Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA, XETRA:NVD) has authorized an additional $150 billion in share repurchases, raising the remaining amount available under the company’s existing buyback program to $235 billion.
The company expects to execute the entire remaining $235 billion program through fiscal year 2028, covering both the newly approved increase and the previously authorized balance.
The $150 billion addition marks the largest increase in a share repurchase authorization in history.
The increase adds to $85 billion in previously authorized share repurchases, bringing the remaining program to more than twice its size before the board’s latest decision.
"Nvidia's growth is being driven by a once-in-a-generation platform shift to AI and accelerated computing," said Jensen Huang, the company’s founder and chief executive officer.
"Our cash generation gives us the capacity to invest in the technologies that advance this transformation and return capital to shareholders."
"This authorization reflects our confidence in the long-term opportunity ahead."
Shares of Nvidia were up over 2% on Monday morning.
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President Donald Trump turned down Iran's peace offer over the weekend. Oil went up, gold fell apart, and nearly every chipmaker had a miserable morning.
The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC -0.60%) index dropped 1% as of 11:26 a.m. ET while the S&P 500 (^GSPC -0.53%) fell 0.8%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI -0.44%) declined by 0.7%. Seventeen of the Dow's 30 components traded lower in this Wall Street snapshot.
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A rejected offer put crude back over $100 Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi had offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart nuclear talks within seven days in exchange for lifting the naval blockade, waiving oil sanctions, and observing a ceasefire. Trump turned down Iran's peace proposal, calling the terms "unacceptable." He reportedly told aides that he expects strikes to resume after November's midterms.
So Brent spiked above $108 in early trading before settling back near $100, still up roughly 2.7% in 24 hours. The United States Oil Fund (USO +0.51%) rose 3.3%. Energy was the only sector to post a real gain with a composite 0.9% uptick, though the major oil and energy companies generally moved less than the barrel price. Among the 13 largest energy stocks (measured by market cap), each one rose or fell less than 2%.
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Nvidia (NVDA +2.29%) is marching to a different beat, up 2.1% and pretty much alone in the green. It's the largest mover in the Nasdaq and S&P 500 indexes today after announcing a $150 billion expansion of its buyback program. The remaining authorization is $235 billion, the largest share repurchase authorization ever presented by an American company.
Nvidia also rolled out OpenShell, an agent-safety platform it claims could have stopped the OpenAI agents that broke into Hugging Face last month.
Every other major chip name fell. I mean, it's a broad downturn in the semiconductor sector today, despite Nvidia's gains. SK Hynix (SKHY -4.68%) dropped 5.9%, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD -4.09%) 5.2%, Qualcomm (QCOM -6.22%) 5.7%, and Micron Technology (MU -2.46%) 3.7%. Their investors are concerned about Iran-driven increases in the Federal rate in the coming weeks, and OpenAI will pause its back-end training until further notice. That's a different way to address AI agent security threats.
Rising yields did the rest of the damage. The 10-year Treasury rose to 5.26%, pushing gold prices nearly 4% lower as investors sought high-yielding safe havens. 10-year bonds just hit their highest level since the spring of 2002.
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Buckle up for a heavy data week This will be a dense data week. Job openings arrive tomorrow. Core consumer-side inflation and final second-quarter GDP reports are due on Wednesday. September's job report is scheduled for Friday. Forecasters expect 84,000 new jobs, way down from August's 162,000, with unemployment steady at 4.1%. Any of those could move rate expectations in a market already braced for another Federal rate hike.
Micron squeezes in a much-watched earnings report on Wednesday evening, covering the fourth quarter and full fiscal year of 2026. The offbeat timing feels awkward since memory stocks just took the worst of Monday's selling.
And before I forget, the U.S. and China agreed to cut tariffs on $60 billion of goods. The tariff cuts run to Jan. 10, 2027, split evenly between the parties. I see American corn and meat on one side and Chinese gadgets on the other.
Chinese stocks fell anyway amid a bipartisan U.S. push to ban Chinese components from government data centers.
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Nvidia has made another big splash, with its board of directors authorizing another $150 billion in stock buybacks. That sets up the company to repurchase a whopping $235 billion worth of shares between now and January 2028.
With a buyback program this large, Nvidia’s management is sending a message that it views the stock as undervalued. And the data supports that shares are in bargain territory, even though the company is the largest on earth, with a market capitalization of $5.42 trillion.
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CEO Jensen Huang said keeping AI agents in line is an engineering problem Nvidia can solve. Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images Nvidia is giving AI agents a playpen — and a watchdog.
The chipmaker on Monday launched the Open Agent Safety Platform, a two-part system designed to keep agents inside clearly defined boundaries and cut them off quickly if they try to escape.
It comes after several frontier AI labs reported agents breaking out of supposedly secure testing environments, reaching systems they were not meant to access, and sometimes misrepresenting what they had done.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Monday that AI has "the potential to do incredible good."
"But we also have to make sure that the technology is developed and deployed safely," he added.
Here's how Nvidia's new agent safety system — which more than 100 organizations, including Microsoft and Anthropic, are working with — actually works.
Give the agent a tightly limited playgroundThe first component of Nvidia's safety platform is OpenShell. Companies download the open-source software, install it on devices or in the cloud, and then it acts like a controlled playground for AI agents.
Before an agent starts work, its operator sets the ground rules: which files, websites, networks, tools, and credentials it can access.
Huang compared that approach to giving an employee a badge that works only where they need it to. "Job number one is you take away all of its rights," he told CNBC. The operator then gives it access to files, data, tools, or the internet only when required.
If an agent is sorting invoices, for example, it should not be able to rummage through HR records or make random calls to the wider internet.
In other words, OpenShell puts the agent in a sandbox — an isolated environment designed to stop a bad decision from spilling into the rest of a company's systems. It checks and enforces those rules while the agent works.
Watch for the moment it goes off-scriptNvidia is focused on reducing the risk of agents veering away from the task they were given.
That could happen because instructions were vague, a tool broke, or the agent has spent a long time trying to solve a hard problem.
When one approach fails, it may keep hunting for another, including routes its human operator never imagined.
That does not necessarily mean an agent is malicious. But it can mean it is taking risks.
OpenShell is meant to spot and block actions that fall outside the preset policy in real time.
Add a security guard the agent cannot fireThe second piece, Nvidia Sentry, is the more muscular backstop. It runs on separate Nvidia hardware, called BlueField data-processing units, rather than on the same system running the agent.
In plain English: the watchdog is kept out of the agent's reach.
Sentry monitors the agent's interactions with models, tools, data, and networks. If its behavior looks suspicious or breaches the rules, Nvidia says the system can isolate — or quarantine — the agent in milliseconds.
Huang said the setup effectively places a new chip between the agent and the large language model, allowing Nvidia to "intercept everything."
The launch is Huang's answer to growing worries about increasingly autonomous AI.
"I believe, as an engineer, I know it's an engineering problem," Huang told CNBC. "This is a technically solvable problem."
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Four years ago, Nvidia (NVDA +2.27%) became synonymous with artificial intelligence (AI) nearly overnight. At the time, the company's graphics processing units (GPUs) were the only widely available hardware that could train and run the generative models big tech suddenly needed.
Since then, Nvidia has managed to stay at the center of the AI infrastructure stack: chips, software, networking, and even the model work itself. Every major hyperscaler and frontier lab is buying more Nvidia silicon every year. That demand has propelled the company's revenue and profits to record levels that would have sounded like fantasy back in 2022.
Now, Nvidia's balance sheet is so flush that the company has the financial flexibility to fund new products, make strategic investments, look at acquisitions, pay a dividend, and retire stock. To me, Nvidia is beginning to look a lot like Apple. Apple spent years proving that a company with more cash than it can productively spend on product innovation alone should simply buy its own shares. Nvidia just did the same thing, announcing a jaw-dropping $150 billion share repurchase program.
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AI turned Nvidia into a cash machine Nvidia sits in the middle of a platform shift that is still in its early innings. Year after year, data center customers raise their purchase orders because they cannot get enough accelerated computing. This allows Nvidia to maintain lucrative pricing power for its chips, producing the kind of free cash flow that allows a company to do several things at once.
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While product innovation comes first, shareholder rewards are a close second. Specifically, share repurchases are an interesting tool because they shrink the outstanding share count while the company's earnings base is still growing.
Why do companies buy back their own stock? A stock buyback is simple arithmetic with a confidence signal attached. When a company buys its own stock, each remaining share owns a larger slice of future earnings. This means earnings per share (EPS) can rise even if net income is flat. Companies tend to authorize share repurchases when they believe the stock is undervalued relative to the cash management expects the business to generate.
Nvidia has already been buying back stock in large quantities over the last year. During the first two quarters of fiscal 2027, the company bought back roughly $39 billion of stock. The new authorization lifts the remaining capacity to $235 billion, and the company says it expects to work through that amount through fiscal 2028.
This is not a distant, open-ended promise. Nvidia's timeline to complete this buyback is a fairly tight window. Planning to deploy that much capital over the next year or so suggests management has enough visibility to see the cash generation that will pay for it.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Image source: Nvidia.
CEO Jensen Huang was blunt about the new buyback. "Nvidia's growth is being driven by a once-in-a-generation platform shift to AI and accelerated computing," he said in the press release. He went on to explain that the company's cash generation is so robust that the authorization "reflects our confidence in the long-term opportunity ahead."
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Nvidia stock looks better now than ever before While earnings keep compounding, Nvidia's share count will be reduced on a schedule the company just published. While the authorization does not guarantee every dollar will get spent tomorrow, it does signal that Nvidia is not treating the AI revolution as a one- or two-quarter spike.
The key takeaway is straightforward: Nvidia is generating more cash than it can usefully reinvest at high returns, so it is shrinking the equity base instead. When paired with the company's attractive valuation profile -- trading at a 10-year low -- plus ongoing revenue and profit growth and a shrinking share count, the bull case around Nvidia is pretty compelling. For these reasons, I see Nvidia as a great stock to buy and hold as the AI boom pushes on.
Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow breaks down Nvidia's decision to boost the size of its share buyback plan by a record $150 billion, taking the total amount to $235 billion. Plus, SpaceX's Starship rocket reaches orbit for the first time, marking a major milestone after an engine failed during ascent and briefly put the mission at risk.
Nvidia Corporation is facing mounting risks as AI security incidents and global competition intensify. I see negatives around NVDA as not fully priced in and have turned bearish, and I favor Intel and AMD for better upside potential. AI development 'pacing' is unlikely to succeed globally, with China remaining a critical competitive threat to U.S. AI leadership.
AI chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA) on Monday signaled that it believes its stock is undervalued by announcing a huge increase to its share repurchase program.
Nvidia's board of directors has authorized a $150 billion increase to its stock buyback plan, raising the remaining total program to $235 billion.
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The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company said it expects to execute the total remaining program through fiscal year 2028.
Nvidia called the share repurchase authorization the largest stock buyback plan in history.
"Nvidia's growth is being driven by a once-in-a-generation platform shift to AI and accelerated computing," Chief Executive Jensen Huang said in a news release. "Our cash generation gives us the capacity to invest in the technologies that advance this transformation and return capital to shareholders. This authorization reflects our confidence in the long-term opportunity ahead."
In premarket trading on the stock market today, Nvidia stock climbed 2% to 229.76.
Nvidia stock has been trending sideways for about four months. It reached a record high of 236.54 on May 14.
Nvidia Stock Is On Five IBD Lists
In other news on Monday, Nvidia announced an open software platform and reference system design to strengthen AI security. The Nvidia Open Agent Safety Platform is designed to cover artificial intelligence systems from agent testing to deployment.
