First Trust Advisors LP Has $1.48 Billion Stake in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

First Trust Advisors LP raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 11.9% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 7,956,869 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 846,982 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for about 1.1% of First Trust Advisors LP’s holdings, making the stock its 5th biggest position. First Trust Advisors LP’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $1,484,592,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Winnow Wealth LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth about $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC increased its stake 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 valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at about $40,000. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the third quarter worth about $50,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the second quarter worth about $54,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA announced a $2 billion strategic investment in Nebius to build hyperscale AI cloud capacity (multi‑GW deployments by 2030), validating long‑term GPU demand and prompting a strong rally in Nebius. Nvidia to invest $2 billion in AI cloud firm Nebius
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA released Nemotron 3 Super, an advanced open AI model aimed at agentic AI — a move that expands software/IP monetization and increases demand for its data‑center GPUs. NVIDIA Releases New Nemotron 3 Super Model
• Positive Sentiment: New partnerships and ecosystem wins (Thinking Machines Lab compute commitments; startups like Scintil Photonics moving to customer testing) deepen demand visibility for NVIDIA’s Vera/Rubin systems and optical interconnect roadmap. NVIDIA Enters Partnership With Thinking Machines Lab
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors are watching the upcoming GTC conference as a potential catalyst for product announcements and guidance — it could swing sentiment either way. Nvidia stock stuck below $190: can GTC event be a catalyst?
• Neutral Sentiment: Broader market volatility and geopolitics (oil price swings, CPI noise) are capping risk appetite for high‑beta mega‑cap tech names like NVDA. Dow Jones Futures Fall; Crude Oil Prices Top $90
• Negative Sentiment: Reports say the U.S. Commerce Dept. is drafting rules that would require permits for AI chip exports — a policy that could materially constrain NVIDIA’s global sales and cloud deployments if implemented. US Mulling Rule Requiring Permits for NVIDIA Global AI Chip Sales
• Negative Sentiment: An EVP executed a large sale (300,000 shares), and analysts/press note some investors are booking profits after recent gains — both contribute to near‑term selling pressure. NVIDIA EVP Sells $54,756,000.00 in Stock
• Negative Sentiment: High‑profile criticism (e.g., Michael Burry’s remarks) and heightened headline risk can amplify short‑term bearish flows, even as fundamentals remain strong. Michael Burry warns Nvidia ‘is mafia-like’

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, December 29th. Raymond James Financial restated a “strong-buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, January 6th. DA Davidson reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $250.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. UBS Group set a $400.00 target price on NVIDIA in a report on Monday, February 23rd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $240.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $274.21.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 19th. The shares were 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 $1,373,157,187.01. This represents a 2.84% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total transaction of $44,332,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 6,933,280 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,229,478,542.40. The trade was a 3.48% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last three months, insiders sold 1,267,780 shares of company stock valued at $229,929,215. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NVDA opened at $183.16 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $185.52 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $184.07. The firm has a market cap of $4.45 trillion, a PE ratio of 37.38, a P/E/G ratio of 0.63 and a beta of 2.33. The company has a current ratio of 3.91, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $86.62 and a 1-year high of $212.19.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released 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. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The firm had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.89 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be given a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 0.82%.

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.