ROI Financial Advisors LLC reduced its position in shares of NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 12.3% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 85,108 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 11,905 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up about 7.8% of ROI Financial Advisors LLC's holdings, making the stock its biggest holding. ROI Financial Advisors LLC's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $11,429,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the fourth quarter valued at about $43,515,504,000. Clear Street Derivatives LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $4,589,905,000. Proficio Capital Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 14,641.2% during the 4th quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 34,676,316 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $4,656,682,000 after acquiring an additional 34,441,082 shares during the period. GQG Partners LLC raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 132.3% in the 4th quarter. GQG Partners LLC now owns 25,697,930 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $3,450,975,000 after acquiring an additional 14,636,057 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 26.0% in the 4th quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 65,827,070 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $8,840,117,000 after acquiring an additional 13,571,425 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.
NVIDIA Price Performance
Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA traded up $3.35 on Wednesday, reaching $116.89. The company's stock had a trading volume of 206,176,787 shares, compared to its average volume of 297,970,896. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $110.37 and a 200 day simple moving average of $127.81. NVIDIA Co. has a 52-week low of $86.62 and a 52-week high of $195.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 3.64 and a current ratio of 4.10. The company has a market cap of $2.85 trillion, a P/E ratio of 46.00, a PEG ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 2.11.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $39.33 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $38.16 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 114.83% and a net margin of 55.69%. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Co. will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA Announces Dividend
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 12th were paid a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 12th. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is currently 1.36%.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
NVDA has been the topic of several recent research reports. Rosenblatt Securities reduced their price target on NVIDIA from $220.00 to $200.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 16th. Hsbc Global Res downgraded shares of NVIDIA from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, April 3rd. Stifel Nicolaus set a $180.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, March 19th. Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $162.00 to $160.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, April 25th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an "overweight" rating and set a $200.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, April 16th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating, thirty-six have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $164.96.
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Insider Transactions at NVIDIA
In related news, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 20,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $118.42, for a total value of $2,368,400.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 53,208 shares of the company's stock, valued at $6,300,891.36. This trade represents a 27.32 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Donald F. Robertson, Jr. sold 4,500 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $116.80, for a total transaction of $525,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 479,428 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $55,997,190.40. This trade represents a 0.93 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 147,147 shares of company stock worth $17,133,207. 4.23% of the stock is currently owned by 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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