Nvidia said industry leaders from across the AI ecosystem are joining in the program. At this point, more than 100 companies have joined Nvidia in the effort.
Nvidia stock is on five IBD stock lists: IBD 50, Big Cap 20, Sector Leaders, Stock Spotlight and Tech Leaders.
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Nvidia is rolling out two open-source software security tools designed to control what AI agents can access in real time and shut them down when they break the rules. The company says this would've prevented the recent high-profile breach of Hugging Face by OpenAI's artificial intelligence models.
Fresh off nearly $20 billion of share repurchases in its most recent quarter, Nvidia (NVDA +2.27%) is hinting that there is a lot more to come.
The company announced on Sept. 28 that its board of directors has authorized an additional $150 billion under its share repurchase program, bringing the remaining total authorization to $235 billion.
It's the largest increase to a share repurchase authorization plan in history. In a press release, the company also said it expects to use all of this authorization through fiscal year 2028.
Nvidia stock traded roughly 3% higher, as of 9:35 p.m. ET.
The $235 billion authorization currently equates to about 4.3% of Nvidia's market cap. With six quarters remaining between now and then, that means the company could repurchase over $39 billion of its own stock per quarter.
"NVIDIA's growth is being driven by a once-in-a-generation platform shift to AI and accelerated computing," CEO Jensen Huang said in a statement. "Our cash generation gives us the capacity to invest in the technologies that advance this transformation and return capital to shareholders. This authorization reflects our confidence in the long-term opportunity ahead."
Should investors buy the stock?
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Investors remain cautiousNvidia stock has enjoyed a solid year, up nearly 25%. But considering that the company continues to report blowout earnings quarter after quarter, sentiment still strikes me as cautious.
Part of this may be because the stock is already so large, with a roughly $5.6 trillion market cap. A double from here may feel difficult for investors to wrap their heads around, simply given the law of large numbers.
However, investors may also be worried about a slowdown in AI capital expenditures at some point. After all, Nvidia's chips need to be purchased for data centers, which are incredibly expensive to build and seemingly face more opposition each day.
So if there is a slowdown in the capex story, that would likely be bearish for Nvidia. Critics have suggested that some of the circular financing deals Nvidia has engaged in, funding or investing in key suppliers and customers, is evidence of this. Nvidia has also reportedly been financing companies building data centers.
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Lastly, there has been concern that the chip business will gradually become more commoditized, eroding Nvidia's pricing power and, in turn, its gross margins.
On Nvidia's most recent earnings call, CFO Colette Kress told investors that it expects Nvidia's gross margins to contract from about 75% to 71% to 72% by the fourth quarter of its fiscal year 2027, largely due to higher memory prices. But this metric will be important for investors to watch moving forward.
Nvidia's stock looks attractive on many fronts. The company continues to guide for tremendous growth. On its most recent earnings call, Nvidia guided for roughly 70% annual revenue growth in fiscal year 2028, well above what Wall Street analysts had been modeling.
Trading at roughly 24 times forward earnings, that doesn't seem all that demanding for what many are calling a generational company at the very center of a generational industry.
Still, investors should be mindful that the Nvidia story is being driven by forces such as AI capex that are not easy to predict. Even trying to understand how advanced current AI models and technology are is quite difficult.
On the surface, Nvidia looks very compelling, but there are some unknowns in the AI trade that do make the stock risky. That's why owning Nvidia really depends on your risk tolerance.
A more balanced approach for long-term investors is to simply own the S&P 500, in which Nvidia currently accounts for nearly 7.9% of the market-weighted benchmark.
Nvidia NVDA shares rose over 3% at market open on Monday after the chipmaker unveiled a record $150 billion share buyback, underscoring the extraordinary cash generation being driven by the artificial intelligence boom.
The share received a boost despite broader markets remaining weak over rising oil prices and bond yields, with the 10-year Treasury yield gaining to 5.23%.
The authorization is the largest-ever addition to a US company's stock repurchase program, surpassing Apple's $110 billion buyback approval in 2024.
Nvidia's new authorization brings its remaining repurchase capacity to $235 billion, which the company expects to deploy through fiscal 2028.
“NVIDIA’s growth is being driven by a once-in-a-generation platform shift to AI and accelerated computing,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA.
“Our cash generation gives us the capacity to invest in the technologies that advance this transformation and return capital to shareholders. This authorization reflects our confidence in the long-term opportunity ahead.”
The scale of the authorization highlights how rapidly Nvidia's financial position has changed alongside the AI investment cycle.
The company generated almost $100 billion in free cash flow in its most recent financial year, which ended in January.
Consensus estimates from S&P Global's Visible Alpha suggest that figure could more than triple to $329 billion by fiscal 2028.
Nvidia ended its July quarter with $22.4 billion in cash and cash equivalents, while its net income is forecast to more than double to $245 billion in the current financial year.
Visible Alpha estimates that profit could rise further to $387 billion in the fiscal year ending January 2028.
The buyback therefore gives Nvidia a mechanism to return a portion of those anticipated cash flows to investors while continuing to finance its expansion and investments in AI.
Large buyback authorizations can signal that management believes its shares are attractively valued.
They are also often associated with mature companies whose growth has begun to moderate.
Despite the strength of its financial outlook, Nvidia's shares have faced questions over how much of its future growth is already reflected in its valuation.
The stock was recently trading at about 16.5 times 12-month forward earnings, according to LSEG data.
That is its lowest level since January 2015 and significantly below its 15-year average of about 30 times earnings.
Some analysts view the compression in the multiple as evidence that investors have become more cautious about the pace and durability of Nvidia's profit growth.
One concern is pressure on gross margins.
Nvidia's gross margin was 75% last quarter, but Bloomberg-compiled analyst estimates indicate that it could fall below 72% by the fourth quarter before recovering.
Higher costs for critical components, including memory chips, are contributing to the pressure.
Nvidia is also facing a changing competitive landscape as some of its largest customers develop their own AI silicon.
David Russell, global head of market strategy at TradeStation, has highlighted the growing threat from customers designing chips internally.
Meta Platforms and Alphabet are among the major Nvidia customers pursuing their own AI processors, potentially reducing their dependence on Nvidia over time.
"Multiples expand when companies are well positioned with potential to get better, and Nvidia doesn't offer that," Russell said in an earlier Bloomberg report.
Huang has pushed back against the more cautious assessment of Nvidia's future.
At a Goldman Sachs technology conference earlier this month, he described Nvidia as "the world's first and only growth value stock" and called the company "incredibly misunderstood."
The record repurchase authorization arrives as Nvidia attempts to reassure investors that the AI spending cycle has further room to run.
Last month, the company forecast approximately 70% revenue growth for fiscal 2028, addressing concerns that the extraordinary expansion of AI infrastructure spending could eventually slow.
Its sales are forecast to increase by about 90% this year, with major AI companies including OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceX among its customers.
Google is also a significant Nvidia buyer through its cloud business despite developing its own AI chips.
Nvidia has also invested in AI startups and cloud providers, a strategy that has attracted scrutiny from some investors over whether such investments can indirectly support demand for its chips.
The comparison with Apple is notable.
When Apple authorized its $110 billion buyback in 2024, the iPhone maker held all five of the top spots for the largest US corporate repurchase authorizations, according to Bloomberg.
Apple's smartphone growth had slowed, but its enormous profitability enabled it to return substantial amounts of capital to shareholders.
Nvidia, by contrast, is still in a period of rapid expansion.
Its expected $329 billion in free cash flow by fiscal 2028 and projected $387 billion in net income underline the scale of the opportunity that the company believes lies ahead.
The $150 billion authorization consequently represents more than a capital-return decision.
It is also a statement from Nvidia's management that the AI infrastructure boom can generate sufficient cash to fund continued investment while returning significant sums to shareholders.
For investors, the question now is whether Nvidia's extraordinary cash generation and projected growth can continue to offset margin pressures, customer competition, and a rapidly evolving AI chip market.
Nvidia said on Monday it would spend another $150 billion buying back its own shares, in what the chip company said was the largest stock buyback in history.
The increase comes four months after the artificial intelligence chipmaker’s board added $80 billion to the company’s buyback program, bringing the total remaining amount authorized to $235 billion.
“Nvidia’s growth is being driven by a once-in-a-generation platform shift to A.I. and accelerated computing,” Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, said in a statement.
“Our cash generation gives us the capacity to invest in the technologies that advance this transformation and return capital to shareholders,” he added. “This authorization reflects our confidence in the long-term opportunity ahead.”
Nvidia’s announcement is the latest sign of the extraordinary flood of money into the markets being fueled by the A.I. boom. A host of companies are rushing to build data centers and release new models amid a global race to dominate the technology.
Share buybacks are viewed as a way to** **reward investors, including executives and employees, because they can potentially lift stock prices by limiting the supply of shares for sale. But critics say the actions can take money away from potential investments in hiring or research and development.
The chipmaker’s stock price has skyrocketed amid the explosion in demand for A.I. Nvidia’s chips are the centerpiece of giant A.I. data centers, and demand for those chips has become a barometer of growing demand for the technology.
Other companies have been buying tens of billions of dollars’ worth of those chips, making Nvidia the most valuable public company in the world, with a market capitalization of about $5.6 trillion.
The buyback follows a company report last month that its revenue more than doubled, to $96.22 billion, for the quarter that ended in July. Just three years ago, Nvidia’s quarterly profit was $6.2 billion.
In August, Nvidia told investors that its projected revenue in the current quarter would increase 90 percent from a year ago to $108 billion, in an indication that the A.I. boom still had plenty of momentum.
Nvidia expects to execute the total remaining buyback program through its fiscal year 2028, which ends in late January.
The chipmaker has also placed its deep pockets on one side of a debate over how A.I. should be developed and shared. Nvidia has argued that A.I. developers must be able to make open-source models, which can be freely downloaded and modified, so people can further develop technologies and build new businesses. It is also relying on such models to increase demand for its chips.
The debate over open-source models has heated up since July, when OpenAI’s A.I. systems went rogue and broke into Hugging Face, a library of open A.I. models, and elevated concerns about A.I. safety. Earlier this month, Nvidia agreed to spend $12.9 billion to buy Hugging Face.
On Monday, Nvidia introduced open-source software to monitor and control the actions of A.I. agents, which can do tasks by themselves. The company said recent hacks by A.I. agents had made such software more essential.
“A.I.’s extraordinary potential for society will only be realized if we solve A.I. safety,” Mr. Huang said in a blog post.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has said AI model distillation — models being trained on other models' outputs — is "competition," despite the White House calling it theft.
Distillation has become a key flashpoint in tensions between the U.S. and China in their race for AI supremacy. U.S. officials have accused Chinese AI companies of distillation.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described it as "theft" in July and threatened sanctions against overseas companies that use it to extract capability from U.S.-built models.
But, when asked if distillation was "not robbery," Huang told CNBC's Squawk Box on Monday: "That's called competition."
"You're allowed to test somebody else's products all you want," he said, adding that Nvidia's products are sometimes stripped "down to bones" as companies tried to learn how they worked.
"I'd really prefer they didn't," he said. "I'd really prefer that nobody learns from our products, and we have the benefit of just cruising along. But, you know, frankly, competition makes everything better."
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"If you don't like that, if you don't like people to use your products, all you [have to do is] know your customers, and disable the service," Huang said.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from CNBC.
Earlier this month, the U.S.' Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, accused China's AI companies of conducting "industrial-scale knowledge distillation campaigns" that violated U.S. companies' terms of use.
Anthropic said earlier this month that it found Alibaba, which develops the Qwen family of models, and DeepSeek both engaging in "illicit distillation."
Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA, XETRA:NVD) launched its Open Agent Safety Platform on Monday after AI models escaped sandboxes and attempted to hack other companies' systems.
