U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors LLC trimmed its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 6.8% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 449,674 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 33,040 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for approximately 1.5% of U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors LLC's holdings, making the stock its 7th largest position. U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $48,736,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Wealth Group Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 5,702 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $766,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the period. Tallon Kerry Patrick bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth $972,000. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 12.4% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $43,631,000 after buying an additional 35,815 shares during the period. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% during the 4th quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,346,417 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $315,100,000 after buying an additional 22,929 shares during the period. Finally, Highview Capital Management LLC DE boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 6.7% during the 4th quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 58,396 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $7,842,000 after buying an additional 3,653 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
NVIDIA Trading Down 2.3%
Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $173.72 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.24 trillion, a P/E ratio of 56.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 2.14. 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 company has a 50-day simple moving average of $155.30 and a 200 day simple moving average of $132.32. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $86.62 and a 12-month high of $183.30.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May 28th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.87 by ($0.06). The firm had revenue of $44.06 billion for 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 last year, the business earned $0.61 EPS. Research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA Announces Dividend
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 11th were given a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 11th. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 1.29%.
Analyst Ratings Changes
NVDA has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Needham & Company LLC upped their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $160.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 16th. Seaport Res Ptn raised shares of NVIDIA to a "strong sell" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. Truist Financial increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $205.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, May 29th. Wedbush reissued an "outperform" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 29th. Finally, Bank of America increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $180.00 to $220.00 in a report on Wednesday, July 16th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating, thirty-three have assigned a buy rating and four have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $182.03.
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Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA
In other NVIDIA news, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $178.74, for a total value of $13,405,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 73,748,225 shares in the company, valued at approximately $13,181,757,736.50. This trade represents a 0.10% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,650 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $170.89, for a total transaction of $4,725,108.50. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 2,984,516 shares of the company's stock, valued at $510,023,939.24. The trade was a 0.92% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 5,339,800 shares of company stock worth $800,141,003. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
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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