Flynn Zito Capital Management LLC decreased its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 11.7% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 62,812 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 8,341 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for about 3.1% of Flynn Zito Capital Management LLC's portfolio, making the stock its 9th largest holding. Flynn Zito Capital Management LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $6,808,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of NVDA. Brighton Jones LLC raised its stake in NVIDIA by 12.4% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $43,631,000 after purchasing an additional 35,815 shares in the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG raised its stake in NVIDIA by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,346,417 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $315,100,000 after purchasing an additional 22,929 shares in the last quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE raised its stake in NVIDIA by 6.7% in the 4th quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 58,396 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $7,842,000 after purchasing an additional 3,653 shares in the last quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC raised its stake in NVIDIA by 30.7% in the 4th quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $6,805,000 after purchasing an additional 11,900 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Madison Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $3,188,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company's stock.
NVIDIA Stock Up 0.9%
Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $182.01 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $4.44 trillion, a PE ratio of 58.71, a P/E/G ratio of 1.59 and a beta of 2.14. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $86.62 and a 12-month high of $184.48. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $164.75 and its 200 day simple moving average is $135.95. The company has a quick ratio of 2.96, a current ratio of 3.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May 28th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.87 by ($0.06). The company had revenue of $44.06 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $43.09 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 105.09% and a net margin of 51.69%. The firm's revenue was up 69.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.61 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 11th were issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 11th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is presently 1.29%.
Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA
In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 935,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $140.92, for a total transaction of $131,760,200.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 9,214,697 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,298,535,101.24. This represents a 9.21% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $152.54, for a total transaction of $11,440,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 75,548,225 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,524,126,241.50. The trade was a 0.10% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 5,912,440 shares of company stock worth $902,886,782. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company's stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
NVDA has been the subject of several analyst reports. Arete Research upgraded shares of NVIDIA to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 21st. Benchmark restated a "buy" rating and issued a $190.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 29th. DA Davidson boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $120.00 to $135.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 29th. BNP Paribas upgraded shares of NVIDIA to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Barclays boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $170.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 17th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating, thirty-two have assigned a buy rating and four have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $187.61.
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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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