Vinva Investment Management Ltd boosted its holdings in NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) by 7.9% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,250,923 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after acquiring an additional 91,468 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for about 6.7% of Vinva Investment Management Ltd's investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd biggest position. Vinva Investment Management Ltd's holdings in NVIDIA were worth $171,989,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 2.2% in 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 purchasing an additional 11,525,969 shares during the period. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC lifted its stake 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 valued at $21,908,236,000 after purchasing an additional 6,526,200 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its position in NVIDIA by 3.6% in the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 151,280,130 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $20,315,409,000 after buying an additional 5,211,040 shares in the last quarter. Amundi increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 12.9% during the fourth quarter. Amundi now owns 117,036,612 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $16,394,224,000 after acquiring an additional 13,406,054 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fisher Asset Management LLC lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.7% during the fourth quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 98,339,379 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $13,205,995,000 after purchasing an additional 1,618,672 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company's stock.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. DA Davidson decreased their price target on NVIDIA from $125.00 to $120.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $180.00 target price on NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, March 19th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an "overweight" rating and set a $200.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, April 16th. Barclays dropped their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $175.00 to $155.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Hsbc Global Res lowered NVIDIA from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, April 3rd. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-six have issued a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $164.96.
Read Our Latest Research Report on NVIDIA
Insider Buying and Selling
In related news, Director John Dabiri sold 2,663 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.00, for a total value 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 ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Robert K. Burgess sold 53,324 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $115.49, for a total transaction 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 $28,993,071.56. This trade represents a 17.52 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 147,147 shares of company stock worth $17,133,207 in the last quarter. 4.23% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
NVIDIA Trading Up 3.9 %
NVDA traded up $4.16 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $110.59. The company's stock had a trading volume of 198,676,718 shares, compared to its average volume of 305,931,431. The firm has a market cap of $2.70 trillion, a P/E ratio of 43.69, a PEG ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.96. 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 firm has a 50-day moving average price of $113.77 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $129.16. NVIDIA Co. has a 52-week low of $78.22 and a 52-week high of $195.95.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $39.33 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $38.16 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.69% and a return on equity of 114.83%. On average, research analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Co. will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 12th were paid a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.04%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, March 12th. NVIDIA's payout ratio is 1.36%.
NVIDIA Company Profile
(
Free Report)
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.
Read More

Before you consider NVIDIA, you'll want to hear this.
MarketBeat keeps track of Wall Street's top-rated and best performing research analysts and the stocks they recommend to their clients on a daily basis. MarketBeat has identified the five stocks that top analysts are quietly whispering to their clients to buy now before the broader market catches on... and NVIDIA wasn't on the list.
While NVIDIA currently has a Moderate Buy rating among analysts, top-rated analysts believe these five stocks are better buys.
View The Five Stocks Here