Clarius Group LLC Cuts Stake in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Clarius Group LLC lessened its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 31.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 146,517 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 68,355 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up about 1.6% of Clarius Group LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 14th biggest holding. Clarius Group LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $27,337,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. State Street Corp grew its stake 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 acquiring an additional 9,554,857 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 579,213,497 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $91,150,170,000 after purchasing an additional 8,521,936 shares in the last quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC grew its position in NVIDIA by 267,959.7% during the 2nd quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 382,373,765 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $64,976,521,000 after purchasing an additional 382,231,120 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $51,386,863,000. Finally, UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 2.9% in the first quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 206,794,926 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $22,412,434,000 after buying an additional 5,896,735 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Stock Up 1.0%

Shares of NVDA opened at $190.53 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $4.63 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.28, a PEG ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 2.29. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $212.19. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $186.12 and its 200-day moving average price is $176.54. The company has a quick ratio of 3.71, a current ratio of 4.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced 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. The company had revenue of $57.01 billion during 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%.NVIDIA’s revenue for the quarter was up 62.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.81 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA struck a ~ $20B agreement to license Groq’s inference technology and bring key Groq engineers into NVIDIA, which investors view as a fast way to close a latency/speed gap for inference workloads and extend NVIDIA’s moat. NVIDIA’s $20B Groq Deal Is a Warning Shot to AI Rivals
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple outlets and TV segments frame the Groq deal as market‑moving — coverage highlights the strategic urgency (speed for inference) and immediate market reaction, supporting the near‑term bullish case. Nvidia strikes $20 billion deal with Groq: Here’s what you need to know
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street momentum: major firms reaffirmed/raised bullish ratings and price targets (e.g., $275 PTs reported), supporting further upside expectations as analysts bake the deal into 2026 modeling. Analyst price target reports
• Neutral Sentiment: Deal structure is non‑traditional — a non‑exclusive license plus talent hires (Groq stays independent) — which accelerates integration while aiming to avoid lengthy antitrust review; that reduces near‑term regulatory drag but leaves some legal/competitive ambiguity. Nvidia-Groq deal is structured to keep ‘fiction of competition alive’
• Positive Sentiment: Technical/strategic rationale: analysts and deep‑dive pieces argue Groq’s LPU/compiler tech can materially improve real‑time inference throughput and energy efficiency — a potential product advantage for cloud and robotics customers. Why Nvidia Needs Groq To Win The War Against Google’s TPUs
• Neutral Sentiment: Financing and cash use: while NVDA’s huge free cash flow can fund the deal, $20B is material — some analysts flag near‑term balance‑sheet and capital allocation questions (and one note argued “cash problem” risks). Monitor cash deployment and buyback/dividend policy. Nvidia Has A Cash Problem
• Negative Sentiment: Emerging competitive risk: a MarketBeat piece warns MetaX’s rapid IPO surge and other deep‑tech entrants could pose a meaningful long‑term threat to NVIDIA’s dominance into 2026 — worth tracking as rivals commercialize low‑latency stacks. Is MetaX a NVIDIA Threat—or Just Another DeepSeek Market Scare?

Analyst Ratings Changes

NVDA has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Zacks Research raised shares of NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 24th. Truist Financial lifted their price target on NVIDIA from $255.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, December 19th. DA Davidson reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $250.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Robert W. Baird restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $275.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday. Finally, Citic Securities lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $237.00 to $242.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-five have issued a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $262.14.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director A Brooke Seawell sold 12,728 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $183.93, for a total value of $2,341,061.04. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total transaction of $44,332,500.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 6,933,280 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,229,478,542.40. The trade was a 3.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 2,161,474 shares of company stock valued at $396,157,992 in the last quarter. 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.