Means Investment CO. Inc. Reduces Stake in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

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Means Investment CO. Inc. trimmed its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDAFree Report) by 5.7% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 259,287 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 15,665 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for about 4.2% of Means Investment CO. Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 6th biggest holding. Means Investment CO. Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $48,378,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Joule Financial LLC grew its position in NVIDIA by 2.2% in the third quarter. Joule Financial LLC now owns 2,308 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $431,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 2.6% during the 3rd quarter. Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC now owns 2,118 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $395,000 after acquiring an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. IMG Wealth Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.4% during the 3rd quarter. IMG Wealth Management Inc. now owns 3,820 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $713,000 after acquiring an additional 54 shares in the last quarter. Cyr Financial Inc. boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Cyr Financial Inc. now owns 7,737 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,444,000 after acquiring an additional 54 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Burt Wealth Advisors grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 3.5% in the 3rd quarter. Burt Wealth Advisors now owns 1,617 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $302,000 after acquiring an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In related news, EVP Debora Shoquist sold 80,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $178.90, for a total value of $14,312,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 1,494,443 shares in the company, valued at approximately $267,355,852.70. This represents a 5.08% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.04, for a total transaction of $36,008,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,618,547 shares in the company, valued at approximately $651,483,201.88. The trade was a 5.24% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 1,248,120 shares of company stock valued at $225,672,814. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Key NVIDIA News

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NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVDA opened at $183.32 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $4.45 trillion, a PE ratio of 37.41, a PEG ratio of 0.62 and a beta of 2.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a current ratio of 3.91. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $186.02 and its 200 day moving average price is $183.87. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $212.19.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDAGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 97.37%. The company had revenue of $68.13 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.89 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be paid a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 0.82%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have recently commented on NVDA. Citic Securities upped their target price on NVIDIA from $237.00 to $242.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price objective on NVIDIA from $180.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. DA Davidson reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $250.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, February 23rd. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. Finally, Robert W. Baird boosted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $273.64.

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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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