Captrust Financial Advisors Has $1.12 Billion Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Captrust Financial Advisors grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 7.6% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 6,001,163 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 423,320 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises about 2.3% of Captrust Financial Advisors’ portfolio, making the stock its 7th biggest holding. Captrust Financial Advisors’ holdings in NVIDIA were worth $1,119,697,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Norges Bank bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth $51,386,863,000. Capital Research Global Investors grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 16.1% in the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 165,377,852 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $30,855,564,000 after acquiring an additional 22,896,705 shares during the period. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 15,496.1% in the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 21,865,525 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $3,454,534,000 after acquiring an additional 21,725,326 shares during the period. Danske Bank A S acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 3rd quarter worth about $3,180,313,000. Finally, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 25.0% during the 3rd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 71,720,593 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $13,381,628,000 after purchasing an additional 14,358,048 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Nvidia says Chinese authorities approved H200 sales and the company has received purchase orders — management is restarting China‑compliant H200 production, reopening a large market if licenses and supply hold. Chinese authorities approve Nvidia H200 sales
• Positive Sentiment: Jensen Huang guided to >$1 trillion in demand for Blackwell and Rubin systems through 2027 — that figure reset investor expectations about the size of Nvidia’s inference/AI‑infrastructure TAM. $1T Blackwell/Rubin opportunity
• Positive Sentiment: GTC product roadmap expands monetization beyond GPUs (Vera Rubin platform, Vera CPU, Nemotron inference, OpenClaw/NemoClaw agent tools, DLSS 5) — broadens software, inference and agentic AI revenue pathways. GTC product and OpenClaw coverage
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street stayed largely bullish after GTC — multiple firms reaffirmed/raised price targets and Buy ratings, supporting upside expectations. Analyst updates after GTC
• Positive Sentiment: Management signaled capital returns — a plan to deploy ~50% of free cash flow to buybacks/dividends improves shareholder return outlook. FCF return plan
• Neutral Sentiment: Multiple partner wins and ecosystem integrations (robotaxi partners, cloud and optics suppliers, hospital/healthcare use cases) validate demand but are multi‑quarter revenue plays. WeRide / DRIVE partnerships
• Negative Sentiment: Market reaction was muted — shares traded sideways/edged lower after the keynote as investors look for concrete order recognition, supply timelines and margin impact. That caution is weighing on near‑term performance. Muted market reaction
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling and profit‑taking: a director disclosed a sale this week, which can pressure sentiment even if it’s small versus institutional ownership. Insider Form 4 disclosure
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory, tariff and competitive risks remain — potential U.S. export/tariff friction, DOJ antitrust scrutiny around talent deals, and rising hyperscaler/in‑house rivals could slow or compress upside. DOJ antitrust comments China tariff risk

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total transaction of $40,087,825.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 7,621,453 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,373,157,187.01. This trade represents a 2.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $175.72, for a total transaction of $4,856,900.80. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 846,772 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $148,794,775.84. The trade was a 3.16% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 1,020,784 shares of company stock worth $186,152,154 over the last quarter. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages recently issued reports on NVDA. KeyCorp reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $275.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $180.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Tigress Financial restated a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $360.00 price objective (up from $350.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. Barclays reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $300.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $274.30.

NVIDIA Trading Down 0.8%

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $180.40 on Thursday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $86.62 and a 12-month high of $212.19. The company has a market capitalization of $4.38 trillion, a PE ratio of 36.82, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.62 and a beta of 2.33. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $184.97 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $184.15. 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 (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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%.The firm’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 earned $0.89 earnings per share. As a group, analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

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 issued a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 0.82%.

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.