Diversified Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 12,191 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock, valued at approximately $2,274,000.
A number of other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. Joule Financial LLC grew its position in NVIDIA by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. Joule Financial LLC now owns 2,308 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $431,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Presidio Capital Management LLC grew its position in NVIDIA by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. Presidio Capital Management LLC now owns 15,137 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $2,823,000 after acquiring an additional 53 shares during the last quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC grew its position in NVIDIA by 1.2% during the 3rd quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC now owns 4,640 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $866,000 after acquiring an additional 53 shares during the last quarter. IMG Wealth Management Inc. grew its position in NVIDIA by 1.4% during the 3rd quarter. IMG Wealth Management Inc. now owns 3,820 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $713,000 after acquiring an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cyr Financial Inc. grew its position in NVIDIA by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Cyr Financial Inc. now owns 7,737 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $1,444,000 after acquiring an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of research firms recently commented on NVDA. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on NVIDIA from $250.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Wall Street Zen downgraded NVIDIA from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Sunday, April 26th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $240.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, March 18th. William Blair set a $300.00 price objective on NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, March 12th. Finally, Citigroup assumed coverage on NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, April 15th. They set a "buy" rating on the stock. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $275.25.
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Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, CFO Colette Kress sold 42,650 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, March 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $174.89, for a total value of $7,459,058.50. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 881,387 shares of the company's stock, valued at $154,145,772.43. This represents a 4.62% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total value of $3,357,490.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 36,007 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,362,796.97. This trade represents a 34.54% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 953,976 shares of company stock worth $171,173,819 over the last 90 days. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
NVIDIA Stock Performance
NVDA stock opened at $198.45 on Monday. The business's fifty day moving average is $186.75 and its 200-day moving average is $186.18. The company has a quick ratio of 3.24, a current ratio of 3.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. The company has a market cap of $4.82 trillion, a P/E ratio of 40.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.65 and a beta of 2.25. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $110.82 and a twelve month high of $216.82.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The firm's quarterly revenue was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.89 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.78 EPS for the current year.
NVIDIA Announces Dividend
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th were paid a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is 0.82%.
Key NVIDIA News
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NVIDIA Company Profile
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NVIDIA Corporation, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a global technology company that designs and develops graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip (SoC) technologies. Co-founded by Jensen Huang, who serves as president and chief executive officer, along with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem, NVIDIA has grown from a graphics-focused chipmaker into a broad provider of accelerated computing hardware and software for multiple industries.
The company's product portfolio spans discrete GPUs for gaming and professional visualization (marketed under the GeForce and NVIDIA RTX lines), high-performance data center accelerators used for AI training and inference (including widely adopted platforms such as the A100 and H100 series), and Tegra SoCs for automotive and edge applications.
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