Clare Market Investments LLC Makes New $14.47 Million Investment in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Clare Market Investments LLC purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 82,983 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock, valued at approximately $14,472,000. NVIDIA makes up 3.0% of Clare Market Investments LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 7th biggest position.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in NVDA. Brighton Jones LLC increased its stake in 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 buying an additional 35,815 shares during the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% during the 4th quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,346,417 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $315,100,000 after buying an additional 22,929 shares during the last quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE grew its holdings 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 acquiring an additional 3,653 shares in the last quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC grew its holdings 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 acquiring an additional 11,900 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 15.7% in the first quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 6,598 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $715,000 after acquiring an additional 896 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA expanded its AI push in Japan, unveiling partnerships with major companies and institutions to build national AI infrastructure, robotics, and localized AI models. Japan Government, Industrial Leaders and NVIDIA Launch the World’s First National AI Infrastructure
• Positive Sentiment: Japan’s robotics and manufacturing leaders are adopting NVIDIA’s Cosmos, Isaac, Metropolis, Jetson, and Nemotron platforms, reinforcing the company’s push beyond GPUs into physical AI and full-stack infrastructure. Japan’s Robotics and Manufacturing Leaders Build on NVIDIA Cosmos to Advance Physical AI Frontier
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts at KeyCorp reiterated an Overweight view and raised long-dated earnings estimates, suggesting Wall Street still sees substantial upside if NVIDIA’s AI buildout continues. MarketBeat NVIDIA analyst and earnings estimates

NVIDIA Trading Down 2.4%

NVIDIA stock opened at $207.40 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $209.88 and a 200 day simple moving average of $195.05. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.02 trillion, a P/E ratio of 31.76, a PEG ratio of 0.47 and a beta of 2.21. 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 52 week low of $164.07 and a 52 week high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.The firm had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.42 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.81 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.8 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 4th were paid a $0.25 dividend. This is a boost from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 15.31%.

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Wednesday, May 20th that authorizes the company to buyback $80.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts recently issued reports on the company. TD Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $275.00 target price (up from $235.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, May 15th. Citic Securities raised their price target on NVIDIA from $242.00 to $315.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 22nd. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $350.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. BTIG Research started coverage on NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, April 15th. They set a “buy” rating on the stock. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane increased their price objective on NVIDIA from $270.00 to $285.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $304.26.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total transaction of $133,750.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 14,163 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,030,882. This trade represents a 4.23% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total transaction of $186,000,450.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 5,207,271 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. This trade represents a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015 in the last quarter. 3.94% 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.