Wealthspire Advisors LLC Grows Holdings in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Wealthspire Advisors LLC increased its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDAFree Report) by 70.8% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 395,415 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 163,897 shares during the quarter. Wealthspire Advisors LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $73,745,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of NVDA. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 47.9% during the 2nd 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 stake in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at approximately $40,000. AlphaCentric Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $45,000. Syntax Research Inc. increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 62.5% during the fourth quarter. Syntax Research Inc. now owns 260 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $49,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Networth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth approximately $51,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total value of $3,343,815.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 116,135 shares in the company, valued at $25,053,803.55. This represents a 11.77% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total value of $54,675,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,018,547 shares in the company, valued at approximately $550,130,190.75. This represents a 9.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,619,457 shares of company stock valued at $332,073,643. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

NVIDIA Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $205.19 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $206.84 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $191.34. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.97 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.42, a PEG ratio of 0.46 and a beta of 2.22. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52-week low of $140.85 and a 52-week high of $236.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a current ratio of 3.44.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDAGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 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 $81.62 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.42 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.81 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.65 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that authorizes the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to buy up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically 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 issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. This is an increase from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 4th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 15.31%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have commented on NVDA shares. Seaport Research Partners increased their target price on NVIDIA from $140.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Tigress Financial reissued a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $425.00 target price (up from $360.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, May 27th. Susquehanna reaffirmed a “positive” rating and set a $275.00 price target (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, May 12th. Robert W. Baird set a $500.00 price objective on NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, New Street Research reduced their price objective on NVIDIA from $343.00 to $340.00 in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $305.67.

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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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