Optimize Financial Inc Sells 8,284 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Optimize Financial Inc cut its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 49.7% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 8,390 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 8,284 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up 0.8% of Optimize Financial Inc’s portfolio, making the stock its 15th biggest position. Optimize Financial Inc’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $1,565,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Financial Alternatives Inc grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 6.0% in the 3rd quarter. Financial Alternatives Inc now owns 2,485 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $464,000 after buying an additional 140 shares during the period. Savant Capital LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 0.5% in the 3rd quarter. Savant Capital LLC now owns 667,130 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $124,473,000 after buying an additional 3,390 shares during the last quarter. Machina Capital S.A.S. grew its position in NVIDIA by 498.5% in the third quarter. Machina Capital S.A.S. now owns 8,499 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,586,000 after purchasing an additional 7,079 shares in the last quarter. Post Resch Tallon Group Inc. increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 7.5% in the third quarter. Post Resch Tallon Group Inc. now owns 7,517 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,403,000 after acquiring an additional 527 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Lokken Investment Group LLC increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 7.1% during the 3rd quarter. Lokken Investment Group LLC now owns 11,603 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $2,165,000 after purchasing an additional 774 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Record quarter and aggressive guidance: NVDA topped estimates and guided to about $78B for the next quarter, reinforcing very strong AI demand and pushing many analysts to lift long‑term forecasts. Nvidia’s forecast points to accelerating growth, as Vera Rubin starts hitting market
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street is raising targets: Multiple firms raised price targets and reiterated buy/outperform views after the quarter, signaling continued analyst confidence in NVDA’s secular AI position. Analyst price target and rating updates
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic ecosystem wins — OpenAI round and partnerships: NVDA was named among corporate backers in a massive OpenAI funding round, which supports continued demand for Nvidia compute. OpenAI’s $110 billion funding round draws investment from Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank
• Neutral Sentiment: China exposure remains uncertain: Nvidia has secured limited export licenses but says it has not yet generated meaningful China revenue, leaving a material market risk unresolved. Nvidia still hasn’t sold its U.S.-approved China AI chips — and it’s worried local AI rivals could take over
• Neutral Sentiment: Supply constraints in gaming GPUs: Management warned gaming‑chip shortages may persist into year‑end, a reminder that parts of the business face production/timing risks even as data center demand booms. Nvidia expects gaming chips shortage to last until year-end
• Negative Sentiment: “Sell‑the‑news” and sky‑high expectations: Despite the beat, investors punished the stock because results had been largely priced in and the market is sensitive to any sign growth could decelerate; several outlets noted investors were “left wanting more.” Nvidia earnings showcase a harsh reality for AI stocks: Investors are getting harder and harder to please
• Negative Sentiment: Macro and market‑wide forces: A hot Producer Price Index and rotation out of mega‑cap tech pressured the Nasdaq and amplified NVDA’s pullback even though the company’s fundamentals remain strong. US Equity Indexes Fall This Week as Nvidia’s Blowout Quarterly Results Fail to Stem Broadening Market Leadership
• Negative Sentiment: Heightened competition and long‑term risk debates: Coverage flagged growing competition (custom silicon from hyperscalers, AMD, Broadcom, Google) and investor concerns about sustainability of hyperscaler capex — these narratives amplify volatility around NVDA. Nvidia’s stock wrapping up tough week as Wall Street focuses more on competition than growth

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on NVDA. Macquarie Infrastructure raised NVIDIA to an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $250.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, January 8th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their target price on NVIDIA from $180.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company restated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $271.86.

Insider Activity

In other NVIDIA news, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total value of $44,332,500.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 6,933,280 shares in the company, valued at $1,229,478,542.40. This represents a 3.48% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 846,772 shares in the company, valued at approximately $148,794,775.84. This trade represents a 3.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders sold 1,610,848 shares of company stock valued at $291,619,375. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $177.19 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $86.62 and a 1-year high of $212.19. The stock has a market cap of $4.31 trillion, a PE ratio of 36.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.54 and a beta of 2.31. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $186.43 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $183.86. The company has a current ratio of 4.47, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $68.13 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 110.96%. The company’s revenue was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.89 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is presently 0.82%.

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.