NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA is IPG Investment Advisors LLC's 4th Largest Position

Key Points

• IPG Investment Advisors LLC has increased its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation by 20% in the first quarter, making NVIDIA its 4th largest position at approximately $21 million.
• Analysts have broadly upgraded NVIDIA's stock, with major firms raising their target prices, leading to an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $207.69.
• NVIDIA reported a 55.6% increase in quarterly revenue year-over-year, achieving $1.05 EPS, exceeding estimates and indicating strong financial performance.

IPG Investment Advisors LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 20.0% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 194,327 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after buying an additional 32,427 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises about 4.8% of IPG Investment Advisors LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its 4th largest position. IPG Investment Advisors LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $21,063,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC. increased its stake in NVIDIA by 0.9% during the first quarter. Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC. now owns 93,568 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $9,610,000 after purchasing an additional 864 shares during the last quarter. Centerpoint Advisory Group increased its stake in NVIDIA by 2.5% during the first quarter. Centerpoint Advisory Group now owns 39,398 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $4,270,000 after purchasing an additional 943 shares during the last quarter. GSB Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 3.3% during the first quarter. GSB Wealth Management LLC now owns 32,611 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $3,534,000 after purchasing an additional 1,043 shares during the last quarter. Variant Private Wealth LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 20.6% during the first quarter. Variant Private Wealth LLC now owns 18,800 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $2,038,000 after purchasing an additional 3,206 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Financial Perspectives Inc increased its stake in NVIDIA by 2.8% during the first quarter. Financial Perspectives Inc now owns 45,958 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $4,981,000 after purchasing an additional 1,265 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NASDAQ NVDA traded down $4.64 on Friday, reaching $167.02. The company's stock had a trading volume of 223,875,375 shares, compared to its average volume of 167,410,624. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $86.62 and a twelve month high of $184.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a quick ratio of 3.60 and a current ratio of 4.21. The stock has a market cap of $4.06 trillion, a PE ratio of 47.58, a PEG ratio of 1.25 and a beta of 2.10. The firm's 50 day moving average is $172.73 and its two-hundred day moving average is $140.20.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.05 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.01 by $0.04. NVIDIA had a net margin of 52.41% and a return on equity of 101.74%. The company had revenue of $46.74 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $45.65 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company 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. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 2nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 11th will be issued a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 11th. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is presently 1.14%.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director Dawn E. Hudson sold 18,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $172.00, for a total value of $3,096,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 368,887 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $63,448,564. This represents a 4.65% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $169.65, for a total transaction of $12,723,750.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 72,698,366 shares of the company's stock, valued at $12,333,277,791.90. This represents a 0.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 4,872,755 shares of company stock valued at $764,283,330 over the last three months. 4.17% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

NVDA has been the subject of several recent research reports. KeyCorp restated an "overweight" rating and set a $230.00 price target (up previously from $215.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, August 28th. Phillip Securities upgraded shares of NVIDIA from a "moderate buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Monday, July 14th. Benchmark upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $190.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, August 28th. Barclays upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $170.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 17th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of NVIDIA from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-three have issued a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $207.69.

NVIDIA 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.