Visionary Wealth Advisors Has $12.71 Million Stock Position in NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA)

Visionary Wealth Advisors increased its stake in NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 4.9% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 94,674 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after purchasing an additional 4,390 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for 0.7% of Visionary Wealth Advisors' investment portfolio, making the stock its 29th largest position. Visionary Wealth Advisors' holdings in NVIDIA were worth $12,714,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. FMR LLC lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.7% during the 4th 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 4th 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 grew its position in NVIDIA by 0.9% in the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 411,328,951 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $55,237,367,000 after acquiring an additional 3,721,331 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at $43,515,504,000. Finally, Northern Trust Corp increased its position in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 36,266,817 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

NVDA has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Summit Insights upgraded NVIDIA from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, May 29th. Seaport Res Ptn upgraded shares of NVIDIA to a "strong sell" rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 30th. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an "overweight" rating and set a $180.00 price target (up from $150.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, May 28th. Morgan Stanley reiterated an "overweight" rating and set a $170.00 price objective (up previously from $160.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 29th. Finally, Mizuho boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $168.00 to $170.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 29th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating, thirty-six have given a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $171.66.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In related news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 125,836 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Monday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $137.79, for a total value of $17,338,942.44. Following the transaction, the director now owns 10,149,697 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,398,526,749.63. This trade represents a 1.22% 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, CFO Colette Kress sold 66,660 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $116.83, for a total value of $7,787,887.80. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 3,085,765 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $360,509,924.95. This trade represents a 2.11% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 1,257,983 shares of company stock valued at $172,973,349. Insiders own 4.17% of the company's stock.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA traded up $0.70 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $141.92. The company had a trading volume of 166,543,405 shares, compared to its average volume of 282,361,906. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 4.10 and a quick ratio of 3.64. NVIDIA Co. has a twelve month low of $86.62 and a twelve month high of $195.95. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $117.19 and its 200-day simple moving average is $126.42. The stock has a market cap of $3.46 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 55.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 2.12.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly 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). NVIDIA had a return on equity of 114.83% and a net margin of 55.69%. The company had revenue of $44.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $43.09 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.61 EPS. NVIDIA's revenue for the quarter was up 69.2% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts predict that NVIDIA Co. will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 11th will be issued a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 11th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.03%. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is presently 1.29%.

NVIDIA Company 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.