NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Stake Lifted by Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co.

Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co. grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 1.7% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 406,512 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,980 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for about 2.4% of Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co.’s portfolio, making the stock its 10th largest position. Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $75,847,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC grew its stake 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 purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter worth $40,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at about $54,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

NVDA has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. DZ Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $180.00 to $215.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Citigroup restated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company restated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $263.98.

NVIDIA Stock Down 0.8%

Shares of NVDA opened at $188.60 on Wednesday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1 year low of $86.62 and a 1 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 stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $184.43 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $183.14. The firm has a market cap of $4.58 trillion, a P/E ratio of 46.80, a P/E/G ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 2.31.

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

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 4th were paid a $0.01 dividend. 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 payout ratio is currently 0.99%.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Bank of America reiterates confidence in NVDA with a high $275 target, reinforcing buy-side support and helping underpin the stock’s valuation. Bank of America stands by Nvidia (NVDA) with $275 target as AI leadership holds
• Positive Sentiment: Renewed optimism about OpenAI’s finances is lifting stocks tied to the AI ecosystem, which benefits NVDA via stronger expected hyperscaler capex for GPUs. AI Giant OpenAI Is Getting a Lift Lately. So Are Stocks Linked to It.
• Positive Sentiment: High-profile commentary (e.g., Jim Cramer) and multiple Wall Street price targets continue to highlight NVDA’s long-term AI leadership and hyperscaler demand, supporting investor conviction despite short-term volatility. Jim Cramer Says “You Better Believe NVIDIA (NVDA)’s Getting a Big Cut” of the AI CapEx By Mega-Cap Tech
• Neutral Sentiment: Traders are holding back ahead of NVDA’s Q4 results (Feb. 25); several notes highlight that guidance will drive near-term moves, so the stock often trades range-bound until the print. Nvidia Pauses Amid Taiwan Semiconductor, ChatGPT News; Is Nvidia A Buy Now?
• Neutral Sentiment: U.S. officials say they will not block American firms’ access to NVIDIA chips, which limits one potential downside scenario for cloud/data-center customers. That helps constrain downside but doesn’t remove export licensing complexity. U.S. won’t impede American companies’ access to Nvidia chips, Lutnick says
• Negative Sentiment: Commerce officials signaled that NVIDIA must live with licensing guardrails on sales of its second-most-advanced AI chip to China — a regulatory constraint that could limit a major end market and weigh on near-term revenue visibility. This development is a likely driver of today’s weakness. Nvidia must live with guardrails around its AI chip sales to China, Lutnick says
• Negative Sentiment: Cisco launched a new AI networking chip and router targeting data-center traffic — an incremental competitive threat for parts of the AI infrastructure stack that could pressure pricing/margins over time. Cisco unveils new AI networking chip, taking on Broadcom and Nvidia

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In related news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.04, for a total transaction of $36,008,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,618,547 shares in the company, valued at $651,483,201.88. This represents a 5.24% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total value of $40,087,825.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 7,621,453 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,373,157,187.01. The trade was a 2.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 1,611,474 shares of company stock valued at $291,731,692. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Company 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.