Truxt Investmentos Ltda. grew its stake in NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 23.8% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 33,235 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after acquiring an additional 6,396 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises 7.4% of Truxt Investmentos Ltda.'s investment portfolio, making the stock its 4th biggest holding. Truxt Investmentos Ltda.'s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $4,569,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. International Assets Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 12,898.6% during the third 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 in the last quarter. Clear Street Derivatives LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter valued at about $4,589,905,000. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 546,079,492 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $66,101,133,000 after acquiring an additional 11,525,969 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 3.8% in the third 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 acquiring an additional 6,526,200 shares during the last quarter. Finally, National Pension Service grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 14.9% in the third 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 analysts have issued reports on the company. Mizuho cut their price objective on NVIDIA from $175.00 to $168.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, March 14th. Bank of America reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $200.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, March 19th. HSBC reduced their price objective on NVIDIA from $195.00 to $185.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, January 13th. Needham & Company LLC restated a "buy" rating and issued a $160.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, March 19th. Finally, DA Davidson dropped their target price on NVIDIA from $135.00 to $125.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, March 20th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-seven have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $171.51.
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NVIDIA Stock Down 1.5 %
NVIDIA stock traded down $1.73 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $109.71. The stock had a trading volume of 113,258,851 shares, compared to its average volume of 314,758,471. The company has a current ratio of 4.10, a quick ratio of 3.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $125.57 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $131.32. The company has a market capitalization of $2.68 trillion, a P/E ratio of 43.01, a PEG ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.77. NVIDIA Co. has a 12 month low of $75.61 and a 12 month high of $195.95.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.89 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates 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. As a group, equities analysts expect 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 will be paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 12th will be given 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 is Wednesday, March 12th. NVIDIA's payout ratio is currently 1.36%.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other news, Director John Dabiri sold 2,663 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Monday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.00, for a total transaction of $292,930.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 17,279 shares in the company, valued at $1,900,690. This trade represents a 13.35 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Robert K. Burgess sold 53,324 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $115.49, for a total value of $6,158,388.76. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly 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 disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 183,609 shares of company stock worth $22,642,615 over the last three months. Company insiders own 4.23% of the company's stock.
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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