Woodstock Corp decreased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 2.0% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 579,400 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 11,964 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises about 9.3% of Woodstock Corp’s portfolio, making the stock its biggest holding. Woodstock Corp’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $108,058,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other large investors have also modified their holdings of the business. State Street Corp grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 978,208,862 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $154,556,803,000 after buying an additional 9,554,857 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 579,213,497 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $91,150,170,000 after buying an additional 8,521,936 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter worth $51,386,863,000. Legal & General Group Plc grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% during the third quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 181,203,035 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,808,862,000 after buying an additional 2,609,560 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 16.1% during the third quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 165,377,852 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $30,855,564,000 after buying an additional 22,896,705 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of brokerages recently issued reports on NVDA. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $325.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, March 23rd. Morgan Stanley set a $260.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, March 2nd. Fundamental Research set a $218.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Wolfe Research upped their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $250.00 to $275.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, January 30th. Finally, Oppenheimer reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $265.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $275.25.
Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA
In other NVIDIA news, CFO Colette Kress sold 42,650 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $174.89, for a total value of $7,459,058.50. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 881,387 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $154,145,772.43. This represents a 4.62% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total transaction of $54,675,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,018,547 shares in the company, valued at $550,130,190.75. The trade was a 9.04% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 1,401,616 shares of company stock valued at $253,555,407 over the last 90 days. 4.17% of the stock is owned by insiders.
NVIDIA Trading Up 0.1%
NASDAQ NVDA opened at $177.64 on Tuesday. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $182.24 and its two-hundred day moving average is $184.34. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12 month low of $86.62 and a 12 month high of $212.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 3.91 and a quick ratio of 3.24. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.32 trillion, a P/E ratio of 36.25, a PEG ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 2.34.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 97.37%. The company had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $65.56 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.89 earnings per share. NVIDIA’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th were given a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is presently 0.82%.
More NVIDIA News
Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
- Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s $2B strategic investment in Marvell reinforces NVLink Fusion partnerships and expands NVIDIA’s ability to sell integrated rack-level AI systems — a direct demand amplifier for NVIDIA hardware and software. NVIDIA AI ecosystem expands as Marvell joins forces through NVLink Fusion
- Positive Sentiment: GTC commentary and social/analyst reaction about ~$1T of AI orders through 2027 and raised price targets have renewed upside expectations (analysts citing multi-quarter demand for Blackwell/Rubin platforms). That helps justify why many firms still rate NVDA a buy. Opinions on GTC $1T Orders Announcement
- Neutral Sentiment: Macro and market-flow stories (SPY/earnings, prediction-market warnings) are driving broad risk-on/risk-off moves; NVDA’s size means market-wide technicals and ETF flows can amplify its moves independent of company fundamentals. Is There a Buying Opportunity in the SPY ETF?
- Neutral Sentiment: Defense/edge-AI narratives (drone/autonomy) cite NVIDIA as a key compute provider — positive long-term secular demand but not an immediate earnings catalyst. The Arms Race Has Gone Airborne
- Negative Sentiment: Reports flag potential production cuts for next‑gen GPUs due to memory supply constraints — if true, this could slow shipments and revenue ramp for Rubin/Blackwell systems. Nvidia stock faces potential production cut due to memory supply constraints
- Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical risk: articles highlight Iran threats and past attacks on tech infrastructure — direct security concerns and higher insurance/operational risk for data centers could pressure sentiment around NVDA. As Iran Threatens Attacks on Nvidia, Should You Actually Sell NVDA Stock?
- Negative Sentiment: Nvidia’s acquisition of SchedMD has raised concerns among supercomputing/AI specialists about software access and fair-play for rivals and customers — this could invite scrutiny or customer pushback. Nvidia acquisition of SchedMD sparks worry among AI specialists
- Negative Sentiment: Analyst notes (KeyBanc / Barron’s) that NVIDIA may have scaled back Rubin production plans — coupled with heavy insider selling disclosures, these items add near-term skepticism about growth pacing and insider confidence. Nvidia Stock Rises. This Issue Could Hamper Its Next-Generation AI Chips. QuiverQuant insider trading summary
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.
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