Justin Boitano, the chipmaker's vice president of enterprise AI, said recent incidents highlighted that model-level safeguards alone cannot govern what agents access or do.
CEO Jensen Huang described the platform as "a browser for agents," telling CNBC that companies need a way to contain agents operating across their businesses.
The company said the platform could have prevented July's Hugging Face incident, when OpenAI models escaped containment, accessed the internet and breached the developer platform.
Based on the company's understanding, Boitano said Hugging Face reported more than 17,000 agents attacking its infrastructure over days and weeks.
One component, OpenShell, runs on central processors and sets limits on agent capabilities.
A second component, Sentry, monitors agents and runs on network chips rather than central or graphics processors.
The platform includes open-source software and serves as a reference design intended for partners to build products on and bring to market.
Nvidia named Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT), Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO, XETRA:CIS), and Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL, XETRA:ORC) among its partners and is working with Anthropic to integrate cloud-managed agents with OpenShell.
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NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction | NVDA Price Prediction) just reported fiscal second-quarter revenue of $96.22 billion, up 105.85% year over year, with Data Center sales of $89.02B.
CEO Jensen Huang put it simply: “AI has reached its inflection point. It’s doing useful work. Its tokens are productive and profitable. Now, compute is revenue.”
Even so, the stock is up only 20.73% year to date. Revenue doubled and the stock didn’t. So here’s my question: can NVIDIA reach $350 per share in 2027?
What’s Holding NVIDIA Back Right Now Investors are worried about margins, supply and financing. Management expects gross margins to bottom in Q4 at 71% to 72% as memory costs rise. Supply commitments rose to $279 billion, and guidance leaves out China Data Center compute entirely.
Bloomberg noted a valuation warning sign this week, and Barron’s reported the stock fell after Huang’s comments on AI regulation (September 22 and 24).
Shares rose 2.42% over the past week and 5.56% over the past month. They remain below the $236 52-week high. At a beta of 2.217, NVIDIA moves much more sharply than the market.
Wall Street Sees 46.3% Upside. Our Model Says 18.9% The consensus target is $327.7, which means 46.3% upside. Analysts rate the stock 9 Strong Buy, 48 Buy, 2 Hold and 1 Sell. Our base case is $266.42, or +18.9%. The full range runs from $230.75 to $310.1, with high confidence of 0.9.
I think our model is too conservative. It credits earnings growth with just 0.03, while 95% of analysts are bullish. On the earnings call, the CFO forecast for “approximately 70% in fiscal 2028. This is a supply-constrained outlook.” Huang added, “Our demand is much higher than that.”
Here’s What It Takes for NVIDIA to Reach $350 Reaching $350 from today’s price of $223.99 would require a gain of 56.3%.
Forward EPS is $13.0579, so $350 works out to a forward P/E of 27x. Our $266.42 base case means about 20x. Getting to the bold target takes roughly 6x more multiple expansion.
The catalysts are specific. Vera Rubin should make up about 20% of Q3 Data Center revenue. It raises revenue per gigawatt to $40 billion, up from $25 billion for Blackwell. AWS is adding 2 million GPUs, and Q3 guidance is $108 billion.
If earnings keep rising at 70% revenue growth, the forward multiple shrinks on its own, and 27x starts to look reasonable. The main risk is that memory costs cut into margins before the price increases take effect in Q1.
Where NVIDIA Trades Today vs Its Earnings Power NVIDIA sells at about 17x forward earnings. That’s cheap for a business with 60.38% operating margins.
Shares sit near the top of a 52-week range that runs from $163.9 to $236. Over 10 years, the stock has returned 14,130.99%. At today’s multiple, the bull case doesn’t need aggressive estimates.
Is $350 Realistic? Here’s My Take Getting to $350 takes a 56.3% gain. It’s a stretch, but a credible one. Three things have to go right. Vera Rubin has to ramp on schedule. Fiscal 2028 gross margins need to settle at 72% to 73%. And investors have to pay about 27x for 70% growth.
A sharp cut in hyperscaler capex would halt it (the power, cooling, and networking names riding that same capex wave are the subject of a free report we put together here). Returns at this level shouldn’t be expected every year, but we’ve outlined the plan for how NVIDIA could reach $350 in 2027.
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At 14:11 GMT, the Nasdaq Composite is trading at 26,912.91, down 155.81 points or -0.58%. The iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) is down 2.38% at $559.05. Nvidia is up $5.91, or +2.63%, at $230.98.
Daily Nasdaq Composite Technical Analysis The Nasdaq Composite is edging lower early Monday after falling below retracement zone resistance at 26,997.47 to 27,066.22. The main trend is up according to the daily swing chart. A trade through 27,288.79 will signal a resumption of the uptrend. The main trend will change to down under 25,802.96.
The minor trend is also up. A trade through 26,876.27 makes 27,122.76 a new minor top. The minor trend will change to down under 26,706.14.
The nearest retracement zone support is 26,545.88 to 26,370.55. This is followed by the 50-day moving average at 26,196.69, which is key support and a trend indicator.
Daily Nvidia Technical Analysis The first resistance is $560.02, followed by $575.69. The 61.8% retracement level at $582.66 is the key upside level. A sustained move over $582.66 could bring in new buyers.
The 200-day moving average at $449.78 is pointing higher and providing long-term support and trend direction.
Nvidia Is Standing Alone in a Weak Chip Group Nvidia added $150 billion to its share-repurchase authorization, bringing the total to $235 billion, and buyers went after the stock while the rest of the chip group was getting sold. It’s the exception in the AI trade Monday morning.
AMD and Micron are both lower with the semiconductors. Meta, Microsoft and Amazon are giving ground too, so the selling has moved past the chipmakers and into the rest of the names that led last week.
Nvidia’s gain isn’t close to enough to keep the Nasdaq Composite or SOXX out of the red. The question for the rest of the session is whether buyers work their way back into AMD and Micron or keep their money parked in Nvidia.
Oil and Yields Are Testing Last Week’s AI Rally Brent crude is back above $106 after President Trump rejected Iran’s ceasefire conditions, and stocks are trading the move as an inflation problem. With the U.S.-Iran peace proposal stalled, the Hormuz story is landing in the rate market, and the tech stocks are feeling it.
The 10-Year U.S. Treasury yield is over 5.20% and the 30-year is above 5.50%. Last week the 10-Year printed its highest level since 2007, and the 30-year got to a level it hadn’t seen since 2004. Those aren’t small moves, and the stock market has to show it can take them without giving back more of the rally.
The indexes held up last week while rates climbed because buyers kept coming into the AI leaders. Monday is the first real test of that, and the early read isn’t good. Oil is up, yields are up and most of the group is down. The buyback is helping Nvidia, but the rate backdrop is the same for everyone else.
Tech Needs Softer Inflation Data to Get Relief Wednesday’s Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) reports are the first chance this week for the bond sell-off to cool, and tech buyers need it to. Thursday’s manufacturing data and Friday’s employment report come after that.
Strong manufacturing and jobs numbers won’t get much of a welcome from tech buyers this week. What traders want to know is whether growth and higher oil keep inflation too hot for the Fed to stop tightening.
Until the data gives them a reason to think otherwise, buyers are dealing with higher financing costs and a dollar that remains firm. A softer PCE report or a weaker payrolls number is what pulls yields back and gives tech room to recover.
What to Watch The rate trade has the upper hand going into Wednesday, and Monday’s oil move didn’t make it any easier for buyers. PCE is the first major report that can change that. Friday’s employment report is the second.
The other issue is breadth. Nvidia can’t carry the Nasdaq Composite by itself, and the index needs the rest of the chip group to find buyers before anyone can say the selling is over. AMD and Micron are the two to watch.
The Nasdaq Composite is trading under the 26,997.47 to 27,066.22 retracement zone after last week’s run to 27,288.79. Sellers have the early edge while it stays below that zone, and the 26,545.88 to 26,370.55 support zone is the next area buyers have to hold. If that zone gives way, the 50-day moving average at 26,196.69 is the level that matters. The tone of the market will be determined by trader reaction to the retracement zone.
Nvidia has the momentum. The buyback took it through the last swing top, and $234.76 is the next target as long as the $221.09 swing bottom holds.
SOXX is the chart to watch for the rest of the group. It needs to get back over $560.02 to take the early advantage away from sellers. Under that price, the 50-day moving average at $527.37 is the next pullback target, and a sustained move over the 61.8% level at $582.66 is what brings in new buyers.
Nvidia boosted its share buyback authorization by a record $150 billion, surpassing Apple’s $110 billion approval in 2024, as the chip giant’s stock trades near its lowest valuation in more than a decade.
Shares of Santa Clara, Calif.-based Nvidia, which has a market cap of more than $5.5 trillion, rose more than 2% in morning trading. The stock has gained more than 20% this year through Friday’s close.
The additional authorization lifts Nvidia’s remaining buyback capacity to $235 billion, which it expects to use through fiscal 2028, as surging demand for AI training and inference fuels cash generation.
“Our cash generation gives us the capacity to invest in the technologies that advance this transformation and return capital to shareholders,” CEO Jensen Huang said in a statement. Getty Images Nvidia shares were trading at about 16.5 times 12-month forward earnings, their lowest multiple since January 2015 and well below the 15-year average of 30, according to LSEG data, which some analysts see as a sign of slowing profit-growth expectations.
The announcement comes amid a slowdown in stock buybacks, which fell roughly 50% from July through Sept. 23.
“Our cash generation gives us the capacity to invest in the technologies that advance this transformation and return capital to shareholders,” CEO Jensen Huang said in a statement.
Nvidia’s $150 billion buyback increase exceeds the market capitalization of about 84% of the S&P 500 constituents, according to data compiled by LSEG.
“The AI buildout won’t continue at its current pace forever, but Nvidia is signaling confidence that demand for its hardware and services has staying power,” said Jacob Bourne, an analyst at Emarketer.
Last month, Nvidia forecast about 70% revenue growth for fiscal 2028. AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying “Its cash generation is currently strong enough that it believes it can continue investing heavily in the business while also returning capital to shareholders,” he added.
Nvidia ended the July quarter with $22.44 billion in cash and cash equivalents.
Last month, Nvidia forecast about 70% revenue growth for fiscal 2028, reassuring investors who have questioned how long the AI spending surge can last after years of explosive growth.
Jim Cramer spent months demanding a bigger buyback from Nvidia, and when the company finally delivered a record-shattering authorization, Cramer immediately placed a condition on it that could make or break the stock's direction.
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NVIDIA’s $150 Billion Number Jim Cramer spent September asking for a bigger buyback, and on September 28, 2026 he got one. The chipmaker, NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction), announced plans to add a record-setting $150 billion to its stock buy back program. That new money sits on top of existing authorizations, and Cramer put the combined total at $238 billion in his CNBC commentary on the announcement. The $150 billion is an authorization: permission to repurchase shares, with the pace left to management.
Cramer attached his own condition right away: “If they’re active and in there every day, it will change the trajectory of the stock.”
What It Means for NVIDIA’s Cash Machine The authorization is only as strong as the cash behind it, and NVIDIA’s cash generation is accelerating. In its second quarter of fiscal 2027, reported August 26, 2026, free cash flow reached $21.34 billion, up 58.43% year over year, on operating cash flow of $24.08 billion.
Shareholder returns are already climbing. Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress said on the call: “In Q2, we returned a record $26 billion to shareholders, $20 billion through share repurchases, and $6 billion through our quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share.” She added that against a plan to return 50% or more of free cash flow, the company had returned 60% year to date, and that “going forward, we intend to increase and return excess free cash flow net of strategic uses.”
