NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Stake Lowered by Wealth Effects LLC

Wealth Effects LLC reduced its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 3.3% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 158,479 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 5,348 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for 9.2% of Wealth Effects LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest holding. Wealth Effects LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $29,556,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. State Street Corp raised its position in NVIDIA by 1.0% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 978,208,862 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $154,556,803,000 after purchasing an additional 9,554,857 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 1.5% during the second 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 purchasing an additional 8,521,936 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at approximately $51,386,863,000. Legal & General Group Plc raised its position in NVIDIA by 1.5% during the third 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 purchasing an additional 2,609,560 shares during the period. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors raised its position in NVIDIA by 16.1% during the third 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 purchasing an additional 22,896,705 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In related news, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total value of $3,357,490.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 36,007 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,362,796.97. This represents a 34.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 20,000 shares of the 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 completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 83,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $14,526,363.40. This trade represents a 19.41% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 953,976 shares of company stock valued at $171,173,819. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on NVDA shares. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $325.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, March 23rd. KeyCorp restated an “overweight” rating and set a $275.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, March 17th. New Street Research decreased their price objective on NVIDIA from $307.00 to $275.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, March 31st. CICC Research upped their price objective on NVIDIA from $228.00 to $240.60 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, February 27th. Finally, Fundamental Research set a $218.00 price objective on NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $275.25.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Bloomberg/Investing report: Nvidia’s pivot into “physical AI” is driving a rally across its Asian supply chain, implying stronger order flow and better visibility for component suppliers — a demand signal that supports NVDA’s revenue outlook. Nvidia’s pivot to physical AI ignites rally across Asian supply chain
• Positive Sentiment: Institutional buying: Manning & Napier boosted its NVDA stake by ~192,878 shares — a vote of confidence from a money manager that can reinforce bullish sentiment and reduce short?term selling pressure. Manning & Napier Advisors Boosts Nvidia Stake
• Positive Sentiment: Hyperscaler results: Major cloud/AI customers just reported and coverage says Nvidia was the clear winner — continued hyperscaler spending supports sustained GPU demand and upside to NVDA’s growth trajectory. Major Hyperscalers Just Reported Earnings. Nvidia Was The Winner
• Positive Sentiment: Barron’s look at a $200 handle: Analysts argue earnings from chip/AI peers could help NVDA consistently trade above $200 — highlights a near?term technical/psychological target investors are watching. Nvidia Stock Is Pushing Toward $200. What Could Get It There.
• Positive Sentiment: Macro/catalyst angle: Analysts flag the upcoming SpaceX IPO as a potential multi?billion spending catalyst that could lift chipmakers (including NVDA) as companies invest in compute and AI infrastructure. The SpaceX IPO Will Create a $75 Billion Spending Spree — These 2 AI Stocks Will Win
• Neutral Sentiment: Product innovation vs. pricing: Coverage on Nvidia’s new quantum?AI models praises the tech but says the market hasn’t fully re?priced a step change — long?term positive, short?term uncertainty. NVIDIA’s New Quantum?AI Models Are Impressive — and the Market Doesn’t Seem Ready to Price the Step?Change
• Neutral Sentiment: Stock split history: Nvidia has split shares multiple times historically; articles on split timing can drive retail interest but aren’t an immediate earnings catalyst. Nvidia Has Split Its Stock 480-for-1 Since 2000. Here’s When to Expect the Next Stock Split.
• Neutral Sentiment: Market cap context: Coverage noting Alphabet closing the gap to Nvidia is a reminder of relative valuation dynamics among megacaps — relevant for investors allocating between large tech names. Google just under $200 billion from overtaking Nvidia as world’s largest company
• Negative Sentiment: Bear case/valuation risk: A trading expert publicly predicted NVDA could crash to $110, underscoring high?profile bearish views that can amplify short?term volatility and trigger selling. Trading expert sets date when Nvidia (NVDA) stock will crash to $110
• Negative Sentiment: Sector caution: Coverage that Wall Street expects some AI names to drop 20%+ highlights rotation risk; if sentiment shifts away from high?multiple AI winners, NVDA could see pressure. Wall Street Says These 2 AI Stocks Could Fall 20% or More. Time to Sell?

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $198.45 on Monday. 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 business’s 50 day moving average price is $186.75 and its 200-day moving average price is $186.18. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $110.82 and a fifty-two week high of $216.82. 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) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The firm had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.89 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, sell-side analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.78 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

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

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.