Cerity Partners LLC Has $2.18 Billion Stock Holdings in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Cerity Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 7.4% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 11,717,139 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 806,933 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up 3.5% of Cerity Partners LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 3rd largest holding. Cerity Partners LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $2,176,534,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. TRU Independence Asset Management 2 LLC lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% during the 3rd quarter. TRU Independence Asset Management 2 LLC now owns 9,909 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,849,000 after acquiring an additional 146 shares during the period. Tilson Financial Group Inc. lifted its position in NVIDIA by 6.1% during the third quarter. Tilson Financial Group Inc. now owns 1,790 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $334,000 after purchasing an additional 103 shares during the period. Capital & Planning LLC grew its stake in NVIDIA by 6.9% during the third quarter. Capital & Planning LLC now owns 4,572 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $853,000 after buying an additional 296 shares in the last quarter. Cardinal Strategic Wealth Guidance grew its stake in NVIDIA by 34.7% during the third quarter. Cardinal Strategic Wealth Guidance now owns 4,660 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $869,000 after buying an additional 1,200 shares in the last quarter. Finally, McIlrath & Eck LLC increased its holdings in NVIDIA by 9.4% in the 3rd quarter. McIlrath & Eck LLC now owns 24,666 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $4,602,000 after buying an additional 2,126 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang’s Davos message — calling for “trillions” more in AI infrastructure spending and arguing the AI buildout will create jobs — reinforced the long‑term capex story that underpins NVDA’s growth. Nvidia CEO Says AI Needs More Investment
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA invested in AI inference startup Baseten (reported as ~$150M), signaling product/stack expansion into model deployment and strengthening its software+services moat. Nvidia Invests in Baseten
• Positive Sentiment: Fresh analyst optimism and rating moves (e.g., Zacks upgrade, JPMorgan reaffirmation) support upside expectations and provide near‑term buying interest. NVDA Upgraded to Strong Buy
• Positive Sentiment: Demand signals remain strong: Micron confirmed near‑full memory sell‑through to AI leaders, underscoring continued hyperscaler spending into GPU servers (a tailwind for NVIDIA). Micron Confirms Sell‑Through
• Positive Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang plans a China trip to try to reopen access to that critical market — a direct catalyst if regulatory approvals and customer access improve. Huang Plans China Visit
• Neutral Sentiment: Market rotation into storage/memory (from compute) is gaining headlines — this could reallocate some flows away from GPUs in the short term even as overall AI infrastructure spending grows. Forget the Chips, Buy Memory
• Negative Sentiment: China clearance for NVIDIA’s H200 appears “stuck” on China’s side despite U.S. approval — if unresolved this limits NVDA’s addressable market and near‑term revenue upside from China. H200 Decision Stuck in China
• Negative Sentiment: Reports of H200 component production halts and supply/production snags could delay shipments and incremental revenue in the near term. H200 Component Production Halted
• Negative Sentiment: A small patent‑infringement suit was filed (Health Discovery) — legal noise that currently seems immaterial but adds another headline risk. Health Discovery Sues NVIDIA

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Debora Shoquist sold 69,840 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.85, for a total transaction of $12,421,044.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 1,424,603 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $253,365,643.55. This represents a 4.67% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total transaction of $40,087,825.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 7,621,453 shares in the company, valued at $1,373,157,187.01. This trade represents a 2.84% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 1,536,474 shares of company stock valued at $281,144,482 over the last three months. Insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $183.34 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $4.46 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 45.49, a P/E/G ratio of 0.87 and a beta of 2.31. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $86.62 and a twelve month high of $212.19. The company’s fifty day moving average is $183.47 and its 200 day moving average is $181.30. 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 earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 analyst estimates of $54.66 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.81 EPS. NVIDIA’s revenue for the quarter was up 62.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 4th were paid 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 currently 0.99%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

NVDA has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus set a $250.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, January 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday. DA Davidson restated a “buy” rating and set a $250.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. HSBC set a $320.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 15th. Finally, Bank of America reissued a “buy” rating and set a $275.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, December 26th. Four research 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 company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $263.41.

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.