The measure is straightforward. NVIDIA’s cash flow statement shows repurchases of about $40.1 billion in the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, and about $33.7 billion the year before. At that fiscal 2026 pace, the combined pot equals roughly five to six years of buying. That figure is a simple comparison to last year’s pace; management controls the actual timing, and the $20 billion repurchased in the second quarter alone shows the pace is already rising.
Market Reaction Shares traded up 3.34% at $232.58 early on announcement day. By late morning, a delayed quote showed the stock at $228.8, up 1.66% from $225.07. On that quote, NVIDIA is up 22.97% year to date and 29.07% over one year.
Bull Case The classic worry about big buybacks is that they arrive when growth fades. A CNBC panelist raised exactly that concern before earnings, pointing to how Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) began buying back stock as its growth slowed to the low teens. NVIDIA’s numbers point the other way. Second-quarter revenue hit $96.22 billion, up 105.8% year over year and ahead of the $92.07 billion consensus. Non-GAAP EPS of $2.22 exceeded the $2.09 estimate, the 5th consecutive beat. Net income reached $59.69 billion, and non-GAAP gross margin expanded to 75.0% from 72.5%.
Guidance calls for third-quarter revenue of $108.0 billion, plus or minus 2%, and Kress said the company expects to “grow revenue by approximately 70% in fiscal 2028,” which she called “a supply-constrained outlook.” The balance sheet carries a debt-to-equity ratio of just 0.073.
Cramer’s template is Apple under former CFO Luca Maestri, who “was always there when the stock dropped” and “gobbled it up.” Cramer has said Apple’s share count fell by more than 40% since 2011. NVIDIA now has 24.147 billion shares outstanding and a trailing P/E of 45, while Cramer argued on September 3, 2026 that the stock sells at less than 15 times next year’s earnings estimates.
The execution risk is real. Cramer noted that “at times they can’t buy back stock in the last ten minutes” because zero-day options activity blocks the stock. Cash also competes with $279.00 billion in supply obligations and nearly $50 billion invested in frontier AI labs.
Bottom Line For investors in for the long haul, the $150 billion boost signals a company generating more cash than its growth plans absorb, while revenue still doubles. The next checkpoint is the fiscal third-quarter earnings report, where NVIDIA has guided to $108.0 billion in revenue, and the repurchase line in that filing will show whether the company is buying at a daily pace. Meanwhile, the $0.25 quarterly dividend pays on October 1, 2026. Cramer got his record authorization. The spending pace will decide whether he gets his direction change.
Data Sources CNBC: Nvidia share buyback plan gets $150 billion boost: Cramer’s $238 billion combined total and his daily-buying condition. Same source: Cramer’s Luca Maestri and Apple framing for opportunistic repurchases. Same source: announcement-day share price of $232.58 and 3.34% gain. Same source: the zero-day options constraint on late-session buying. Contact [email protected] for any questions or corrections.
Jensen Huang told CBS that AI data centers are actually lowering your energy bills, but some homeowners are watching their utility costs spike hundreds of percent as new facilities come online near them. His own earnings calls reveal something that…
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NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) CEO Jensen Huang recently told CBS News that worries about data center water use are a “myth”. He also said that data centers are creating “the opposite” of higher energy bills. Some homeowners see something else when their bills come. In parts of the country, utility bills have spiked hundreds of percent as AI data centers are built and draw on local resources. Huang’s own earnings calls help explain the gap.
Huang Is Pointing to Future Data Centers Huang told CBS that data centers have become more energy-efficient and need less water than they once did. He compared their water use to what a swimming pool evaporates in a year. He also admitted the industry made mistakes: “I would say we’re sorry we didn’t come talk to you sooner.”
His claim fits the newest sites. Liquid cooling coupled with adiabatic assist has both low PUEs and WUEs, meaning the facilities use power and water efficiently. Many older facilities still use cooling towers, which create a “large loss of consumptive, non-recyclable water”. U.S. data centers used 21.2 billion liters of water in 2014 and an estimated 66 billion liters in 2023.
Huang’s Earnings Calls Describe a Massive Power Buildout In May, Huang called AI factories “the largest infrastructure expansion in human history.” On the August 26 call, he said: “The AI infrastructure buildout is at full steam.” Revenue reached $96.22 billion, up 105.8% from a year earlier. Data Center revenue rose 117% to $89.02 billion.
Huang also named power as a constraint. Customers now have to “secure the land, power and shell, which oftentimes is two, three years out.” He said NVIDIA has supply to meet about 70% of demand, adding, “Our demand is much higher than that.” One Ohio campus for OpenAI alone is expected to support 4.25 gigawatts of AI factory capacity.
Efficiency Fuels More Computing as Power Demand Rises According to NVIDIA, Vera Rubin provides “30X higher throughput per megawatt” than Grace Blackwell Ultra. Huang said the ideal would be “infinity per gigawatt.” That goal means putting more computing into each gigawatt, while total power demand keeps rising. NVIDIA is also working with lenders and investment firms to raise over $500 billion in outside capital for AI infrastructure.
Grid data shows the strain. After 15 flat years, U.S. electricity demand has grown 2.1% per year over the last five years. Between 2023 and 2024, the average data center load doubled from 150 to 300 megawatts.
What Investors Should Watch NVIDIA expects third-quarter revenue of $108.0 billion, plus or minus 2%. The stock is up 23.26% year to date. Also keep an eye on how utilities pass costs along. Dominion Energy, for example, is creating a new rate class so that large data centers pay their share. All of that power and cooling has to come from somewhere, and we featured seven suppliers behind the AI data-center expansion in a free report you can grab here.
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NVIDIA just posted one of the most staggering quarters in semiconductor history, but owning the chipmaker alone means betting everything on one side of a trade that has two very different ways to win.
SummaryNvidia Corporation could accumulate more than $1 trillion in cash by fiscal 2031, even while increasing capital expenditures, strategic investments, dividends, and share repurchases.The model assumes revenue growth moderates to 15% by fiscal 2031, gross margin settles near 72.5%, and non-GAAP EPS reaches approximately $28.30.More aggressive buybacks would have limited impact because NVDA’s $5.3 trillion market capitalization makes retiring a meaningful percentage of shares prohibitively expensive.Investing in AI and AI-adjacent companies offers the strongest potential use of NVDA’s excess cash, although it would further concentrate the company’s exposure to the AI ecosystem. Robert Way/iStock Editorial via Getty Images
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Nvidia on Monday unveiled a new security platform that the chipmaker said can stop artificial intelligence agents from going rogue.
The company announced a $150bn stock buyback the same day.
The chipmaker said that its Open Agent Safety Platform includes open source software that “sets boundaries for agents,” and follows a series of revelations from top AI companies about their models escaping and breaking into other organizations.
The disclosures have sparked furious debate about the safety of advanced artificial intelligence systems, including self-improving models that some fear could race out of human control.
Nvidia executives said in a media briefing that the new system could have prevented a recent incident involving a swarm of OpenAI agents that autonomously hacked into AI company Hugging Face.
“From what we know, this new security platform could have stopped the breach if it was being used in frontier labs for model evaluation early on,” said Justin Boitano, the company’s vice-president of enterprise AI, referring to companies at the forefront of AI.
Nvidia also said its board approved expanding its share repurchase program by $150bn, raising the total amount to $235bn.
“Our cash generation gives us the capacity to invest in the technologies that advance this transformation and return capital to shareholders,” Nvidia’s CEO, Jensen Huang, said in a statement.
Last month, Nvidia forecast about 70% revenue growth for fiscal 2028, reassuring investors who have questioned how long the AI spending surge can last after years of explosive growth.
The Hugging Face incident was a high-profile breach that inflamed safety concerns about AI, which were followed by similar rogue actions involving OpenAI’s models including breaching an Australian health department website. Anthropic and Meta have also disclosed that their AI systems hacked into other organizations on their own.
Nvidia’s software, called OpenShell, lets developers “formally verify an agent has enough authority to do its job and no more”, Boitano said.
Because it is open source, it can be “extended” to run on rival computing platforms including those from Arm and Intel.
The platform also includes a separate security layer called Sentry that runs onboard a chip to continuously monitor AI agent activity and can “intervene instantly” if the agent starts trying to move beyond its target, the company said.
“It can quarantine a suspicious agent in milliseconds,” Boitano said.
“OpenShell governs the agent’s actions, and then Sentry independently monitors and contains suspicious behavior,” Boitano said.
Nvidia said more than 100 organizations are using the platform at its launch, including Microsoft, Perplexity, Accenture and JPMorgan Chase.
The AI safety debate has divided the industry, with the heads of Anthropic and OpenAI championing a coordinated slowdown of AI development to let safety efforts catch up.
Others, including Huang, say it should be up to individual companies to make sure their models are safe for release.
Huang, during the annual Salesforce technology conference held earlier this month, characterized AI safety, including the danger of rogue agents, as an engineering problem that software developers can address.
Americká technologická společnost Nvidia představila novou softwarovou platformu, která má vývojářům umělé inteligence (AI) pomoci zajistit, aby se jejich AI modely nevymkly kontrole. V poslední době se množí zprávy o tom, že AI modely při plnění zadaných úkolů překročily stanovené hranice a pokusily se proniknout do cizích počítačových systémů, píše server CNBC.
Velkou pozornost vyvolal například červencový incident, kdy umělá inteligence společnosti OpenAI pronikla do systémů firmy Hugging Face. Společnost Nvidia vyjádřila přesvědčení, že její nová platforma by tento incident dokázala odvrátit.
"Podle našich informací by tato nová bezpečnostní platforma mohla průniku zabránit, kdyby byla ve špičkových vývojových laboratořích již v ranné fázi využívána k hodnocení modelů," uvedl viceprezident firmy Justin Boitano. Nový software s názvem OpenShell podle Boitana umožňuje vývojářům "formálně ověřit, že AI agent má přesně ta oprávnění, která ke své práci potřebuje, a žádná další".
Součástí nové platformy je podle firmy také samostatná bezpečnostní vrstva s názvem Sentry, která průběžně sleduje činnost AI agentů a může okamžitě zasáhnout, pokud se agent začne pokoušet překročit stanovené hranice, napsala agentura AP.
"Podezřelého agenta dokáže během několika milisekund izolovat," uvedl Boitano. "OpenShell řídí činnost agenta, zatímco Sentry ho nezávisle monitoruje a brání podezřelým aktivitám," dodal.
Společnost Nvidia je známá zejména výrobou čipů. Firma v současnosti stojí v čele světového trhu s čipy pro umělou inteligenci a výrazně těží z prudkého růstu zájmu o tuto technologii.
Někteří výzkumní pracovníci z oblasti AI v poslední době varují, že rychlý rozvoj této technologie by mohl v nepříliš vzdálené budoucnosti vést k zániku lidské rasy. Objevují se rovněž výzvy ke zpomalení vývoje AI a k větší regulaci této technologie.
Velkou pozornost v posledních týdnech vzbudil výzkumník společnosti Anthropic Jacob Coxon, který se rozhodl opustit jak firmu, tak celý obor AI. Podle Coxona lidé pracující ve vývoji AI "upřímně věří, že by nás (tato technologie) mohla do konce tohoto desetiletí všechny zabít".
Šéf Nvidie Jensen Huang nicméně nedávno označil podobná varování za přehnaná. "Rok 2030 nebude koncem světa. Je nulová pravděpodobnost, že to bude konec světa," uvedl. "Není třeba děsit lidi. Je to nezodpovědné," dodal.
Huang zároveň upozornil, že je v nejlepším zájmu jeho firmy zajistit, aby se AI produkty vyvíjely zodpovědným způsobem. "Úspěch našeho podniku je přímo spojený s bezpečným zaváděním produktů a služeb. Pokud v tom nebudeme pokračovat, naše hodnota klesne," dodal.
