West Branch Capital LLC lowered its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 2.4% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 216,361 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 5,249 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises approximately 10.1% of West Branch Capital LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its largest holding. West Branch Capital LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $34,183,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 267,959.7% during the 2nd quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 382,373,765 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $64,976,521,000 after purchasing an additional 382,231,120 shares during the period. Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA in the 1st quarter valued at about $15,089,414,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its holdings in NVIDIA by 123.5% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 187,995,213 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $20,374,921,000 after acquiring an additional 103,889,872 shares during the period. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 204.6% during the first quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 35,652,571 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $3,864,026,000 after buying an additional 23,948,733 shares during the period. Finally, Amundi grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 16.0% during the first quarter. Amundi now owns 135,770,043 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $13,826,199,000 after purchasing an additional 18,733,431 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Insider Activity
In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 350,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on 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 directly owned 7,399,803 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,305,251,251.17. This trade represents a 4.52% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $178.74, for a total value of $13,405,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 73,748,225 shares in the company, valued at approximately $13,181,757,736.50. This trade represents a 0.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 3,775,379 shares of company stock worth $665,883,171. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
NVIDIA Price Performance
Shares of NVDA stock opened at $192.57 on Friday. 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 50 day moving average price of $178.97 and a 200 day moving average price of $150.06. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.68 trillion, a P/E ratio of 54.86, a P/E/G ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 2.12. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52-week low of $86.62 and a 52-week high of $195.30.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its 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. The business had revenue of $46.74 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $45.65 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 101.74% and a net margin of 52.41%.NVIDIA's revenue was up 55.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.68 EPS. NVIDIA has set its Q3 2026 guidance at EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 2nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 11th were issued 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 currently 1.14%.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
NVDA has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. TD Cowen boosted their price objective on NVIDIA from $140.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, August 19th. New Street Research upped their price target on NVIDIA from $200.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, September 12th. Daiwa Capital Markets increased their target price on NVIDIA from $165.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 17th. Wolfe Research upped their price target on NVIDIA from $220.00 to $230.00 in a report on Tuesday, September 23rd. Finally, Bank of America increased their target price on NVIDIA from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, August 28th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-seven have given a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $212.84.
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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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