NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Stock Holdings Lifted by ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V.

Key Points

• ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. increased its stake in NVIDIA Corporation by 2.7% to a total of 3,108,283 shares, now making NVIDIA its second-largest holding worth approximately $491 million.
• Analysts have a generally positive view of NVIDIA, with an average rating of "Buy" and a target price of $222.23, while Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley both set targets at $210.
• Insider transactions included significant sales, with Director Mark A. Stevens selling 350,000 shares and CEO Jen Hsun Huang selling 75,000 shares, reflecting a recent trend of insider selling.

ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. raised its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 2.7% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 3,108,283 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after purchasing an additional 82,745 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for 6.4% of ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V.'s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd biggest holding. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V.'s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $491,035,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC. grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.9% in the 1st quarter. Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC. now owns 93,568 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $9,610,000 after purchasing an additional 864 shares during the last quarter. Centerpoint Advisory Group boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 2.5% in the first quarter. Centerpoint Advisory Group now owns 39,398 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $4,270,000 after buying an additional 943 shares in the last quarter. GSB Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 3.3% in the first quarter. GSB Wealth Management LLC now owns 32,611 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $3,534,000 after buying an additional 1,043 shares in the last quarter. Variant Private Wealth LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 20.6% in the first quarter. Variant Private Wealth LLC now owns 18,800 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $2,038,000 after buying an additional 3,206 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Financial Perspectives Inc boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 2.8% in the first quarter. Financial Perspectives Inc now owns 45,958 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $4,981,000 after buying an additional 1,265 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts recently weighed in on NVDA shares. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $210.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, October 6th. Sanford C. Bernstein restated a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, September 23rd. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on NVIDIA from $206.00 to $210.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 28th. Wedbush restated an "outperform" rating and issued a $210.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, August 28th. Finally, Barclays restated an "overweight" rating and issued a $240.00 price target (up from $200.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, September 22nd. Five equities research 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 issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, NVIDIA presently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $222.23.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 350,000 shares of the business's 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 completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 7,399,803 shares of the company's stock, 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 through the SEC website. Also, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, August 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $178.16, for a total value of $13,362,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 73,523,225 shares of the company's stock, valued at $13,098,897,766. The trade was a 0.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 3,753,937 shares of company stock valued at $667,769,026 over the last three months. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $183.22 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $86.62 and a fifty-two week high of $195.62. The stock has a market cap of $4.45 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 52.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.32 and a beta of 2.12. The business has a fifty day moving average of $179.40 and a 200-day moving average of $153.27. The company has a quick ratio of 3.60, a current ratio of 4.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.05 earnings per share 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 during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $45.65 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.68 earnings per share. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 55.6% compared to the same quarter last year. NVIDIA has set its Q3 2026 guidance at EPS. As a group, analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 11th. NVIDIA's payout ratio is 1.14%.

NVIDIA 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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