Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI Buys 21,543 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 1.3% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 1,634,011 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 21,543 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up approximately 4.2% of Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI’s portfolio, making the stock its 3rd biggest position. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $304,887,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at about $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC boosted its position in NVIDIA by 47.9% during the 2nd 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 period. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $40,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd acquired a new position in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $54,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

NVDA has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Rothschild & Co Redburn lifted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $245.00 to $268.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Citic Securities raised their target price on NVIDIA from $237.00 to $242.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Rosenblatt Securities increased their price target on NVIDIA from $240.00 to $245.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, Wedbush raised their price objective on NVIDIA from $210.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $263.41.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 13th. The stock was 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 in the company, valued at $161,696,267.04. This trade represents a 3.06% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total value of $44,332,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 6,933,280 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,229,478,542.40. The trade was a 3.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders sold 1,611,474 shares of company stock valued at $293,285,232. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: China reportedly cleared the first batch of NVIDIA H200 AI chips for import, reopening a major revenue market and easing geopolitical headwinds to sales in the region. China Approves H200 Imports
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s $2B strategic investment in CoreWeave is being read as a vote of confidence in AI infrastructure that will consume more NVIDIA GPUs, supporting demand visibility across cloud and AI service providers. CoreWeave’s NVIDIA Boost Fueled a Rally
• Positive Sentiment: Several sell‑side firms continue to back NVDA with buy/outperform ratings and elevated price targets, sustaining bullish institutional narratives around AI leadership and upside to estimates. Bernstein Reaffirms Buy
• Positive Sentiment: Institutional buying continues (recent 13F disclosure shows DekaBank added ~1.0M shares), which can support near‑term price momentum into earnings. DekaBank Adds NVIDIA Shares
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA scheduled its Q4 / FY2026 earnings call for Feb. 25; the date concentrates focus and could amplify volatility around guidance and China‑related commentary. NVIDIA to Host Conference Call
• Negative Sentiment: A Reuters exclusive says NVIDIA helped DeepSeek refine AI models later used by China’s military — this raises regulatory, compliance and reputational risk that could draw Congressional or export‑control scrutiny. Nvidia helped DeepSeek hone AI models later used by China’s military
• Negative Sentiment: Industry warnings about “GPU debt” and heavy leverage financing AI infrastructure highlight systemic risks: a slowdown in enterprise capex or a correction in GPU valuations could ripple through demand for NVIDIA hardware. Nvidia’s AI Boom Is Being Financed By GPU Debt
• Negative Sentiment: Rising competition from other major tech players and new AI chips is cited in the press; any market share erosion or margin pressure would be a negative catalyst ahead of earnings. Move Over NVIDIA: Competition Steps Up

NVIDIA Stock Up 1.6%

Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $191.52 on Thursday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $183.62 and its 200 day moving average is $182.20. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $86.62 and a one year high of $212.19. The firm has a market cap of $4.65 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.52, a PEG ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 2.31. 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 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 revenue was up 62.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.81 earnings per share. Equities research analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business 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. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 4th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 0.99%.

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.