Assenagon Asset Management S.A. Sells 138,730 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Assenagon Asset Management S.A. cut its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 0.7% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 20,887,453 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 138,730 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises about 5.4% of Assenagon Asset Management S.A.’s holdings, making the stock its 4th largest position. Assenagon Asset Management S.A.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $3,895,510,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of NVDA. Winnow Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth about $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC boosted its position in shares of 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 acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth approximately $40,000. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the third quarter worth approximately $50,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd bought a new stake in NVIDIA in the second quarter worth approximately $54,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.68, for a total value of $38,501,729.76. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 7,399,771 shares in the company, valued at $1,285,192,227.28. This represents a 2.91% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 42,650 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $174.89, for a total transaction of $7,459,058.50. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 881,387 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $154,145,772.43. This represents a 4.62% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 1,401,616 shares of company stock valued at $253,555,407 in the last three months. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst/valuation support: Multiple pieces argue NVDA is trading cheaply vs. its growth profile and some brokers/analysts reiterated buys or raised long‑term estimates, providing a buy‑the‑dip narrative that could attract value buyers. 5 April Buys With Double-Digit Year-End Targets
• Positive Sentiment: Enterprise deployments and partnerships expand demand: NVIDIA’s tech is being embedded across industries (energy partnership with SLB, healthcare deployments and HGX systems for regional AI factories), which supports recurring data‑center GPU demand beyond hyperscalers. SLB expands Nvidia partnership to develop AI infrastructure for energy sector
• Positive Sentiment: Ecosystem capital: A Reuters report that a Nvidia‑backed startup (Reflection) is seeking a large funding round signals continued investor appetite for NVDA‑adjacent AI ecosystems that can drive future software and services spend tied to NVIDIA hardware. Nvidia-backed Reflection AI eyes $25 billion valuation, WSJ reports
• Neutral Sentiment: Valuation narrative shifts: Several outlets note NVDA’s forward multiple has compressed (trading near S&P valuation levels), which can be read as either a buying opportunity or a signal that the market is discounting growth — the net impact depends on investor time horizon. Nvidia (NVDA) Stock Trades Below S&P 500 Valuation for First Time in Over a Decade
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/export risk: Senators have pushed to pause NVIDIA export licenses after DOJ charges in an alleged AI‑chip diversion/smuggling case — any tighter export controls would directly reduce addressable revenue from China and adjacent markets. Senators Push to Freeze Nvidia Export Licenses
• Negative Sentiment: Legal and reputational headwinds: A revived class‑action/lawsuit environment and separate suits tied to alleged undisclosed revenues or compliance issues increase near‑term legal risk and uncertainty for guidance/controls. Super Micro Computer Hit With Securities Fraud Lawsuit
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical/supply‑chain concentration: Analysts warn war risk (Iran/Taiwan tensions) could hit NVDA because most advanced GPUs are manufactured at TSMC in Taiwan; heightened geopolitical risk compresses multiples and prompts sectorwide selling. Nvidia Share Price Could Be Hit Hard By Iran War
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling and short‑term uncertainty: Director share sales and vocal skeptics (media/pundits warning of dramatic downside) add to near‑term caution and can amplify momentum selling. NVIDIA Director Sells $38.5M in Stock

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have issued reports on NVDA. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, January 6th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Sanford C. Bernstein boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. UBS Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, March 17th. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane raised their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $260.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $275.95.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVDA opened at $167.52 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.07 trillion, a P/E ratio of 34.19, a P/E/G ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 2.33. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $212.19. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $183.42 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $184.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a current ratio of 3.91.

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

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business 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. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 0.82%.

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.