Aspect Partners LLC raised its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 71.0% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 5,812 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after purchasing an additional 2,414 shares during the quarter. Aspect Partners LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $630,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Wealth Group Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 5,702 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $766,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares during the last quarter. Tallon Kerry Patrick purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at about $972,000. Capital & Planning LLC boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 16.9% during the 4th quarter. Capital & Planning LLC now owns 7,604 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $1,021,000 after acquiring an additional 1,099 shares during the last quarter. Ironwood Wealth Management LLC. boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. Ironwood Wealth Management LLC. now owns 6,483 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $871,000 after buying an additional 104 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Brighton Jones LLC boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 12.4% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $43,631,000 after buying an additional 35,815 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
NVIDIA Stock Performance
NVIDIA stock traded up $3.75 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $170.78. The company had a trading volume of 152,871,674 shares, compared to its average volume of 263,063,842. The company has a current ratio of 3.39, a quick ratio of 2.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $86.62 and a 12-month high of $174.25. The company's fifty day moving average is $149.41 and its 200-day moving average is $130.53. The company has a market capitalization of $4.17 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 55.09, a P/E/G ratio of 1.47 and a beta of 2.13.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 28th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.87 by ($0.06). The company had revenue of $44.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $43.09 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 105.09% and a net margin of 51.69%. The business's revenue was up 69.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.61 earnings per share. Equities research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.
NVIDIA Announces Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 11th were issued a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 11th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.02%. NVIDIA's payout ratio is currently 1.29%.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of equities research analysts have commented on the stock. Summit Insights upgraded shares of NVIDIA from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 29th. DA Davidson raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $120.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 29th. Arete Research upgraded shares of NVIDIA to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 21st. HSBC cut shares of NVIDIA from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $120.00 target price on the stock. in a research note on Thursday, April 3rd. Finally, Raymond James Financial raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $150.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 29th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating, thirty-three have given a buy rating and four have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $181.22.
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Insider Transactions at NVIDIA
In other news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 168,195 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $152.64, for a total transaction of $25,673,284.80. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 4,018,547 shares in the company, valued at $613,391,014.08. The trade was a 4.02% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $152.54, for a total value of $11,440,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 75,548,225 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,524,126,241.50. This represents a 0.10% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 5,114,800 shares of company stock worth $760,553,003. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company's stock.
NVIDIA 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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