NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA is Merit Financial Group LLC’s 9th Largest Position

Merit Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 25.2% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 969,912 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 195,285 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for 1.5% of Merit Financial Group LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 9th largest position. Merit Financial Group LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $180,889,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. AE Wealth Management LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 9.8% during the fourth quarter. AE Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,071,793 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $572,890,000 after acquiring an additional 274,737 shares in the last quarter. Ferguson Shapiro LLC raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 38.7% in the fourth quarter. Ferguson Shapiro LLC now owns 2,426 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $452,000 after acquiring an additional 677 shares during the period. Fisher Funds Management LTD raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 37.3% in the fourth quarter. Fisher Funds Management LTD now owns 538,479 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $101,003,000 after acquiring an additional 146,320 shares during the period. JGP Global Gestao de Recursos Ltda. raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. JGP Global Gestao de Recursos Ltda. now owns 2,402 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $448,000 after acquiring an additional 55 shares during the period. Finally, Whittier Trust Co. raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. Whittier Trust Co. now owns 3,364,486 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $629,966,000 after acquiring an additional 16,142 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $196.48 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $186.88 and a 200-day simple moving average of $186.30. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.77 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.65 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. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $110.82 and a 52 week high of $216.82.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The firm had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.89 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.78 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Shareholders 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 was Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is presently 0.82%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have weighed in on NVDA. BTIG Research began coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, April 15th. They issued a “buy” rating for the company. TD Cowen reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $235.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, March 17th. Bank of America lifted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Sanford C. Bernstein restated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Friday, April 17th. Finally, Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $275.25.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Jensen Huang reiterated a long-term vision for “physical AI” — autonomous factories and robot-managed production — which reinforces NVIDIA’s role as the foundational AI compute provider and supports investor confidence in multi-year demand for GPUs. Jensen Huang on physical AI
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support and bank actions are helping sentiment; DBS raised its price target on NVDA, a near-term catalyst that can stabilize the stock as investors digest earnings and guidance. DBS Bank Raises PT on NVIDIA
• Positive Sentiment: Partner and ecosystem momentum: E-Power announced engineers with deep NVIDIA collaboration are joining its team for high‑power AI datacenter solutions — a sign NVIDIA’s ecosystem continues to attract specialized suppliers and supports downstream GPU demand. E-Power Onboards Expert Engineers…
• Neutral Sentiment: Market-cap narrative: Alphabet’s surge has it closing in on NVIDIA as the world’s largest company — a headline that shifts media focus but doesn’t change NVIDIA’s core AI demand drivers. This is more a market-position story than a fundamental change. Alphabet closes in on Nvidia’s spot
• Neutral Sentiment: Cash-flow story highlighted by analysts — Zacks notes very strong operating and free cash flow, which underpins valuation debates and can limit downside over the medium term. NVDA’s Cash Generation Soars
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive risk: Google’s move to sell TPUs directly to customers could erode some addressable-market share for NVIDIA in AI compute, raising questions about future pricing power and margins in certain enterprise segments. Google Moves to Sell TPUs Directly
• Negative Sentiment: Market sentiment indicators are turning cautious: crypto/prediction markets are leaning bearish on NVDA into month‑end, which can amplify short-term selling pressure even if fundamentals remain strong. Crypto markets predict Nvidia stock price
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical and China exposure risk remains a recurring theme ahead of earnings — MarketBeat highlights investor risks tied to China that could pressure multiples if management flags headwinds. NVIDIA’s China Connection: Investor Risks

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.68, for a total value of $38,501,729.76. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 7,399,771 shares in the company, valued at $1,285,192,227.28. The trade was a 2.91% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 3,004 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $184.90, for a total value of $555,439.60. Following the transaction, the director owned 14,788 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,734,301.20. This represents a 16.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 906,336 shares of company stock worth $162,802,518 over the last ninety days. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.