NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Sold by Securian Asset Management Inc.

Securian Asset Management Inc. decreased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 5.2% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,209,372 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 65,684 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up about 6.0% of Securian Asset Management Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its biggest position. Securian Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $225,645,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

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

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In related news, EVP Debora Shoquist sold 69,840 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.85, for a total value of $12,421,044.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 1,424,603 shares in the company, valued at $253,365,643.55. The trade was a 4.67% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.92, for a total value of $5,111,188.80. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 874,412 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $161,696,267.04. This trade represents a 3.06% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 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.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on NVDA shares. Argus reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $220.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Rosenblatt Securities raised their price target on NVIDIA from $240.00 to $245.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. President Capital lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $240.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $240.00 target price (up previously from $210.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, October 31st. Finally, Susquehanna raised their target price on NVIDIA from $230.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Four investment 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, NVIDIA has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $263.41.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NVIDIA stock opened at $183.34 on Thursday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52-week low of $86.62 and a 52-week high of $212.19. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.46 trillion, a P/E ratio of 45.49, a P/E/G ratio of 0.87 and a beta of 2.31. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $183.47 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $181.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a current ratio of 4.47 and a quick ratio of 3.71.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $57.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $54.66 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 53.01% and a return on equity of 99.24%. The company’s revenue was up 62.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.81 earnings per share. As a group, analysts anticipate 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 given a dividend of $0.01 per share. 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 is 0.99%.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

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

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.