Somerville Kurt F lessened its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 3.4% in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 239,592 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 8,455 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up approximately 4.5% of Somerville Kurt F's investment portfolio, making the stock its 4th largest holding. Somerville Kurt F's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $25,967,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. FMR LLC increased its position in 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 boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.7% during 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 boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 411,328,951 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $55,237,367,000 after buying an additional 3,721,331 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth approximately $43,515,504,000. Finally, Northern Trust Corp boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 15.8% during the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 266,454,194 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $35,782,134,000 after buying an additional 36,266,817 shares in 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 935,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $140.92, for a total transaction of $131,760,200.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 9,214,697 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,298,535,101.24. This trade represents a 9.21% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $152.54, for a total value 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. This trade represents a 0.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 5,912,440 shares of company stock valued at $902,886,782 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 4.17% of the company's stock.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
NVDA has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Truist Financial increased their price target on NVIDIA from $205.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, May 29th. Bank of America increased their price target on NVIDIA from $180.00 to $220.00 in a report on Wednesday, July 16th. Phillip Securities upgraded NVIDIA from a "moderate buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Monday, July 14th. Summit Insights upgraded NVIDIA from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, May 29th. Finally, UBS Group increased their target price on NVIDIA from $175.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have assigned a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $192.44.
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NVIDIA Stock Up 1.7%
NASDAQ:NVDA traded up $3.01 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $177.99. 172,179,840 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 157,824,752. The company has a quick ratio of 2.96, a current ratio of 3.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $167.35 and its 200-day simple moving average is $137.31. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $86.62 and a one year high of $184.48. The company has a market cap of $4.34 trillion, a PE ratio of 57.42, a PEG ratio of 1.54 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 net margin of 51.69% and a return on equity of 105.09%. The company had revenue of $44.06 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $43.09 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.61 earnings per share. NVIDIA's revenue was up 69.2% on a year-over-year basis. NVIDIA has set its Q2 2026 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.
NVIDIA Announces Dividend
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 11th were paid 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 (DPR) is 1.29%.
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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