Deltec Asset Management LLC Increases Stock Holdings in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Deltec Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 1.4% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 170,709 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 2,389 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up 5.3% of Deltec Asset Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest position. Deltec Asset Management LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $31,837,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. State Street Corp boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 1.0% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 978,208,862 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $154,556,803,000 after purchasing an additional 9,554,857 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 579,213,497 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $91,150,170,000 after purchasing an additional 8,521,936 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth about $51,386,863,000. Legal & General Group Plc boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 181,203,035 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,808,862,000 after purchasing an additional 2,609,560 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 16.1% in the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 165,377,852 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $30,855,564,000 after purchasing an additional 22,896,705 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street remains constructive, with several firms reportedly raising price targets and maintaining bullish ratings on NVIDIA ahead of earnings, citing strong Blackwell and Rubin-related catalysts. NVIDIA Price Target Raised to $300.00 at DA Davidson
• Positive Sentiment: Options traders are pricing in a very large post-earnings move, which suggests the market expects NVIDIA to remain a major AI momentum driver if results and outlook are strong. Nvidia shares set for $350 billion price swing after earnings, options show
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple previews say NVIDIA could post another blockbuster quarter, helped by booming AI datacenter spending and continued demand for its GPUs, while some analysts argue the stock may still be undervalued versus its earnings power. AI Datacenter Growth Likely to Power NVIDIA’s Strong Q1 Revenues
• Neutral Sentiment: Many headlines frame NVIDIA’s earnings as the next big market catalyst, meaning the stock could move sharply in either direction depending on whether the company clears a very high bar. Here’s How Much Traders Expect Nvidia’s Stock to Move After Earnings
• Neutral Sentiment: Broader market commentary suggests tech stocks are mixed and the AI trade may be taking a pause, which can pressure NVIDIA short term even if the long-term story remains intact. Sector Update: Tech Stocks Mixed Late Afternoon
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are also focused on risks around China, competition from custom AI chips, and whether hyperscaler spending will keep expanding at the same pace, all of which could limit upside if management sounds cautious. Nvidia’s outlook will be a test of its strategy to maintain AI dominance

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on NVDA shares. Cantor Fitzgerald upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $300.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $250.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. Raymond James Financial boosted their target price on NVIDIA from $291.00 to $323.00 and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 19th. William Blair set a $300.00 target price on NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, March 12th. Finally, Truist Financial boosted their target price on NVIDIA from $283.00 to $287.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 18th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $279.06.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total value of $54,675,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,018,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $550,130,190.75. This represents a 9.04% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total transaction of $3,357,490.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 36,007 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,362,796.97. This represents a 34.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 906,336 shares of company stock worth $162,802,518 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $220.61 on Wednesday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $129.16 and a 52 week high of $236.54. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.34 trillion, a P/E ratio of 45.02, a PEG ratio of 0.69 and a beta of 2.25. The company has a quick ratio of 3.24, a current ratio of 3.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $194.00 and a 200-day moving average price of $188.61.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 97.37%. The firm had revenue of $68.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $65.56 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.89 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.85 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 11th were issued a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 0.82%.

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.