Pictet North America Advisors SA Boosts Stock Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Pictet North America Advisors SA boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 17.9% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 49,813 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,577 shares during the period. Pictet North America Advisors SA’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $9,294,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 12.4% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $43,631,000 after purchasing an additional 35,815 shares in the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,346,417 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $315,100,000 after buying an additional 22,929 shares during the last quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 6.7% in the fourth quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 58,396 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $7,842,000 after buying an additional 3,653 shares in the last quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 30.7% during the fourth quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $6,805,000 after buying an additional 11,900 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 15.7% during the first quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 6,598 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $715,000 after buying an additional 896 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: U.S. administration has cleared a path for Nvidia to sell H200s to China under new export rules, which preserves a large revenue opportunity if licenses are approved and customers qualify. Trump administration clears way for Nvidia H200 chip sales to China (CNBC)
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst optimism: Mizuho lifted its price target on NVDA to $275, signaling continued conviction in Nvidia’s growth trajectory despite near-term noise. Mizuho Raises PT on NVIDIA (InsiderMonkey)
• Positive Sentiment: Product/cost wins: Coverage highlights Nvidia’s Rubin platform and next-gen chips that could materially lower AI run costs, supporting long-term demand and margin resilience. NVIDIA’s Next Chip Could Make AI 10x Cheaper (The Motley Fool)
• Neutral Sentiment: Partnerships and ecosystem moves (Inception program, Natera collaboration, CES product debuts) reinforce competitive positioning but are longer‑dated catalysts rather than immediate drivers. NEAR AI Joins NVIDIA Inception Program (Blockonomi)
• Negative Sentiment: China’s customs have reportedly told agents H200s are “not permitted” or limited to special cases, creating real risk that approved U.S. licenses may face Chinese import barriers — a material demand impediment. China’s customs told Nvidia H200 chips are not permitted (Reuters)
• Negative Sentiment: Policy cost: The U.S. move includes a 25% surcharge/government “take” and security conditions on some H200 sales, which could reduce margins and slow deal flow. Political pushback in Washington and Beijing adds execution risk. Trump imposes 25% tariff on imports of some advanced computing chips (Reuters)
• Negative Sentiment: Sentiment and ratings pressure: Zacks downgraded NVDA to a “hold” and noted other market voices (including prominent shorts) increasing skeptical narratives — these amplify volatility and can drive short-term selling. Zacks downgrade to Hold (Zacks)
• Negative Sentiment: Supply bottlenecks: Reports that TSMC capacity is tight and other foundry/packaging constraints could limit Nvidia’s ability to ship enough H200/B300 chips to meet demand, pressuring near-term growth. TSMC capacity concerns (Benzinga)

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on NVDA. Wells Fargo & Company restated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, December 29th. Rothschild & Co Redburn lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $211.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 17th. Tigress Financial reaffirmed a “strong-buy” rating and set a $350.00 price target (up from $280.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, December 18th. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed a “strong-buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, January 6th. Finally, Oppenheimer reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $265.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $262.32.

NVIDIA Stock Down 1.4%

NVIDIA stock opened at $183.14 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $4.45 trillion, a PE ratio of 45.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 2.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a current ratio of 4.47. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $184.28 and a 200 day moving average of $180.36. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $86.62 and a one year high of $212.19.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.07. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 99.24% and a net margin of 53.01%.The business had revenue of $57.01 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $54.66 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.81 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 62.5% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 4th were given a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 4th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 0.99%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Monday, December 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total transaction of $44,332,500.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 6,933,280 shares in the company, valued at $1,229,478,542.40. This trade represents a 3.48% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, October 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $183.38, for a total value of $13,753,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 70,033,203 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $12,842,688,766.14. This trade represents a 0.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,761,474 shares of company stock valued at $321,897,742. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by corporate 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.