PFG Investments LLC Acquires 3,721 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

PFG Investments LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDAFree Report) by 0.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 415,673 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,721 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for about 3.7% of PFG Investments LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest holding. PFG Investments LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $77,523,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 978,208,862 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $154,556,803,000 after buying an additional 9,554,857 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 579,213,497 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $91,150,170,000 after buying an additional 8,521,936 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at $51,386,863,000. Legal & General Group Plc raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 181,203,035 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,808,862,000 after buying an additional 2,609,560 shares during the period. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 16.1% in the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 165,377,852 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $30,855,564,000 after buying an additional 22,896,705 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the company. New Street Research cut their price objective on NVIDIA from $307.00 to $275.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, March 31st. Raymond James Financial boosted their price objective on NVIDIA from $291.00 to $323.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, March 19th. Bank of America boosted their price objective on NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $250.00 price objective on NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, January 8th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $250.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, March 17th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $275.25.

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Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

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NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $198.45 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $4.82 trillion, a P/E ratio of 40.50, a PEG ratio of 0.65 and a beta of 2.25. The company has a current ratio of 3.91, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $110.82 and a 12-month high of $216.82. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $186.75 and its 200-day simple moving average is $186.18.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDAGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.89 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.78 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th were paid a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 0.82%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CFO Colette Kress sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, March 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $174.89, for a total value of $3,497,800.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 83,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $14,526,363.40. This represents a 19.41% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.68, for a total value of $38,501,729.76. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 7,399,771 shares in the company, valued at $1,285,192,227.28. This trade represents a 2.91% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 953,976 shares of company stock valued at $171,173,819. 4.17% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

NVIDIA Profile

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NVIDIA Corporation, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a global technology company that designs and develops graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip (SoC) technologies. Co-founded by Jensen Huang, who serves as president and chief executive officer, along with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem, NVIDIA has grown from a graphics-focused chipmaker into a broad provider of accelerated computing hardware and software for multiple industries.

The company’s product portfolio spans discrete GPUs for gaming and professional visualization (marketed under the GeForce and NVIDIA RTX lines), high-performance data center accelerators used for AI training and inference (including widely adopted platforms such as the A100 and H100 series), and Tegra SoCs for automotive and edge applications.

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