NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Stock Position Raised by Moran Wealth Management LLC

Moran Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 3.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 318,471 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 10,524 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for about 1.8% of Moran Wealth Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 4th biggest holding. Moran Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $59,420,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. bought a new position in NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth about $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 47.9% in the 2nd quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at about $40,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at about $54,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, CFO Colette Kress sold 30,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $178.11, for a total transaction of $5,432,355.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 1,286,826 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $229,196,578.86. The trade was a 2.32% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Debora Shoquist sold 80,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $178.90, for a total transaction of $14,312,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 1,494,443 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $267,355,852.70. This trade represents a 5.08% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 1,461,474 shares of company stock valued at $267,243,232 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have issued reports on NVDA shares. Arete Research upped their target price on NVIDIA from $244.00 to $261.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Truist Financial restated a “buy” rating and issued a $275.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, December 29th. Mizuho set a $275.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, January 9th. CICC Research lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $200.00 to $228.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, November 21st. Finally, Barclays upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $240.00 to $275.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $263.41.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Jefferies raised its price target on NVDA from $250 to $275 and kept a Buy rating, giving the stock a clear catalyst for upside based on resumed earnings momentum. Jefferies Raises PT on NVIDIA Corporation From $250 to $275, Keeps Buy Rating
• Positive Sentiment: Zacks upgraded NVDA to a Strong Buy, reflecting rising analyst optimism ahead of earnings and reinforcing demand expectations. Nvidia (NVDA) Upgraded to Strong Buy: Here’s Why
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s strategic $150M investment in Baseten signals a push into AI inference software/service layers, expanding addressable market beyond hardware. Nvidia Bets On AI Inference With $150 Million Baseten Stake
• Positive Sentiment: Corvex/partner news of long?term NVIDIA H200 GPU deployments shows concrete demand for NVDA’s data?center GPUs in production AI workloads. Corvex Secures Long-Term NVIDIA H200 GPU Deployment
• Positive Sentiment: Earnings previews point to another strong quarter (analysts expect double?digit beats), which supports higher forward estimates and valuation upside. Earnings Preview: What To Expect From NVIDIA’s Report
• Neutral Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang plans a late?January visit to China to try to reopen the market — a potential revenue catalyst but outcomes remain uncertain. Nvidia CEO Huang plans to visit China as he seeks reopen market, Bloomberg reports
• Neutral Sentiment: Jim Cramer and other commentators continue to back the Magnificent Seven, which supports sentiment but doesn’t change fundamentals. Jim Cramer says he’s not abandoning the Mag 7 stocks despite recent struggles
• Negative Sentiment: Fund flows have started rotating into memory/storage (SanDisk, WDC), which can pressure NVDA in the near term as active money reallocates away from compute. Forget the Chips, Buy Memory: Why AI Money Is Moving to Storage
• Negative Sentiment: Coverage noting NVDA is lagging other AI names highlights short?term sentiment risk and the potential for further relative underperformance. Nvidia Stock Is Lagging Behind Other AI Names. Why the Boom’s Darling Is Out of Favor.
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical friction: the White House/Trump push to allow chip sales to China clashes with lawmakers proposing tighter export curbs — a regulatory risk that could limit NVDA’s China growth. Trump wants Nvidia to sell powerful AI chips to Beijing. Washington’s China hawks are pushing back
• Negative Sentiment: Some funds have trimmed NVDA positions (e.g., Cypress Funds), a sign that active managers are already rotating exposure. Cypress Funds Llc Cuts Nvidia Stake Under Steven Baum

NVIDIA Price Performance

NVDA stock opened at $184.72 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.49 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 45.83, a PEG ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 2.31. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $183.42 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $181.32. The company has a current ratio of 4.47, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $86.62 and a 12-month high of $212.19.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.07. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 99.24% and a net margin of 53.01%.The company had revenue of $57.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $54.66 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.81 earnings per share. NVIDIA’s quarterly revenue was up 62.5% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 4th were paid a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 4th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 0.99%.

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.