Keel Point LLC trimmed its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 21.6% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 146,676 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 40,436 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises about 1.7% of Keel Point LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 11th largest position. Keel Point LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $25,580,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth $62,244,133,000. J. Stern & Co. LLP boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 13,709.1% in the fourth quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP now owns 125,760,307 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $23,454,297,000 after acquiring an additional 124,849,603 shares during the last quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. grew its position in NVIDIA by 896.4% during the fourth quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. now owns 78,123,960 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $14,570,119,000 after acquiring an additional 70,283,539 shares during the period. Capital Research Global Investors grew 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 acquiring an additional 22,896,705 shares during the period. Finally, Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 15,496.1% during the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 21,865,525 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $3,454,534,000 after acquiring an additional 21,725,326 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.
Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA
Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
- Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA is partnering with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR to mobilize more than $500 billion in third-party capital for AI data centers, power infrastructure and GPU deployments. The initiative could accelerate customer purchases without requiring NVIDIA to fund the entire buildout directly. Nvidia Just Recruited Wall Street to Help Fund $500 Billion in AI Infrastructure
- Positive Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang’s characterization of GPUs as “revenue-generating assets” supports a broader financing market for computing capacity. However, NVIDIA may provide residual-value support of up to 25% in some transactions, potentially helping overcome lender concerns and expanding demand for its systems. Nvidia Partners With Major Wall Street Players to Raise $500B
- Positive Sentiment: IBM and Together AI signed a multiyear, $240 million agreement to build an NVIDIA-powered AI inference cluster on IBM Cloud, providing a concrete commercial validation of continued demand for NVIDIA systems. IBM and Together AI Ink $240 Million Deal
- Positive Sentiment: Wells Fargo reaffirmed an Overweight rating with a $315 price target, while Bank of America maintained a Buy rating and expects NVIDIA’s August 26 earnings report could begin a multiquarter estimate-upgrade cycle. Wells Fargo on NVIDIA
- Positive Sentiment: Reports that NVIDIA is developing Nemotron 4 open-source models, following the release of Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, suggest the company is expanding beyond hardware into software that could lower customers’ AI costs and strengthen platform adoption. NVIDIA Is Developing Nemotron 4 Open-Source Models
- Neutral Sentiment: Investors are awaiting fiscal second-quarter results on August 26. Recent coverage points to roughly $91 billion in company guidance, with upside estimates near $94–$95 billion; the report is likely to determine whether the financing announcement translates into stronger operating expectations.
- Neutral Sentiment: Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest reportedly added NVIDIA shares, offering a modest sentiment boost, while reports of an asset-manager stake reduction and a congressional sale are unlikely to materially affect the company’s fundamentals.
- Negative Sentiment: Analysts warn that NVIDIA’s potential residual-value guarantees could expose it to losses if AI projects fail or GPU prices decline. Rapid hardware depreciation, particularly if China supplies cheaper computing capacity, could weaken the collateral backing the financing.
- Negative Sentiment: The strategy has prompted “circular financing” concerns: NVIDIA helps finance customers that then buy NVIDIA hardware. Critics fear this could inflate demand temporarily, increase credit risk and make the stock more vulnerable if AI infrastructure spending slows. Why Jensen Huang’s $500 Billion AI Financing Plan Faces China Risk
- Negative Sentiment: Microsoft’s development of custom AI silicon and Broadcom’s faster-growing custom-chip business highlight longer-term competitive risks to NVIDIA’s dominant position, even as near-term demand remains strong.
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Analyst Ratings Changes
NVDA has been the topic of a number of research reports. William Blair restated an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “hold” rating and set a $255.00 target price (up from $220.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Morgan Stanley restated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday. CICC Research lifted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $240.60 to $268.30 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, May 22nd. Finally, Citic Securities boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $242.00 to $315.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 22nd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $304.26.
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NVIDIA Stock Performance
NVIDIA stock opened at $217.50 on Wednesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.26 trillion, a PE ratio of 33.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.42 and a beta of 2.23. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $164.07 and a one year high of $236.54. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $205.42 and its 200 day moving average price is $197.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a current ratio of 3.44.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. The company had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.42 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.81 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.79 EPS for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA announced that its board has initiated a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to buyback $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization allows the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally a sign that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.
NVIDIA Increases Dividend
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 4th were paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. This is a positive change from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is presently 15.31%.
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.
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