CogentBlue Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund acquired 12,359 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock, valued at approximately $1,660,000. NVIDIA makes up 1.5% of CogentBlue Wealth Advisors LLC's portfolio, making the stock its 19th biggest holding.
A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its stake in NVIDIA by 12,898.6% during the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 56,292,986 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $6,836,220,000 after buying an additional 55,859,917 shares during the period. Clear Street Derivatives LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the third quarter valued at approximately $4,589,905,000. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 2.2% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 546,079,492 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $66,101,133,000 after purchasing an additional 11,525,969 shares during the period. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 3.8% in the 3rd quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 180,403,789 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $21,908,236,000 after purchasing an additional 6,526,200 shares in the last quarter. Finally, National Pension Service grew its position in NVIDIA by 14.9% in the 3rd quarter. National Pension Service now owns 47,220,708 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $5,734,483,000 after purchasing an additional 6,118,674 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company's stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several research analysts have weighed in on NVDA shares. 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 report on Monday, January 13th. Truist Financial upped their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $204.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, February 27th. KeyCorp set a $190.00 price target on NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, March 19th. William Blair reissued an "outperform" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, March 20th. Finally, Summit Insights cut NVIDIA from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, February 27th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-seven have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $171.51.
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NVIDIA Price Performance
NVDA traded down $0.72 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $120.69. 166,951,502 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 314,666,735. NVIDIA Co. has a 12-month low of $75.61 and a 12-month high of $153.13. The company's 50-day moving average is $126.68 and its two-hundred day moving average is $131.46. The company has a quick ratio of 3.64, a current ratio of 4.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The company has a market cap of $2.94 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.50, a P/E/G ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.77.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.89 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.05. The company 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%. Research analysts forecast that NVIDIA Co. will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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 given 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 Transactions at NVIDIA
In other news, CFO Colette Kress sold 66,660 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, March 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $116.83, for a total value of $7,787,887.80. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 3,085,765 shares of the company's stock, valued at $360,509,924.95. This represents a 2.11 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 36,462 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Monday, January 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $151.10, for a total transaction of $5,509,408.20. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 3,902,888 shares of the company's stock, valued at $589,726,376.80. This represents a 0.93 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 183,609 shares of company stock valued at $22,642,615. 4.23% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
NVIDIA Company Profile
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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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