Vicus Capital raised its stake in NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 4.3% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 40,386 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 1,668 shares during the quarter. Vicus Capital’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $5,423,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.
Other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. AMF Tjanstepension AB raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 2.2% during the third quarter. AMF Tjanstepension AB now owns 8,039,712 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $976,348,000 after buying an additional 169,445 shares during the last quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. raised its stake in NVIDIA by 5.0% during the 3rd quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 5,602 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $680,000 after acquiring an additional 265 shares in the last quarter. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. boosted its position in NVIDIA by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. now owns 120,634 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $14,650,000 after acquiring an additional 350 shares during the period. Fiduciary Alliance LLC grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 28.0% in the third quarter. Fiduciary Alliance LLC now owns 157,762 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $19,159,000 after purchasing an additional 34,493 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Elmwood Wealth Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 63.8% during the third quarter. Elmwood Wealth Management Inc. now owns 20,003 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $2,429,000 after purchasing an additional 7,793 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on NVDA shares. Evercore ISI upped their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $189.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $200.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, February 27th. HSBC lowered their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $195.00 to $185.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, January 13th. Barclays upped their target price on NVIDIA from $160.00 to $175.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Finally, TD Cowen lifted their price target on NVIDIA from $165.00 to $175.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 21st. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-seven have issued a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $171.51.
NVIDIA Trading Down 1.8 %
Shares of NVDA stock opened at $119.53 on Tuesday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $128.66 and its two-hundred day moving average is $131.24. The company has a quick ratio of 3.64, a current ratio of 4.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. NVIDIA Co. has a 12 month low of $75.61 and a 12 month high of $153.13. The company has a market cap of $2.92 trillion, a PE ratio of 47.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.77.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.89 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $39.33 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $38.16 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.69% and a return on equity of 114.83%. Equities analysts predict that NVIDIA Co. will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 12th will be issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 12th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.03%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 1.36%.
Insider Activity
In other news, Director Robert K. Burgess sold 53,324 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $115.49, for a total transaction of $6,158,388.76. Following the sale, the director now owns 251,044 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $28,993,071.56. This trade represents a 17.52 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 2,663 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.00, for a total value of $292,930.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 17,279 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,900,690. The trade was a 13.35 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders sold 92,449 shares of company stock valued at $11,960,727. 4.23% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
NVIDIA Company 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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