Foster & Motley Inc. Acquires 21,541 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Foster & Motley Inc. increased its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 95.7% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 44,055 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 21,541 shares during the period. Foster & Motley Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $7,683,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 1st quarter worth about $27,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC boosted its position in 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 in the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at approximately $40,000. Finally, Inspire Investing LLC purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth about $44,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other NVIDIA news, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total value of $133,750.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 14,163 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,030,882. This trade represents a 4.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total value of $3,343,815.00. Following the sale, the director owned 116,135 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $25,053,803.55. This represents a 11.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015 over the last three months. Insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on NVDA shares. HSBC reissued a “buy” rating and set a $325.00 price target (up from $295.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, May 19th. China Renaissance started coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, June 5th. They set a “buy” rating and a $319.00 target price for the company. Tigress Financial reissued a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $425.00 price target (up from $360.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, May 27th. Barclays restated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, DA Davidson reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $300.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, June 1st. Three 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 company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $303.84.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NVDA opened at $197.58 on Thursday. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $152.97 and a twelve month high of $236.54. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $210.48 and a 200 day moving average of $193.36. The company has a quick ratio of 2.85, a current ratio of 3.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The company has a market capitalization of $4.78 trillion, a P/E ratio of 30.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.44 and a beta of 2.21.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 company had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $78.42 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.81 earnings per share. NVIDIA’s revenue was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.69 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to buyback $80.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization allows the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically an indication that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were paid a $0.25 dividend. This is a boost from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 4th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 15.31%.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA expanded its AI ecosystem with a sovereign-AI partnership with Palantir to deploy secure AI models for government and infrastructure customers, reinforcing demand for its GPUs and software stack. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Reuters reported that Valar Atomics is partnering with NVIDIA on a small Utah data center aimed at showing how AI infrastructure can conserve water, highlighting another real-world use case for NVIDIA’s data-center technology. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Several reports pointed to continued bullish long-term catalysts, including robotics, edge AI, and ongoing hyperscaler capex, suggesting NVIDIA remains central to the AI buildout even amid a short-term pullback. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst commentary and valuation-focused articles remain constructive overall, with multiple firms reiterating positive ratings and raising earnings estimates, but these views are being offset by near-term concerns about stretched valuations and sector rotation. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish technical commentary warns that NVIDIA could drift lower in the short term, with some traders eyeing a move toward $165 if support breaks. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Michael Burry disclosed short bets against NVIDIA and other chip stocks, adding to concerns that the semiconductor group may be overextended after its big run. Article Title

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.