connor Financial Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 10.7% in the 2nd quarter. O Connor Financial Group LLC now owns 9,376 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,876,000 after acquiring an additional 906 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. KGI Securities raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $335.00 to $345.00 in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $350.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, August 24th. Susquehanna reaffirmed a “positive” rating and set a $275.00 price target (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. China Renaissance boosted their price objective on NVIDIA from $319.00 to $330.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, August 31st. Finally, Melius Research set a $420.00 target price on NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $324.83.

NVIDIA Stock Up 0.8%

NVDA stock opened at $230.36 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $164.07 and a one year high of $236.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a current ratio of 4.59. The firm has a market cap of $5.55 trillion, a PE ratio of 29.12, a P/E/G ratio of 1.79 and a beta of 2.22. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $210.61 and its 200 day moving average is $202.05.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%.The company had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $92.27 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.05 EPS. NVIDIA’s quarterly revenue was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.1 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.4%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is currently 12.64%.

NVIDIA announced that its board has approved a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to buyback $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization permits the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication 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: Hugging Face expands NVIDIA’s AI ecosystem: The acquisition gives NVIDIA access to Hugging Face’s open-source platform, which hosts millions of models, applications and datasets used by more than 18 million developers. Investors view the deal as a way to deepen CUDA adoption, strengthen NVIDIA’s software moat and position the company as an AI platform provider rather than solely a chip supplier. Management says Hugging Face will remain open to the broader AI ecosystem. Why NVIDIA’s defensive move to acquire Hugging Face is about much more than chips
• Positive Sentiment: New consumer AI revenue channel: Lenovo and Acer are expected to launch Windows PCs powered by NVIDIA’s RTX Spark chip in October. Local AI processing could expand NVIDIA’s addressable market while reducing reliance on cloud data centers. HP also announced new OmniBook PCs using RTX Spark technology. NVIDIA sets October launch for RTX Spark AI PCs
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support and demand remain strong: Needham and Rosenblatt reaffirmed Buy ratings with price targets of $300 and $390, respectively. Recent earnings showed revenue growth above 100%, a 63.7% net margin and results ahead of consensus, while management’s long-term outlook continues to imply robust AI infrastructure spending. NVIDIA’s equity investments in companies such as OpenAI, CoreWeave and Nebius have also grown substantially, reinforcing its influence across the AI supply chain. NVIDIA has built a $99 billion equity portfolio
• Neutral Sentiment: Competitive and valuation considerations: NVIDIA remains dominant, but AMD, Broadcom and Intel are pursuing AI and server opportunities. Rising memory and optical-networking costs could pressure gross margins even if they confirm that demand exceeds supply.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling adds a cautionary signal: Director Mark Stevens sold roughly 648,500 shares in two transactions, while EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,000 shares. The sales were disclosed under planned transactions and represent small portions of their remaining holdings, limiting their significance but potentially weighing on sentiment.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark Stevens sold 63,501 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $220.06, for a total transaction of $13,974,030.06. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 4,558,770 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,003,202,926.20. The trade was a 1.37% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, August 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $217.88, for a total value of $6,536,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $585,587,360.80. This represents a 1.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 1,563,501 shares of company stock valued at $335,380,530. 3.94% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.