NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Position Trimmed by Baillie Gifford & Co.

Baillie Gifford & Co. lessened its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 11.3% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 46,893,508 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 5,999,328 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for about 4.4% of Baillie Gifford & Co.'s investment portfolio, making the stock its 6th biggest holding. Baillie Gifford & Co. owned approximately 0.19% of NVIDIA worth $5,082,318,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. FMR LLC raised its position 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 valued at $134,877,735,000 after purchasing an additional 6,665,252 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 1.7% in 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 buying an additional 9,468,786 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its holdings 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 valued at $55,237,367,000 after acquiring an additional 3,721,331 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter valued at about $43,515,504,000. Finally, Northern Trust Corp lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 15.8% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 266,454,194 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $35,782,134,000 after acquiring an additional 36,266,817 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

NVIDIA Stock Up 1.7%

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $177.99 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. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $86.62 and a 12-month high of $184.48. The firm's 50-day moving average price is $167.35 and its 200-day moving average price is $137.40. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.34 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 57.42, a P/E/G ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 2.14.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data 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 105.09% and a net margin of 51.69%.The company had revenue of $44.06 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $43.09 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.61 earnings per share. The company's revenue was up 69.2% compared to the same quarter last year. NVIDIA has set its Q2 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 11th were issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 11th. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is presently 1.29%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

NVDA has been the subject of several research analyst reports. TD Cowen increased their target price on NVIDIA from $140.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 19th. Evercore ISI upped their price target on NVIDIA from $190.00 to $214.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday. Seaport Res Ptn raised shares of NVIDIA to a "strong sell" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. Morgan Stanley reissued an "overweight" rating and issued a $206.00 target price (up previously from $200.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, August 18th. Finally, Piper Sandler set a $225.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 13th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have assigned a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $192.44.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, August 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $178.06, for a total value of $4,921,578.40. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 2,956,876 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $526,501,340.56. This represents a 0.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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 NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $179.76, for a total transaction of $13,482,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 72,848,225 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $13,095,196,926. This represents a 0.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 5,912,440 shares of company stock valued at $902,886,782. 4.17% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.

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