Profit Investment Management LLC lessened its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 45.6% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 7,236 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 6,073 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises about 1.7% of Profit Investment Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 19th biggest position. Profit Investment Management LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $1,350,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its holdings 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 purchasing an additional 35,815 shares during the period. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 1.0% during the fourth 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 buying an additional 22,929 shares during the period. Highview Capital Management LLC DE grew its position in NVIDIA by 6.7% during the fourth quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 58,396 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $7,842,000 after buying an additional 3,653 shares in the last quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 30.7% in the 4th quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $6,805,000 after acquiring an additional 11,900 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. raised its holdings 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 acquiring an additional 896 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Several research analysts have recently commented on NVDA shares. Wedbush boosted their price objective on NVIDIA from $210.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Rothschild & Co Redburn lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $211.00 to $245.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 17th. Arete Research boosted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $244.00 to $261.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Wolfe Research increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $230.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $215.00 to $250.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-five have issued a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $262.14.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total transaction of $44,332,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 6,933,280 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,229,478,542.40. This represents a 3.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Debora Shoquist sold 80,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $184.65, for a total transaction of $14,772,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 1,574,443 shares in the company, valued at $290,720,899.95. This represents a 4.84% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 2,161,474 shares of company stock valued at $396,157,992 in the last 90 days. 4.17% of the stock is owned by insiders.
NVIDIA Price Performance
Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $190.53 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a current ratio of 4.47. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52-week low of $86.62 and a 52-week high of $212.19. The company has a fifty day moving average of $186.12 and a 200-day moving average of $176.77. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.63 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.28, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.93 and a beta of 2.29.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.07. NVIDIA had a net margin of 53.01% and a return on equity of 99.24%. The business had revenue of $57.01 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $54.66 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.81 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 62.5% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 4th were issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 4th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 0.99%.
More NVIDIA News
Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
- Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA struck a ~ $20B agreement to license Groq’s inference technology and bring key Groq engineers into NVIDIA, which investors view as a fast way to close a latency/speed gap for inference workloads and extend NVIDIA’s moat. NVIDIA’s $20B Groq Deal Is a Warning Shot to AI Rivals
- Positive Sentiment: Multiple outlets and TV segments frame the Groq deal as market‑moving — coverage highlights the strategic urgency (speed for inference) and immediate market reaction, supporting the near‑term bullish case. Nvidia strikes $20 billion deal with Groq: Here’s what you need to know
- Positive Sentiment: Wall Street momentum: major firms reaffirmed/raised bullish ratings and price targets (e.g., $275 PTs reported), supporting further upside expectations as analysts bake the deal into 2026 modeling. Analyst price target reports
- Neutral Sentiment: Deal structure is non‑traditional — a non‑exclusive license plus talent hires (Groq stays independent) — which accelerates integration while aiming to avoid lengthy antitrust review; that reduces near‑term regulatory drag but leaves some legal/competitive ambiguity. Nvidia-Groq deal is structured to keep ‘fiction of competition alive’
- Positive Sentiment: Technical/strategic rationale: analysts and deep‑dive pieces argue Groq’s LPU/compiler tech can materially improve real‑time inference throughput and energy efficiency — a potential product advantage for cloud and robotics customers. Why Nvidia Needs Groq To Win The War Against Google’s TPUs
- Neutral Sentiment: Financing and cash use: while NVDA’s huge free cash flow can fund the deal, $20B is material — some analysts flag near‑term balance‑sheet and capital allocation questions (and one note argued “cash problem” risks). Monitor cash deployment and buyback/dividend policy. Nvidia Has A Cash Problem
- Negative Sentiment: Emerging competitive risk: a MarketBeat piece warns MetaX’s rapid IPO surge and other deep‑tech entrants could pose a meaningful long‑term threat to NVIDIA’s dominance into 2026 — worth tracking as rivals commercialize low‑latency stacks. Is MetaX a NVIDIA Threat—or Just Another DeepSeek Market Scare?
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.
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