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PFG Investments LLC Acquires 3,721 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

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Key Points

  • PFG Investments LLC increased its NVIDIA stake by 0.9% (adding 3,721 shares) to 415,673 shares, making NVDA its second-largest position worth about $77.5 million.
  • Insiders have been net sellers: directors and the CFO sold tens of thousands of shares recently, and insiders sold 953,976 shares worth $171.2 million last quarter, while institutional investors own about 65.27% of the stock.
  • Analysts remain bullish with a consensus "Buy" and a $275.25 target, backed by a recent earnings beat (Q: EPS $1.62, revenue $68.13B, revenue up 73.2% YoY) and continued strong demand for AI GPUs.
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PFG Investments LLC raised its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 0.9% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 415,673 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after purchasing an additional 3,721 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises 3.7% of PFG Investments LLC's holdings, making the stock its 2nd largest position. PFG Investments LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $77,523,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. State Street Corp increased its stake in NVIDIA by 1.0% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 978,208,862 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $154,556,803,000 after buying an additional 9,554,857 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 1.5% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 579,213,497 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $91,150,170,000 after buying an additional 8,521,936 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $51,386,863,000. Legal & General Group Plc increased its stake in NVIDIA by 1.5% during the 3rd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 181,203,035 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $33,808,862,000 after buying an additional 2,609,560 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors increased its stake in NVIDIA by 16.1% during the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 165,377,852 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $30,855,564,000 after buying an additional 22,896,705 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In related news, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total value of $3,357,490.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 36,007 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,362,796.97. This represents a 34.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 42,650 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $174.89, for a total value of $7,459,058.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 881,387 shares in the company, valued at $154,145,772.43. This represents a 4.62% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 953,976 shares of company stock worth $171,173,819. 4.17% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

NVDA has been the subject of several research reports. UBS Group reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, March 17th. Rothschild & Co Redburn boosted their price objective on NVIDIA from $245.00 to $268.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Fundamental Research set a $218.00 price objective on NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Oppenheimer reiterated an "outperform" rating and set a $265.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Benchmark reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $250.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, March 31st. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $275.25.

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NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $198.45 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $4.82 trillion, a P/E ratio of 40.50, a P/E/G ratio of 0.65 and a beta of 2.25. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $186.75 and its 200-day simple moving average is $186.18. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $110.82 and a 1-year high of $216.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 3.91 and a quick ratio of 3.24.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The business's revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.89 EPS. Analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.78 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th were issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA's payout ratio is currently 0.82%.

NVIDIA Company Profile

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NVIDIA Corporation, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a global technology company that designs and develops graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip (SoC) technologies. Co-founded by Jensen Huang, who serves as president and chief executive officer, along with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem, NVIDIA has grown from a graphics-focused chipmaker into a broad provider of accelerated computing hardware and software for multiple industries.

The company's product portfolio spans discrete GPUs for gaming and professional visualization (marketed under the GeForce and NVIDIA RTX lines), high-performance data center accelerators used for AI training and inference (including widely adopted platforms such as the A100 and H100 series), and Tegra SoCs for automotive and edge applications.

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