Kieckhefer Group LLC lowered its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 0.8% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 478,588 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 3,649 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for approximately 42.5% of Kieckhefer Group LLC’s holdings, making the stock its biggest holding. Kieckhefer Group LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $89,257,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in NVDA. Winnow Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 47.9% during the second 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 acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at $40,000. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the third quarter valued at $50,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at $54,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of analysts recently commented on NVDA shares. Raymond James Financial increased their price objective on NVIDIA from $291.00 to $323.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 19th. William Blair set a $300.00 price target on NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, March 12th. Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $325.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, March 23rd. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein raised their price target on NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $275.25.
NVIDIA Stock Performance
NASDAQ NVDA opened at $182.08 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.42 trillion, a P/E ratio of 37.16, a P/E/G ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 2.34. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $95.04 and a 1-year high of $212.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 3.91 and a quick ratio of 3.24. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $181.84 and its 200-day simple moving average is $184.34.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The company’s revenue was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.89 EPS. Equities analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.
NVIDIA Announces Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th were paid a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is currently 0.82%.
Insider Activity
In other news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total value of $54,675,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,018,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $550,130,190.75. The trade was a 9.04% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.68, for a total value of $38,501,729.76. Following the sale, the director owned 7,399,771 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,285,192,227.28. The trade was a 2.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 1,201,616 shares of company stock valued at $215,991,407 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.
NVIDIA News Summary
Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Macro/market catalyst — a U.S.-Iran ceasefire announcement reduced geopolitical risk and sparked a broad tech rally, lifting NVDA alongside other mega‑caps. Alphabet, Nvidia, Microsoft lead tech rally after Trump announces ceasefire with Iran
- Positive Sentiment: Investor/flow momentum — NVDA shows up on hedge‑fund buy lists and “strong setup” screens, suggesting institutional interest could prop the stock as funds reposition into AI winners. NVIDIA among the hedge fund favorites
- Positive Sentiment: Strategic investments and ecosystem expansion — NVDA’s $2B investment in Marvell and partnerships (NVLink Fusion) deepen its data‑center footprint and make NVDA more central to rack-scale AI deployments, supporting long-term revenue visibility. NVIDIA Invests $2B in Marvell
- Positive Sentiment: Strategic narrative — MarketBeat and others highlight NVDA’s push into “Industrial Revolution 4.0” (robotics, edge AI, full‑stack software + hardware), reinforcing the bull case that demand extends beyond hyperscale training. NVIDIA Bets Big on Industrial Revolution 4.0
- Neutral Sentiment: Trading strategies and technical setups — some analysts are outlining cheap ways to play a potential NVDA rally (options/strategies), which can amplify short-term volume but also add volatility. Bet on an Nvidia rally – and do it on the cheap
- Neutral Sentiment: Performance context — while NVDA is advancing with the market, some data show it has recently underperformed peers on short horizons, indicating mixed near‑term breadth. Nvidia Advances But Underperforms Market
- Negative Sentiment: Liquidity/flow risk — reports show hedge funds have been net sellers at a pace not seen in years, which can pressure NVDA episodically despite strong fundamentals. Hedge funds selling off equities
- Negative Sentiment: Supply & geopolitical risks — analysts flag potential memory supply constraints that could limit production and continued Taiwan/exposure and targeted threats remain headline risks. Potential production cut due to memory supply constraints
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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