Keystone Investors PTE Ltd. Buys 189,577 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Keystone Investors PTE Ltd. raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDAFree Report) by 53.9% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 541,065 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 189,577 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises 9.1% of Keystone Investors PTE Ltd.’s holdings, making the stock its 2nd biggest holding. Keystone Investors PTE Ltd.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $100,909,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $62,244,133,000. Capital Research Global Investors raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 16.1% in the third 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 acquiring an additional 22,896,705 shares during the last quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 15,496.1% in the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 21,865,525 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $3,454,534,000 after acquiring an additional 21,725,326 shares during the last quarter. Danske Bank A S bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the third quarter valued at approximately $3,180,313,000. Finally, PFA Pension Forsikringsaktieselskab bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $2,635,969,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total transaction of $3,357,490.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 36,007 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,362,796.97. The trade was a 34.54% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the company’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 sale, the director owned 14,163 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,030,882. The trade was a 4.23% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 1,619,457 shares of company stock worth $332,073,643. 3.94% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

NVDA has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. BNP Paribas Exane lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $270.00 to $285.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. BTIG Research initiated coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, April 15th. They issued a “buy” rating for the company. Melius Research set a $400.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Bank of America reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $350.00 target price (up from $320.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, China Renaissance initiated coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, June 5th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $319.00 target price for the company. Three research 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 company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $305.67.

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NVIDIA Stock Performance

NVDA stock opened at $205.19 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 3.44 and a quick ratio of 2.85. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $206.84 and a 200 day moving average price of $191.34. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $140.85 and a fifty-two week high of $236.54. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.97 trillion, a PE ratio of 31.42, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.46 and a beta of 2.22.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDAGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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. The firm had revenue of $81.62 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. NVIDIA’s revenue was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.81 EPS. Analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.65 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to buy up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

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

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NVIDIA Company 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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