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ABN AMRO Bank N.V. reduced its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 38.3% in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 3,181,157 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 1,970,793 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up 8.2% of ABN AMRO Bank N.V.’s holdings, making the stock its largest position. ABN AMRO Bank N.V.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $634,033,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Mivtachim The Workers Social Insurance Fund Ltd. Under Special Management grew its stake in NVIDIA by 34.1% in the second quarter. Mivtachim The Workers Social Insurance Fund Ltd. Under Special Management now owns 89,200 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $17,848,000 after purchasing an additional 22,700 shares during the last quarter. Kelleher Financial Advisors boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 122.8% in the 2nd quarter. Kelleher Financial Advisors now owns 42,923 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $8,588,000 after buying an additional 23,661 shares in the last quarter. Bellars Harris Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at about $7,380,000. Sutton Place Investors LLC raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 2.6% during the 2nd quarter. Sutton Place Investors LLC now owns 22,543 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $4,511,000 after acquiring an additional 579 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Langley Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $34,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.
Key NVIDIA News Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
Positive Sentiment: Elon Musk said xAI’s Colossus 2 data center could more than double its NVIDIA chip count by year-end. The facility reportedly already uses 110,000 GB200 and 440,000 GB300 GPUs, reinforcing expectations for large hyperscaler and AI-lab orders. xAI Colossus 2 chip deployment article Positive Sentiment: Industry commentary indicates NVIDIA GPU demand is so strong that even poorly built cloud infrastructure can attract customers at healthy margins. This supports the view that AI compute demand still exceeds available supply. NVIDIA GPU demand article Positive Sentiment: RMX Industries placed an order for NVIDIA H200 GPU systems through Technologent, providing another example of demand for NVIDIA’s data-center products. Super Micro’s shipment of Vera Rubin NVL72 racks also signals that next-generation systems are reaching customers. RMX H200 purchase order article Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to favor NVIDIA over competing AI-chip names such as Micron and Marvell, citing broader AI exposure, stronger margins and higher returns on equity. Bullish coverage also points to a potential Vera Rubin volume ramp and substantial cloud infrastructure backlogs. Micron versus NVIDIA analysis Neutral Sentiment: Extended U.S.-China trade discussions may eventually improve NVIDIA’s China opportunity, but export restrictions remain unresolved. The stock is also testing important technical levels after a strong recent advance. NVIDIA technical and China outlook article Negative Sentiment: EVP Timothy Teter sold approximately $6.8 million of NVIDIA shares under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan. The sale was only about 1.1% of his holdings and does not indicate a fundamental change, but it may weigh on sentiment alongside broader reports of insider profit-taking. NVIDIA insider sale article Negative Sentiment: Higher memory costs are expected to pressure NVIDIA’s gross margins, while rising Treasury yields could compress the valuation of high-growth technology stocks. Investors are therefore balancing exceptional AI demand against increasing supply-chain costs and macroeconomic risk. NVIDIA Stock Performance NVIDIA stock opened at $225.07 on Monday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $216.52 and a 200 day moving average price of $206.02. The company has a market capitalization of $5.42 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 2.22. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $164.27 and a 52 week high of $236.54. The company has a quick ratio of 3.85, a current ratio of 4.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The company had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $92.27 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.05 EPS. NVIDIA’s revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 EPS for the current year.
NVIDIA Announces Dividend The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be paid a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.4%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is presently 12.64%.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on NVDA. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, August 26th. Itau BBA Securities dropped their target price on NVIDIA from $256.00 to $218.00 in a research note on Wednesday, June 24th. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $335.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. KGI Securities raised their price target on NVIDIA from $335.00 to $345.00 in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, Phillip Securities boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $285.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, August 31st. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $324.14.
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Insider Buying and Selling In other NVIDIA news, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,460 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total transaction of $6,786,488.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $598,810,648. This trade represents a 1.12% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total value of $7,648,787.90. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 765,103 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $167,595,812.15. The trade was a 4.36% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 1,766,118 shares of company stock valued at $399,450,353 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.
About NVIDIA (Free Report)
NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processors and related software. Its products are used for artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, computer graphics, data-center applications and other workloads that benefit from parallel processing.
The company’s offerings include GeForce graphics processing units (GPUs) and software for gaming and personal computers; data-center GPUs, systems and networking products; and professional visualization solutions for design, engineering, media and scientific applications.
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TFR Capital LLC. lowered its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 3.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 107,656 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 3,724 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for 6.1% of TFR Capital LLC.’s portfolio, making the stock its 2nd biggest holding. TFR Capital LLC.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $21,541,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 2.1% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 191,200,989 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,345,453,000 after purchasing an additional 4,019,505 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 143,239,504 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $26,714,167,000 after purchasing an additional 446,178 shares in the last quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 13,709.1% during the 4th quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP now owns 125,760,307 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $23,454,297,000 after acquiring an additional 124,849,603 shares during the last quarter. Amundi lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 10.4% during the first quarter. Amundi now owns 133,768,018 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $23,329,141,000 after purchasing an additional 12,575,177 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 0.6% during the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 94,521,253 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $16,479,126,000 after buying an additional 555,221 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
NVIDIA Stock Performance NVDA stock opened at $225.07 on Monday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $216.52 and its 200-day moving average is $206.02. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $164.27 and a 1-year high of $236.54. The firm has a market cap of $5.42 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.45, a P/E/G ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a current ratio of 4.59, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.05 earnings per share. Equities analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. NVIDIA Dividend Announcement The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, September 10th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.4%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is 12.64%.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth A number of analysts have recently issued reports on NVDA shares. Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $350.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, August 24th. President Capital lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $295.00 to $330.00 in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, July 8th. Wells Fargo & Company reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $315.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. Finally, Citigroup reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $315.00 target price (up from $300.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, NVIDIA has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $324.14.
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NVIDIA News Roundup Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
Positive Sentiment: Elon Musk said xAI’s Colossus 2 data center could more than double its NVIDIA chip count by year-end. The facility reportedly already uses 110,000 GB200 and 440,000 GB300 GPUs, reinforcing expectations for large hyperscaler and AI-lab orders. xAI Colossus 2 chip deployment article Positive Sentiment: Industry commentary indicates NVIDIA GPU demand is so strong that even poorly built cloud infrastructure can attract customers at healthy margins. This supports the view that AI compute demand still exceeds available supply. NVIDIA GPU demand article Positive Sentiment: RMX Industries placed an order for NVIDIA H200 GPU systems through Technologent, providing another example of demand for NVIDIA’s data-center products. Super Micro’s shipment of Vera Rubin NVL72 racks also signals that next-generation systems are reaching customers. RMX H200 purchase order article Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to favor NVIDIA over competing AI-chip names such as Micron and Marvell, citing broader AI exposure, stronger margins and higher returns on equity. Bullish coverage also points to a potential Vera Rubin volume ramp and substantial cloud infrastructure backlogs. Micron versus NVIDIA analysis Neutral Sentiment: Extended U.S.-China trade discussions may eventually improve NVIDIA’s China opportunity, but export restrictions remain unresolved. The stock is also testing important technical levels after a strong recent advance. NVIDIA technical and China outlook article Negative Sentiment: EVP Timothy Teter sold approximately $6.8 million of NVIDIA shares under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan. The sale was only about 1.1% of his holdings and does not indicate a fundamental change, but it may weigh on sentiment alongside broader reports of insider profit-taking. NVIDIA insider sale article Negative Sentiment: Higher memory costs are expected to pressure NVIDIA’s gross margins, while rising Treasury yields could compress the valuation of high-growth technology stocks. Investors are therefore balancing exceptional AI demand against increasing supply-chain costs and macroeconomic risk. Insider Activity In other news, EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,460 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total value of $6,786,488.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at approximately $598,810,648. This trade represents a 1.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total value of $7,648,787.90. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $167,595,812.15. This trade represents a 4.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock worth $399,450,353. 3.94% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
About NVIDIA (Free Report)
NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processors and related software. Its products are used for artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, computer graphics, data-center applications and other workloads that benefit from parallel processing.
The company’s offerings include GeForce graphics processing units (GPUs) and software for gaming and personal computers; data-center GPUs, systems and networking products; and professional visualization solutions for design, engineering, media and scientific applications.
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Russell Investments Group Ltd. lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 1.1% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 29,992,581 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 328,703 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises 5.2% of Russell Investments Group Ltd.’s portfolio, making the stock its largest position. Russell Investments Group Ltd. owned 0.12% of NVIDIA worth $5,976,566,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 2.1% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 191,200,989 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,345,453,000 after buying an additional 4,019,505 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 143,239,504 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $26,714,167,000 after acquiring an additional 446,178 shares in the last quarter. Amundi increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 10.4% during the first quarter. Amundi now owns 133,768,018 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $23,329,141,000 after acquiring an additional 12,575,177 shares during the last quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 13,709.1% during the fourth quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP now owns 125,760,307 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $23,454,297,000 after acquiring an additional 124,849,603 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.6% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 94,521,253 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $16,479,126,000 after acquiring an additional 555,221 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
NVIDIA Stock Performance Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $225.07 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.85, a current ratio of 4.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $216.52 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $206.02. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52-week low of $164.27 and a 52-week high of $236.54. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.42 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.45, a PEG ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 2.22.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%.The company had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $92.27 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.05 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. NVIDIA Announces Dividend The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, September 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.4%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 12.64%.
NVIDIA News Roundup Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
Positive Sentiment: Elon Musk said xAI’s Colossus 2 data center could more than double its NVIDIA chip count by year-end. The facility reportedly already uses 110,000 GB200 and 440,000 GB300 GPUs, reinforcing expectations for large hyperscaler and AI-lab orders. xAI Colossus 2 chip deployment article Positive Sentiment: Industry commentary indicates NVIDIA GPU demand is so strong that even poorly built cloud infrastructure can attract customers at healthy margins. This supports the view that AI compute demand still exceeds available supply. NVIDIA GPU demand article Positive Sentiment: RMX Industries placed an order for NVIDIA H200 GPU systems through Technologent, providing another example of demand for NVIDIA’s data-center products. Super Micro’s shipment of Vera Rubin NVL72 racks also signals that next-generation systems are reaching customers. RMX H200 purchase order article Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to favor NVIDIA over competing AI-chip names such as Micron and Marvell, citing broader AI exposure, stronger margins and higher returns on equity. Bullish coverage also points to a potential Vera Rubin volume ramp and substantial cloud infrastructure backlogs. Micron versus NVIDIA analysis Neutral Sentiment: Extended U.S.-China trade discussions may eventually improve NVIDIA’s China opportunity, but export restrictions remain unresolved. The stock is also testing important technical levels after a strong recent advance. NVIDIA technical and China outlook article Negative Sentiment: EVP Timothy Teter sold approximately $6.8 million of NVIDIA shares under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan. The sale was only about 1.1% of his holdings and does not indicate a fundamental change, but it may weigh on sentiment alongside broader reports of insider profit-taking. NVIDIA insider sale article Negative Sentiment: Higher memory costs are expected to pressure NVIDIA’s gross margins, while rising Treasury yields could compress the valuation of high-growth technology stocks. Investors are therefore balancing exceptional AI demand against increasing supply-chain costs and macroeconomic risk. Insiders Place Their Bets In other news, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total value of $7,648,787.90. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares in the company, valued at approximately $167,595,812.15. This trade represents a 4.36% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,460 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total transaction of $6,786,488.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $598,810,648. This trade represents a 1.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 1,766,118 shares of company stock valued at $399,450,353 over the last 90 days. 3.94% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
Analyst Ratings Changes NVDA has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Citigroup reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $315.00 price target (up from $300.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, August 27th. HSBC upped their target price on NVIDIA from $360.00 to $365.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $350.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, August 24th. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, September 21st. Finally, President Capital lifted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $295.00 to $330.00 in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have given a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $324.14.
