Regatta Capital Group LLC lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 22.1% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 56,216 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after acquiring an additional 10,168 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up about 1.2% of Regatta Capital Group LLC's portfolio, making the stock its 17th largest holding. Regatta Capital Group LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $6,093,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth approximately $43,515,504,000. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its holdings 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 during the period. Northern Trust Corp increased its position in 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 purchasing an additional 36,266,817 shares in the last quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC increased its position in NVIDIA by 14,641.2% during the 4th quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 34,676,316 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $4,656,682,000 after purchasing an additional 34,441,082 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth approximately $2,987,733,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other NVIDIA news, Director Tench Coxe sold 1,000,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Monday, June 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $142.80, for a total value of $142,800,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 26,671,360 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,808,670,208. This trade represents a 3.61% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 190,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Monday, June 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $142.51, for a total transaction of $27,076,900.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 8,855,848 shares in the company, valued at $1,262,046,898.48. This trade represents a 2.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 2,469,685 shares of company stock worth $349,669,962. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on NVDA shares. Bank of America upped their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $150.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 14th. Barclays upped their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $170.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 17th. Hsbc Global Res cut shares of NVIDIA from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, April 3rd. Rosenblatt Securities upped their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $178.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 29th. Finally, HSBC cut shares of NVIDIA from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $120.00 price target for the company. in a research report on Thursday, April 3rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating, thirty-five have assigned a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $173.05.
View Our Latest Analysis on NVDA
NVIDIA Trading Down 1.1%
NVDA opened at $143.83 on Monday. 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 stock has a market cap of $3.51 trillion, a PE ratio of 46.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.27 and a beta of 2.12. The company has a fifty day moving average of $126.37 and a 200-day moving average of $126.43. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $86.62 and a twelve month high of $153.13.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 28th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.87 by ($0.06). The company had revenue of $44.06 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $43.09 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 105.09% and a net margin of 51.69%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 69.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.61 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 11th will be issued a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.03%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 11th. NVIDIA's payout ratio is 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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