Moment Partners LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 5,235 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock, valued at approximately $703,000.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Tacita Capital Inc bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 4th quarter valued at $28,000. Legend Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth about $34,000. Vision Financial Markets LLC acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $38,000. Luken Investment Analytics LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $40,000. Finally, Lowe Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth approximately $46,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several brokerages recently weighed in on NVDA. Raymond James reissued a "strong-buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, April 16th. Wedbush reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and issued a $175.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, April 16th. DA Davidson lowered their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $125.00 to $120.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Monday, April 14th. Susquehanna reaffirmed a "positive" rating and issued a $180.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, March 19th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities dropped their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $220.00 to $200.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 16th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-six have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $164.96.
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NVIDIA Trading Down 0.1 %
NVIDIA stock traded down $0.10 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $108.92. The company's stock had a trading volume of 229,377,969 shares, compared to its average volume of 302,869,091. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $111.97 and a 200-day moving average price of $128.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 4.10 and a quick ratio of 3.64. NVIDIA Co. has a 12 month low of $81.25 and a 12 month high of $195.95. The stock has a market cap of $2.66 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 42.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.96.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.05. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 114.83% and a net margin of 55.69%. The business had revenue of $39.33 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $38.16 billion. As a group, analysts forecast that NVIDIA Co. will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 12th were issued a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 12th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.04%. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is currently 1.36%.
Insider Activity at NVIDIA
In other news, CFO Colette Kress sold 66,660 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $116.83, for a total transaction of $7,787,887.80. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 3,085,765 shares in the company, valued at $360,509,924.95. This represents a 2.11 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 20,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $118.42, for a total value of $2,368,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 53,208 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,300,891.36. The trade was a 27.32 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 147,147 shares of company stock worth $17,133,207. 4.23% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
NVIDIA Company Profile
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NVIDIA Corporation provides graphics and compute and networking solutions in the United States, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and internationally. The Graphics segment offers GeForce GPUs for gaming and PCs, the GeForce NOW game streaming service and related infrastructure, and solutions for gaming platforms; Quadro/NVIDIA RTX GPUs for enterprise workstation graphics; virtual GPU or vGPU software for cloud-based visual and virtual computing; automotive platforms for infotainment systems; and Omniverse software for building and operating metaverse and 3D internet applications.
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