Guardian Financial Partners LLC Sells 5,105 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Guardian Financial Partners LLC reduced its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 46.8% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 5,799 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 5,105 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises about 0.5% of Guardian Financial Partners LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 20th largest holding. Guardian Financial Partners LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $1,160,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Independent Financial Group LLC grew its stake in NVIDIA by 48.0% in the second quarter. Independent Financial Group LLC now owns 1,712,464 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $342,647,000 after acquiring an additional 555,736 shares during the period. Swmg LLC raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 2.8% during the second quarter. Swmg LLC now owns 8,087 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,713,000 after purchasing an additional 222 shares during the period. Benin Management CORP raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 0.3% during the second quarter. Benin Management CORP now owns 38,319 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $7,667,000 after purchasing an additional 120 shares during the period. WealthBridge Investment Counsel Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 19.8% in the 2nd quarter. WealthBridge Investment Counsel Inc. now owns 12,275 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $2,456,000 after purchasing an additional 2,025 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Tompkins Financial Corp lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% in the 2nd quarter. Tompkins Financial Corp now owns 255,190 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $51,061,000 after purchasing an additional 3,028 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Stock Down 4.6%

NVDA stock opened at $217.55 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $5.24 trillion, a P/E ratio of 27.50, a P/E/G ratio of 0.42 and a beta of 2.23. The company has a current ratio of 4.59, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $208.09 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $200.77. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $164.07 and a 1-year high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its earnings results 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. The business had revenue of $96.22 billion for 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 company’s quarterly 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 EPS. Analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.1 EPS for the current year.

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. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is currently 15.31%.

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

More NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA reported fiscal Q2 revenue of approximately $96.2 billion, up 106% year over year and ahead of Wall Street expectations. Data-center revenue rose 117% to $89 billion, while adjusted EPS of $2.22 also exceeded consensus. The results reinforced that hyperscaler AI spending remains robust. Nvidia rises after signaling longer AI spending runway
• Positive Sentiment: Management guided to roughly $108 billion in fiscal Q3 revenue and indicated that fiscal 2028 sales could grow about 70%, well above the roughly 45% growth analysts had modeled. The forecast has shifted the debate from whether AI demand is slowing to whether NVIDIA and its suppliers can build enough capacity. Nvidia’s 70% growth forecast
• Positive Sentiment: Several analysts raised their NVIDIA price targets following the results, including Wedbush, Truist, RBC and JPMorgan. The upgrades reflect expectations for sustained Blackwell demand, the Vera Rubin product ramp and strong order visibility through fiscal 2028. Wedbush lifts Nvidia price target
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA is reportedly pursuing a roughly $12.9 billion acquisition of open-source AI platform Hugging Face. The deal could expand NVIDIA’s software ecosystem and improve visibility into future AI workloads, but reports indicate terms may not be finalized and the valuation is high relative to Hugging Face’s revenue. Nvidia agrees to buy Hugging Face report
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are locking in gains after NVIDIA’s strong post-earnings rally. The stock’s elevated valuation and proximity to record levels make it vulnerable to short-term profit-taking even though fundamentals remain strong. Nvidia AMD Intel stocks slide as investors take profits
• Negative Sentiment: Gross-margin expectations are moving lower toward roughly 72%–73% as NVIDIA absorbs higher memory, packaging and infrastructure costs. Management also said supply constraints remain significant, potentially limiting how much demand can immediately translate into revenue and cash flow.
• Negative Sentiment: Broader market pressure is coming from a more hawkish Federal Reserve outlook, while NVIDIA’s decision to exclude China data-center compute revenue from its forecast underscores continuing export-control and geopolitical risks. Reports that the company paused some revenue-sharing arrangements with AI cloud providers also raise questions about financing and customer ROI. Nvidia pauses revenue-sharing deals

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts recently issued reports 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 report on Thursday, May 21st. Robert W. Baird set a $500.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Wells Fargo & Company restated an “overweight” rating and set a $315.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. Mizuho set a $315.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $280.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $322.61.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other NVIDIA news, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated 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 completion of the sale, the director owned 116,135 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $25,053,803.55. The trade was a 11.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total value of $186,000,450.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 5,207,271 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,094,412,146.07. The trade was a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last three months, insiders sold 1,900,500 shares of company stock worth $410,449,265. 3.94% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.