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NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Shares Up 5.4% - Here's Why

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NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report)'s stock price traded up 5.4% during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as $105.85 and last traded at $102.91. 169,357,465 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 41% from the average session volume of 287,117,344 shares. The stock had previously closed at $97.64.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts recently issued reports on NVDA shares. Stifel Nicolaus set a $180.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, March 19th. KeyCorp set a $190.00 target price on NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, March 19th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $160.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, March 19th. Morgan Stanley set a $162.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, March 19th. Finally, DA Davidson cut their target price on NVIDIA from $135.00 to $125.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, March 20th. Six 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 company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $168.39.

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NVIDIA Price Performance

The company has a 50 day moving average price of $118.95 and a 200-day moving average price of $130.36. The company has a market cap of $2.71 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 43.66, a P/E/G ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.96. 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 (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 (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.84 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $39.33 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 predict that NVIDIA Co. will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 12th were issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.04%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 12th. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is currently 1.36%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 20,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $118.42, for a total transaction of $2,368,400.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 53,208 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,300,891.36. This trade represents a 27.32 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 2,663 shares of the firm'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 sale, the director now directly owns 17,279 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,900,690. This represents a 13.35 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 147,147 shares of company stock worth $17,133,207. 4.23% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. Tacita Capital Inc purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter valued at about $28,000. Legend Financial Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at about $34,000. Vision Financial Markets LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth approximately $38,000. Luken Investment Analytics LLC purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth $40,000. Finally, Lowe Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at $46,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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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