First National Bank of Hutchinson increased its position in shares of NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 8.7% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 49,996 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after acquiring an additional 4,015 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises 4.1% of First National Bank of Hutchinson's holdings, making the stock its 5th largest holding. First National Bank of Hutchinson's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $6,714,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. DiNuzzo Private Wealth Inc. grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.8% in the 4th quarter. DiNuzzo Private Wealth Inc. now owns 8,612 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $1,157,000 after buying an additional 71 shares during the period. Palisade Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 0.5% during the third quarter. Palisade Asset Management LLC now owns 15,363 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $1,866,000 after buying an additional 75 shares during the last quarter. Baker Boyer National Bank grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 3.3% during the fourth quarter. Baker Boyer National Bank now owns 2,403 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $323,000 after buying an additional 76 shares during the last quarter. Kwmg LLC increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. Kwmg LLC now owns 13,067 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $1,755,000 after acquiring an additional 77 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SC&H Financial Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.6% in the 4th quarter. SC&H Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 5,074 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $681,000 after acquiring an additional 80 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
NVIDIA Price Performance
NASDAQ NVDA traded up $4.58 on Friday, reaching $111.01. 250,248,639 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 304,641,559. The stock has a market cap of $2.71 trillion, a PE ratio of 43.69, a P/E/G ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.96. NVIDIA Co. has a 12 month low of $81.25 and a 12 month high of $195.95. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $113.21 and a 200 day simple moving average of $128.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 4.10 and a quick ratio of 3.64.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.89 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.84 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $39.33 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $38.16 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.69% and a return on equity of 114.83%. As a group, research analysts predict that NVIDIA Co. will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 12th were paid a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 12th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.04%. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 1.36%.
Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA
In other NVIDIA news, Director John Dabiri sold 2,663 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.00, for a total transaction of $292,930.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 17,279 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,900,690. This represents a 13.35 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 66,660 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Friday, March 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $116.83, for a total transaction of $7,787,887.80. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 3,085,765 shares in the company, valued at approximately $360,509,924.95. This trade represents a 2.11 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 147,147 shares of company stock worth $17,133,207. 4.23% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of brokerages have commented on NVDA. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on NVIDIA from $204.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, February 27th. Morgan Stanley dropped their price objective on NVIDIA from $162.00 to $160.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an "overweight" rating and issued a $200.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, April 16th. Summit Insights cut shares of NVIDIA from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, February 27th. Finally, Tigress Financial reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, February 26th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-six have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $164.96.
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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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