Orange Investment Advisors Inc. decreased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 10.5% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 166,403 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 19,594 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises 4.0% of Orange Investment Advisors Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest holding. Orange Investment Advisors Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $33,296,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Midwest Financial Group LLC boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 24.5% in the 2nd quarter. Midwest Financial Group LLC now owns 11,626 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $2,326,000 after purchasing an additional 2,287 shares in the last quarter. Financial Life Planners increased its position in NVIDIA by 1.0% during the 2nd quarter. Financial Life Planners now owns 77,281 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $15,463,000 after buying an additional 735 shares in the last quarter. Pearl Planning LLC increased its position in NVIDIA by 13.2% during the 2nd quarter. Pearl Planning LLC now owns 1,884 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $377,000 after buying an additional 220 shares in the last quarter. Columbia Asset Management raised its stake in NVIDIA by 1.5% during the second quarter. Columbia Asset Management now owns 33,667 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $6,736,000 after buying an additional 488 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Crown Wealth Group LLC raised its stake in NVIDIA by 1.4% during the second quarter. Crown Wealth Group LLC now owns 50,190 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $10,043,000 after buying an additional 704 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: NVIDIA is expanding its AI-infrastructure footprint through a reported $3.1 billion Indonesia deal, potentially strengthening regional data-center capacity and demand for its GPUs and networking products. Nvidia Expands AI Infrastructure Push With Indonesia Deal
- Positive Sentiment: OpenAI’s plan to spend roughly $750 billion on computing infrastructure through 2030 reinforces the scale of the addressable market for NVIDIA accelerators, although OpenAI says it remains short of capacity. OpenAI Compute Spending Plans
- Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s latest quarterly results remain a strong fundamental backdrop: revenue reached $96.2 billion, up 105.9% year over year, while earnings exceeded expectations. Analysts continue to cite Blackwell, Vera Rubin, networking and supply-constrained demand as growth drivers. Nvidia Customers Wanted More Than It Could Build
- Positive Sentiment: Michael Burry exited his December 2026-dated NVIDIA put positions while retaining longer-dated puts. Closing near-term bearish bets may modestly ease concerns, though his remaining positions still signal skepticism. Michael Burry Sells December 2026 NVIDIA Puts
- Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA’s investment in Verily Health and expanded ecosystem relationships, including open-source AI and healthcare initiatives, could broaden future applications but are unlikely to materially affect near-term earnings. Verily Health Investment
- Negative Sentiment: Director Mark Stevens sold 1,022,239 shares for approximately $235.6 million across two transactions, reducing a sizable personal holding. The sales may weigh on sentiment despite not necessarily indicating weaker company fundamentals. NVIDIA Director Insider Selling
- Negative Sentiment: Short seller Jim Chanos questioned the economics of renting NVIDIA GPUs, raising concerns about utilization, customer returns and whether high rental rates can persist as newer chips are introduced. Jim Chanos Challenges NVIDIA GPU Rental Economics
- Negative Sentiment: Qualcomm’s AI infrastructure agreement with Amazon highlights the growing threat from custom and competing accelerators, while investors continue to debate NVIDIA’s multitrillion-dollar valuation and margin outlook. Nvidia and Qualcomm AI Chip Competition
NVIDIA Price Performance
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results 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. 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 in the previous year, the business posted $1.05 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.1 EPS for the current year.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement
The company also recently declared 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is presently 12.64%.
NVIDIA declared that its board has initiated a share repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the computer hardware maker to buy up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on the company. Piper Sandler initiated coverage on NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $300.00 target price on the stock. Barclays reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Craig Hallum upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $245.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Oppenheimer set a $315.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, China Renaissance lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $319.00 to $330.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, August 31st. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have issued a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $324.34.
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Insiders Place Their Bets
In related news, Director Mark Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total transaction of $186,000,450.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. This represents a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $217.88, for a total value of $6,536,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at approximately $585,587,360.80. This represents a 1.10% 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 90 days, insiders sold 2,585,740 shares of company stock worth $571,015,527. Company insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.
NVIDIA Profile
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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