New Republic Capital LLC lowered its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 4.2% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 32,110 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 1,395 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up approximately 1.5% of New Republic Capital LLC's portfolio, making the stock its 12th largest holding. New Republic Capital LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $3,480,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Several other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. FMR LLC boosted its position in NVIDIA by 0.7% during the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,004,376,608 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $134,877,735,000 after purchasing an additional 6,665,252 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in NVIDIA by 1.7% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 555,548,278 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $74,439,273,000 after purchasing an additional 9,468,786 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its position in NVIDIA by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 411,328,951 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $55,237,367,000 after purchasing an additional 3,721,331 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new position in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth about $43,515,504,000. Finally, Northern Trust Corp boosted its position in NVIDIA by 15.8% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 266,454,194 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $35,782,134,000 after purchasing an additional 36,266,817 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
NVDA has been the subject of a number of research reports. Citigroup reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $210.00 target price (up previously from $190.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday. Phillip Securities raised shares of NVIDIA from a "moderate buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Monday, July 14th. Craig Hallum raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $195.00 to $245.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an "overweight" rating and issued a $240.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday. Finally, 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. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-four have assigned a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $206.54.
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NVIDIA Trading Down 0.8%
NASDAQ:NVDA traded down $1.43 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $180.17. The company had a trading volume of 281,040,214 shares, compared to its average volume of 165,288,688. The company has a market capitalization of $4.40 trillion, a PE ratio of 51.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.59 and a beta of 2.14. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $169.53 and a 200 day moving average price of $138.41. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $184.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10, a current ratio of 3.39 and a quick ratio of 2.96.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.05 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.01 by $0.04. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 109.66% and a net margin of 52.41%.The business had revenue of $46.74 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $45.65 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.68 EPS. NVIDIA's revenue was up 55.6% on a year-over-year basis. NVIDIA has set its Q3 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA Announces Dividend
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 2nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 11th will be given a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 11th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is presently 1.29%.
Insider Activity
In related news, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred 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 completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 2,956,876 shares in the company, valued at approximately $526,501,340.56. The trade was a 0.93% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $179.76, for a total value of $13,482,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 72,848,225 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $13,095,196,926. This trade represents a 0.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 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.
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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