Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC Grows Stock Holdings in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 75.9% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 116,678 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 50,360 shares during the quarter. Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $21,770,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Independent Solutions Wealth Management LLC grew its position in NVIDIA by 0.6% in the third quarter. Independent Solutions Wealth Management LLC now owns 103,821 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $19,371,000 after acquiring an additional 619 shares in the last quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 49.6% in the 3rd quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. now owns 643,424 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $120,051,000 after purchasing an additional 213,437 shares during the last quarter. United Asset Strategies Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 8.4% in the 3rd quarter. United Asset Strategies Inc. now owns 393,079 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $73,341,000 after purchasing an additional 30,614 shares during the period. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 9.8% during the 3rd quarter. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,706 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $505,000 after purchasing an additional 241 shares during the last quarter. Finally, B&D White Capital Company LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 3rd quarter valued at $331,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

NVIDIA Trading Up 1.6%

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $187.81 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $212.19. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $183.38 and a 200 day moving average price of $181.53. 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 firm has a market cap of $4.56 trillion, a PE ratio of 46.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 2.31.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly 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. The business had revenue of $57.01 billion for 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 business’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 earned $0.81 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $187.82, for a total value of $37,564,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly 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 can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 350,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $181.73, for a total value of $63,605,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 7,049,803 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,281,160,699.19. This represents a 4.73% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 1,661,474 shares of company stock worth $303,251,232 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

NVDA has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Truist Financial reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $275.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $240.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Rothschild & Co Redburn increased their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $245.00 to $268.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, Mizuho set a $275.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, January 9th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $263.41.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Reports say Chinese regulators have signaled that large companies (including Alibaba) can prepare to order NVIDIA’s H200 GPUs, which would reopen a huge addressable market and explain the stock lift. Nvidia may have picked up a win in China. So why isn’t the stock surging?
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA invested $150 million in Baseten, a startup focused on AI inference — a strategic bet to strengthen its software/inference ecosystem and capture more of the AI stack beyond chips. NVIDIA (NVDA) Invests $150 million in Baseten
• Positive Sentiment: Jefferies raised its price target on NVDA (from $250 to $275) and JPMorgan reaffirmed a Buy — analyst backing supports investor confidence and limits downside from short-term noise. Jefferies Raises PT on NVIDIA JPMorgan Reaffirms Buy
• Neutral Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang plans a China visit and has been publicly framing AI infrastructure as a long-term buildout (jobs/infrastructure narrative) — this can soothe relations but outcome depends on negotiations and approvals. Nvidia’s Huang to visit China as AI chip sales stall
• Negative Sentiment: Counterpoints: analysis flags a potential H200 China roadblock and warns that soaring memory (HBM) costs could squeeze NVIDIA’s margin/production dynamics — these are key risks that could cap upside even if China reopens. Nvidia: H200 China Roadblock And Soaring Memory Costs Threaten The Bull Case
• Negative Sentiment: Macro/structural shift: investors are rotating money into memory/storage names as HBM allocation tightness pushes up memory costs and reshapes supply chains — that rotation can weigh on NVDA multiple if capital flows away. Forget the Chips, Buy Memory: Why AI Money Is Moving to Storage

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.