Royal London Asset Management Ltd. Grows Stake in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Royal London Asset Management Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 0.3% in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 17,986,795 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 51,814 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises 6.6% of Royal London Asset Management Ltd.’s portfolio, making the stock its biggest position. Royal London Asset Management Ltd. owned about 0.07% of NVIDIA worth $3,598,978,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of NVDA. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 1st quarter valued at $27,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC lifted its holdings in shares of 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 buying an additional 67 shares during the period. Langley Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth $34,000. Finally, Phillip James Consulting Co. purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the first quarter worth about $40,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total transaction of $186,000,450.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. This represents a 14.53% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $217.88, for a total transaction of $6,536,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $585,587,360.80. This represents a 1.10% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 1,563,501 shares of company stock valued at $335,380,530 over the last ninety days. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have commented on NVDA. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday. Wells Fargo & Company reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $315.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $300.00 to $330.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. New Street Research lowered their target price on NVIDIA from $343.00 to $340.00 in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, BMO Capital Markets set a $340.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 20th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $324.23.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $224.41 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $209.20 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $201.53. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.41 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.37, a P/E/G ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a current ratio of 4.59, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $164.07 and a 12-month high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%.The firm had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $92.27 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.05 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.1 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.4%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is 12.64%.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strong server demand supported by Dell: Dell Technologies’ stronger-than-expected results and raised guidance reinforced NVIDIA’s view that enterprise and hyperscaler spending on AI servers remains strong. NVIDIA’s stock is climbing as investors get more confidence in an expanding base of AI customers
• Positive Sentiment: Potential Hugging Face acquisition: Reports that NVIDIA is in advanced discussions to acquire AI platform Hugging Face for roughly $13 billion to $14 billion lifted expectations that the company could strengthen CUDA adoption, developer retention and recurring software revenue. The deal remains unconfirmed and could face integration and neutrality concerns. Why Nvidia’s $14 Billion Hugging Face Deal Would Make Total Sense
• Positive Sentiment: Expansion beyond GPUs: NVIDIA’s investments and partnerships with MediaTek, Equinix and optical-networking startup iPronics could extend its reach into custom AI chips, inference, automotive computing and data-center connectivity. An reported $35 billion Anthropic cloud commitment also highlighted continued demand for NVIDIA-powered compute. NVIDIA’s MediaTek Bet Shows How It Plans to Defend Its AI Moat
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst confidence remains high: J.P. Morgan reaffirmed a Buy rating and a $320 price target, citing strong AI-driven growth and expected demand for NVIDIA’s next-generation platforms. NVIDIA Buy Rating Reaffirmed

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.