Royal Capital Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 10.0% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 54,094 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 4,913 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up approximately 4.6% of Royal Capital Wealth Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 5th biggest holding. Royal Capital Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $6,569,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Christopher J. Hasenberg Inc acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the third quarter worth $27,000. Quest Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at $27,000. University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth $31,000. West Financial Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter worth about $36,000. Finally, DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. grew its stake in NVIDIA by 70.0% in the 3rd quarter. DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. now owns 340 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $41,000 after acquiring an additional 140 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
NVDA has been the topic of several recent research reports. Wedbush upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $160.00 to $175.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Evercore ISI upped their target price on NVIDIA from $189.00 to $190.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. Loop Capital reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $175.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. Susquehanna upped their price objective on NVIDIA from $160.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Finally, DA Davidson lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $90.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-nine have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $164.27.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 36,462 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $151.10, for a total transaction of $5,509,408.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 3,902,888 shares in the company, valued at approximately $589,726,376.80. This represents a 0.93 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 716 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $142.00, for a total transaction of $101,672.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 19,942 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,831,764. The trade was a 3.47 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 1,108,348 shares of company stock worth $146,506,958. 4.23% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
NVIDIA Stock Performance
NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $136.32 on Thursday. NVIDIA Co. has a twelve month low of $54.74 and a twelve month high of $153.13. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $139.68 and its 200 day simple moving average is $128.82. 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 market capitalization of $3.34 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 53.65, a PEG ratio of 2.43 and a beta of 1.64.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, November 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.12. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.69% and a return on equity of 114.83%. The business had revenue of $35.08 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $33.15 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.38 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 93.6% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities research analysts expect that NVIDIA Co. will post 2.78 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA Announces Dividend
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 5th were paid a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 5th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 1.57%.
NVIDIA 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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