Financial Counselors Inc. lessened its stake in shares of NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 0.5% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,806,604 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after selling 8,405 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises about 3.5% of Financial Counselors Inc.'s holdings, making the stock its 3rd biggest holding. Financial Counselors Inc.'s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $242,609,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of NVDA. Hickory Point Bank & Trust purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter valued at $2,272,000. Capital Performance Advisors LLP increased its stake in NVIDIA by 59.3% in the 4th quarter. Capital Performance Advisors LLP now owns 26,700 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $3,586,000 after buying an additional 9,944 shares during the period. Ethos Financial Group LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 24.1% in the 4th quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC now owns 32,092 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $4,312,000 after buying an additional 6,241 shares during the period. Metis Global Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 3.6% during the 4th quarter. Metis Global Partners LLC now owns 1,464,826 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $196,711,000 after purchasing an additional 50,978 shares during the period. Finally, Candriam S.C.A. grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.5% during the 4th quarter. Candriam S.C.A. now owns 7,061,058 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $948,229,000 after purchasing an additional 35,684 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of research firms have recently weighed in on NVDA. DA Davidson lowered their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $125.00 to $120.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 14th. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an "overweight" rating and issued a $200.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, April 16th. DZ Bank raised shares of NVIDIA from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Friday, February 28th. Susquehanna reissued a "positive" rating and set a $180.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, March 19th. Finally, William Blair reissued an "outperform" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, March 20th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-six have given a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $164.96.
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NVIDIA Trading Down 2.0 %
NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $108.76 on Tuesday. NVIDIA Co. has a 12-month low of $81.25 and a 12-month high of $195.95. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.65 trillion, a P/E ratio of 42.80, a P/E/G ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 4.10 and a quick ratio of 3.64. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $112.60 and a 200 day simple moving average of $128.76.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last released 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. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 114.83% and a net margin of 55.69%. The business had revenue of $39.33 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $38.16 billion. Equities research analysts predict that NVIDIA Co. will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.
NVIDIA Announces Dividend
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 12th were given a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 12th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.04%. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 1.36%.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other news, Director John Dabiri sold 2,663 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Monday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.00, for a total value of $292,930.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 17,279 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,900,690. The trade was a 13.35 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Donald F. Robertson, Jr. sold 4,500 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, March 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $116.80, for a total value of $525,600.00. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 479,428 shares in the company, valued at $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 owned by company 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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