Pavion Blue Capital LLC Has $2.13 Million Stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)

Pavion Blue Capital LLC lowered its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 9.2% during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 19,650 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 2,000 shares during the period. Pavion Blue Capital LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $2,130,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Copia Wealth Management bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 4th quarter valued at $50,000. LSV Asset Management bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 4th quarter valued at $54,000. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 1st quarter valued at $51,000. Bruce G. Allen Investments LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 198.2% during the 1st quarter. Bruce G. Allen Investments LLC now owns 492 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $53,000 after purchasing an additional 327 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Delos Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 134.8% during the 4th quarter. Delos Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 493 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $66,000 after purchasing an additional 283 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $181.38, for a total value of $13,603,500.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 72,998,225 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $13,240,418,050.50. This represents a 0.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of the stock in a transaction dated 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 completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 2,956,876 shares in the company, valued at approximately $526,501,340.56. The trade was a 0.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 5,837,440 shares of company stock worth $889,404,782. Insiders own 4.17% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have commented on NVDA. Phillip Securities upgraded shares of NVIDIA from a "moderate buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Monday, July 14th. Loop Capital boosted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $175.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 25th. TD Cowen boosted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $140.00 to $175.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 29th. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $185.00 to $200.00 in a research note on Wednesday, July 16th. Finally, Wedbush restated an "outperform" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 29th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating, thirty-two have assigned a buy rating and four have issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $186.33.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $180.45 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $4.40 trillion, a PE ratio of 58.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 2.14. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $184.48. 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 $163.96 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $135.36.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 28th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.87 by ($0.06). The business had revenue of $44.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $43.09 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 51.69% and a return on equity of 105.09%. NVIDIA's revenue for the quarter was up 69.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.61 earnings per share. Research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current 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 of this dividend was Wednesday, June 11th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is 1.29%.

About NVIDIA

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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