NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) Director Mark A. Stevens sold 125,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $122.61, for a total value of $15,326,250.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 8,255,117 shares in the company, valued at $1,012,159,895.37. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.
NVIDIA Stock Performance
Shares of NVDA stock opened at $127.72 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $116.26 and a 200-day moving average of $109.49. The company has a market cap of $3.14 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 74.69, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 1.67. The company has a quick ratio of 3.79, a current ratio of 4.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. NVIDIA Co. has a 52 week low of $39.23 and a 52 week high of $140.76.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 28th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.68 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.64 by $0.04. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 113.50% and a net margin of 55.04%. The firm had revenue of $30.04 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $28.74 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.25 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 122.4% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts forecast that NVIDIA Co. will post 2.65 earnings per share for the current year.
NVIDIA Cuts Dividend
NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, August 28th that allows the company to buyback $50.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization allows the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several brokerages have issued reports on NVDA. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $155.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 29th. Tigress Financial boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $98.50 to $170.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 18th. Wedbush reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $138.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, August 29th. KeyCorp lifted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $130.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 9th. Finally, Citigroup upped their target price on NVIDIA from $126.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 26th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-seven have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $142.10.
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Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. Lowe Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter worth approximately $25,000. DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 1,900.0% during the 2nd quarter. DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. now owns 200 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 190 shares in the last quarter. FPC Investment Advisory Inc. bought a new position in NVIDIA during the 1st quarter valued at $26,000. CGC Financial Services LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth $26,000. Finally, Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 1st quarter worth $27,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
NVIDIA Company Profile
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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