NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Bought by Montanova Capital LLC

Posted by Brenda Bartman on Oct 17th, 2026

Montanova Capital LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 25.4% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 720,609 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 145,953 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up about 2.4% of Montanova Capital LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 12th biggest position. Montanova Capital LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $144,187,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Jupiter Topco LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at about $16,156,076,000. Van ECK Associates Corp boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 34.7% in the 2nd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 75,849,721 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $15,176,771,000 after buying an additional 19,522,304 shares during the last quarter. Amundi increased its stake in NVIDIA by 10.4% during 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 in the last quarter. SEB Asset Management AB purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 1st quarter worth approximately $1,692,807,000. Finally, Employees Provident Fund Board purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth approximately $1,243,336,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NVDA stock traded down $3.10 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $214.13. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 120,783,023 shares, compared to its average volume of 108,333,480. The stock has a market cap of $5.16 trillion, a PE ratio of 27.07, a P/E/G ratio of 1.67 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 Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $164.27 and a fifty-two week high of $243.37. The company’s 50 day moving average is $223.20 and its two-hundred day moving average is $211.10.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. The business 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 business’s revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.05 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.27 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Monday, September 28th that permits the company to repurchase $150.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Share repurchase plans are often an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, September 10th were issued a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 12.64%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the company’s 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 completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares in the company, valued at $167,595,812.15. This represents a 4.36% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 622,239 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on 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 completion of the sale, the director owned 2,336,531 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $541,187,310.22. The trade was a 21.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock worth $399,450,353. 3.94% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

Positive Sentiment: New RTX Spark laptops expand NVIDIA’s addressable market. Systems from ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft and MSI are now available starting at $2,599, combining Blackwell graphics, up to 128GB of memory and local AI capabilities. The launch could create a new consumer and developer revenue stream beyond data centers. NVIDIA RTX Spark PCs Available Today
Positive Sentiment: Automotive and enterprise adoption continues. Volvo expanded its partnership with NVIDIA for automated-driving systems, while Adobe is integrating NVIDIA technology across Photoshop, Premiere and other creative tools. These agreements support longer-term demand for NVIDIA hardware and software. Volvo Cars expands automated driving partnership
Positive Sentiment: Supply-chain investment and customer deployments remain strong. Taiwan is reportedly considering as much as $4 billion for Texas industrial parks serving NVIDIA suppliers, and customers continue deploying Blackwell systems. The developments reinforce demand, although they may take time to affect revenue. Taiwan Texas industrial parks
Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA is broadening its software and AI-model ecosystem. Paid offerings such as AI Enterprise and Mission Control, along with Nemotron open models and partnerships with AI startups, could make earnings less dependent on hardware. However, the articles provide no near-term financial contribution.
Negative Sentiment: AI financing concerns are the main pressure. CoreWeave’s debt has reportedly traded at distressed yields, raising questions about whether highly leveraged customers can continue funding data-center expansion. Higher Treasury yields and inflation concerns are also making large AI projects more expensive. CoreWeave financing worries
Negative Sentiment: Investors are questioning AI growth expectations. OpenAI’s reported $50 billion revenue run rate was below the roughly $68 billion previously anticipated, prompting concern that AI demand may mature more slowly. Microsoft’s development of custom Maia chips also highlights the risk of customers developing alternatives to NVIDIA GPUs. OpenAI revenue expectations
Negative Sentiment: Reported insider selling adds a sentiment overhang. Recent data showed NVIDIA insiders made numerous sales and no open-market purchases over the past six months, though such transactions may reflect planned diversification rather than a change in business outlook.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently weighed in on NVDA. Raymond James Financial set a $515.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $350.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, October 1st. Citigroup reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $315.00 price target (up from $300.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Mizuho set a $315.00 price objective on NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, August 31st. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have given a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $321.89.

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NVIDIA Company Profile

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NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processing units (GPUs), central processing units (CPUs), networking products and related software. Its technologies are used in artificial intelligence, data centers, scientific and technical computing, gaming, professional visualization, automotive systems and robotics.

The company’s products include GeForce GPUs and gaming software, data center computing platforms, networking solutions, and enterprise software for AI development and deployment.