International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 1.0% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 489,105 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after acquiring an additional 4,730 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up about 1.5% of International Assets Investment Management LLC's portfolio, making the stock its 7th biggest position. International Assets Investment Management LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $53,009,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. Condor Capital Management raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 3.6% during the 4th quarter. Condor Capital Management now owns 2,559 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $344,000 after buying an additional 89 shares during the period. Squire Investment Management Company LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 4.0% in the fourth quarter. Squire Investment Management Company LLC now owns 2,360 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $317,000 after purchasing an additional 91 shares during the period. Kelly Financial Services LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 2.0% in the first quarter. Kelly Financial Services LLC now owns 4,736 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $513,000 after purchasing an additional 94 shares during the period. Macroview Investment Management LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 2.9% in the fourth quarter. Macroview Investment Management LLC now owns 3,434 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $461,000 after purchasing an additional 96 shares during the period. Finally, Foundry Financial Group Inc. increased its stake in NVIDIA by 2.2% in the fourth quarter. Foundry Financial Group Inc. now owns 4,387 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $589,000 after purchasing an additional 96 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company's stock.
NVIDIA Stock Performance
NVIDIA stock traded up $1.88 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $173.25. 112,001,786 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 255,656,891. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $86.62 and a twelve month high of $174.16. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $144.76 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $129.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10, a quick ratio of 2.96 and a current ratio of 3.39. The firm has a market cap of $4.23 trillion, a PE ratio of 55.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 2.13.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data 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 firm had revenue of $44.06 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $43.09 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 51.69% and a return on equity of 105.09%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 69.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.61 earnings per share. Equities analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA Announces Dividend
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 11th were issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.02%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 11th. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 1.29%.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
NVDA has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Morgan Stanley reiterated an "overweight" rating and issued a $170.00 target price (up previously from $160.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 29th. Truist Financial increased their price target on NVIDIA from $205.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 29th. KeyCorp set a $190.00 price target on NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, March 19th. Bank of America increased their price target on NVIDIA from $180.00 to $220.00 in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, TD Cowen raised their price objective on NVIDIA from $140.00 to $175.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 29th. One equities 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 assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $181.22.
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Insiders Place Their Bets
In other NVIDIA news, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $164.36, for a total transaction of $12,327,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 74,648,225 shares in the company, valued at $12,269,182,261. The trade was a 0.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director A Brooke Seawell sold 48,792 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $163.96, for a total value of $7,999,936.32. Following the sale, the director directly owned 1,729,478 shares in the company, valued at approximately $283,565,212.88. The trade was a 2.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 4,767,150 shares of company stock worth $701,030,045. 4.17% of the stock is owned by insiders.
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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