Kentucky Retirement Systems Trims Stock Holdings in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Kentucky Retirement Systems trimmed its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 96.7% during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 47,770 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 1,421,294 shares during the period. Kentucky Retirement Systems’ holdings in NVIDIA were worth $8,331,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of NVDA. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth approximately $62,244,133,000. J. Stern & Co. LLP increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 13,709.1% in the 4th 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. raised its holdings 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 worth $14,570,119,000 after purchasing an additional 70,283,539 shares in the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors lifted its position in NVIDIA by 16.1% in 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 last quarter. Finally, Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 15,496.1% in the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 21,865,525 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $3,454,534,000 after purchasing an additional 21,725,326 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

NVDA has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $300.00 price target (up from $275.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Sanford C. Bernstein restated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, June 29th. Tigress Financial restated a “strong-buy” rating and set a $425.00 target price (up from $360.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, May 27th. Citigroup started coverage on NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, April 15th. They issued a “buy” rating for the company. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, July 8th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $304.26.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Reports that SpaceX plans to deploy NVIDIA’s next-generation AI hardware across terrestrial and orbital computing infrastructure reinforced expectations for another major customer and expanded demand for NVIDIA systems. Time to Buy Nvidia or SpaceX Stock After Their AI Partnership?
• Positive Sentiment: Strong spending by hyperscalers, demand for AI data-center capacity, and NVIDIA-backed projects such as Firmus’ $2 billion fundraising in Australia and Asia-Pacific supported the view that AI infrastructure investment remains robust. Firmus nearly doubles valuation to over $10.5 billion
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst and market commentary highlighted NVIDIA’s leadership in sovereign AI, with one report estimating a 92% share, while investors continued to describe the company as evolving from a GPU supplier into a broader AI infrastructure platform. What’s Going On With NVIDIA Stock Friday?
• Positive Sentiment: Recent commentary pointed to accelerating AI demand, strong cash flow and valuation support, with the median analyst price target reported at $308.50 versus recent trading levels. Should You Buy NVIDIA Stock After Its 11% Rally in a Month?
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA’s rally has lifted the stock roughly 12% over five sessions, increasing focus on the upcoming earnings report. Analysts remain constructive, but some traders are pausing because near-term catalysts may be limited after the sharp advance. Two reasons why Nvidia’s stock saw its biggest weekly surge
• Negative Sentiment: AMD’s acquisition of AI-inference chip startup Taalas could strengthen its competitive position and create a longer-term challenge to NVIDIA, although initial investor commentary suggested the deal does not immediately close NVIDIA’s AI gap. AMD Is Buying Its Way Deeper Into AI Inference
• Negative Sentiment: QuiverQuant data showed 45 NVIDIA insider sales and no insider purchases during the past six months, a potential caution signal as the stock trades near its highs. NVIDIA Stock Opinions on AI Market Position

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $223.96 on Monday. The business’s 50-day moving average is $205.66 and its two-hundred day moving average is $197.27. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.42 trillion, a PE ratio of 34.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.44 and a beta of 2.23. 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 12 month low of $164.07 and a 12 month high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $81.61 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.81 earnings per share. Research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.79 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

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

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

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total transaction of $133,750.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 14,163 shares in the company, valued at $3,030,882. This represents a 4.23% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. 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 dated Wednesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total transaction of $3,343,815.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 116,135 shares in the company, valued at $25,053,803.55. The trade was a 11.77% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

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.