Cherry Creek Investment Advisors Inc. decreased its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 8.7% during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 81,950 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 7,796 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up approximately 4.6% of Cherry Creek Investment Advisors Inc.'s holdings, making the stock its 7th largest holding. Cherry Creek Investment Advisors Inc.'s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $8,882,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Wealth Group Ltd. boosted its position in NVIDIA by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 5,702 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $766,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the period. Tallon Kerry Patrick purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth about $972,000. Capital & Planning LLC increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 16.9% in the fourth quarter. Capital & Planning LLC now owns 7,604 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $1,021,000 after buying an additional 1,099 shares during the period. Ironwood Wealth Management LLC. increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. Ironwood Wealth Management LLC. now owns 6,483 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $871,000 after buying an additional 104 shares during the period. Finally, Brighton Jones LLC increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 12.4% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $43,631,000 after buying an additional 35,815 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.
Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA
In related news, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $163.11, for a total value of $12,233,250.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 74,873,225 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $12,212,571,729.75. This represents a 0.10% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director A Brooke Seawell sold 49,131 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, July 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $162.83, for a total value of $8,000,000.73. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 1,826,382 shares in the company, valued at $297,389,781.06. This trade represents a 2.62% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 4,520,246 shares of company stock worth $660,253,045 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company's stock.
NVIDIA Trading Up 0.5%
NVIDIA stock opened at $164.92 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 3.39, a quick ratio of 2.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $141.53 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $128.77. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12 month low of $86.62 and a 12 month high of $167.89. The company has a market capitalization of $4.02 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 53.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.45 and a beta of 2.13.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, May 28th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.87 by ($0.06). NVIDIA had a return on equity of 105.09% and a net margin of 51.69%. The company had revenue of $44.06 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $43.09 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.61 earnings per share. The company's revenue was up 69.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA Announces Dividend
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 11th were issued a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.02%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 11th. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 1.29%.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Several research analysts have recently commented on the company. UBS Group reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, May 23rd. Citigroup lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $180.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, July 7th. Wedbush reiterated an "outperform" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 29th. TD Cowen lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $140.00 to $175.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, May 29th. Finally, Bank of America lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $150.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, May 14th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating, thirty-four have given a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $177.03.
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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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