First Financial Corp IN Acquires 4,950 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

First Financial Corp IN raised its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 28.2% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 22,492 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,950 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up about 1.6% of First Financial Corp IN’s portfolio, making the stock its 12th largest holding. First Financial Corp IN’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $4,195,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. State Street Corp increased its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.0% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 978,208,862 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $154,556,803,000 after purchasing an additional 9,554,857 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.5% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 579,213,497 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $91,150,170,000 after buying an additional 8,521,936 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at about $51,386,863,000. Legal & General Group Plc grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 181,203,035 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,808,862,000 after buying an additional 2,609,560 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 16.1% in the third 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 buying an additional 22,896,705 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA broadened its AI ecosystem with a strategic, $2 billion investment and NVLink Fusion tie‑up with Marvell — investors see this as a move to lock partners into Nvidia’s rack‑scale fabric and protect long‑term data‑center share. Nvidia takes stake in Marvell (CNBC)
• Positive Sentiment: Product pipeline: coverage points to Rubin Ultra and other next‑gen AI capabilities that could drive outsized revenue growth if adopted broadly, supporting longer‑term upside. Rubin Ultra revenue upside (InsiderMonkey)
• Positive Sentiment: Big‑name investors and institutional conviction are supporting sentiment — recent disclosures show purchases by well‑known allocators alongside continued high sell‑side buy ratings and above‑consensus price targets. Analyst bullishness and price targets (InsiderMonkey) Paul Tudor Jones bullish on NVDA (Yahoo) Ray Dalio buying activity (MSN)
• Positive Sentiment: Profitability remains a strength: gross margins are running near 75%, which supports cash flow generation and the company’s ability to fund investments and ecosystem stakes. Gross margin analysis (Zacks)
• Neutral Sentiment: Some analysts adjusted targets downward from earlier peaks but kept buy ratings (New Street cut its target to $275 while maintaining a buy), which tempers upside expectations but keeps institutional backing intact. New Street price target adjustment (MarketScreener)
• Neutral Sentiment: Corporate actions and cash returns — including a near‑term dividend payment — are incremental positives for income‑focused holders but unlikely to move the long‑term growth story. Dividend announcement (Finbold)
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive pressure in China: IDC data show local GPU/AI‑accelerator vendors gaining meaningful share, which raises execution risk in a key international market. Chinese competition eroding share (Reuters)
• Negative Sentiment: Near‑term market pressure and technical/headline-driven selloffs (including an AI memory‑led rout that knocked shares lower) are reminding investors that NVDA’s premium valuation is vulnerable to sentiment swings. AI memory rout analysis (BeInCrypto)
• Negative Sentiment: Operational/earnings caution: NVDA has recorded consecutive quarterly share price declines for the first time in years — history offers rebound scenarios but the streak highlights short‑term earnings/guide risk. Two‑quarter loss and outlook (Barron’s)
• Negative Sentiment: Some long‑standing holders trimmed positions (D. E. Shaw reported a reduction), a reminder that portfolio rebalancing can add selling pressure even amid broad conviction. D. E. Shaw trims NVDA stake (InsiderMonkey)

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of the company’s 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 transaction, the director owned 7,399,771 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,285,192,227.28. This represents a 2.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total transaction of $54,675,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,018,547 shares in the company, valued at $550,130,190.75. This trade represents a 9.04% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last three months, insiders sold 1,401,616 shares of company stock valued at $253,555,407. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

NVIDIA Trading Up 0.8%

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $175.75 on Thursday. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $86.62 and a fifty-two week high of $212.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a current ratio of 3.91. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $182.77 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $184.22. The company has a market cap of $4.27 trillion, a P/E ratio of 35.87, a PEG ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 2.34.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted 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. The firm had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations 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% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.89 EPS. Research analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 11th were paid a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 0.82%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $275.00 price objective (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Friday, January 16th. Citigroup increased their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $270.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 26th. TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating and issued a $235.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, March 17th. Finally, New Street Research reduced their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $307.00 to $275.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $275.25.

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.