HM Payson & Co. Sells 8,861 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

HM Payson & Co. reduced its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 0.5% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,753,521 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 8,861 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up approximately 4.7% of HM Payson & Co.’s portfolio, making the stock its 4th largest position. HM Payson & Co.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $327,172,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 47.9% in the second quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares during the period. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth $40,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth $54,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CES product and platform momentum — Rubin (Vera Rubin rack-scale systems) and new AI model/tool launches reinforce NVDA’s technical edge and potential to lock hyperscaler capex into NVIDIA architectures. This supports longer-term revenue and margin upside. Nvidia Pulls The Timeline Forward: Why Rubin Changes The AI Game
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic commercial partnerships broaden addressable markets — announced collaborations (Caterpillar, Lenovo gigafactory, Archer avionics integration) expand NVDA’s TAM beyond cloud hyperscalers into industrial, construction and aerospace customers. Caterpillar taps Nvidia to bring AI to its construction equipment
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street remains bullish — several firms (Evercore, Truist, Bank of America and others) have reaffirmed Outperform/Buy ratings and raised price targets after CES, providing analyst-backed support. Evercore Reiterates Outperform on Nvidia (NVDA), Calls It a Top Pick for 2026
• Neutral Sentiment: Corporate / talent move — Nvidia hired its first Chief Marketing Officer (Alison Wagonfeld), signaling a greater focus on go-to-market and enterprise adoption; important long-term but unlikely to move near-term earnings. Nvidia Hires Google Veteran as Its First Chief Marketing Officer
• Negative Sentiment: China uncertainty — mixed signals from Beijing: some reports say limited approvals for H200 imports are coming, but other reports show authorities previously asked firms to halt orders. That ambiguity is weighing on sentiment and demand visibility in a large market. Exclusive: Nvidia requires full upfront payment for H200 chips in China, sources say
• Negative Sentiment: Defensive sales terms for China clients — reports that NVIDIA is requiring full upfront payment for H200 orders in China signal the company is hedging export/approval risk; this protects NVIDIA but can slow orders and frustrate customers. Nvidia’s reportedly asking Chinese customers to pay upfront its for H200 AI chips
• Negative Sentiment: Short-term market pressure from tech rotation — Nasdaq underperformance and a rotation away from the largest AI names is putting near-term downward pressure on NVDA, even as fundamentals remain strong. Nasdaq Underperforms As Tech Rotation Hits Nvidia, Other AI Stocks; Jobs Report Next

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NVIDIA stock opened at $185.16 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $86.62 and a fifty-two week high of $212.19. The company has a market capitalization of $4.50 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 45.95, a PEG ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 2.31. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $185.57 and a two-hundred day moving average of $179.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a current ratio of 4.47.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $57.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $54.66 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 99.24% and a net margin of 53.01%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 62.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.81 earnings per share. On average, analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 4th were issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 4th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 0.99%.

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP Debora Shoquist sold 80,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.65, for a total transaction of $14,772,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 1,574,443 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $290,720,899.95. This represents a 4.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total transaction of $44,332,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 6,933,280 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,229,478,542.40. The trade was a 3.48% 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 1,711,474 shares of company stock worth $312,028,242. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently commented on NVDA. Argus reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $220.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $240.00 price target (up from $210.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Melius Research upped their price target on NVIDIA from $300.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $300.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $240.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have assigned a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $262.14.

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.