4,317 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Acquired by Kirkwood Financial Services

Kirkwood Financial Services acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 4,317 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock, valued at approximately $864,000. NVIDIA comprises about 0.2% of Kirkwood Financial Services’ investment portfolio, making the stock its 19th biggest position.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of NVDA. Bank of America Corp DE increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 2.2% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 195,366,864 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $39,090,956,000 after acquiring an additional 4,165,875 shares in the last quarter. Amundi lifted its position in NVIDIA by 10.4% in the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 133,768,018 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $23,329,141,000 after acquiring an additional 12,575,177 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its position in NVIDIA by 0.6% in the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 94,521,253 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $16,479,126,000 after acquiring an additional 555,221 shares in the last quarter. Deutsche Bank AG boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 2.3% during the 2nd quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 91,954,159 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $18,399,108,000 after purchasing an additional 2,045,101 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jupiter Topco LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at $16,156,076,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure demand remains robust. CEO Jensen Huang said neocloud demand is “off the charts,” while Super Micro’s significantly higher revenue outlook and SpaceX’s plans to add substantial computing capacity provided evidence that customers continue expanding AI infrastructure. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says neocloud demand is off the charts but capital is scarce
• Positive Sentiment: GTC Berlin expanded NVIDIA’s addressable market. The company introduced DSX POD modular Vera Rubin AI factories, designed to reduce deployment timelines from roughly six months to as little as 14 days. Its DSX platform also targets up to 30% lower power consumption and near-zero cooling-water usage, potentially easing customers’ power and permitting constraints. NVIDIA introduces DSX POD AI factories
• Positive Sentiment: Platform expansion supports the long-term bull case. New partnerships involving AI-agent security, robotics, autonomous vehicles, telecom networks, quantum-computing interfaces and industrial AI reinforce NVIDIA’s strategy of selling a broader full-stack computing ecosystem rather than only GPUs.
• Neutral Sentiment: Quantum news is strategically relevant but not yet a material earnings driver. Quantum X Labs reported improved error-correction results using NVIDIA CUDA-Q, illustrating ecosystem adoption, although the announcement does not provide meaningful near-term revenue information for NVIDIA.
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are questioning AI-spending sustainability and financing. Concerns that hyperscalers, neoclouds and other customers may struggle to fund massive data-center buildouts are weighing on the entire AI trade. Rising-rate risk adds pressure to high-growth technology valuations.
• Negative Sentiment: Semiconductor-sector pressure compounded the decline. Chip stocks weakened after Lam Research cited supply-chain constraints, while broader technology indexes also fell. NVIDIA’s high valuation and upcoming earnings raise the risk of a “sell-the-news” reaction even if results exceed expectations.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have commented on NVDA. President Capital lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $295.00 to $330.00 in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Citigroup reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $315.00 price target (up from $300.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $390.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, September 29th. TD Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, August 18th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $280.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have issued a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $321.47.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other NVIDIA news, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total transaction of $7,648,787.90. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares in the company, valued at $167,595,812.15. The trade was a 4.36% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,460 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total transaction of $6,786,488.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $598,810,648. The trade was a 1.12% decrease in their position. 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 three months, insiders have sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock valued at $399,450,353. Insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $212.21 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $222.86 and its 200-day moving average price is $212.57. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.11 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.83, a PEG ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 4.59 and a quick ratio of 3.85. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $164.27 and a 1-year high of $243.37.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 analyst estimates of $92.27 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.05 earnings per share. NVIDIA’s revenue was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.30 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 1st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 10th were given a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 12.64%.

NVIDIA declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback program on Monday, September 28th that allows the company to buy back $150.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.

About NVIDIA

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is a technology company that designs graphics processing units (GPUs), accelerated computing platforms, networking products and related software. Its technologies support artificial intelligence, machine learning, scientific computing, data analytics, professional visualization and computer graphics.

The company’s products include GeForce GPUs for gaming and personal computing, data center GPUs and systems for AI and high-performance computing, and networking solutions used to connect and manage large-scale computing infrastructure.