Pelham Capital Ltd. Makes New Investment in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Pelham Capital Ltd. acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 85,359 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock, valued at approximately $17,079,000. NVIDIA makes up approximately 9.7% of Pelham Capital Ltd.’s portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest holding.

Other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Jupiter Topco LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth about $16,156,076,000. Van ECK Associates Corp lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 34.7% during the 2nd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 75,849,721 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $15,176,771,000 after acquiring an additional 19,522,304 shares in the last quarter. Amundi boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 10.4% during the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 133,768,018 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $23,329,141,000 after acquiring an additional 12,575,177 shares during the period. SEB Asset Management AB purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the 1st quarter valued at about $1,692,807,000. Finally, Employees Provident Fund Board purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at about $1,243,336,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: New RTX Spark laptops expand NVIDIA’s addressable market. Systems from ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft and MSI are now available starting at $2,599, combining Blackwell graphics, up to 128GB of memory and local AI capabilities. The launch could create a new consumer and developer revenue stream beyond data centers. NVIDIA RTX Spark PCs Available Today
• Positive Sentiment: Automotive and enterprise adoption continues. Volvo expanded its partnership with NVIDIA for automated-driving systems, while Adobe is integrating NVIDIA technology across Photoshop, Premiere and other creative tools. These agreements support longer-term demand for NVIDIA hardware and software. Volvo Cars expands automated driving partnership
• Positive Sentiment: Supply-chain investment and customer deployments remain strong. Taiwan is reportedly considering as much as $4 billion for Texas industrial parks serving NVIDIA suppliers, and customers continue deploying Blackwell systems. The developments reinforce demand, although they may take time to affect revenue. Taiwan Texas industrial parks
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA is broadening its software and AI-model ecosystem. Paid offerings such as AI Enterprise and Mission Control, along with Nemotron open models and partnerships with AI startups, could make earnings less dependent on hardware. However, the articles provide no near-term financial contribution.
• Negative Sentiment: AI financing concerns are the main pressure. CoreWeave’s debt has reportedly traded at distressed yields, raising questions about whether highly leveraged customers can continue funding data-center expansion. Higher Treasury yields and inflation concerns are also making large AI projects more expensive. CoreWeave financing worries
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are questioning AI growth expectations. OpenAI’s reported $50 billion revenue run rate was below the roughly $68 billion previously anticipated, prompting concern that AI demand may mature more slowly. Microsoft’s development of custom Maia chips also highlights the risk of customers developing alternatives to NVIDIA GPUs. OpenAI revenue expectations
• Negative Sentiment: Reported insider selling adds a sentiment overhang. Recent data showed NVIDIA insiders made numerous sales and no open-market purchases over the past six months, though such transactions may reflect planned diversification rather than a change in business outlook.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,460 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total value of $6,786,488.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at $598,810,648. This trade represents a 1.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total value of $7,648,787.90. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $167,595,812.15. This trade represents a 4.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock valued at $399,450,353 over the last quarter. 3.94% of the stock is owned by insiders.

NVIDIA Stock Down 1.4%

NVDA stock traded down $3.10 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $214.13. The company had a trading volume of 120,783,023 shares, compared to its average volume of 108,333,480. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a current ratio of 4.59. The company has a market capitalization of $5.16 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.67 and a beta of 2.22. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $223.20 and a 200 day simple moving average of $211.10. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $164.27 and a fifty-two week high of $243.37.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released 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. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The firm had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $92.27 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.05 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.27 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA declared that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Monday, September 28th that authorizes the company to buy back $150.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 2.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Share repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, September 10th were issued a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is 12.64%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have weighed in on NVDA shares. Citigroup reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $315.00 target price (up from $300.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $300.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, September 4th. Morgan Stanley set a $230.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, October 2nd. Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $350.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, October 1st. Finally, HSBC upped their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $360.00 to $365.00 in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $321.89.

About NVIDIA

NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processing units (GPUs), central processing units (CPUs), networking products and related software. Its technologies are used in artificial intelligence, data centers, scientific and technical computing, gaming, professional visualization, automotive systems and robotics.

The company’s products include GeForce GPUs and gaming software, data center computing platforms, networking solutions, and enterprise software for AI development and deployment.