NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Purchased by Sargent Investment Group LLC

Sargent Investment Group LLC lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 14.8% during the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 67,123 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after purchasing an additional 8,638 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises about 1.2% of Sargent Investment Group LLC's holdings, making the stock its 25th largest position. Sargent Investment Group LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $7,275,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

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

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA traded down $2.2630 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $173.3770. 146,778,097 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 240,552,344. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $165.38 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $136.23. The company has a market cap of $4.23 trillion, a PE ratio of 55.90, a P/E/G ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 2.14. The company has a current ratio of 3.39, a quick ratio of 2.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $86.62 and a 12-month high of $184.48.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results 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). NVIDIA had a return on equity of 105.09% and a net margin of 51.69%.The firm had revenue of $44.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $43.09 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.61 EPS. NVIDIA's revenue was up 69.2% compared to the same quarter last year. NVIDIA has set its Q2 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 11th were paid a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 11th. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is currently 1.29%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on NVDA shares. Truist Financial boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $205.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 29th. KeyCorp lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $190.00 to $215.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday. UBS Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, May 23rd. DA Davidson lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $120.00 to $135.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday, May 29th. Finally, BNP Paribas raised NVIDIA to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have issued a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, NVIDIA has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $189.97.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In related news, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $152.54, for a total value of $11,440,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 75,548,225 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $11,524,126,241.50. This trade represents a 0.10% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 935,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $140.92, for a total value of $131,760,200.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 9,214,697 shares in the company, valued at $1,298,535,101.24. This trade represents a 9.21% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 5,912,440 shares of company stock valued at $902,886,782. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company's stock.

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.