Capstone Financial Advisors Inc. boosted its position in NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 37.8% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 57,578 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after purchasing an additional 15,781 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for about 0.5% of Capstone Financial Advisors Inc.'s portfolio, making the stock its 23rd biggest holding. Capstone Financial Advisors Inc.'s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $7,732,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of NVDA. Hickory Point Bank & Trust acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at about $2,272,000. Capital Performance Advisors LLP increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 59.3% in the fourth quarter. Capital Performance Advisors LLP now owns 26,700 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $3,586,000 after buying an additional 9,944 shares during the period. Waddell & Associates LLC increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. Waddell & Associates LLC now owns 24,124 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $3,240,000 after buying an additional 297 shares during the period. Strategy Asset Managers LLC increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. Strategy Asset Managers LLC now owns 52,307 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $7,024,000 after buying an additional 405 shares during the period. Finally, Ethos Financial Group LLC increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 24.1% in the fourth quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC now owns 32,092 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $4,312,000 after buying an additional 6,241 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company's stock.
NVIDIA Stock Performance
Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $134.38 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $3.29 trillion, a PE ratio of 52.88, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 2.11. NVIDIA Co. has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $195.95. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $113.11 and a 200-day moving average price of $126.98. The company has a quick ratio of 3.64, a current ratio of 4.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.89 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.84 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $39.33 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $38.16 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 114.83% and a net margin of 55.69%. Equities analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Co. will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA Announces Dividend
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 12th were given a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 12th. NVIDIA's payout ratio is 1.36%.
Insider Activity at NVIDIA
In other NVIDIA news, insider Donald F. Robertson, Jr. sold 4,500 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Friday, March 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $116.80, for a total value of $525,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 479,428 shares of the company's stock, valued at $55,997,190.40. This trade represents a 0.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 20,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $118.42, for a total value of $2,368,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 53,208 shares of the company's stock, valued at $6,300,891.36. This represents a 27.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders sold 147,147 shares of company stock valued at $17,133,207. 4.23% of the stock is owned by insiders.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
NVDA has been the subject of several recent research reports. Citigroup reissued a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, April 16th. UBS Group decreased their price target on NVIDIA from $180.00 to $175.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, May 12th. William Blair reissued an "outperform" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, March 20th. Summit Insights lowered NVIDIA from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, February 27th. Finally, Seaport Res Ptn upgraded NVIDIA to a "strong sell" rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 30th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating, thirty-six have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $164.84.
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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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