HCR Wealth Advisors increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 8.1% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 290,676 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after buying an additional 21,779 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises approximately 4.1% of HCR Wealth Advisors' portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest position. HCR Wealth Advisors' holdings in NVIDIA were worth $31,504,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth approximately $43,515,504,000. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 12,173.2% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 48,837,781 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $5,293,039,000 after purchasing an additional 48,439,859 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 15.8% in the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 266,454,194 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $35,782,134,000 after purchasing an additional 36,266,817 shares during the period. Proficio Capital Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 14,641.2% in the 4th quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 34,676,316 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $4,656,682,000 after purchasing an additional 34,441,082 shares during the period. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 204.6% in the 1st quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 35,652,571 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $3,864,026,000 after purchasing an additional 23,948,733 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA
In other NVIDIA news, Director Tench Coxe sold 1,000,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $142.80, for a total transaction of $142,800,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 26,671,360 shares in the company, valued at $3,808,670,208. This trade represents a 3.61% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 935,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $140.92, for a total transaction of $131,760,200.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 9,214,697 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,298,535,101.24. This represents a 9.21% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 4,296,844 shares of company stock worth $624,019,677 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company's stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of research firms recently issued reports on NVDA. DA Davidson boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $120.00 to $135.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 29th. Susquehanna reiterated a "positive" rating and set a $180.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, March 19th. Cantor Fitzgerald restated an "overweight" rating and set a $200.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, April 16th. UBS Group restated a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, May 23rd. Finally, KeyCorp set a $190.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, March 19th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating, thirty-four have given a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $176.47.
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NVIDIA Stock Performance
NVDA traded up $1.76 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $160.00. 137,191,824 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 267,323,344. The firm has a market cap of $3.90 trillion, a P/E ratio of 51.61, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.41 and a beta of 2.13. The stock's fifty day moving average is $137.37 and its 200 day moving average is $127.97. The company has a quick ratio of 2.96, a current ratio of 3.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $86.62 and a one year high of $160.98.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 28th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.87 by ($0.06). The company had revenue of $44.06 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $43.09 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 51.69% and a return on equity of 105.09%. NVIDIA's quarterly revenue was up 69.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.61 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA Announces Dividend
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 11th were given a dividend of $0.01 per share. 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 0.03%. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is presently 1.29%.
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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