NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Stock Holdings Cut by Lewis Asset Management LLC

Lewis Asset Management LLC lowered its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDAFree Report) by 10.2% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 85,436 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 9,711 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises about 6.1% of Lewis Asset Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its biggest position. Lewis Asset Management LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $14,900,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the first quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC raised its position in 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 during the period. Inspire Investing LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth $44,000. Finally, AlphaCentric Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth $45,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In related news, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total transaction of $133,750.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 14,163 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,030,882. The trade was a 4.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total transaction of $186,000,450.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 5,207,271 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. The trade was a 14.53% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders have sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015. Insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on NVDA. Zacks Research cut NVIDIA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Wedbush raised their target price on NVIDIA from $300.00 to $330.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $265.00 to $280.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $350.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, DZ Bank reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $303.84.

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NVIDIA Stock Performance

NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $194.83 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $4.71 trillion, a PE ratio of 29.84, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.43 and a beta of 2.21. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $210.22 and a 200 day moving average price of $193.51. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $157.34 and a 12-month high of $236.54. The company has a current ratio of 3.44, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDAGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.The company had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.42 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.81 EPS. NVIDIA’s revenue was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. Sell-side analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.69 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to buyback $80.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization allows the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. This is a boost from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 15.31%.

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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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