Peak Financial Advisors LLC Buys 3,426 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Peak Financial Advisors LLC boosted its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 114.0% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 6,432 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,426 shares during the quarter. Peak Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $1,200,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Winnow Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 47.9% during the 2nd quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at approximately $40,000. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the third quarter valued at approximately $50,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at approximately $54,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on NVDA. UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, March 17th. Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Raymond James Financial lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $291.00 to $323.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 19th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $250.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, March 17th. Finally, Barclays reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $275.25.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total transaction of $54,675,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,018,547 shares in the company, valued at approximately $550,130,190.75. The trade was a 9.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 42,650 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on 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 completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 881,387 shares in the company, valued at approximately $154,145,772.43. This represents a 4.62% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,401,616 shares of company stock worth $253,555,407. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA broadened its AI ecosystem with a strategic, $2 billion investment and NVLink Fusion tie?up with Marvell — investors see this as a move to lock partners into Nvidia’s rack?scale fabric and protect long?term data?center share. Nvidia takes stake in Marvell (CNBC)
• Positive Sentiment: Product pipeline: coverage points to Rubin Ultra and other next?gen AI capabilities that could drive outsized revenue growth if adopted broadly, supporting longer?term upside. Rubin Ultra revenue upside (InsiderMonkey)
• Positive Sentiment: Big?name investors and institutional conviction are supporting sentiment — recent disclosures show purchases by well?known allocators alongside continued high sell?side buy ratings and above?consensus price targets. Analyst bullishness and price targets (InsiderMonkey) Paul Tudor Jones bullish on NVDA (Yahoo) Ray Dalio buying activity (MSN)
• Positive Sentiment: Profitability remains a strength: gross margins are running near 75%, which supports cash flow generation and the company’s ability to fund investments and ecosystem stakes. Gross margin analysis (Zacks)
• Neutral Sentiment: Some analysts adjusted targets downward from earlier peaks but kept buy ratings (New Street cut its target to $275 while maintaining a buy), which tempers upside expectations but keeps institutional backing intact. New Street price target adjustment (MarketScreener)
• Neutral Sentiment: Corporate actions and cash returns — including a near?term dividend payment — are incremental positives for income?focused holders but unlikely to move the long?term growth story. Dividend announcement (Finbold)
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive pressure in China: IDC data show local GPU/AI?accelerator vendors gaining meaningful share, which raises execution risk in a key international market. Chinese competition eroding share (Reuters)
• Negative Sentiment: Near?term market pressure and technical/headline-driven selloffs (including an AI memory?led rout that knocked shares lower) are reminding investors that NVDA’s premium valuation is vulnerable to sentiment swings. AI memory rout analysis (BeInCrypto)
• Negative Sentiment: Operational/earnings caution: NVDA has recorded consecutive quarterly share price declines for the first time in years — history offers rebound scenarios but the streak highlights short?term earnings/guide risk. Two?quarter loss and outlook (Barron’s)
• Negative Sentiment: Some long?standing holders trimmed positions (D. E. Shaw reported a reduction), a reminder that portfolio rebalancing can add selling pressure even amid broad conviction. D. E. Shaw trims NVDA stake (InsiderMonkey)

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NVDA opened at $175.75 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.24, a current ratio of 3.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. The stock has a market cap of $4.27 trillion, a PE ratio of 35.87, a PEG ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 2.34. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $86.62 and a 12-month high of $212.19. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $182.77 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $184.22.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.89 earnings per share. Analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 11th were given a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 0.82%.

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.