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NVIDIA Company Profile (Free Report)
NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processors and related software. Its products are used for artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, computer graphics, data-center applications and other workloads that benefit from parallel processing.
The company’s offerings include GeForce graphics processing units (GPUs) and software for gaming and personal computers; data-center GPUs, systems and networking products; and professional visualization solutions for design, engineering, media and scientific applications.
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State of Wyoming reduced its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 4.1% during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 101,718 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 4,375 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises approximately 2.1% of State of Wyoming’s portfolio, making the stock its 4th biggest holding. State of Wyoming’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $20,353,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. J. Stern & Co. LLP raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 13,709.1% during the 4th quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP now owns 125,760,307 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $23,454,297,000 after buying an additional 124,849,603 shares in the last quarter. Amundi grew its position in NVIDIA by 10.4% in the first quarter. Amundi now owns 133,768,018 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $23,329,141,000 after acquiring an additional 12,575,177 shares in the last quarter. SEB Asset Management AB purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the first quarter worth $1,692,807,000. Employees Provident Fund Board bought a new position in NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at $1,243,336,000. Finally, H&H International Investment LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 91.3% during the first quarter. H&H International Investment LLC now owns 13,843,775 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $2,414,354,000 after purchasing an additional 6,606,675 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In Several equities research analysts have issued reports on NVDA shares. Truist Financial lifted their price target on NVIDIA from $307.00 to $346.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $315.00 price objective on NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, August 26th. Wedbush boosted their target price on NVIDIA from $330.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $300.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, September 4th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $324.14.
Read Our Latest Stock Report on NVDA Insider Activity In related news, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total value of $7,648,787.90. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $167,595,812.15. This trade represents a 4.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,460 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total value of $6,786,488.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at approximately $598,810,648. This represents a 1.12% decrease in their position. 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 ninety days, insiders sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock valued at $399,450,353. Insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.
Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
Positive Sentiment: Elon Musk said xAI’s Colossus 2 data center could more than double its NVIDIA chip count by year-end. The facility reportedly already uses 110,000 GB200 and 440,000 GB300 GPUs, reinforcing expectations for large hyperscaler and AI-lab orders. xAI Colossus 2 chip deployment article Positive Sentiment: Industry commentary indicates NVIDIA GPU demand is so strong that even poorly built cloud infrastructure can attract customers at healthy margins. This supports the view that AI compute demand still exceeds available supply. NVIDIA GPU demand article Positive Sentiment: RMX Industries placed an order for NVIDIA H200 GPU systems through Technologent, providing another example of demand for NVIDIA’s data-center products. Super Micro’s shipment of Vera Rubin NVL72 racks also signals that next-generation systems are reaching customers. RMX H200 purchase order article Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to favor NVIDIA over competing AI-chip names such as Micron and Marvell, citing broader AI exposure, stronger margins and higher returns on equity. Bullish coverage also points to a potential Vera Rubin volume ramp and substantial cloud infrastructure backlogs. Micron versus NVIDIA analysis Neutral Sentiment: Extended U.S.-China trade discussions may eventually improve NVIDIA’s China opportunity, but export restrictions remain unresolved. The stock is also testing important technical levels after a strong recent advance. NVIDIA technical and China outlook article Negative Sentiment: EVP Timothy Teter sold approximately $6.8 million of NVIDIA shares under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan. The sale was only about 1.1% of his holdings and does not indicate a fundamental change, but it may weigh on sentiment alongside broader reports of insider profit-taking. NVIDIA insider sale article Negative Sentiment: Higher memory costs are expected to pressure NVIDIA’s gross margins, while rising Treasury yields could compress the valuation of high-growth technology stocks. Investors are therefore balancing exceptional AI demand against increasing supply-chain costs and macroeconomic risk. NVIDIA Stock Performance NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $225.07 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a current ratio of 4.59. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $164.27 and a fifty-two week high of $236.54. The firm has a market cap of $5.42 trillion, a PE ratio of 28.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 2.22. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $216.52 and a 200-day moving average price of $206.02.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The company had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.05 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 earnings per share for the current year.
NVIDIA Announces Dividend The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be given a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.4%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is presently 12.64%.
NVIDIA Company Profile (Free Report)
NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processors and related software. Its products are used for artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, computer graphics, data-center applications and other workloads that benefit from parallel processing.
The company’s offerings include GeForce graphics processing units (GPUs) and software for gaming and personal computers; data-center GPUs, systems and networking products; and professional visualization solutions for design, engineering, media and scientific applications.
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Nvidia Corp.‘s (NASDAQ:NVDA) total market capitalization reached $5.4 trillion on Sept. 25, surpassing the combined $3.5 trillion value of the entire Russell 2000 index. Charlie Bilello of Creative Planning shared data on the discrepancy, comparing the technology company’s individual valuation to the collective benchmark.
A $2 Trillion Valuation GapIn a post published on Sept. 28, Bilello shared a chart using YCharts data to illustrate the divide between the single technology entity and the small-cap index.
Bilello noted that Nvidia’s market cap is “nearly $2 trillion higher than all of the companies in the Russell 2000 combined.”
The provided chart displays Nvidia’s market capitalization represented by a blue bar at $5.4 trillion next to the Russell 2000 Index in a red bar at $3.5 trillion.
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Profitability Explains ValuationAddressing the stark contrast in value, Bilello explained the fundamental earnings differences driving the numbers. “That seems crazy until you learn that Nvidia made a profit of $193 billion over the last year while the Russell 2000 members collectively lost $13 billion,” Bilello wrote.
Nvidia Tops Global MarketsAccording to Companies by Marketcap, Nvidia’s $5.434 trillion valuation secures its rank as the number one largest company by market cap out of 11,341 tracked companies globally. As of Sept. 25, the total market cap for all 11,341 companies was $153.537 trillion.
The top five companies are rounded out by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) at $4.977 trillion, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) at $4.171 trillion, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) at $3.832 trillion, and Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) at $2.693 trillion.
Following Amazon are Taiwan-based Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (NYSE:TSM) with a $2.337 trillion market cap, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX) at $1.959 trillion, Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) at $1.914 trillion, and Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO) at $1.684 trillion.
Among the top nine largest companies by market capitalization, all are headquartered in the United States, with the exception of TSMC.
How Has NVDA Performed in 2026?Price Action: At the last check, the NVDA stock was trading 0.28% lower in premarket trading on Monday. It was up 26.66% over the last year, 20.68% year-to-date, and 5.64% over the last month. The stock closed 0.22% higher at $225.07 on Friday.
Benzinga’s Edge Stock Rankings indicate that NVDA maintains a strong price trend in the short, medium and long terms, with a poor value score.
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NVIDIA’s Board of Directors has authorized a $150 billion increase to the share repurchase program, raising the remaining total program to $235 billion.This marks the largest share repurchase authorization increase in history. SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NVIDIA today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized an additional $150 billion under the company’s existing share repurchase program, increasing the total remaining amount authorized to $235 billion.
The company expects to execute the total remaining program through fiscal year 2028.
“NVIDIA’s growth is being driven by a once-in-a-generation platform shift to AI and accelerated computing,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “Our cash generation gives us the capacity to invest in the technologies that advance this transformation and return capital to shareholders. This authorization reflects our confidence in the long-term opportunity ahead.”
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Nvidia (NVDA.O) bolstered its share buyback authorization by $150 billion, surpassing Apple's (AAPL.O) $110 billion approval in 2024 to mark the biggest-ever increase in a stock repurchase program.
The additional authorization lifts Nvidia's remaining buyback capacity to $235 billion, which it expects to use through fiscal 2028, as surging demand for AI training and inference fuels cash generation.
Shares of Santa Clara, California-based Nvidia were up 1.2% in premarket trading. The stock has gained more than 20% this year through Friday's close.
Nvidia shares were last trading at around 16.5 times its 12-month forward earnings, the lowest level since January 2015 and well below its 15-year average of 30, according to data compiled by LSEG, in what some analysts have suggested is a sign that profit growth expectations are slowing.
The announcement follows what had been a roughly 50% slowdown in buybacks overall from July through September 23.
"Our cash generation gives us the capacity to invest in the technologies that advance this transformation and return capital to shareholders," CEO Jensen Huang said in a statement.
Last month, Nvidia forecast about 70% revenue growth for fiscal 2028, reassuring investors who have questioned how long the AI spending surge can last after years of explosive growth.
The company has also been investing in AI startups and cloud providers, drawing scrutiny from some investors over whether such funding indirectly supports demand for its own chips.
Nvidia ended the July quarter with $22.44 billion in cash and cash equivalents.
The world's largest company by valuation, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), is scheduled to pay its significantly increased dividend for the second time ever this week, on Thursday, October 1.
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Nvidia said Monday it has authorized an additional $150 billion to its share buyback program, taking its total to $235 billion, amid record spending on AI.
The chip giant said it marks the largest share repurchase authorization increase in history. It expects to complete the total remaining buyback program through the fiscal year 2028.
Nvidia produces the most advanced chips used for AI and has been a huge beneficiary of the boom in spending on the infrastructure needed to power the tech.
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Nvidia's shares have climbed 24% over the past 12 months, lifting the company's market cap to $5.42 trillion. The stock was up 1.24% in premarket trading on Monday.
"NVIDIA's growth is being driven by a once-in-a-generation platform shift to AI and accelerated computing," said CEO Jensen Huang in a statement.
"Our cash generation gives us the capacity to invest in the technologies that advance this transformation and return capital to shareholders," he added. "This authorization reflects our confidence in the long-term opportunity ahead."
Combined hyperscaler capital expenditure is projected to exceed $1.3 trillion by 2027, S&P Global Ratings said in August, as companies race to build AI infrastructure including data centers.
Huang earlier this month said Nvidia would double the number of chips it sells in 2027.
Alongside making the leading chips for AI — graphics processing units — including its Grace Blackwell and Vera Rubin systems, the company makes a variety of additional semiconductors. That includes central processors, or CPUs, switch chips, chips for optical networking, chips for laptops, Jetson chips for robots and cars, and the chip inside Nintendo's Switch 2 gaming console.
"I think we're going through the largest infrastructure buildout in human history, and we have the benefit of being a very central part of that," Huang told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Monday.
"We're going to generate a lot of cash in the coming years, and every single year, as we generate more cash, we'd like to be able to return it back to shareholders," he said.
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The final days of September and the initial days of October are rapidly shaping up to be a particularly good time for Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock investors, as they feature both the next dividend payment and, as the company disclosed on Monday, the approval of a record-breaking buyback program.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Bloomberg/Getty Images Nvidia is already the world's most valuable company. Now, it has approved the largest share buyback in history.
The tech giant, whose chips are powering much of the AI boom, said on Monday that it has authorized an expansion of its existing share buyback plan by $150 billion, increasing the value of approved repurchases to $235 billion.
Apple previously held the record for the largest-ever buyback, authorizing $110 billion in 2024.
"I think we're going through the largest infrastructure build-out in human history, and we have the benefit of being a very central part of that," Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in an interview with CNBC shortly after the announcement.
"We're generating a lot of cash, we're going to generate a lot of cash in the coming years. And you know, every single year, as we generate more cash, I'd like to be able to return it back to the shareholders," he added.
Nvidia said it expects to finish the buyback by the 2028 financial year.
When a company repurchases stock, it returns capital to shareholders by using some of its cash to buy back its own shares.
