Nelson Capital Management LLC grew its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 2.1% during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 1,029,559 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after acquiring an additional 21,518 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for 19.3% of Nelson Capital Management LLC's holdings, making the stock its biggest holding. Nelson Capital Management LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $111,584,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Copia Wealth Management bought a new position in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth about $50,000. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA during the 1st quarter worth about $51,000. Bruce G. Allen Investments LLC grew its holdings in 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. LSV Asset Management bought a new position in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth about $54,000. Finally, Delos Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 134.8% during the 4th quarter. Delos Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 493 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $66,000 after acquiring an additional 283 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other news, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, August 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $179.76, for a total transaction of $13,482,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 72,848,225 shares of the company's stock, valued at $13,095,196,926. This represents a 0.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, August 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $178.06, for a total transaction of $4,921,578.40. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 2,956,876 shares of the company's stock, valued at $526,501,340.56. The trade was a 0.93% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 5,912,440 shares of company stock valued at $902,886,782 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 4.17% of the company's stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
NVDA has been the topic of several recent research reports. Needham & Company LLC increased their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $160.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 16th. Raymond James Financial raised their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $150.00 to $165.00 and gave the company a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Thursday, May 29th. Oppenheimer raised their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $175.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 15th. DA Davidson raised their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $120.00 to $135.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday, May 29th. Finally, Benchmark restated a "buy" rating and issued a $190.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 29th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating, thirty-two have issued a buy rating and four have issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $187.61.
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NVIDIA Price Performance
NVIDIA stock opened at $182.01 on Tuesday. The company's fifty day moving average price is $164.75 and its 200 day moving average price is $135.95. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1 year low of $86.62 and a 1 year high of $184.48. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.44 trillion, a P/E ratio of 58.71, a P/E/G ratio of 1.59 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 released its 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 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 was up 69.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.61 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently announced 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 presently 1.29%.
NVIDIA 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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