Genesis Financial Group LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 16,077 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock, valued at approximately $2,998,000. NVIDIA comprises approximately 1.7% of Genesis Financial Group LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its 18th biggest position.
Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Morangie Management LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 14.1% during the fourth quarter. Morangie Management LLC now owns 14,946 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $2,787,000 after purchasing an additional 1,850 shares during the last quarter. Armstrong Fleming & Moore Inc boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. Armstrong Fleming & Moore Inc now owns 23,674 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $4,415,000 after purchasing an additional 274 shares during the last quarter. Values Added Financial LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 9.6% during the fourth quarter. Values Added Financial LLC now owns 10,627 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $1,982,000 after purchasing an additional 928 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Capital Wealth Advisors boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 11.2% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Capital Wealth Advisors now owns 56,472 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $10,532,000 after purchasing an additional 5,688 shares during the last quarter. Finally, IVC Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.9% during the fourth quarter. IVC Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 25,648 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $4,783,000 after purchasing an additional 478 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company's stock.
Insider Activity at NVIDIA
In related news, CFO Colette Kress sold 20,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $174.89, for a total transaction of $3,497,800.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 83,060 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $14,526,363.40. This trade represents a 19.41% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total transaction of $3,357,490.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 36,007 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,362,796.97. This represents a 34.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 1,153,976 shares of company stock worth $207,181,819 in the last quarter. 4.17% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several brokerages recently commented on NVDA. Fundamental Research set a $218.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Robert W. Baird increased their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Barclays reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of NVIDIA from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Saturday, February 28th. Finally, DA Davidson reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $250.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $275.25.
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NVIDIA Stock Performance
NASDAQ NVDA opened at $189.31 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $181.69 and a 200-day moving average of $184.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a current ratio of 3.91. The stock has a market cap of $4.60 trillion, a PE ratio of 38.63, a P/E/G ratio of 0.62 and a beta of 2.34. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52-week low of $95.04 and a 52-week high of $212.19.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $68.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 97.37%. NVIDIA's quarterly revenue was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.89 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation 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 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th were paid a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 0.82%.
About NVIDIA
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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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