IMPACTfolio LLC purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 1,487 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock, valued at approximately $235,000.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of NVDA. Nuveen LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 1st quarter valued at $15,089,414,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 123.5% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 187,995,213 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $20,374,921,000 after purchasing an additional 103,889,872 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its stake 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 valued at $5,293,039,000 after purchasing an additional 48,439,859 shares during the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its stake 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 valued at $3,864,026,000 after purchasing an additional 23,948,733 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 4th quarter valued at $2,987,733,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
NVIDIA Trading Up 0.3%
Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $178.19 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12 month low of $86.62 and a 12 month high of $184.55. The company has a quick ratio of 3.60, a current ratio of 4.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $176.60 and its 200 day simple moving average is $145.78. The firm has a market cap of $4.33 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 50.77, a PEG ratio of 1.28 and a beta of 2.10.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.01 by $0.04. NVIDIA had a net margin of 52.41% and a return on equity of 101.74%. The firm had revenue of $46.74 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $45.65 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.68 EPS. The company's revenue was up 55.6% compared to the same quarter last year. NVIDIA has set its Q3 2026 guidance at EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA Announces Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 2nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 11th will be given a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 11th. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 1.14%.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of research analysts have weighed in on NVDA shares. Needham & Company LLC reissued a "buy" rating and set a $200.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, August 28th. Barclays reaffirmed an "overweight" rating and set a $240.00 price objective (up from $200.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday. Evercore ISI upped their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $214.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday. KeyCorp reaffirmed an "overweight" rating and set a $230.00 price objective (up from $215.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, August 28th. Finally, Mizuho upped their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $192.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 14th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-six have issued a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $209.82.
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Insider Activity
In related news, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $163.11, for a total transaction of $12,233,250.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 74,873,225 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $12,212,571,729.75. The trade was a 0.10% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 350,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.39, for a total transaction of $61,736,500.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 7,399,803 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,305,251,251.17. The trade was a 4.52% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 4,176,470 shares of company stock valued at $720,979,162 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company's stock.
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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