NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA) Shares Sold by Weatherly Asset Management L. P.

Weatherly Asset Management L. P. decreased its stake in shares of NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 3.7% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 150,366 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 5,805 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for 1.8% of Weatherly Asset Management L. P.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 13th biggest position. Weatherly Asset Management L. P.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $20,193,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. AMF Tjanstepension AB lifted its position in NVIDIA by 2.2% during the third quarter. AMF Tjanstepension AB now owns 8,039,712 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $976,348,000 after buying an additional 169,445 shares in the last quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 5.0% during the 3rd quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 5,602 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $680,000 after acquiring an additional 265 shares in the last quarter. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. boosted its position in NVIDIA by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. now owns 120,634 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $14,650,000 after purchasing an additional 350 shares during the period. DLK Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in NVIDIA by 7.1% in the 3rd quarter. DLK Investment Management LLC now owns 7,039 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $855,000 after purchasing an additional 464 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Davies Financial Advisors Inc. raised its position in NVIDIA by 1.1% in the third quarter. Davies Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 26,795 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $3,254,000 after purchasing an additional 295 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on the company. Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $175.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 20th. TD Cowen upped their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $165.00 to $175.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $115.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. Raymond James upped their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $140.00 to $170.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $150.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 21st. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-seven have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $171.69.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $115.58 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $2.82 trillion, a PE ratio of 45.49, a P/E/G ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.77. NVIDIA Co. has a fifty-two week low of $75.61 and a fifty-two week high of $153.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 3.64 and a current ratio of 4.10. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $129.71 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $131.20.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.89 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $39.33 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $38.16 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.69% and a return on equity of 114.83%. Research analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Co. will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 12th will be given a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.03%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 12th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 1.36%.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director John Dabiri sold 2,663 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.00, for a total value of $292,930.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 17,279 shares in the company, valued at $1,900,690. The trade was a 13.35 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 36,462 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $151.10, for a total value of $5,509,408.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 3,902,888 shares in the company, valued at approximately $589,726,376.80. The trade was a 0.93 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 1,039,125 shares of company stock valued at $137,062,338. Company insiders own 4.23% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Profile

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.