Valmark Advisers Inc. grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 32.5% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 102,804 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after acquiring an additional 25,196 shares during the period. Valmark Advisers Inc.'s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $19,173,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Joule Financial LLC grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 2.2% in the 3rd quarter. Joule Financial LLC now owns 2,308 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $431,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the period. Presidio Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Presidio Capital Management LLC now owns 15,137 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $2,823,000 after buying an additional 53 shares during the period. Vision Financial Markets LLC grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC now owns 4,640 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $866,000 after buying an additional 53 shares during the period. IMG Wealth Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.4% in the 3rd quarter. IMG Wealth Management Inc. now owns 3,820 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $713,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the period. Finally, Cyr Financial Inc. grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. Cyr Financial Inc. now owns 7,737 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $1,444,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Insider Transactions at NVIDIA
In other news, CFO Colette Kress sold 42,650 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $174.89, for a total value of $7,459,058.50. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 881,387 shares in the company, valued at $154,145,772.43. The trade was a 4.62% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total value of $54,675,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,018,547 shares in the company, valued at $550,130,190.75. The trade was a 9.04% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 953,976 shares of company stock worth $171,173,819. 4.17% of the stock is owned by insiders.
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Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Several brokerages have recently commented on NVDA. Zacks Research upgraded NVIDIA from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. DA Davidson restated a "buy" rating and issued a $250.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. Wolfe Research raised their target price on NVIDIA from $250.00 to $275.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, January 30th. Morgan Stanley set a $260.00 target price on NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, March 2nd. Finally, Piper Sandler restated an "overweight" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $275.25.
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NVIDIA Price Performance
Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $198.45 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $110.82 and a fifty-two week high of $216.82. The stock has a market cap of $4.82 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.50, a PEG ratio of 0.65 and a beta of 2.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a current ratio of 3.91. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $186.75 and its 200 day simple moving average is $186.14.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 97.37%. The business had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $65.56 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.89 EPS. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, research analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.78 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th were paid a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA's payout ratio is presently 0.82%.
NVIDIA Profile
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NVIDIA Corporation, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a global technology company that designs and develops graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip (SoC) technologies. Co-founded by Jensen Huang, who serves as president and chief executive officer, along with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem, NVIDIA has grown from a graphics-focused chipmaker into a broad provider of accelerated computing hardware and software for multiple industries.
The company's product portfolio spans discrete GPUs for gaming and professional visualization (marketed under the GeForce and NVIDIA RTX lines), high-performance data center accelerators used for AI training and inference (including widely adopted platforms such as the A100 and H100 series), and Tegra SoCs for automotive and edge applications.
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