UP Strategic Wealth Investment Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 19.0% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 39,441 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after purchasing an additional 6,291 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up about 5.3% of UP Strategic Wealth Investment Advisors LLC's holdings, making the stock its 6th biggest position. UP Strategic Wealth Investment Advisors LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $5,297,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Hickory Point Bank & Trust bought a new position in NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth approximately $2,272,000. Capital Performance Advisors LLP lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 59.3% in the 4th quarter. Capital Performance Advisors LLP now owns 26,700 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $3,586,000 after purchasing an additional 9,944 shares in the last quarter. Waddell & Associates LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. Waddell & Associates LLC now owns 24,124 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $3,240,000 after purchasing an additional 297 shares in the last quarter. Strategy Asset Managers LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.8% in the 4th quarter. Strategy Asset Managers LLC now owns 52,307 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $7,024,000 after purchasing an additional 405 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ethos Financial Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 24.1% in the 4th quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC now owns 32,092 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $4,312,000 after purchasing an additional 6,241 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company's stock.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In related news, Director Robert K. Burgess sold 53,324 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $115.49, for a total transaction of $6,158,388.76. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 251,044 shares in the company, valued at $28,993,071.56. The trade was a 17.52% 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, Director John Dabiri sold 2,663 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.00, for a total value of $292,930.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 17,279 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,900,690. The trade was a 13.35% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 147,147 shares of company stock worth $17,133,207 in the last quarter. 4.23% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
NVIDIA Stock Performance
Shares of NVDA traded down $1.19 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $134.38. The stock had a trading volume of 160,519,454 shares, compared to its average volume of 293,703,320. The firm has a market cap of $3.29 trillion, a P/E ratio of 52.88, a PEG ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 2.11. NVIDIA Co. has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $195.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 4.10 and a quick ratio of 3.64. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $112.73 and a 200-day moving average price of $126.93.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.89 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.84 by $0.05. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 114.83% and a net margin of 55.69%. The business had revenue of $39.33 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $38.16 billion. On average, equities research analysts expect that NVIDIA Co. will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.
NVIDIA Announces Dividend
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 12th were paid a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 12th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.03%. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is currently 1.36%.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of brokerages recently issued reports on NVDA. KeyCorp set a $190.00 target price on NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, March 19th. Truist Financial increased their target price on NVIDIA from $204.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, February 27th. DA Davidson cut their target price on NVIDIA from $125.00 to $120.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, April 14th. Mizuho dropped their target price on NVIDIA from $175.00 to $168.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, March 14th. Finally, DZ Bank upgraded NVIDIA from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Friday, February 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating, thirty-six have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $164.84.
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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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