Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL lifted its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 53.5% in the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 15,333 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after purchasing an additional 5,346 shares during the quarter. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $1,662,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. FMR LLC lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,004,376,608 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $134,877,735,000 after purchasing an additional 6,665,252 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its holdings in NVIDIA by 0.9% in the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 411,328,951 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $55,237,367,000 after buying an additional 3,721,331 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp increased its holdings in NVIDIA by 15.8% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 266,454,194 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $35,782,134,000 after buying an additional 36,266,817 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC increased its holdings in NVIDIA by 11.4% in the fourth quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 200,898,191 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $26,978,618,000 after buying an additional 20,494,402 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capital World Investors increased its holdings in NVIDIA by 6.5% in the fourth quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 140,921,614 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $18,925,009,000 after buying an additional 8,555,411 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of equities analysts recently commented on NVDA shares. TD Cowen increased their price objective on NVIDIA from $140.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, August 19th. BNP Paribas upgraded NVIDIA to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on NVIDIA from $185.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Monday, August 11th. Truist Financial increased their price target on NVIDIA from $210.00 to $228.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, August 28th. Finally, Wolfe Research increased their price target on NVIDIA from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, August 28th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-three have given a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $207.69.
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Insider Activity at NVIDIA
In related news, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $169.65, for a total value of $12,723,750.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 72,698,366 shares of the company's stock, valued at $12,333,277,791.90. This trade represents a 0.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Dawn E. Hudson sold 18,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $172.00, for a total value of $3,096,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 368,887 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $63,448,564. This trade represents a 4.65% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 4,872,755 shares of company stock valued at $764,283,330 over the last three months. 4.17% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
NVIDIA Stock Performance
Shares of NVDA traded down $4.64 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $167.02. The company's stock had a trading volume of 223,875,375 shares, compared to its average volume of 167,410,624. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $86.62 and a one year high of $184.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a quick ratio of 3.60 and a current ratio of 4.21. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.06 trillion, a PE ratio of 47.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.25 and a beta of 2.10. The stock's 50-day moving average is $172.73 and its two-hundred day moving average is $140.20.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 27th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.05 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.01 by $0.04. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 101.74% and a net margin of 52.41%.The company had revenue of $46.74 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $45.65 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.68 earnings per share. NVIDIA's revenue for the quarter was up 55.6% compared to the same quarter last year. NVIDIA has set its Q3 2026 guidance at EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 2nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 11th will be given a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 11th. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is currently 1.14%.
About NVIDIA
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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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