NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Stock Holdings Reduced by Howard Capital Management Inc.

Howard Capital Management Inc. lowered its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 7.8% during the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 585,324 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 49,720 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up approximately 1.2% of Howard Capital Management Inc.'s holdings, making the stock its 17th biggest position. Howard Capital Management Inc.'s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $63,437,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 12,173.2% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 48,837,781 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $5,293,039,000 after acquiring an additional 48,439,859 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp boosted its stake 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 acquiring an additional 36,266,817 shares in the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 204.6% during the 1st quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 35,652,571 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $3,864,026,000 after acquiring an additional 23,948,733 shares in the last quarter. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth about $2,987,733,000. Finally, UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 11.4% during the 4th quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 200,898,191 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $26,978,618,000 after acquiring an additional 20,494,402 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently issued reports on NVDA. Wedbush reiterated an "outperform" rating and set a $210.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price target on NVIDIA from $202.00 to $212.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, August 25th. Citigroup restated a "buy" rating and set a $210.00 target price (up previously from $190.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a "buy" rating and set a $200.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Mizuho increased their target price on NVIDIA from $192.00 to $205.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 14th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-three have issued a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $207.69.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $178.06, for a total transaction of $4,921,578.40. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 2,956,876 shares in the company, valued at $526,501,340.56. This represents a 0.93% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $179.76, for a total value of $13,482,000.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 72,848,225 shares in the company, valued at approximately $13,095,196,926. This trade represents a 0.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 5,862,440 shares of company stock worth $896,145,782. 4.17% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

NVIDIA Trading Down 3.3%

NVDA stock opened at $174.18 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $86.62 and a 1-year high of $184.48. The firm has a market cap of $4.23 trillion, a P/E ratio of 49.62, a P/E/G ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 2.14. The business's 50 day moving average is $170.83 and its 200-day moving average is $139.02. The company has a current ratio of 4.21, a quick ratio of 2.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 27th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.05 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 analyst estimates of $45.65 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.68 EPS. The company's revenue was up 55.6% compared to the same quarter last year. NVIDIA has set its Q3 2026 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 2nd. Investors of record on Thursday, September 11th will be given a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 11th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA's dividend 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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