NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Acquired by Epoch Investment Partners Inc.

Epoch Investment Partners Inc. lifted its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 11.0% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 2,146,203 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 212,254 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for 2.3% of Epoch Investment Partners Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its biggest position. Epoch Investment Partners Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $400,267,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of NVDA. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 12.4% in the 4th 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 period. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% in the 4th 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 boosted its position in shares of 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 valued at $7,842,000 after purchasing an additional 3,653 shares during the period. Hudson Value Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 30.7% in the 4th quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $6,805,000 after purchasing an additional 11,900 shares during the period. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 15.7% in the 1st quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 6,598 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $715,000 after purchasing an additional 896 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $205.19 on Monday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $206.84 and its 200 day simple moving average is $191.41. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a current ratio of 3.44. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $140.85 and a twelve month high of $236.54. The company has a market capitalization of $4.97 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.42, a PEG ratio of 0.46 and a beta of 2.22.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $81.62 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.81 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.65 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th will be given a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. This is an increase from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 15.31%.

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts remained broadly bullish, with multiple notes raising revenue forecasts and price targets while arguing NVDA still looks undervalued given its dominance in AI accelerators and networking. Analyst Calls NVIDIA Undervalued, Sees Major Upside Ahead
• Positive Sentiment: Reuters reported that NVIDIA has begun pitching its Vera CPUs to Chinese customers, suggesting a possible reopening of a meaningful China growth channel and expanding the company’s AI data-center addressable market. Exclusive: Nvidia begins Vera CPU sales pitch to Chinese clients, sources say
• Positive Sentiment: New partnerships and product launches reinforced NVIDIA’s platform leadership, including its RTX Spark push for local AI inference, its collaboration with Microsoft on agentic AI, and healthcare AI work with Abridge. Nvidia Is Developing an AI Healthcare Model With Startup Abridge
• Positive Sentiment: Institutional and thematic commentary continued to support the stock, with articles highlighting strong Blackwell demand, a favorable AI spending backdrop, and the idea that NVDA could benefit from the current wave of AI infrastructure buildouts. NVIDIA’s Outlook Gains Momentum: Stock Price to Follow
• Neutral Sentiment: Some market coverage framed NVIDIA as part of a broader tech rotation, with chip stocks moving differently from the mega-cap AI leaders as investors reassessed valuation and near-term expectations. Nvidia stock slips despite China push, strong AI demand outlook
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish and comparative pieces argued that other AI names like Micron or AMD may offer better near-term upside, which can weigh on sentiment toward NVDA even if the company’s fundamentals remain strong. Micron vs. NVIDIA: One AI Stock Is a Clear Buy Right Now

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have commented on NVDA shares. Fundamental Research set a $218.00 price objective on NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $285.00 price objective (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating and set a $270.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. HSBC restated a “buy” rating and set a $325.00 price objective (up from $295.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, May 19th. Finally, TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating and set a $275.00 price objective (up from $235.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Friday, May 15th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $305.67.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total value of $54,675,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,018,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $550,130,190.75. The trade was a 9.04% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total value of $3,343,815.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 116,135 shares in the company, valued at approximately $25,053,803.55. This represents a 11.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 1,619,457 shares of company stock worth $332,073,643. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.