NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA is Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd’s Largest Position

Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd lifted its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 5.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 4,137,748 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 212,600 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises 6.3% of Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd’s investment portfolio, making the stock its largest holding. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $772,021,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC increased its position 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 worth $33,000 after buying an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at about $40,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter worth about $54,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Stock Up 1.6%

Shares of NVDA opened at $187.81 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a current ratio of 4.47. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $183.38 and a 200-day simple moving average of $181.81. 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 $4.56 trillion, a P/E ratio of 46.60, a P/E/G ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 2.31.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $57.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $54.66 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 99.24% and a net margin of 53.01%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 62.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.81 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced 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 was Thursday, December 4th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is presently 0.99%.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on NVDA shares. Bank of America reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $275.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, December 26th. Tigress Financial reiterated a “strong-buy” rating and set a $350.00 price target (up previously from $280.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, December 18th. UBS Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, January 6th. Piper Sandler reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, January 8th. Finally, DZ Bank reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $263.41.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 350,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, December 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $181.73, for a total value of $63,605,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 7,049,803 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,281,160,699.19. This represents a 4.73% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 30,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $178.11, for a total transaction of $5,432,355.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 1,286,826 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $229,196,578.86. The trade was a 2.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 1,636,474 shares of company stock valued at $298,482,982 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

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.