CTC Alternative Strategies Ltd. Takes Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

CTC Alternative Strategies Ltd. acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 19,669 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock, valued at approximately $3,670,000. NVIDIA makes up approximately 4.4% of CTC Alternative Strategies Ltd.’s portfolio, making the stock its 3rd biggest holding.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its position in NVIDIA by 12.4% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $43,631,000 after purchasing an additional 35,815 shares during the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,346,417 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $315,100,000 after purchasing an additional 22,929 shares during the period. Highview Capital Management LLC DE raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 6.7% in the 4th quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 58,396 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $7,842,000 after acquiring an additional 3,653 shares during the period. Hudson Value Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 30.7% during the 4th quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $6,805,000 after purchasing an additional 11,900 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 15.7% during the first quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 6,598 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $715,000 after buying an additional 896 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

NVDA has been the topic of several analyst reports. HSBC set a $310.00 price objective on NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Tigress Financial reissued a “strong-buy” rating and set a $360.00 price objective (up from $350.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. Barclays reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $240.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group set a $250.00 price objective on NVIDIA and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. 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. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $275.40.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total value of $54,675,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,018,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $550,130,190.75. This represents a 9.04% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 42,650 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $174.89, for a total value of $7,459,058.50. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 881,387 shares in the company, valued at $154,145,772.43. The trade was a 4.62% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders sold 1,179,934 shares of company stock valued at $215,053,678. Insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Major cloud order visibility — Nvidia told Amazon Web Services it will sell ~1 million AI chips plus systems by end-2027, reinforcing multi-year revenue visibility and datacenter demand. Nvidia to sell 1 million chips to Amazon by 2027
• Positive Sentiment: GTC highlights and blowout quarter underpin the long-term bull case — management projected a multi‑year $1T+ AI revenue opportunity and posted a $68.13B quarter that beat expectations, supporting conviction in NVDA’s platform moat. GTC keynote and quarter reaction
• Positive Sentiment: Robust partner/customer momentum — multiple infrastructure partners (Cadence, CoreWeave, Coherent) and public comments from big customers (Elon Musk: Tesla/SpaceX will keep buying) signal persistent demand across cloud, AI and automotive. Strong Micron results also validate surging HBM demand tied to Nvidia GPUs. Partner and customer demand context
• Neutral Sentiment: Product roadmap/consumer tech updates (e.g., DLSS 5) strengthen long-term gaming/graphics positioning but are unlikely to move earnings in the near term. DLSS 5 technical details
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst upgrades and lofty price targets (Raymond James, others) support upside narratives but much of that optimism appears priced in after GTC. Price target/upgrade coverage
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/PR overhang — U.S. prosecutors charged associates tied to a server maker for allegedly smuggling Nvidia‑powered servers to China; while Nvidia isn’t accused, the story raises geopolitical/supply‑chain scrutiny around its chips. Bloomberg: Super Micro smuggling charges
• Negative Sentiment: Tax/headline risk — new disclosures show Nvidia made a large U.S. tax payment reported at ~$17B, which investors may view as a cash/timing headwind or governance disclosure to digest. WSJ: $17B U.S. tax payment
• Negative Sentiment: Technical and sentiment pressure — charts showed a bearish signal after GTC and options flow indicated heavy call selling/put buying (sell‑the‑news), creating short‑term downside risk despite strong fundamentals. MarketWatch: bearish technical signal

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $172.76 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $212.19. The company has a quick ratio of 3.24, a current ratio of 3.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. The company has a market cap of $4.20 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.60 and a beta of 2.33. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $184.60 and a 200-day moving average of $184.11.

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, beating 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 business had revenue of $68.13 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.89 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts forecast 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. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be given a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 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.