Catalina Capital Group LLC boosted its position in NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 13.6% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 107,446 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 12,828 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises about 4.4% of Catalina Capital Group LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 3rd largest position. Catalina Capital Group LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $13,048,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. CGC Financial Services LLC purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Quest Partners LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at $27,000. Christopher J. Hasenberg Inc purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 3rd quarter worth $27,000. University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter worth $31,000. Finally, FPC Investment Advisory Inc. grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 900.0% in the second quarter. FPC Investment Advisory Inc. now owns 290 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $34,000 after purchasing an additional 261 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
NVIDIA Trading Up 1.4 %
NVDA opened at $130.68 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.20 trillion, a PE ratio of 51.43, a P/E/G ratio of 2.43 and a beta of 1.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 4.10 and a quick ratio of 3.64. NVIDIA Co. has a 12-month low of $47.32 and a 12-month high of $152.89. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $139.63 and its 200 day moving average price is $127.11.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 27th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 5th will be given a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 5th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.03%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 1.57%.
NVIDIA declared that its board has approved a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, August 28th that authorizes the company to buyback $50.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 1.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
NVDA has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Needham & Company LLC increased their target price on NVIDIA from $145.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 21st. Phillip Securities reiterated an “accumulate” rating and set a $160.00 price objective (up from $155.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, November 22nd. Wedbush boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $160.00 to $175.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Truist Financial upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $148.00 to $167.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 19th. Finally, HSBC lifted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $145.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 14th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-nine have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $164.15.
Read Our Latest Stock Report on NVIDIA
Insider Activity
In other NVIDIA news, CFO Colette Kress sold 66,670 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $135.40, for a total transaction of $9,027,118.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 3,351,572 shares in the company, valued at $453,802,848.80. The trade was a 1.95 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director Tench Coxe sold 1,000,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, December 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $131.26, for a total transaction of $131,260,000.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 28,671,360 shares in the company, valued at $3,763,402,713.60. This trade represents a 3.37 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,556,986 shares of company stock worth $201,687,727. 4.23% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA Corporation provides graphics and compute and networking solutions in the United States, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and internationally. The Graphics segment offers GeForce GPUs for gaming and PCs, the GeForce NOW game streaming service and related infrastructure, and solutions for gaming platforms; Quadro/NVIDIA RTX GPUs for enterprise workstation graphics; virtual GPU or vGPU software for cloud-based visual and virtual computing; automotive platforms for infotainment systems; and Omniverse software for building and operating metaverse and 3D internet applications.
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