Quantum Financial Advisors LLC decreased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 26.1% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 32,263 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 11,386 shares during the period. Quantum Financial Advisors LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $3,497,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Wealth Group Ltd. increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 5,702 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $766,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Tallon Kerry Patrick purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth $972,000. Capital & Planning LLC raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 16.9% during the fourth quarter. Capital & Planning LLC now owns 7,604 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $1,021,000 after acquiring an additional 1,099 shares during the period. Ironwood Wealth Management LLC. lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. Ironwood Wealth Management LLC. now owns 6,483 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $871,000 after acquiring an additional 104 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sugar Maple Asset Management LLC grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 2.9% during the fourth quarter. Sugar Maple Asset Management LLC now owns 8,540 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $1,147,000 after purchasing an additional 244 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
Insider Transactions at NVIDIA
In other NVIDIA news, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 20,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $118.42, for a total transaction of $2,368,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 53,208 shares in the company, valued at $6,300,891.36. This represents a 27.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Donald F. Robertson, Jr. sold 4,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, March 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $116.80, for a total value of $525,600.00. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 479,428 shares in the company, valued at $55,997,190.40. This trade represents a 0.93% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 2,560,845 shares of company stock valued at $360,351,849. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company's stock.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of research analysts recently commented on NVDA shares. DA Davidson boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $120.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday, May 29th. Hsbc Global Res cut shares of NVIDIA from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, April 3rd. Benchmark reissued a "buy" rating and set a $190.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 29th. Raymond James boosted their target price on NVIDIA from $150.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 29th. Finally, Arete Research raised NVIDIA to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, May 21st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating, thirty-five have assigned a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $172.24.
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NVIDIA Stock Up 1.5%
NASDAQ NVDA traded up $2.17 on Thursday, reaching $145.00. 161,506,082 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 276,827,751. NVIDIA Co. has a 12 month low of $86.62 and a 12 month high of $153.13. The company has a market cap of $3.54 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 57.06, a PEG ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 2.12. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $120.91 and a 200-day moving average price of $126.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 3.64 and a current ratio of 4.10.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 28th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.87 by ($0.06). NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.69% and a return on equity of 114.83%. The firm had revenue of $44.06 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $43.09 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.61 earnings per share. The business's revenue was up 69.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, research analysts forecast that NVIDIA Co. will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA Announces Dividend
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 11th will be given a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 11th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.03%. NVIDIA's payout ratio is presently 1.29%.
NVIDIA Profile
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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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