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Mark A. Stevens Sells 190,000 Shares of NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA) Stock

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NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) Director Mark A. Stevens sold 190,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $142.51, for a total value of $27,076,900.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 8,855,848 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,262,046,898.48. This represents a 2.10% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link.

NVIDIA Stock Down 2.1%

NASDAQ:NVDA traded down $3.03 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $141.97. 180,270,368 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 276,508,483. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $122.77 and a 200 day moving average price of $126.44. The company has a current ratio of 4.10, a quick ratio of 3.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. NVIDIA Co. has a fifty-two week low of $86.62 and a fifty-two week high of $153.13. The firm has a market cap of $3.46 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 55.87, a PEG ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 2.12.

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 the consensus estimate of $0.87 by ($0.06). NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.69% and a return on equity of 114.83%. The firm had revenue of $44.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $43.09 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.61 earnings per share. NVIDIA's revenue for the quarter was up 69.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Co. will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 11th. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 1.29%.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. FMR LLC raised its stake in NVIDIA by 0.7% during the 4th quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,004,376,608 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $134,877,735,000 after purchasing an additional 6,665,252 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.7% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 555,548,278 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $74,439,273,000 after acquiring an additional 9,468,786 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its stake in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 3,721,331 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth $43,515,504,000. Finally, Northern Trust Corp increased its stake in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 36,266,817 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

NVDA has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Bank of America lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $150.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 14th. KeyCorp set a $190.00 target price on NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, March 19th. Mizuho lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $168.00 to $170.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 29th. Summit Insights raised NVIDIA from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 29th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an "overweight" rating and set a $170.00 target price (up from $160.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating, thirty-five have given a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $172.24.

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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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