NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA is Leavell Investment Management Inc.’s Largest Position

Leavell Investment Management Inc. lessened its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 1.5% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 873,950 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 13,615 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises 6.4% of Leavell Investment Management Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its largest holding. Leavell Investment Management Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $174,869,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. bought a new position in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 1st quarter worth about $27,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC increased its position 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 purchasing an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Phillip James Consulting Co. acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 1st quarter valued at about $40,000. Finally, Inspire Investing LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 4th quarter valued at about $44,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark Stevens sold 622,239 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total value of $144,122,997.18. Following the sale, the director directly owned 2,336,531 shares in the company, valued at approximately $541,187,310.22. This trade represents a 21.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $217.88, for a total transaction of $6,536,400.00. Following 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 trade 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 2,585,740 shares of company stock worth $571,015,527 over the last ninety days. 3.94% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $225.73 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.85, a current ratio of 4.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $211.83 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $202.77. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52-week low of $164.27 and a 52-week high of $236.54. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.44 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.54, a P/E/G ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 2.22.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%.The business’s revenue was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.05 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.1 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often an indication that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently commented on the company. BNP Paribas Exane lifted their price target on NVIDIA from $270.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Susquehanna restated a “positive” rating and set a $275.00 price objective (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. Zacks Research downgraded NVIDIA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, August 21st. CICC Research lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $240.60 to $268.30 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, May 22nd. Finally, DZ Bank reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, August 26th. Two research 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. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $324.83.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA continues to benefit from exceptional AI infrastructure demand. Recent analysis highlighted $96.2 billion in quarterly revenue, 106% year-over-year growth, strong data-center momentum and management’s expectation for approximately 70% revenue growth in fiscal 2028. Blackwell, networking and the upcoming Vera Rubin platform provide additional product catalysts. Nvidia’s Earnings Staircase Keeps The Momentum Rolling
• Positive Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang reinforced the investment case by describing NVIDIA’s computing hardware as durable, rentable and capable of generating revenue for customers even as chips age. Continued rental demand for older H100 systems supports the resale and utilization value of NVIDIA’s installed base. Jensen Huang Calls Nvidia Chips a Revenue-Generating Asset
• Positive Sentiment: Customer and ecosystem news remains supportive: NVIDIA-backed Firmus signed a multiyear computing-capacity agreement with OpenAI, while Quantum Cyber announced an eight-GPU NVIDIA A100 cluster for autonomous defense and drone applications. These announcements indicate expanding use of NVIDIA hardware beyond traditional hyperscale deployments. Nvidia-backed Firmus Signs Deal With OpenAI
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA’s approximately $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face is viewed as a way to deepen its software and developer ecosystem, but investors are watching whether the open-source community embraces the platform under NVIDIA ownership and whether the deal produces adequate returns.
• Neutral Sentiment: Supplier activity points to sustained demand but also rising execution and financing requirements. Wistron announced a $1.5 billion share sale to fund materials and capacity, illustrating the capital intensity of the AI-server buildout without directly changing NVIDIA’s earnings outlook.
• Negative Sentiment: Director Mark Stevens sold 1,022,239 NVIDIA shares for approximately $235.6 million across September 3–4, reducing his direct ownership by roughly one-third across the reported transactions. Although insider sales do not necessarily signal deteriorating fundamentals, the size of the sales can weigh on sentiment.
• Negative Sentiment: The stock’s pullback reflects profit-taking after three sessions of gains and weaker risk appetite linked to higher oil prices and renewed Middle East tensions. Investors also continue to debate competition from custom AI chips, data-center opposition, customer concentration and whether AI spending can justify NVIDIA’s multitrillion-dollar valuation.

About NVIDIA

NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processors and related software. Its products are used for artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, computer graphics, data-center applications and other workloads that benefit from parallel processing.

The company’s offerings include GeForce graphics processing units (GPUs) and software for gaming and personal computers; data-center GPUs, systems and networking products; and professional visualization solutions for design, engineering, media and scientific applications.