NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Stake Boosted by Slagle Financial LLC

Slagle Financial LLC grew its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 12.0% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 89,393 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 9,575 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for about 5.8% of Slagle Financial LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its biggest position. Slagle Financial LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $16,672,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. State Street Corp grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.0% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 978,208,862 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $154,556,803,000 after purchasing an additional 9,554,857 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 579,213,497 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $91,150,170,000 after acquiring an additional 8,521,936 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at $51,386,863,000. Legal & General Group Plc increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 181,203,035 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,808,862,000 after acquiring an additional 2,609,560 shares during the period. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 16.1% in the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 165,377,852 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $30,855,564,000 after acquiring an additional 22,896,705 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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

NVIDIA Price Performance

NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $198.45 on Monday. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $110.82 and a one year high of $216.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a current ratio of 3.91. The firm 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. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $186.75 and its two-hundred day moving average is $186.18.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 97.37%. The company had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $65.56 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.89 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.78 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th were issued a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is presently 0.82%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction 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 sale, the director directly owned 7,399,771 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,285,192,227.28. This represents a 2.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 3,004 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, March 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.90, for a total transaction of $555,439.60. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 14,788 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,734,301.20. The trade was a 16.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 953,976 shares of company stock valued at $171,173,819 in the last 90 days. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms recently issued reports on NVDA. Truist Financial upped their target price on NVIDIA from $283.00 to $287.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 18th. Mizuho set a $275.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $275.00 target price (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Friday, January 16th. UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, March 17th. Finally, Oppenheimer reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $265.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $275.25.

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.