Private Harbour Investment Management & Counsel LLC Sells 6,571 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Private Harbour Investment Management & Counsel LLC trimmed its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 12.4% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 46,579 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 6,571 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for 9.0% of Private Harbour Investment Management & Counsel LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 2nd biggest position. Private Harbour Investment Management & Counsel LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $8,691,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. bought a new position in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth about $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC grew 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 worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares in 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 purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at $54,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CFO Colette Kress sold 30,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $178.11, for a total value of $5,432,355.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 1,286,826 shares in the company, valued at $229,196,578.86. The trade was a 2.32% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 transaction, the director directly owned 6,933,280 shares in the company, valued at $1,229,478,542.40. This trade represents a 3.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last three months, insiders sold 1,563,834 shares of company stock valued at $283,360,391. 4.17% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

NVIDIA Trading Down 2.8%

NVDA opened at $180.34 on Wednesday. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $86.62 and a one year high of $212.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a current ratio of 4.47 and a quick ratio of 3.71. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $184.21 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $182.77. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.38 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.75, a PEG ratio of 0.57 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 analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.07. NVIDIA had a net margin of 53.01% and a return on equity of 99.24%. The company had revenue of $57.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $54.66 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.81 EPS. NVIDIA’s revenue was up 62.5% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 4th were paid a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 4th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 0.99%.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Nvidia is reportedly nearing a deal to invest about $20 billion in OpenAI’s latest funding round — a sizable strategic tie-up that would reinforce NVDA’s role as the primary AI infrastructure supplier and support future demand for GPUs. Nvidia nears deal to invest $20 billion in OpenAI
• Positive Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang has publicly downplayed a rift and said the company’s OpenAI investment plans remain “on track,” and told CNBC Nvidia would consider participating in an OpenAI IPO — comments that aim to calm investor fears about the partnership’s future. Nvidia will consider investing in OpenAI IPO, CEO Huang tells CNBC
• Positive Sentiment: Business development and ecosystem wins continue: Nvidia-backed UK AI firm Nscale is preparing an IPO (Goldman/JPMorgan hires) and Nvidia struck a strategic industrial-AI partnership with Dassault Systèmes — both support revenue and platform expansion beyond core GPUs. Nvidia-backed UK AI firm Nscale hires banks for IPO Dassault Systèmes and NVIDIA Partner
• Neutral Sentiment: Competitive landscape: Intel announced plans to enter the GPU market — a longer-term competitive risk that increases investor focus on Nvidia’s execution, software moat (CUDA) and margin sustainability rather than creating an immediate earnings threat. Intel will start making GPUs
• Negative Sentiment: Reports say OpenAI has been unsatisfied with some of Nvidia’s chips and has been exploring alternatives; other outlets described the larger $100B investment plan as stalled or facing internal pushback at Nvidia — these stories have directly pressured the stock by raising uncertainty about future GPU demand and partner alignment. OpenAI is unsatisfied with some Nvidia chips Nvidia, OpenAI appear stalled on their mega deal
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling is notable: aggregated transaction data shows heavy insider sales in recent months — a potential governance/market-perception headwind that can amplify volatility when paired with deal uncertainty. NVIDIA Stock Opinions and insider trading

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, January 25th. Hsbc Global Res raised NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 15th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $275.00 target price (up previously from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, January 16th. Argus restated a “buy” rating and set a $220.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, Robert W. Baird restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $275.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, December 26th. Four equities research 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, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $263.98.

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.