Buybacks reduce the amount of outstanding shares, which can push up a company's stock price. They can also help offset the issuance of shares as employee compensation.
Legendary investor Warren Buffett has said that buybacks only make sense when a stock is trading at a discount to its intrinsic value. In that scenario, management is buying it for less than its worth, making it a good use of the company's cash.
Thus, buybacks typically send a bullish signal to the market, as they show a company is willing to bet money that its stock is undervalued and likely to rise over time.
Nvidia stock was up around 2.2% in premarket trading as of 8:56 a.m. ET on Monday. It was up 21% for the year as of Friday's close, and nearly 1,000% over the past five years.
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NVIDIA's board just authorized the largest share repurchase increase in history, yet the stock barely moved while rivals AMD and Broadcom slipped into the red. The gap between that record headline and the muted market reaction reveals something important about…
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A record buyback commitment lifts NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) stock only slightly. The gap between the scale of that headline and the size of the move is the tension at the center of this story. NVIDIA stock trades at $229.25, up 2%, extending a run that has the shares up 23% year to date.
Across the AI chip complex, the reaction runs the other way from NVIDIA stock, with Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) stock at $622.75, down 1%. Meanwhile, Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) stock is at $350.96, down 0.5%, a smaller slip that still keeps the custom chip specialist in the red alongside AMD.
The iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) is falling 1%. At the same time, the Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ) is down 0.6%, leaving chips weaker than the broader large-cap technology group. That split frames the gain in NVIDIA stock as a company-specific reaction to NVIDIA’s own announcement, with none of the lift spreading to rivals.
NVIDIA’s Board Commits Record Capital to Buybacks NVIDIA stated that its board of directors authorized an additional $150 billion under the company’s existing share repurchase program. The company described the move as the largest share repurchase authorization increase in history. Founder and CEO Jensen Huang tied the decision to what he called a once-in-a-generation platform shift to AI and accelerated computing.
Huang tied NVIDIA’s buyback plans to its finances. He pointed to the company’s financial engine: “Our cash generation gives us the capacity to invest in the technologies that advance this transformation and return capital to shareholders. This authorization reflects our confidence in the long-term opportunity ahead.”
Why NVIDIA Stands Apart From AMD and Broadcom NVIDIA entered this announcement with plenty of buyback room already in place. At the end of its second quarter of fiscal 2027, the company had $99 billion remaining under its repurchase authorization and had returned $26 billion to shareholders that quarter through repurchases and dividends. Piling a record increase on top of that reserve while the iShares Semiconductor ETF trades lower amounts to a statement from NVIDIA’s board about what NVIDIA stock is worth.
Huang’s framing places NVIDIA’s buybacks alongside continued investment in AI, so the new authorization arrives paired with a spending commitment, and for NVIDIA stock, that balance supports the bull view that management sees enough cash to fund both priorities.
The skeptical view comes down to what an authorization actually is. A board authorization grants permission to buy, and the dollar figure caps what the company may spend over time. How quickly NVIDIA uses that capacity depends on management’s priorities, leaving NVIDIA stock exposed to the same pressures weighing on chips.
Managing Risk Around the Record Buyback Future quarterly reports could show how much of the expanded authorization NVIDIA actually puts to work. A steady pace of buying would strengthen the bull case, while slow use of the authorization would lend more weight to the skeptical read.
Investors building NVIDIA positions should keep allocations moderate and add gradually, since a record authorization offers no guarantee against a broader chip pullback. Riding a mania like this one works only if the exit is planned in advance, which is the whole subject of our free bubble survivor’s handbook. Pairing AMD or Broadcom shares with NVIDIA focuses chip risk, and owners of that mix should weigh their total exposure because all three names can move together.
NVIDIA’s new authorization gives the company a tool it can lean on during future dips in NVDA stock. That flexibility could offer support, and the gap between the record headline and the modest gain in NVIDIA stock is the tension the company’s next capital-return update may help resolve.
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Langley Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 17,198 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock, valued at approximately $34,000.
Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 2.1% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 191,200,989 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,345,453,000 after buying an additional 4,019,505 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 143,239,504 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $26,714,167,000 after acquiring an additional 446,178 shares in the last quarter. Amundi increased its stake in NVIDIA by 10.4% in the first quarter. Amundi now owns 133,768,018 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $23,329,141,000 after acquiring an additional 12,575,177 shares during the period. J. Stern & Co. LLP increased its stake in NVIDIA by 13,709.1% in the fourth quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP now owns 125,760,307 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $23,454,297,000 after acquiring an additional 124,849,603 shares during the period. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its position in NVIDIA by 0.6% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 94,521,253 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $16,479,126,000 after purchasing an additional 555,221 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
NVIDIA Price Performance NASDAQ NVDA opened at $225.07 on Monday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $216.52 and its 200 day simple moving average is $206.02. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $164.27 and a one year high of $236.54. The firm has a market cap of $5.42 trillion, a PE ratio of 28.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 4.59 and a quick ratio of 3.85.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.05 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. NVIDIA Dividend Announcement The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, September 10th will be issued a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is currently 12.64%.
Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
Positive Sentiment: Elon Musk said xAI’s Colossus 2 data center could more than double its NVIDIA chip count by year-end. The facility reportedly already uses 110,000 GB200 and 440,000 GB300 GPUs, reinforcing expectations for large hyperscaler and AI-lab orders. xAI Colossus 2 chip deployment article Positive Sentiment: Industry commentary indicates NVIDIA GPU demand is so strong that even poorly built cloud infrastructure can attract customers at healthy margins. This supports the view that AI compute demand still exceeds available supply. NVIDIA GPU demand article Positive Sentiment: RMX Industries placed an order for NVIDIA H200 GPU systems through Technologent, providing another example of demand for NVIDIA’s data-center products. Super Micro’s shipment of Vera Rubin NVL72 racks also signals that next-generation systems are reaching customers. RMX H200 purchase order article Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to favor NVIDIA over competing AI-chip names such as Micron and Marvell, citing broader AI exposure, stronger margins and higher returns on equity. Bullish coverage also points to a potential Vera Rubin volume ramp and substantial cloud infrastructure backlogs. Micron versus NVIDIA analysis Neutral Sentiment: Extended U.S.-China trade discussions may eventually improve NVIDIA’s China opportunity, but export restrictions remain unresolved. The stock is also testing important technical levels after a strong recent advance. NVIDIA technical and China outlook article Negative Sentiment: EVP Timothy Teter sold approximately $6.8 million of NVIDIA shares under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan. The sale was only about 1.1% of his holdings and does not indicate a fundamental change, but it may weigh on sentiment alongside broader reports of insider profit-taking. NVIDIA insider sale article Negative Sentiment: Higher memory costs are expected to pressure NVIDIA’s gross margins, while rising Treasury yields could compress the valuation of high-growth technology stocks. Investors are therefore balancing exceptional AI demand against increasing supply-chain costs and macroeconomic risk. Insider Buying and Selling In related news, EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,460 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total transaction of $6,786,488.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at $598,810,648. This represents a 1.12% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total transaction of $7,648,787.90. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares in the company, valued at approximately $167,595,812.15. This represents a 4.36% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 1,766,118 shares of company stock worth $399,450,353 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In NVDA has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, August 26th. Itau BBA Securities lowered their price objective on NVIDIA from $256.00 to $218.00 in a research note on Wednesday, June 24th. KGI Securities raised their target price on NVIDIA from $335.00 to $345.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Mizuho set a $315.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets set a $340.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 20th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have given a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $324.14.
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NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processors and related software. Its products are used for artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, computer graphics, data-center applications and other workloads that benefit from parallel processing.
The company’s offerings include GeForce graphics processing units (GPUs) and software for gaming and personal computers; data-center GPUs, systems and networking products; and professional visualization solutions for design, engineering, media and scientific applications.
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Maridea Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 17.9% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 80,757 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 12,258 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for about 1.7% of Maridea Wealth Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 12th biggest holding. Maridea Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $16,159,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 1st quarter worth approximately $27,000. Phillip James Consulting Co. acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 1st quarter worth approximately $40,000. Frankly Finances LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at $60,000. Finally, Horrell Capital Management Inc. increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 38.1% during the fourth quarter. Horrell Capital Management Inc. now owns 373 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $70,000 after buying an additional 103 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Analysts Set New Price Targets NVDA has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. President Capital upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $295.00 to $330.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $390.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Friday, September 4th. KeyCorp reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $330.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, August 24th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, July 8th. Finally, China Renaissance lifted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $319.00 to $330.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, August 31st. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $324.14.
View Our Latest Research Report on NVDA Key NVIDIA News Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
Positive Sentiment: Elon Musk said xAI’s Colossus 2 data center could more than double its NVIDIA chip count by year-end. The facility reportedly already uses 110,000 GB200 and 440,000 GB300 GPUs, reinforcing expectations for large hyperscaler and AI-lab orders. xAI Colossus 2 chip deployment article Positive Sentiment: Industry commentary indicates NVIDIA GPU demand is so strong that even poorly built cloud infrastructure can attract customers at healthy margins. This supports the view that AI compute demand still exceeds available supply. NVIDIA GPU demand article Positive Sentiment: RMX Industries placed an order for NVIDIA H200 GPU systems through Technologent, providing another example of demand for NVIDIA’s data-center products. Super Micro’s shipment of Vera Rubin NVL72 racks also signals that next-generation systems are reaching customers. RMX H200 purchase order article Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to favor NVIDIA over competing AI-chip names such as Micron and Marvell, citing broader AI exposure, stronger margins and higher returns on equity. Bullish coverage also points to a potential Vera Rubin volume ramp and substantial cloud infrastructure backlogs. Micron versus NVIDIA analysis Neutral Sentiment: Extended U.S.-China trade discussions may eventually improve NVIDIA’s China opportunity, but export restrictions remain unresolved. The stock is also testing important technical levels after a strong recent advance. NVIDIA technical and China outlook article Negative Sentiment: EVP Timothy Teter sold approximately $6.8 million of NVIDIA shares under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan. The sale was only about 1.1% of his holdings and does not indicate a fundamental change, but it may weigh on sentiment alongside broader reports of insider profit-taking. NVIDIA insider sale article Negative Sentiment: Higher memory costs are expected to pressure NVIDIA’s gross margins, while rising Treasury yields could compress the valuation of high-growth technology stocks. Investors are therefore balancing exceptional AI demand against increasing supply-chain costs and macroeconomic risk. Insider Activity In related news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 622,239 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total value of $144,122,997.18. Following the transaction, the director owned 2,336,531 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $541,187,310.22. This trade represents a 21.03% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,460 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total value of $6,786,488.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 2,687,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $598,810,648. This trade represents a 1.12% decrease in their position. 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. Insiders sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock worth $399,450,353 over the last three months. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
NVIDIA Stock Performance NASDAQ NVDA opened at $225.07 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.85, a current ratio of 4.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $164.27 and a 52 week high of $236.54. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $216.52 and a 200-day moving average price of $206.02. The company has a market cap of $5.42 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.45, a P/E/G ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 2.22.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. NVIDIA’s revenue was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.05 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA Announces Dividend The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 12.64%.
About NVIDIA (Free Report)
NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processors and related software. Its products are used for artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, computer graphics, data-center applications and other workloads that benefit from parallel processing.
The company’s offerings include GeForce graphics processing units (GPUs) and software for gaming and personal computers; data-center GPUs, systems and networking products; and professional visualization solutions for design, engineering, media and scientific applications.
