Mar Vista Investment Partners, LLC, an investment management company, released its “Mar Vista U.S. Quality Premier Strategy” third-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The third quarter was a standout period for US equities, led by optimism over the Federal Reserve’s dovish pivot and the ongoing boom in artificial intelligence (AI). The S&P 500® Index and the Nasdaq Composite surged, representing technology’s relentless momentum. In the quarter, the strategy returned +6.41% net of fees, compared to +8.00% and +8.12% returns for the Russell 1000 Index and the S&P 500 Index, respectively. In addition, please check the fund’s top five holdings to know its best picks in 2025.
In its third-quarter 2025 investor letter, Mar Vista U.S. Quality Premier Strategy highlighted stocks such as NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA). NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) offers graphics, compute, and networking solutions. The one-month return of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) was 6.74%, and its shares gained 40.28% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On October 8, 2025, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock closed at $189.11 per share, with a market capitalization of $4.604 trillion.
Mar Vista U.S. Quality Premier Strategy stated the following regarding NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) in its third quarter 2025 investor letter:
“NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) continues to benefit from the AI infrastructure build-out as hyperscale technology companies race toward artificial general intelligence. Demand for the company’s next-generation Blackwell platform remains strong, driven by the increasing complexity of large language models and the rise of reasoning-based applications. As CEO Jensen Huang has highlighted, reasoning tasks can require up to ten times more compute power than training a conventional large language model. With the AI market still in the early stages of a multi-year investment cycle, NVIDIA is well positioned to capture substantial value as the industry standard in accelerated computing.”
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NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) is in the 5th position on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 235 hedge fund portfolios held NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) at the end of the second quarter, up from 212 in the previous quarter. In the second quarter of fiscal 2026, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) reported $46.7 billion in revenues, exceeding expectations. While we acknowledge the potential of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you’re looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock.