Kapitalo Investimentos Ltda grew its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 1,204.2% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 11,973 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after acquiring an additional 11,055 shares during the quarter. Kapitalo Investimentos Ltda's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $1,298,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. Copia Wealth Management bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth approximately $50,000. LSV Asset Management bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth approximately $54,000. Kathleen S. Wright Associates Inc. grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 169.3% during the 1st quarter. Kathleen S. Wright Associates Inc. now owns 404 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $44,000 after acquiring an additional 254 shares in the last quarter. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 1st quarter worth approximately $51,000. Finally, Bruce G. Allen Investments LLC grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 198.2% during the 1st quarter. Bruce G. Allen Investments LLC now owns 492 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $53,000 after acquiring an additional 327 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Truist Financial raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $205.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 29th. Oppenheimer raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $175.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 15th. Raymond James Financial raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $150.00 to $165.00 and gave the company a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 29th. Evercore ISI raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $190.00 to $214.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group began coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, July 10th. They issued a "buy" rating and a $185.00 target price for the company. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have assigned a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $194.31.
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NVIDIA Stock Up 1.0%
NVDA stock opened at $179.81 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $4.39 trillion, a PE ratio of 58.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 2.14. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $168.05 and a 200 day simple moving average of $137.81. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $184.48. 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 (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 28th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.87 by ($0.06). The company had revenue of $44.06 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $43.09 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 51.69% and a return on equity of 105.09%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 69.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.61 EPS. NVIDIA has set its Q2 2026 guidance at EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 11th were paid a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 11th. NVIDIA's payout ratio is 1.29%.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other NVIDIA news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 168,195 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated 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 completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 4,018,547 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $613,391,014.08. The trade was a 4.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $152.54, for a total value of $11,440,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 75,548,225 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $11,524,126,241.50. The trade was a 0.10% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 5,912,440 shares of company stock worth $902,886,782 in the last ninety days. 4.17% of the stock is owned by company 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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