Brown Advisory Inc. Cuts Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Brown Advisory Inc. cut its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 16.3% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 11,239,254 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 2,186,801 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up 2.9% of Brown Advisory Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest holding. Brown Advisory Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $2,096,125,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. State Street Corp raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 991,480,489 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $184,911,111,000 after buying an additional 11,451,386 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 588,803,093 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $109,446,217,000 after acquiring an additional 3,383,441 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at $62,244,133,000. Legal & General Group Plc grew its position in 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 last quarter. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors grew its position in NVIDIA by 3.7% in the 4th quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 171,562,742 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $31,996,599,000 after acquiring an additional 6,184,890 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated 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 directly owned 36,007 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $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 accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total value of $54,675,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,018,547 shares in the company, valued at $550,130,190.75. This represents a 9.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 1,619,457 shares of company stock worth $332,073,643 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $205.19 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average is $206.84 and its 200 day moving average is $191.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 3.44 and a quick ratio of 2.85. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1 year low of $140.85 and a 1 year high of $236.54. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.97 trillion, a P/E ratio of 31.42, a P/E/G ratio of 0.46 and a beta of 2.22.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings results 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. The business had revenue of $81.62 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. NVIDIA’s revenue for the quarter was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.81 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the computer hardware maker to buy up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 4th will be given a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 4th. This is a positive change from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is currently 15.31%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have recently weighed in on NVDA. Susquehanna reiterated a “positive” rating and set a $275.00 target price (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Citigroup initiated coverage on NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, April 15th. They issued a “buy” rating for the company. KeyCorp set a $310.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. UBS Group boosted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $275.00 to $280.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, China Renaissance initiated coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Friday, June 5th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $319.00 price target for the company. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $305.67.

More NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts remained broadly bullish, with multiple notes raising revenue forecasts and price targets while arguing NVDA still looks undervalued given its dominance in AI accelerators and networking. Analyst Calls NVIDIA Undervalued, Sees Major Upside Ahead
• Positive Sentiment: Reuters reported that NVIDIA has begun pitching its Vera CPUs to Chinese customers, suggesting a possible reopening of a meaningful China growth channel and expanding the company’s AI data-center addressable market. Exclusive: Nvidia begins Vera CPU sales pitch to Chinese clients, sources say
• Positive Sentiment: New partnerships and product launches reinforced NVIDIA’s platform leadership, including its RTX Spark push for local AI inference, its collaboration with Microsoft on agentic AI, and healthcare AI work with Abridge. Nvidia Is Developing an AI Healthcare Model With Startup Abridge
• Positive Sentiment: Institutional and thematic commentary continued to support the stock, with articles highlighting strong Blackwell demand, a favorable AI spending backdrop, and the idea that NVDA could benefit from the current wave of AI infrastructure buildouts. NVIDIA’s Outlook Gains Momentum: Stock Price to Follow
• Neutral Sentiment: Some market coverage framed NVIDIA as part of a broader tech rotation, with chip stocks moving differently from the mega-cap AI leaders as investors reassessed valuation and near-term expectations. Nvidia stock slips despite China push, strong AI demand outlook
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish and comparative pieces argued that other AI names like Micron or AMD may offer better near-term upside, which can weigh on sentiment toward NVDA even if the company’s fundamentals remain strong. Micron vs. NVIDIA: One AI Stock Is a Clear Buy Right Now

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.