NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Sold by Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P.

Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. reduced its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 3.4% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 1,878,587 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 66,241 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises 3.2% of Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P.’s holdings, making the stock its largest holding. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $350,507,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. bought a new stake in NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at about $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC increased its position in 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 buying an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $40,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $54,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Trending Headlines about 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

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Debora Shoquist sold 80,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 1,494,443 shares in the company, valued at $267,355,852.70. The trade was a 5.08% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,818,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $717,199,497.54. This represents a 4.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 1,536,474 shares of company stock valued at $281,144,482 in the last 90 days. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have commented on the company. Rothschild & Co Redburn raised their price objective on NVIDIA from $245.00 to $268.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Mizuho set a $275.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Wells Fargo & Company restated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Truist Financial reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $275.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $263.41.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $183.34 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $4.46 trillion, a PE ratio of 45.49, a PEG ratio of 0.87 and a beta of 2.31. The company has a quick ratio of 3.71, a current ratio of 4.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $183.47 and its 200-day moving average price is $181.30. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $86.62 and a twelve month high of $212.19.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $54.66 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.81 earnings per share. NVIDIA’s quarterly revenue was up 62.5% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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%.

About NVIDIA

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.