NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Stake Boosted by Hsbc Holdings PLC

Hsbc Holdings PLC increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDAFree Report) by 3.9% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 64,988,353 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 2,433,612 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for about 6.9% of Hsbc Holdings PLC’s holdings, making the stock its largest holding. Hsbc Holdings PLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $12,147,290,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 47.9% in the second quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth approximately $40,000. Inspire Investing LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth $44,000. AlphaCentric Advisors LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth $45,000. Finally, Syntax Research Inc. grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 62.5% in the 4th quarter. Syntax Research Inc. now owns 260 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $49,000 after buying an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have issued reports on the company. Stifel Nicolaus set a $282.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. William Blair reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $300.00 price objective (up from $275.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Seaport Research Partners lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $140.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Melius Research set a $400.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $305.67.

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NVIDIA News Summary

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Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In related news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 500,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.83, for a total transaction of $109,915,000.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 6,399,771 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,406,861,658.93. This represents a 7.25% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total transaction of $133,750.00. Following the sale, the director owned 14,163 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,030,882. This trade represents a 4.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 1,016,125 shares of company stock worth $224,582,565 in the last three months. 3.94% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $208.65 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $210.40 and a 200-day simple moving average of $192.66. The company has a current ratio of 3.44, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The stock has a market cap of $5.05 trillion, a PE ratio of 31.95, a P/E/G ratio of 0.47 and a beta of 2.22. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $142.03 and a twelve month high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDAGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. The firm had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.42 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.81 EPS. NVIDIA’s revenue was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.65 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. This is a positive change from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 4th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is currently 15.31%.

NVIDIA declared that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Wednesday, May 20th that authorizes the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.

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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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)

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