Rather & Kittrell Inc. Has $1.85 Million Stake in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Rather & Kittrell Inc. boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 49.2% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 9,934 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 3,278 shares during the quarter. Rather & Kittrell Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $1,853,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 47.9% in the 2nd quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at $40,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd bought a new position in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth $54,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In related news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $187.82, for a total transaction of $37,564,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 3,818,547 shares in the company, valued at approximately $717,199,497.54. This trade represents a 4.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, EVP Debora Shoquist sold 80,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $178.90, for a total value of $14,312,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 1,494,443 shares in the company, valued at approximately $267,355,852.70. The trade was a 5.08% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 1,563,834 shares of company stock valued at $283,360,391 in the last 90 days. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Big‑tech spending is a direct demand driver for NVIDIA GPUs — Google’s surge in AI capex is cited as lifting chip suppliers including NVDA, underpinning near‑term data‑center orders. Broadcom, Nvidia shares rise on surging Google capital expenditures for AI
• Positive Sentiment: Supplier confidence: Wistron’s chairman says “AI is not a bubble” and expects 2026 AI‑related order growth to exceed last year, signaling continued OEM demand that benefits NVIDIA. AI is not a bubble, senior executive at Nvidia supplier Wistron says
• Positive Sentiment: Product / supply chain partnerships: Tower Semiconductor’s collaboration on silicon‑photonic links for AI data centers supports NVDA’s ecosystem and indicates supply‑chain scaling for high‑throughput GPU deployments. Tower Semiconductor Partners with NVIDIA on 1.6T Silicon Photonics for AI Data Centers
• Positive Sentiment: Positive market narratives and buy‑and‑hold views persist — commentators like Jim Cramer call NVDA a “coiled spring,” and industry pieces continue to list NVIDIA as a top AI‑infrastructure exposure. Jim Cramer on NVIDIA: “I Call It a Coiled Spring”
• Neutral Sentiment: Valuation is a key watch‑point: analysts note NVDA’s premium multiples even as growth justifies some of the premium — this keeps volatility high around earnings and guidance cycles. NVIDIA Trades at a Premium Valuation: Should You Still Buy the Stock?
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical/export risk: multiple reports say sales of H200 chips to Chinese customers remain conditional and negotiations are unresolved — this creates short‑term revenue uncertainty for China, a meaningful market for NVDA. Exclusive: Nvidia’s AI chip sale to ByteDance hinges on conditions set by Trump administration
• Negative Sentiment: Related coverage highlights unresolved export negotiations and a State Department review that could delay or limit H200 shipments to China — a continuing headline risk that can compress the stock despite strong fundamentals. Nvidia (NVDA) Stock Drops as H200 Export Negotiations Remain Unresolved

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $171.83 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a current ratio of 4.47 and a quick ratio of 3.71. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $183.92 and a 200-day moving average price of $182.63. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1 year low of $86.62 and a 1 year high of $212.19. The firm has a market cap of $4.18 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 42.64, a PEG ratio of 0.54 and a beta of 2.31.

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

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 4th were issued a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 4th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 0.99%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on NVDA. Arete Research upped their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $244.00 to $261.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. New Street Research reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $307.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Robert W. Baird reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $275.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, December 26th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Piper Sandler reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, January 8th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $263.98.

NVIDIA Company 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.