NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Bought by QRG Capital Management Inc.

Key Points

• QRG Capital Management Inc. has increased its stake in NVIDIA Corporation by 6.7% during the 2nd quarter, making it the fund's largest position with holdings valued at approximately $715.6 million.
• Notable insider selling has occurred, with Director Mark A. Stevens and Director Harvey C. Jones selling 350,000 and 250,000 shares respectively, leading to a decrease in their ownership stakes.
• NVIDIA recently reported a 55.6% year-over-year increase in revenue to $46.74 billion for the last quarter, exceeding analysts' expectations.

QRG Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 6.7% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 4,529,118 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after buying an additional 285,426 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up 6.2% of QRG Capital Management Inc.'s holdings, making the stock its biggest position. QRG Capital Management Inc.'s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $715,555,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 12.4% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $43,631,000 after purchasing an additional 35,815 shares during the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.0% during the 4th quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,346,417 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $315,100,000 after purchasing an additional 22,929 shares during the last quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 6.7% during the 4th quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 58,396 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $7,842,000 after purchasing an additional 3,653 shares during the last quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 30.7% during the 4th quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $6,805,000 after purchasing an additional 11,900 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 15.7% during the 1st quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 6,598 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $715,000 after purchasing an additional 896 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 350,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.39, for a total value of $61,736,500.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 7,399,803 shares in the company, valued at $1,305,251,251.17. The trade was a 4.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.21, for a total value of $44,052,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 7,183,280 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,265,765,768.80. This represents a 3.36% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 3,753,937 shares of company stock worth $669,548,776. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company's stock.

NVIDIA Stock Down 0.8%

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $181.16 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a quick ratio of 3.60 and a current ratio of 4.21. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $195.62. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.40 trillion, a P/E ratio of 51.61, a PEG ratio of 1.32 and a beta of 2.12. The stock's fifty day moving average is $179.37 and its 200 day moving average is $154.43.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.05 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.01 by $0.04. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 101.74% and a net margin of 52.41%.The company had revenue of $46.74 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $45.65 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.68 earnings per share. NVIDIA's revenue was up 55.6% on a year-over-year basis. NVIDIA has set its Q3 2026 guidance at EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 2nd. Investors of record on Thursday, September 11th were given a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 11th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 1.14%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on the company. HSBC set a $320.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 15th. Hsbc Global Res raised NVIDIA from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, October 15th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $202.00 to $212.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, August 25th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a "buy" rating and set a $215.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, September 19th. Finally, Oppenheimer reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $225.00 target price (up previously from $200.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, August 28th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-nine have issued a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $222.23.

About NVIDIA

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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