Sonoma Allocations LLC Takes Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Sonoma Allocations LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm bought 13,519 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock, valued at approximately $2,458,000. NVIDIA comprises about 0.9% of Sonoma Allocations LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 19th largest position.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. State Street Corp increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 978,208,862 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $154,556,803,000 after purchasing an additional 9,554,857 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 1.5% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 579,213,497 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $91,150,170,000 after buying an additional 8,521,936 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $51,386,863,000. Legal & General Group Plc increased its stake in NVIDIA by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 178,593,475 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $28,215,983,000 after acquiring an additional 2,623,678 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 2.8% during the 2nd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 155,668,775 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $24,594,110,000 after acquiring an additional 4,209,423 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NVDA stock opened at $186.47 on Tuesday. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $86.62 and a twelve month high of $212.19. The firm has a market cap of $4.53 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 46.27, a PEG ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 2.31. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $183.37 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $181.97. The company has a quick ratio of 3.71, a current ratio of 4.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $57.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $54.66 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 53.01% and a return on equity of 99.24%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 62.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.81 earnings per share. Analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Activity

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total transaction of $40,087,825.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 7,621,453 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,373,157,187.01. The trade was a 2.84% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, EVP Debora Shoquist sold 69,840 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.85, for a total value of $12,421,044.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 1,424,603 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $253,365,643.55. This represents a 4.67% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 1,636,474 shares of company stock valued at $298,482,982. Insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

More NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA expands demand visibility with a $2 billion investment in CoreWeave to accelerate >5 GW of AI data-center buildout through 2030 — this deepens NVDA’s infrastructure footprint and secures long-term chassis demand for GPUs. Nvidia invests $2 billion in CoreWeave, expands partnership
• Positive Sentiment: Supply-chain relief: reports that Samsung will begin HBM4 production next month to supply NVIDIA ease memory constraints that have capped GPU throughput and pricing power. Improved HBM supply reduces a key bottleneck for next‑gen AI systems. Samsung to start production of HBM4 chips next month for Nvidia supply
• Positive Sentiment: Product/technology leadership: NVIDIA released three open‑source AI weather models, reinforcing its software and model ecosystem that drives GPU demand and developer mindshare. Nvidia unveils AI models for faster, cheaper weather forecasts
• Neutral Sentiment: Pelosi portfolio activity shows a nuanced stance: public filings indicate rotation and use of long‑dated options to retain tech exposure — interpreted as a structural, leveraged bullish stance on AI names (NVDA mentioned in the filing analysis). Pelosi’s Bullish 2026 Buy List: AI, Power & Dividends
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive risk: Microsoft unveiled the Maia 200 accelerator and new software targeting inference efficiency — a direct attempt to reduce hyperscaler dependence on third‑party GPUs and attack NVIDIA’s software moat for certain workloads. That raises execution risk around some GPU demand segments. Microsoft rolls out next generation of its AI chips
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: an NVIDIA EVP disclosed a large sale (~$36M), which can amplify short‑term selling pressure and investor wariness around timing of stock‑based compensation events. Insider Selling: NVIDIA EVP Sells $36,008,000
• Negative Sentiment: Macro/earnings cadence: traders are risk‑off ahead of a packed week of big‑tech earnings and the Fed decision — that broader caution is flattening momentum in high‑beta names like NVDA despite strong fundamentals. Nvidia stock is down in the red

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. BNP Paribas Exane raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $240.00 to $250.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 18th. Oppenheimer reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $265.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Barclays boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $240.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. CICC Research increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $200.00 to $228.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, November 21st. Finally, Bank of America reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $275.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, December 26th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $263.41.

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.