Platform Technology Partners Grows Stock Holdings in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Platform Technology Partners boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 11.5% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 130,662 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 13,458 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up approximately 4.4% of Platform Technology Partners’ holdings, making the stock its 2nd biggest position. Platform Technology Partners’ holdings in NVIDIA were worth $22,787,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 1st quarter valued at $27,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 47.9% in the 2nd quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth about $40,000. Finally, Inspire Investing LLC purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth approximately $44,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total value of $186,000,450.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at $1,094,412,146.07. This trade represents a 14.53% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total transaction of $3,343,815.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 116,135 shares in the company, valued at $25,053,803.55. The trade was a 11.77% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock worth $410,583,015. Insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have weighed in on NVDA shares. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $300.00 target price (up from $275.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Zacks Research cut shares of NVIDIA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. William Blair reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. DZ Bank reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Wolfe Research reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $275.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $303.84.

NVIDIA Trading Up 4.0%

Shares of NVDA traded up $8.18 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $210.96. 148,048,515 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 131,546,280. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.11 trillion, a PE ratio of 32.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.46 and a beta of 2.21. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $162.02 and a 1-year high of $236.54. The company has a current ratio of 3.44, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The business has a fifty day moving average of $209.48 and a 200-day moving average of $194.42.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. The business had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.42 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.81 earnings per share. NVIDIA’s revenue was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.8 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to buyback $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization permits the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

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

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and commentators said NVDA’s lower valuation and dominant position in AI spending could make recent weakness a buying opportunity, with Bank of America and others highlighting strong long-term upside.
• Positive Sentiment: Reuters reported that Nvidia supplier King Yuan Electronics plans to invest up to $1.4 billion in a U.S. facility, reinforcing the scale of the AI hardware supply chain and ongoing buildout around NVIDIA. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA also announced a partnership with Fervo to launch an EGS-Twin geothermal platform, adding another AI-related ecosystem collaboration that investors may view as supportive of future growth. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage around Nvidia’s strong Q1 results and the company’s upbeat revenue guidance near $91 billion for the next quarter continues to underline that AI demand is still running hot.
• Neutral Sentiment: Media and trading activity around NVDA remains elevated, including options-flow commentary, “most watched” stock chatter, and repeated articles on its AI leadership, which can keep the shares volatile but do not change fundamentals on their own.
• Negative Sentiment: Some reports noted pressure from customers and competitors building in-house AI chips, and there was also discussion of a possible delay to NVIDIA’s next-gen Kyber rack-scale architecture, both of which could raise investor concerns about future margins and timing.

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.