NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Stock Holdings Raised by Paragon Capital Management Inc.

Paragon Capital Management Inc. lifted its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 288.8% in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 13,573 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 10,082 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for about 2.0% of Paragon Capital Management Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 9th largest holding. Paragon Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $2,367,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth approximately $62,244,133,000. J. Stern & Co. LLP raised its position in 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 worth $23,454,297,000 after purchasing an additional 124,849,603 shares during the period. Cardano Risk Management B.V. lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 896.4% in 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 during the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors boosted 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 buying an additional 22,896,705 shares during the period. Finally, Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of 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 valued at $3,454,534,000 after buying an additional 21,725,326 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the firm’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 transaction, the director owned 14,163 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,030,882. This trade represents a 4.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total transaction of $186,000,450.00. Following the sale, the director owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. This trade represents a 14.53% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last quarter, insiders sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015. Corporate insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Several analysts and commentators still argue that NVIDIA’s growth story remains intact, citing strong demand for Blackwell chips, continuing hyperscaler spending, and the company’s entrenched CUDA software moat. Why Cerebras’ Mind-Boggling LLM Raw Speed Is Still Falling Into Nvidia’s Massive Software Trap
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA also benefited from coverage pointing to expanding AI infrastructure demand and new use cases, including AWS partnerships and data-center networking growth, which reinforce the company’s long-term AI leadership. NVIDIA (NVDA), AWS (AMZN) Partner to Boost Production-Scale AI with Blackwell-Powered Instances
• Neutral Sentiment: Optimistic pieces also highlighted NVIDIA’s valuation and long-term upside, arguing the stock may still have room to run if AI spending stays strong. How Much Upside Can NVDA Stock’s Growth Deliver?
• Negative Sentiment: The main drag is a broad AI and semiconductor pullback, with reports saying the Nasdaq sold off sharply and NVIDIA fell alongside Micron and SanDisk as investors backed away from crowded tech trades. Stock Market Today: Small Caps Edge Lower As Dow Goes Flat; Heavy Construction Play Surges (Live Coverage)
• Negative Sentiment: There is also growing concern that competition is intensifying, with rivals and customers exploring custom chips and alternative AI hardware, which could pressure NVIDIA’s pricing power over time. Why everyone from OpenAI to SpaceX is building their own chips (and turning up the heat on Nvidia)

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. BNP Paribas Exane boosted their target price on NVIDIA from $270.00 to $285.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $270.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. William Blair restated an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Tigress Financial reaffirmed a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $425.00 target price (up from $360.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, May 27th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $265.00 to $280.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $303.84.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $192.53 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.66 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.48, a PEG ratio of 0.44 and a beta of 2.22. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $210.66 and a 200 day moving average of $193.00. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $151.49 and a 52 week high of $236.54. 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 issued its quarterly earnings data 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 business had revenue of $81.61 billion during 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%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.81 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.69 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to buyback $80.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization allows the computer hardware maker to buy up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were issued 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 was Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 15.31%.

About NVIDIA

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.