Valley Wealth Managers Inc. raised its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 11.8% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 32,509 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,429 shares during the quarter. Valley Wealth Managers Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $6,066,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the business. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth about $32,000. 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 valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $40,000. Finally, Sellwood Investment Partners LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $50,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.
NVIDIA Stock Up 1.0%
NASDAQ NVDA opened at $189.82 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $86.62 and a twelve month high of $212.19. The stock has a market cap of $4.61 trillion, a PE ratio of 47.10, a PEG ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 2.31. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $185.19 and a 200 day simple moving average of $183.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a current ratio of 4.47.
Key NVIDIA News
Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Meta partnership expands into a full-stack deal (Blackwell GPUs, Rubin chips and Vera CPUs) and commits multi‑year purchases that underpin long-term data‑center revenue for NVIDIA. NVIDIA and Meta Deepen Their AI Alliance—and the Spending Numbers Are Enormous
- Positive Sentiment: Reports that NVIDIA is close to finalizing ~ $30B investment in OpenAI reinforce strategic alignment with the largest AI software player and could secure future demand for chips and services. Nvidia close to finalizing $30 billion investment in OpenAI funding round, FT reports
- Positive Sentiment: Multiple institutional buyers (e.g., Atreides, Woodline, D1 Capital) increased NVDA stakes recently and analysts at several firms reiterated Buy ratings — a sign of continued institutional conviction ahead of earnings. Altimeter Capital’s Brad Gerstner Boosts Nvidia Stake
- Neutral Sentiment: Q4 earnings are the immediate catalyst — consensus expects very large revenue (est. ~$65B) and another beat could re-accelerate the stock; but much of that is already priced in. NVIDIA to Post Q4 Earnings: Buy, Hold, or Take Profits?
- Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA’s Q4 options market is pricing in near‑perfect results — that elevates implied volatility and makes downside moves more likely if execution or guidance falls short. Nvidia options are priced for a perfect earnings outlook
- Negative Sentiment: Analysts and commentators flag the risk of a post‑earnings pullback (examples projecting a $165–$170 downside scenario) if beats only match lofty expectations or guidance disappoints. NVDA Seeks to Break Rangebound Stock Moves After Earnings
- Negative Sentiment: New ASIC competitors and well‑funded startups (e.g., Taalas) are raising capital to challenge NVIDIA on cost/performance — a medium‑term competitive risk to monitor. Chip startup Taalas raises $169 million to help build AI chips to take on Nvidia
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several brokerages have commented on NVDA. Piper Sandler reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, January 8th. Oppenheimer reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $265.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Robert W. Baird reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $275.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Friday, December 26th. Rothschild & Co Redburn raised their price target on NVIDIA from $245.00 to $268.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, Citigroup reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $264.20.
View Our Latest Stock Analysis on NVDA
Insider Transactions at NVIDIA
In related news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.04, for a total value of $36,008,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,618,547 shares in the company, valued at approximately $651,483,201.88. This represents a 5.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $175.72, for a total transaction of $4,856,900.80. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 846,772 shares in the company, valued at $148,794,775.84. This represents a 3.16% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 1,611,474 shares of company stock valued at $291,731,692. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.
NVIDIA Company 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.
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