Banque Cantonale Vaudoise Raises Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Banque Cantonale Vaudoise raised its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 4.3% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 631,537 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 25,997 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises about 4.1% of Banque Cantonale Vaudoise’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd biggest holding. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $110,139,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. bought a new position in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter valued at $26,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC grew its position in NVIDIA by 47.9% in the second quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth approximately $40,000. Inspire Investing LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth approximately $44,000. Finally, AlphaCentric Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $45,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

NVDA has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Bank of America reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $350.00 target price (up from $320.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, April 10th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “hold” rating and set a $255.00 price objective (up from $220.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Susquehanna reiterated a “positive” rating and issued a $275.00 target price (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. Finally, Barclays restated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $303.84.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $194.97 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $4.72 trillion, a PE ratio of 29.86, a P/E/G ratio of 0.43 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $210.60 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $193.13. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $151.49 and a one year high of $236.54. 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 (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. The business had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $78.42 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.81 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.69 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were paid a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. This is a positive change from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 4th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 15.31%.

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

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Palantir announced a new AI partnership with NVIDIA, reinforcing NVDA’s role as the core enabler of government and enterprise AI deployments. Palantir and Nvidia Bring Open AI Models Inside U.S. Government Systems
• Positive Sentiment: Australia’s Firmus Technologies struck an AI access deal with NVIDIA, another sign that smaller AI firms are leaning on NVDA’s ecosystem to secure compute capacity. Australia’s Firmus Technologies strikes AI access deal with Nvidia
• Positive Sentiment: Bernstein reaffirmed its buy rating on NVIDIA, while broader commentary noted that most analysts remain bullish on the stock despite recent cooling. NVIDIA had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Sanford C. Bernstein.
• Neutral Sentiment: Articles highlighted NVIDIA’s expanding AI infrastructure push, including partnerships aimed at giving smaller companies more affordable access to Nvidia-powered computing. Nvidia’s AI Infrastructure Push Gets Bigger
• Neutral Sentiment: Some reports also warned of risks around chip export controls and AI sentiment, including a probe into alleged NVIDIA chip smuggling and broader talk of an AI valuation pullback, which may keep volatility elevated. Super Micro Plunges 8% as Taiwan Raids Its Offices in NVIDIA AI Chip Smuggling Probe

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction 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 sale, the director owned 116,135 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $25,053,803.55. This trade represents a 11.77% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total value of $133,750.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 14,163 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,030,882. This trade represents a 4.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About NVIDIA

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.