Sanders Morris Harris LLC Cuts Stock Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Sanders Morris Harris LLC cut its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 85.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 26,583 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 154,199 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises 3.1% of Sanders Morris Harris LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 9th biggest position. Sanders Morris Harris LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $5,319,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also bought and sold shares of NVDA. Diversified Enterprises LLC increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 44.2% in the fourth quarter. Diversified Enterprises LLC now owns 127,604 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $23,798,000 after purchasing an additional 39,129 shares during the last quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 6,451.9% during the 1st quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd now owns 637,236 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $111,134,000 after buying an additional 627,510 shares during the last quarter. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. now owns 3,169,377 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $591,086,000 after buying an additional 54,877 shares during the last quarter. Storen Legacy Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth about $1,350,000. Finally, Weaver Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 5.5% during the 4th quarter. Weaver Capital Management LLC now owns 85,216 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $15,893,000 after buying an additional 4,439 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: UBS expects another major earnings beat. The firm reiterated a Buy rating and $280 price target, forecasting that NVIDIA could exceed its fiscal second-quarter revenue outlook of $91 billion by several billion dollars as GB300 demand ramps ahead of the Vera Rubin platform. UBS earnings outlook
• Positive Sentiment: A proposed $500 billion financing initiative could expand customers’ purchasing capacity. Apollo, BlackRock, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and other financial firms are discussing capital pools and securitized loans for AI data centers. The structure could support continued GPU deployments and create a secondary market for older NVIDIA systems. NVIDIA GPU financing deal
• Positive Sentiment: Demand catalysts continue to broaden. NVIDIA is promoting open-source AI tools, expanding into robotics and physical AI, partnering with former rival Groq, and deepening its networking and infrastructure business. A $2 billion investment in Marvell also highlights efforts to strengthen the broader AI supply chain. NVIDIA open-source AI strategy
• Neutral Sentiment: Market volatility appears driven more by liquidity than fundamentals. Asian market circuit breakers and currency-related selling pressured semiconductor shares, but the underlying hyperscaler data-center buildout and long-term AI infrastructure commitments remain intact. Asian market volatility and AI demand
• Negative Sentiment: Expectations and valuation leave little room for disappointment. Analysts note that NVIDIA’s strong pre-earnings performance has set a high bar, while critics—including Michael Burry—warn that AI financing may become circular if customers rely heavily on borrowed capital. Concerns also include power, labor and chip-supply bottlenecks, as well as the risk that Chinese developers optimize models for Huawei hardware instead of U.S. GPUs. AI infrastructure bottlenecks

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have weighed in on NVDA. Wells Fargo & Company reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $315.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $325.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. New Street Research decreased their target price on NVIDIA from $343.00 to $340.00 in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Zacks Research upgraded NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 20th. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $500.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Three equities 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 company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $305.94.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $225.16 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $206.14 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $198.51. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $164.07 and a 12-month high of $236.54. The company has a market capitalization of $5.45 trillion, a P/E ratio of 34.48, a P/E/G ratio of 0.44 and a beta of 2.23. The company has a quick ratio of 2.85, a current ratio of 3.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.81 earnings per share. Analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.79 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were issued a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.4%. This is a boost from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is presently 15.31%.

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often a sign that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total transaction of $133,750.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 14,163 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,030,882. This represents a 4.23% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total value of $3,343,815.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 116,135 shares in the company, valued at approximately $25,053,803.55. This trade represents a 11.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last three months, insiders sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock worth $410,583,015. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.