Invariant Investment Management acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund acquired 5,886 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock, valued at approximately $1,088,000. NVIDIA makes up about 0.7% of Invariant Investment Management’s holdings, making the stock its 18th largest position.
Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC lifted 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 valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $40,000. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $50,000. Networth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $51,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $54,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several analysts recently issued reports on the company. New Street Research decreased their target price on NVIDIA from $307.00 to $275.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, March 31st. BTIG Research assumed coverage on NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, April 15th. They set a “buy” rating on the stock. Truist Financial lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $283.00 to $287.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 18th. Wedbush lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $230.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 3rd. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and set a $240.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, March 18th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $275.25.
NVIDIA Stock Performance
NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $198.45 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 3.91 and a quick ratio of 3.24. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1 year low of $110.82 and a 1 year high of $216.82. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $186.75 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $186.14. The company has a market cap of $4.82 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.50, a PEG ratio of 0.65 and a beta of 2.25.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The business had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.89 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.78 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th were paid a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is presently 0.82%.
NVIDIA News Summary
Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Pentagon deals with leading AI vendors including NVIDIA bolster defense revenue visibility and credibility for classified AI deployments. Pentagon reaches agreements with leading AI companies
- Positive Sentiment: Hyperscaler capex commitments remain massive (reports cite $700–$725B+ on AI), supporting long-term GPU demand for NVDA. The Big 4 Hyperscalers Are Spending $710 Billion on AI
- Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s recent track record of earnings beats and ultra-high margins keeps the fundamental bull case intact heading into the next quarter. Will Nvidia (NVDA) Beat Estimates Again?
- Positive Sentiment: Surging B300 server prices in China signal tight supply and strong demand for Nvidia-powered AI infrastructure, supporting pricing power. Exclusive: Prices of Nvidia’s B300 server at $1 million in China
- Neutral Sentiment: Minor analyst model changes (small FY2027 EPS tweak) and technical indicators are sending mixed signals — keep an eye on upcoming guidance. MarketBeat NVDA summary
- Neutral Sentiment: Chart/technical analysis is noisy: some traders call the drop a pullback in a larger uptrend, others see a false breakout — short-term volatility likely. Nvidia Stock Is Moving Today: Here’s What The Chart Is Signaling
- Negative Sentiment: Competition risk is rising as hyperscalers (Google, Amazon) push custom AI chips — analysts warn this could erode Nvidia’s long-term dominance if adoption accelerates. Nvidia’s $4.9 trillion chip empire has a new problem
- Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/political scrutiny: a senator has questioned U.S. chip exports to China (H200 licensing), adding execution and geopolitical risk for international revenue. Lutnick gets grilling on Nvidia chip sales to China
- Negative Sentiment: Short-term selling/rotation into other tech names knocked NVDA below key technical levels ($200 area), prompting momentum-based outflows. Nvidia stock is in the red, back below $200
- Negative Sentiment: Despite the rally, consensus price targets still sit well above the market, creating downside if guidance or growth cadence disappoints. NVIDIA Trades 23% Below Analyst Price Targets
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other NVIDIA news, CFO Colette Kress sold 20,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $174.89, for a total value of $3,497,800.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 83,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $14,526,363.40. The trade was a 19.41% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.68, for a total value of $38,501,729.76. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 7,399,771 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,285,192,227.28. This represents a 2.91% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 953,976 shares of company stock worth $171,173,819. Insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.
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.
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