Jackson Creek Investment Advisors LLC Takes Position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)

Jackson Creek Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund bought 3,474 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock, valued at approximately $377,000.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC. raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.9% in the 1st quarter. Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC. now owns 93,568 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $9,610,000 after buying an additional 864 shares in the last quarter. Centerpoint Advisory Group raised its position in NVIDIA by 2.5% in the first quarter. Centerpoint Advisory Group now owns 39,398 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $4,270,000 after acquiring an additional 943 shares in the last quarter. GSB Wealth Management LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 3.3% in the first quarter. GSB Wealth Management LLC now owns 32,611 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $3,534,000 after acquiring an additional 1,043 shares in the last quarter. Variant Private Wealth LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 20.6% in the first quarter. Variant Private Wealth LLC now owns 18,800 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $2,038,000 after acquiring an additional 3,206 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Financial Perspectives Inc raised its position in NVIDIA by 2.8% in the first quarter. Financial Perspectives Inc now owns 45,958 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $4,981,000 after acquiring an additional 1,265 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 168,195 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred 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. This trade represents a 4.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 935,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $140.92, for a total value of $131,760,200.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 9,214,697 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,298,535,101.24. This trade represents a 9.21% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 5,837,440 shares of company stock worth $889,404,782. Insiders own 4.17% of the company's stock.

NVIDIA Trading Up 0.2%

NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $182.02 on Friday. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $163.18 and its 200 day moving average price is $135.00. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $184.48. The company has a market capitalization of $4.44 trillion, a P/E ratio of 58.72, a P/E/G ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 2.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10, a quick ratio of 2.96 and a current ratio of 3.39.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 28th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.87 by ($0.06). The business 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 for the quarter was up 69.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.61 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 11th were issued 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 dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is currently 1.29%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

NVDA has been the topic of a number of research reports. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $185.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Monday. Oppenheimer upped their price target on NVIDIA from $175.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 15th. Barclays upped their price target on NVIDIA from $170.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Tuesday, June 17th. TD Cowen upped their price target on NVIDIA from $140.00 to $175.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, May 29th. Finally, DA Davidson boosted their target price on NVIDIA from $120.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 29th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating, thirty-two have given a buy rating and four have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $186.33.

NVIDIA Profile

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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