The shares of chip giant NVIDIA are popular with both institutional investors and private investors – but who owns the most NVIDIA shares?
• Majority of NVIDIA shares are in institutional hands
• Largest asset managers worldwide rely on NVIDIA
• NVIDIA CEO one of the largest shareholders
NVIDIA shares have posted strong gains in recent months and years. Within the last twelve months, the paper increased by around 194 percent (as of April 22, 2024) – within three years there was even an increase of around 400 percent (as of April 22, 2024).
And the analysts continue to be confident about the chip company’s shares. NVIDIA stock has been rated by 41 Wall Street analysts on TipRanks over the past three months. Of them, 39 recommend buying the stock, and there are two “hold” ratings. The average price target is $1,004.92, 26.38 percent above the current price (as of April 22, 2024).
Since it is also interesting for investors or market participants who plan to buy shares in a company to know what the ownership structure is – since the shareholders of a company can influence the development of the share price – the question arises: Who owns it Are there actually any NVIDIA shares in circulation and how many shares are in the hands of private investors?
The majority of NVIDIA shares are owned by institutional investors
According to NVIDIA’s most recent quarterly results, the company has a total of 2.5 billion shares outstanding or outstanding. The company’s largest shareholders include some of the largest asset managers in the world, but also an insider.
According to WallStreetZen data, the shares are 65.24 percent owned by institutional investors. According to data from Fintel, 5,946 institutional owners and shareholders have filed 13D/G or 13F forms with the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). These would hold a total of 1,837,631,489 NVIDIA shares. According to Techopedia, the largest institutional investors include Vanguard (204,504,938 shares or 8.28 percent), BlackRock (180,593,555 shares or 7.3 percent), Fidelity (127,855,229 shares or 5.18 percent), State Street (91,661,188 shares or 3.7 percent) and Geode Capital Management (49,994,598 shares or 2 percent). Major asset managers typically invest in NVIDIA because it is a key technology stock and one of the largest companies in the market-wide US S&P 500 index.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is one of the largest shareholders
In addition, according to WallStreetZen, 4.38 percent of NVIDIA shares are owned by insiders. One of the chip group’s largest shareholders can also be found here, alongside the institutional investors: Jen Hsun “Jensen” Huang. He is the company insider who owns the most NVIDIA shares. Huang co-founded the company in 1993 and has served as its CEO and president since then. Under him, NVIDIA initially developed into a dominant company in the market for computer game chips and is now considered to be the beneficiary of the hype surrounding artificial intelligence, as the company supplies the chips required for it. According to a document filed with the SEC on March 20, Huang owns 86,752,723 NVIDIA shares, giving him a 3.52 percent stake in the company. This makes him the company’s fourth largest shareholder. And so the increase in NVIDIA’s share price has also significantly increased the CEO’s wealth. With an estimated net worth of $73.9 billion, he is one of the 20 richest people in the world, according to Forbes.
NVIDIA shares are very popular with private investors
Meanwhile, according to WallStreetZen, around 760 million (30.38 percent) of NVIDIA shares are owned by private shareholders. NVIDIA stock is very popular among investors. As Reuters recently reported, it has the highest weighting in the average private investor portfolio at 9.3 percent. In general, tech stocks are currently among the “favorites of retail investors” and among the “top ten most-held stocks” worldwide, according to Ben Laidler, global markets strategist at eToro. According to Laidler, AI and semiconductor stocks such as NVIDIA, AMD and TSMC recorded the largest increases in holders this year.
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