Vestor Capital LLC Has $39.50 Million Holdings in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Key Points

• Vestor Capital LLC reduced its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation by 38%, owning 364,437 shares worth approximately $39.50 million after the sale.
• Insiders, including EVP Ajay K. Puri and CEO Jen Hsun Huang, sold a significant number of shares, totaling approximately $902.89 million in value over the last quarter.
• Analyst ratings for NVIDIA are predominantly positive, with a consensus of Moderate Buy and an average target price set at $189.97.

Vestor Capital LLC reduced its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 38.0% in the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 364,437 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 223,473 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises about 3.2% of Vestor Capital LLC's holdings, making the stock its 6th biggest holding. Vestor Capital LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $39,498,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Copia Wealth Management bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $50,000. LSV Asset Management purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $54,000. Kathleen S. Wright Associates Inc. grew its stake in NVIDIA by 169.3% in the 1st quarter. Kathleen S. Wright Associates Inc. now owns 404 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $44,000 after buying an additional 254 shares in the last quarter. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the 1st quarter worth approximately $51,000. Finally, Bruce G. Allen Investments LLC increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 198.2% in the 1st quarter. Bruce G. Allen Investments LLC now owns 492 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $53,000 after buying an additional 327 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 168,195 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $152.64, for a total value of $25,673,284.80. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 4,018,547 shares in the company, valued at $613,391,014.08. The trade was a 4.02% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $152.54, for a total transaction of $11,440,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 75,548,225 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,524,126,241.50. The trade was a 0.10% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 5,912,440 shares of company stock worth $902,886,782. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $185.00 to $220.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Monday, August 11th. Summit Insights upgraded shares of NVIDIA from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 29th. BNP Paribas upgraded shares of NVIDIA to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Rosenblatt Securities lifted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $178.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 29th. Finally, Wedbush reissued an "outperform" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 29th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have given a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $189.97.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $175.40 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $4.28 trillion, a P/E ratio of 56.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 2.14. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $166.03 and its 200 day simple moving average is $136.50. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $86.62 and a twelve month high of $184.48. The company has a quick ratio of 2.96, a current ratio of 3.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 28th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.87 by ($0.06). The company had revenue of $44.06 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $43.09 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 51.69% and a return on equity of 105.09%. The business's revenue was up 69.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.61 EPS. NVIDIA has set its Q2 2026 guidance at EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

NVIDIA Profile

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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