NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Position Reduced by Westfield Capital Management Co. LP

Westfield Capital Management Co. LP lessened its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDAFree Report) by 8.5% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 5,951,049 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 556,116 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for about 4.6% of Westfield Capital Management Co. LP’s investment portfolio, making the stock its biggest holding. Westfield Capital Management Co. LP’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $1,109,871,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of NVDA. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC increased its position in shares of 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 buying an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at $40,000. Syntax Research Inc. lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 62.5% in the 4th quarter. Syntax Research Inc. now owns 260 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $49,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter valued at $50,000. Finally, Networth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter valued at $51,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total transaction of $133,750.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 14,163 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,030,882. This trade represents a 4.23% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total value of $3,357,490.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 36,007 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,362,796.97. The trade was a 34.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,622,461 shares of company stock worth $332,629,083. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have weighed in on NVDA shares. Wells Fargo & Company restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $315.00 price objective (up from $265.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, May 12th. Wall Street Zen upgraded NVIDIA from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Saturday, May 23rd. Itau BBA Securities restated a “market perform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Robert W. Baird set a $500.00 price objective on NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Raymond James Financial restated a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $330.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $305.67.

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NVIDIA Stock Down 3.7%

Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $200.42 on Thursday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $205.64 and a 200 day moving average price of $191.06. The company has a current ratio of 3.44, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The company has a market capitalization of $4.85 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.69, a PEG ratio of 0.47 and a beta of 2.22. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $140.85 and a 12-month high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDAGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $81.62 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.81 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.61 EPS for the current year.

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

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

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

About NVIDIA

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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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