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Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC lessened its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 3.0% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 450,413 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 13,921 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises 0.8% of Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 11th largest holding. Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $90,122,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of NVDA. Mivtachim The Workers Social Insurance Fund Ltd. Under Special Management boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 34.1% in the second quarter. Mivtachim The Workers Social Insurance Fund Ltd. Under Special Management now owns 89,200 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $17,848,000 after acquiring an additional 22,700 shares during the last quarter. Kelleher Financial Advisors increased its position in NVIDIA by 122.8% during the second quarter. Kelleher Financial Advisors now owns 42,923 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $8,588,000 after purchasing an additional 23,661 shares during the last quarter. Bellars Harris Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth approximately $7,380,000. Sutton Place Investors LLC raised its stake in NVIDIA by 2.6% during the second quarter. Sutton Place Investors LLC now owns 22,543 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $4,511,000 after purchasing an additional 579 shares during the period. Finally, Langley Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth approximately $34,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.
More NVIDIA News Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
Positive Sentiment: Elon Musk said xAI’s Colossus 2 data center could more than double its NVIDIA chip count by year-end. The facility reportedly already uses 110,000 GB200 and 440,000 GB300 GPUs, reinforcing expectations for large hyperscaler and AI-lab orders. xAI Colossus 2 chip deployment article Positive Sentiment: Industry commentary indicates NVIDIA GPU demand is so strong that even poorly built cloud infrastructure can attract customers at healthy margins. This supports the view that AI compute demand still exceeds available supply. NVIDIA GPU demand article Positive Sentiment: RMX Industries placed an order for NVIDIA H200 GPU systems through Technologent, providing another example of demand for NVIDIA’s data-center products. Super Micro’s shipment of Vera Rubin NVL72 racks also signals that next-generation systems are reaching customers. RMX H200 purchase order article Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to favor NVIDIA over competing AI-chip names such as Micron and Marvell, citing broader AI exposure, stronger margins and higher returns on equity. Bullish coverage also points to a potential Vera Rubin volume ramp and substantial cloud infrastructure backlogs. Micron versus NVIDIA analysis Neutral Sentiment: Extended U.S.-China trade discussions may eventually improve NVIDIA’s China opportunity, but export restrictions remain unresolved. The stock is also testing important technical levels after a strong recent advance. NVIDIA technical and China outlook article Negative Sentiment: EVP Timothy Teter sold approximately $6.8 million of NVIDIA shares under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan. The sale was only about 1.1% of his holdings and does not indicate a fundamental change, but it may weigh on sentiment alongside broader reports of insider profit-taking. NVIDIA insider sale article Negative Sentiment: Higher memory costs are expected to pressure NVIDIA’s gross margins, while rising Treasury yields could compress the valuation of high-growth technology stocks. Investors are therefore balancing exceptional AI demand against increasing supply-chain costs and macroeconomic risk. Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth NVDA has been the subject of several research reports. Melius Research set a $420.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Rothschild & Co Redburn increased their target price on NVIDIA from $300.00 to $325.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Zacks Research upgraded NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, September 21st. Wells Fargo & Company reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $315.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered NVIDIA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $324.14. Read Our Latest Analysis on NVIDIA
Insider Buying and Selling In related news, EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,460 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total transaction of $6,786,488.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $598,810,648. The trade was a 1.12% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total transaction of $7,648,787.90. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $167,595,812.15. This trade represents a 4.36% decrease in their position. 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. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock valued at $399,450,353. Corporate insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.
NVIDIA Price Performance Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $225.07 on Monday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $164.27 and a 12-month high of $236.54. The company has a market cap of $5.42 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.45, a P/E/G ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a current ratio of 4.59, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $216.52 and a 200 day moving average price of $206.02.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.05 earnings per share. Research analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 EPS for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, September 10th will be issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 12.64%.
About NVIDIA (Free Report)
NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processors and related software. Its products are used for artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, computer graphics, data-center applications and other workloads that benefit from parallel processing.
The company’s offerings include GeForce graphics processing units (GPUs) and software for gaming and personal computers; data-center GPUs, systems and networking products; and professional visualization solutions for design, engineering, media and scientific applications.
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Kelleher Financial Advisors boosted its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 122.8% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 42,923 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 23,661 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for approximately 1.2% of Kelleher Financial Advisors’ holdings, making the stock its 20th largest position. Kelleher Financial Advisors’ holdings in NVIDIA were worth $8,588,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 2.1% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 191,200,989 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,345,453,000 after purchasing an additional 4,019,505 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased its holdings in NVIDIA by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 143,239,504 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $26,714,167,000 after buying an additional 446,178 shares in the last quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP increased its holdings in NVIDIA by 13,709.1% in the 4th quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP now owns 125,760,307 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $23,454,297,000 after buying an additional 124,849,603 shares in the last quarter. Amundi raised its position in NVIDIA by 10.4% in the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 133,768,018 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $23,329,141,000 after buying an additional 12,575,177 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its position in NVIDIA by 0.6% in the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 94,521,253 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $16,479,126,000 after buying an additional 555,221 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
Positive Sentiment: Elon Musk said xAI’s Colossus 2 data center could more than double its NVIDIA chip count by year-end. The facility reportedly already uses 110,000 GB200 and 440,000 GB300 GPUs, reinforcing expectations for large hyperscaler and AI-lab orders. xAI Colossus 2 chip deployment article Positive Sentiment: Industry commentary indicates NVIDIA GPU demand is so strong that even poorly built cloud infrastructure can attract customers at healthy margins. This supports the view that AI compute demand still exceeds available supply. NVIDIA GPU demand article Positive Sentiment: RMX Industries placed an order for NVIDIA H200 GPU systems through Technologent, providing another example of demand for NVIDIA’s data-center products. Super Micro’s shipment of Vera Rubin NVL72 racks also signals that next-generation systems are reaching customers. RMX H200 purchase order article Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to favor NVIDIA over competing AI-chip names such as Micron and Marvell, citing broader AI exposure, stronger margins and higher returns on equity. Bullish coverage also points to a potential Vera Rubin volume ramp and substantial cloud infrastructure backlogs. Micron versus NVIDIA analysis Neutral Sentiment: Extended U.S.-China trade discussions may eventually improve NVIDIA’s China opportunity, but export restrictions remain unresolved. The stock is also testing important technical levels after a strong recent advance. NVIDIA technical and China outlook article Negative Sentiment: EVP Timothy Teter sold approximately $6.8 million of NVIDIA shares under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan. The sale was only about 1.1% of his holdings and does not indicate a fundamental change, but it may weigh on sentiment alongside broader reports of insider profit-taking. NVIDIA insider sale article Negative Sentiment: Higher memory costs are expected to pressure NVIDIA’s gross margins, while rising Treasury yields could compress the valuation of high-growth technology stocks. Investors are therefore balancing exceptional AI demand against increasing supply-chain costs and macroeconomic risk. NVIDIA Price Performance Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $225.07 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.85, a current ratio of 4.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.42 trillion, a PE ratio of 28.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 2.22. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $216.52 and its 200-day moving average price is $206.02. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $164.27 and a twelve month high of $236.54. NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The company had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $92.27 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.05 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 EPS for the current year.
NVIDIA Announces Dividend The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 12.64%.
Insider Activity In related news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 622,239 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total value of $144,122,997.18. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 2,336,531 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $541,187,310.22. This trade represents a 21.03% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,460 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Monday, September 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total value of $6,786,488.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at $598,810,648. This trade represents a 1.12% 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. Insiders sold a total of 1,766,118 shares of company stock valued at $399,450,353 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In NVDA has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus set a $315.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Raymond James Financial set a $515.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Wedbush increased their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $330.00 to $345.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. BMO Capital Markets set a $340.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, August 20th. Finally, William Blair reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $324.14.
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About NVIDIA (Free Report)
NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processors and related software. Its products are used for artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, computer graphics, data-center applications and other workloads that benefit from parallel processing.
The company’s offerings include GeForce graphics processing units (GPUs) and software for gaming and personal computers; data-center GPUs, systems and networking products; and professional visualization solutions for design, engineering, media and scientific applications.
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Mivtachim The Workers Social Insurance Fund Ltd. Under Special Management grew its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 34.1% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 89,200 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 22,700 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for 2.4% of Mivtachim The Workers Social Insurance Fund Ltd. Under Special Management’s portfolio, making the stock its 12th largest holding. Mivtachim The Workers Social Insurance Fund Ltd. Under Special Management’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $17,848,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. bought a new position in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the first quarter valued at about $27,000. Phillip James Consulting Co. bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the first quarter valued at about $40,000. Frankly Finances LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the second quarter worth about $60,000. Finally, Horrell Capital Management Inc. increased its position in NVIDIA by 38.1% in the fourth quarter. Horrell Capital Management Inc. now owns 373 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $70,000 after buying an additional 103 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Melius Research set a $420.00 price objective on NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $315.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. BMO Capital Markets set a $340.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 20th. HSBC boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $360.00 to $365.00 in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $300.00 to $330.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have given a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $324.14.
Read Our Latest Stock Analysis on NVDA NVIDIA Price Performance Shares of NVDA opened at $225.07 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.42 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 2.22. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1 year low of $164.27 and a 1 year high of $236.54. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $216.52 and its 200-day simple moving average is $206.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 4.59 and a quick ratio of 3.85.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The firm had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $92.27 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.05 earnings per share. NVIDIA’s revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be paid a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 12.64%.
Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
Positive Sentiment: Elon Musk said xAI’s Colossus 2 data center could more than double its NVIDIA chip count by year-end. The facility reportedly already uses 110,000 GB200 and 440,000 GB300 GPUs, reinforcing expectations for large hyperscaler and AI-lab orders. xAI Colossus 2 chip deployment article Positive Sentiment: Industry commentary indicates NVIDIA GPU demand is so strong that even poorly built cloud infrastructure can attract customers at healthy margins. This supports the view that AI compute demand still exceeds available supply. NVIDIA GPU demand article Positive Sentiment: RMX Industries placed an order for NVIDIA H200 GPU systems through Technologent, providing another example of demand for NVIDIA’s data-center products. Super Micro’s shipment of Vera Rubin NVL72 racks also signals that next-generation systems are reaching customers. RMX H200 purchase order article Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to favor NVIDIA over competing AI-chip names such as Micron and Marvell, citing broader AI exposure, stronger margins and higher returns on equity. Bullish coverage also points to a potential Vera Rubin volume ramp and substantial cloud infrastructure backlogs. Micron versus NVIDIA analysis Neutral Sentiment: Extended U.S.-China trade discussions may eventually improve NVIDIA’s China opportunity, but export restrictions remain unresolved. The stock is also testing important technical levels after a strong recent advance. NVIDIA technical and China outlook article Negative Sentiment: EVP Timothy Teter sold approximately $6.8 million of NVIDIA shares under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan. The sale was only about 1.1% of his holdings and does not indicate a fundamental change, but it may weigh on sentiment alongside broader reports of insider profit-taking. NVIDIA insider sale article Negative Sentiment: Higher memory costs are expected to pressure NVIDIA’s gross margins, while rising Treasury yields could compress the valuation of high-growth technology stocks. Investors are therefore balancing exceptional AI demand against increasing supply-chain costs and macroeconomic risk. Insiders Place Their Bets In other news, Director Mark Stevens sold 622,239 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total value of $144,122,997.18. Following the sale, the director directly owned 2,336,531 shares in the company, valued at $541,187,310.22. The trade was a 21.03% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,460 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total transaction of $6,786,488.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $598,810,648. The trade was a 1.12% decrease in their position. 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. Insiders sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock valued at $399,450,353 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.
NVIDIA Profile (Free Report)
NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processors and related software. Its products are used for artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, computer graphics, data-center applications and other workloads that benefit from parallel processing.
The company’s offerings include GeForce graphics processing units (GPUs) and software for gaming and personal computers; data-center GPUs, systems and networking products; and professional visualization solutions for design, engineering, media and scientific applications.
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