Torrey Payne Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 16,768 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock, valued at approximately $3,127,000. NVIDIA accounts for approximately 2.8% of Torrey Payne Wealth Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 12th biggest position.
Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Brighton Jones LLC grew its position in NVIDIA by 12.4% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $43,631,000 after buying an additional 35,815 shares during the period. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG raised its position in NVIDIA by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,346,417 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $315,100,000 after acquiring an additional 22,929 shares during the period. Highview Capital Management LLC DE boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 6.7% in the fourth quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 58,396 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $7,842,000 after acquiring an additional 3,653 shares during the last quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 30.7% in the fourth quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $6,805,000 after acquiring an additional 11,900 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 15.7% during the 1st quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 6,598 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $715,000 after acquiring an additional 896 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Trending Headlines about NVIDIA
Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
- Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA was highlighted as an anchor investor in Helix Digital Infrastructure’s new $10 billion AI buildout initiative, reinforcing its central role in financing and shaping the broader AI infrastructure expansion. NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) Invests in a $10B AI Buildout Initiative
- Positive Sentiment: HIVE Digital announced a $220 million AI infrastructure contract that will deploy 2,304 NVIDIA Grace Blackwell GPUs, adding another example of strong real-world demand for NVIDIA hardware in high-performance computing and AI cloud workloads. HIVE secures $220M AI infrastructure contract with Bell and Cohere
- Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA gained visibility from a new ETF launch, PurePlay NVPS, which is designed to track companies supporting the NVIDIA-led AI buildout; that kind of product can broaden investor exposure to the ecosystem and keep the NVIDIA trade in focus. Exchange Traded Concepts Announces Launch of PurePlay Nvidia Ecosystem Picks & Shovels Index ETF (Nasdaq: NVPS) with PurePlay ETFs
- Positive Sentiment: IDC reports that NVIDIA took the No. 1 spot in data center Ethernet switching revenue in Q1, suggesting the company is extending its reach beyond GPUs into more of the AI infrastructure stack. Nvidia takes No. 1 spot in data center ethernet switching by revenue in Q1: IDC
- Neutral Sentiment: Several articles focused on NVIDIA’s broad market influence, recent analyst praise, and CEO Jensen Huang’s comments about AI demand, which support the long-term story but do not change the near-term fundamentals by themselves.
- Negative Sentiment: Amazon’s reported discussions about selling its own AI chips and pushing Trainium deeper into the market could increase competition for NVIDIA in cloud AI accelerators over time. Amazon hopes to challenge Nvidia more directly by selling its AI chips
- Negative Sentiment: Some coverage also warned that AI spending may face a funding squeeze and that major investors such as Michael Burry remain skeptical, which can weigh on sentiment around NVIDIA’s premium valuation. Nvidia Stock Braced for AI Funding Squeeze
NVIDIA Stock Up 3.0%
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.The firm had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.42 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.81 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.65 earnings per share for the current year.
NVIDIA announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.
NVIDIA Increases Dividend
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 4th will be 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 of this dividend is Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is currently 15.31%.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 500,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.83, for a total transaction of $109,915,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 6,399,771 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,406,861,658.93. The trade was a 7.25% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total value of $133,750.00. Following the sale, the director owned 14,163 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,030,882. This represents a 4.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 1,016,125 shares of company stock worth $224,582,565 in the last quarter. 3.94% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of research firms recently commented on NVDA. Wolfe Research reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $275.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Raymond James Financial reissued a “strong-buy” rating and set a $330.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. HSBC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $325.00 target price (up from $295.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, May 19th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on NVIDIA from $265.00 to $280.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $315.00 price target (up from $265.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $305.67.
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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.
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