NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Bought by Carderock Capital Management Inc.

Carderock Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 35.7% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 47,258 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 12,422 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up 2.1% of Carderock Capital Management Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 21st biggest holding. Carderock Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $8,814,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also modified their holdings of NVDA. Joule Financial LLC grew its position in NVIDIA by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. Joule Financial LLC now owns 2,308 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $431,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% in the third quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC now owns 4,640 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $866,000 after buying an additional 53 shares during the last quarter. Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 2.6% during the third quarter. Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC now owns 2,118 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $395,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the period. IMG Wealth Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.4% during the third quarter. IMG Wealth Management Inc. now owns 3,820 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $713,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the period. Finally, Cyr Financial Inc. grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.7% during the third quarter. Cyr Financial Inc. now owns 7,737 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,444,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Stock Down 2.2%

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $167.52 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $86.62 and a twelve month high of $212.19. The stock has a market cap 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. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $183.42 and a 200 day moving average of $184.34. 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 (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. The business 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 business’s quarterly revenue was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.89 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is 0.82%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on NVDA. Macquarie Infrastructure upgraded NVIDIA to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Wells Fargo & Company reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, December 29th. KeyCorp reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $275.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, March 17th. TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating and issued a $235.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, March 17th. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $260.00 target price on NVIDIA in a report on Monday, March 2nd. Four 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 company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $275.95.

NVIDIA News Summary

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

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.68, for a total transaction of $38,501,729.76. Following the sale, the director directly owned 7,399,771 shares of the company’s stock, 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 link. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 3,004 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $184.90, for a total value of $555,439.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 14,788 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,734,301.20. The trade was a 16.88% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 1,401,616 shares of company stock valued at $253,555,407 in the last quarter. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.