Troluce Capital Advisors LLC Purchases New Stake in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Troluce Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 75,000 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock, valued at approximately $13,080,000.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 47.9% during the 2nd quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Phillip James Consulting Co. purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $40,000. Finally, Spurstone Advisory Services LLC purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $40,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Craig Hallum increased their price objective on NVIDIA from $245.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. BNP Paribas Exane upped their price target on NVIDIA from $270.00 to $285.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Wall Street Zen cut NVIDIA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, July 4th. Daiwa Securities Group raised their price objective on NVIDIA from $215.00 to $255.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, May 22nd. Finally, Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $335.00 target price (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $304.26.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: SpaceX endorsement strengthens demand outlook: Elon Musk said SpaceX will build its AI infrastructure exclusively with NVIDIA chips, including Vera Rubin systems. The announcement supports expectations for substantial incremental GPU demand and contributed to NVIDIA’s recent rally. Nvidia Stock Is on the Rise After SpaceX Announcement
• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure demand remains robust: AZIO AI outlined a potential purchase of up to 128 NVIDIA HGX B300 systems valued at approximately $77 million, while Zayo announced plans to expand network capacity for NVIDIA-powered AI factories. These announcements reinforce demand for NVIDIA’s next-generation systems and surrounding infrastructure. AZIO AI Secures Sales Pipeline Zayo Teams with NVIDIA
• Positive Sentiment: Growth expectations remain elevated: Analysts and bullish commentary point to custom CPU expansion, networking, software and enterprise AI as potential long-term growth drivers beyond GPUs. NVIDIA’s August 26 earnings report is viewed as the next major catalyst, with several analysts maintaining buy ratings and price targets well above the current level. NVIDIA’s Custom CPU Expansion
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-term momentum is being debated: After the sharp rally, some traders are pausing because immediate catalysts may be limited before earnings, although analysts continue to cite strong hyperscaler spending and AI demand. NVIDIA Stock Slips After Five-Day Rally
• Negative Sentiment: Semiconductor and supply-chain risks are resurfacing: SanDisk’s weaker outlook pressured AI and memory shares, while reports that NVIDIA may reduce memory in future Rubin Ultra designs highlight high-bandwidth-memory bottlenecks. Proposed restrictions on Chinese AI components could also raise costs and complicate deployment.
• Negative Sentiment: Profit-taking and insider selling add caution: NVIDIA insiders have reported sales but no open-market purchases during the past six months. Michael Burry’s warning that AI stocks could become “future ghost towns” is also reinforcing concerns about elevated expectations, despite remaining a minority view.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 directly owned 14,163 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,030,882. The trade was 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 the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 sale, the director owned 116,135 shares in the company, valued at $25,053,803.55. The trade was a 11.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last quarter, 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 Price Performance

NVIDIA stock opened at $218.78 on Friday. 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 Corporation has a 52-week low of $164.07 and a 52-week high of $236.54. The firm has a market cap of $5.29 trillion, a PE ratio of 33.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.43 and a beta of 2.23. The company’s 50 day moving average is $205.40 and its two-hundred day moving average is $197.00.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its quarterly 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 business 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%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.81 earnings per share. On average, research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.79 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were given a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. This is an increase from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is 15.31%.

NVIDIA announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to buyback $80.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization permits the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.

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.