Bank of New Hampshire Raises Stake in NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA)

Bank of New Hampshire grew its position in NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDAFree Report) by 3.5% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 52,484 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,759 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up about 1.6% of Bank of New Hampshire’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 12th largest holding. Bank of New Hampshire’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $6,374,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Lowe Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth $25,000. DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1,900.0% during the second quarter. DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. now owns 200 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 190 shares in the last quarter. FPC Investment Advisory Inc. bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the first quarter worth about $26,000. CGC Financial Services LLC purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter worth about $26,000. Finally, Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. bought a new position in NVIDIA during the first quarter valued at approximately $27,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $148.88 on Friday. NVIDIA Co. has a 12 month low of $45.01 and a 12 month high of $148.93. The company has a market capitalization of $3.65 trillion, a P/E ratio of 69.90, a P/E/G ratio of 1.43 and a beta of 1.66. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $126.08 and a two-hundred day moving average of $117.25. The company has a current ratio of 4.27, a quick ratio of 3.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDAGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 28th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.68 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.64 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $30.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $28.74 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 113.50% and a net margin of 55.04%. The business’s revenue was up 122.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.25 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts expect that NVIDIA Co. will post 2.66 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 3rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 12th were paid a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 12th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.03%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 1.88%.

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Wednesday, August 28th that permits the company to repurchase $50.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 1.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

Analyst Ratings Changes

NVDA has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $200.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, August 29th. Morgan Stanley restated an “overweight” rating and set a $150.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, October 10th. DA Davidson reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $90.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, August 29th. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on NVIDIA from $140.00 to $145.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 27th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on NVIDIA from $135.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 11th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-seven have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $143.07.

Read Our Latest Stock Analysis on NVDA

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 155,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $132.27, for a total transaction of $20,501,850.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 8,100,117 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,071,402,475.59. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. In related news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 155,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $132.27, for a total value of $20,501,850.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 8,100,117 shares in the company, valued at $1,071,402,475.59. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing 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 dated Thursday, September 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $119.27, for a total value of $119,270,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 5,852,480 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $698,025,289.60. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 2,156,270 shares of company stock worth $254,784,327 over the last 90 days. 4.23% of the stock is owned by insiders.

NVIDIA Company Profile

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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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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)

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