Candriam S.C.A. Trims Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Candriam S.C.A. lessened its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 7.2% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 6,895,919 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 532,075 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up 6.7% of Candriam S.C.A.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd biggest holding. Candriam S.C.A.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $1,286,641,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of NVDA. Waterfront Wealth Inc. raised its position in NVIDIA by 4.5% during the 3rd quarter. Waterfront Wealth Inc. now owns 11,793 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $2,116,000 after purchasing an additional 506 shares during the last quarter. Two West Capital Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 2.0% during the third quarter. Two West Capital Advisors LLC now owns 2,862 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $533,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Sunesis Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the third quarter worth approximately $2,583,000. Gateway Wealth Partners LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 26.3% in the third quarter. Gateway Wealth Partners LLC now owns 48,371 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $9,025,000 after acquiring an additional 10,064 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Lantz Financial LLC increased its position in NVIDIA by 4.9% during the 3rd quarter. Lantz Financial LLC now owns 42,602 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $7,949,000 after purchasing an additional 1,997 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,818,547 shares in the company, valued at $717,199,497.54. This trade represents a 4.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 350,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 in the company, valued at $1,281,160,699.19. This represents a 4.73% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 1,598,120 shares of company stock valued at $289,278,314. 4.17% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on NVDA. Seaport Research Partners boosted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $100.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research report on Monday, November 17th. Melius Research upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $300.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. BNP Paribas Exane increased their price target on NVIDIA from $260.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Macquarie Infrastructure raised NVIDIA to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities raised their target price on NVIDIA from $245.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $273.41.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $183.04 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.24, a current ratio of 3.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $212.19. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $186.12 and its 200-day moving average price is $183.87. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.45 trillion, a PE ratio of 37.36, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 2.33.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.NVIDIA’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.89 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be 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 is Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 0.82%.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Large inference demand validated — Akamai announced deployments of thousands of NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs to power distributed AI inference, signaling durable enterprise demand for NVIDIA’s inference stack. Akamai to Deploy Thousands of NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs
• Positive Sentiment: Inference shift highlighted by ecosystem deals — Partners and cloud specialists (e.g., CoreWeave/Perplexity) are closing large inference-focused contracts, which increases recurring, high‑utilization GPU demand that benefits NVIDIA’s hardware and software ecosystem. CoreWeave Deal Signals Inference Market
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street backing and higher price targets — Several broker notes and upgrades (including a notable Wedbush hike) have pushed bullish analyst sentiment and bigger multi‑quarter price targets, supporting upside expectations. Wedbush Raises NVDA Price Target to $300
• Neutral Sentiment: CEO signals end to large private stakes in OpenAI/Anthropic — Jensen Huang said the recent ~$30B OpenAI investment “might be the last” and that a $100B stake is unlikely as OpenAI prepares to IPO; that changes the path to future strategic ownership but reduces ambiguity around large private commitments. Reuters: Nvidia will not be able to invest $100 billion in OpenAI
• Negative Sentiment: Market remains wary despite blowout quarter — NVDA reported blockbuster results in late February, but the stock has struggled to clear near‑term resistance and some traders view the post‑earnings pullback and rotation into specialized inference clouds as signs of profit‑taking and higher short‑term volatility. 247WallSt: Blowout earnings weren’t enough to fuel an NVIDIA breakout

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.