Foguth Wealth Management LLC. increased its holdings in NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 39.6% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 7,877 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after purchasing an additional 2,233 shares during the period. Foguth Wealth Management LLC.'s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $1,123,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Hoertkorn Richard Charles lifted its position in NVIDIA by 2.0% during the 3rd quarter. Hoertkorn Richard Charles now owns 3,490 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $424,000 after acquiring an additional 70 shares during the period. DiNuzzo Private Wealth Inc. lifted its position in NVIDIA by 0.8% during 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 acquiring an additional 71 shares during the period. Smart Portfolios LLC lifted its position in NVIDIA by 2.7% during the 3rd quarter. Smart Portfolios LLC now owns 2,805 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $341,000 after acquiring an additional 75 shares during the period. Palisade Asset Management LLC lifted its position in NVIDIA by 0.5% during the 3rd quarter. Palisade Asset Management LLC now owns 15,363 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $1,866,000 after acquiring an additional 75 shares during the period. Finally, Baker Boyer National Bank lifted its position in NVIDIA by 3.3% during the 4th quarter. Baker Boyer National Bank now owns 2,403 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $323,000 after acquiring an additional 76 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of brokerages recently issued reports on NVDA. Bank of America lifted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $190.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, February 27th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $165.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 19th. Truist Financial raised their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $204.00 to $205.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, February 27th. Loop Capital restated a "buy" rating and set a $175.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. Finally, Citigroup raised their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $170.00 to $175.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-eight have given a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $169.62.
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NVIDIA Price Performance
Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $117.30 on Thursday. 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 Co. has a 1-year low of $75.61 and a 1-year high of $153.13. The company has a market capitalization of $2.86 trillion, a P/E ratio of 46.16, a P/E/G ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.77. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is $132.73 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $131.90.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.89 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.84 by $0.05. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.69% and a return on equity of 114.83%. The business had revenue of $39.33 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $38.16 billion. Research analysts expect that NVIDIA Co. will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 12th will be issued a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.03%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 12th. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 1.36%.
Insider Transactions at NVIDIA
In other news, CFO Colette Kress sold 66,670 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, December 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $135.40, for a total value of $9,027,118.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 3,351,572 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $453,802,848.80. The trade was a 1.95 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 36,462 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, January 6th. The shares were 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 in the company, valued at approximately $589,726,376.80. The trade was a 0.93 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 1,107,632 shares of company stock valued at $146,405,286. 4.23% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
NVIDIA 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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