NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Stock: Krilogy Financial LLC Increases Stake

Krilogy Financial LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 1.7% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 283,467 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 4,743 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up 1.7% of Krilogy Financial LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 14th biggest holding. Krilogy Financial LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $64,154,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of NVDA. Jupiter Topco LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $16,156,076,000. Van ECK Associates Corp lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 34.7% in the 2nd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 75,849,721 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $15,176,771,000 after purchasing an additional 19,522,304 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 1.6% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,009,783,437 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $202,047,568,000 after purchasing an additional 15,897,836 shares during the last quarter. Amundi boosted its position in NVIDIA by 10.4% in the first quarter. Amundi now owns 133,768,018 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $23,329,141,000 after buying an additional 12,575,177 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nykredit A S acquired a new stake in NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at approximately $2,315,956,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA News Roundup

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NVIDIA Trading Down 3.2%

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $200.13 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a current ratio of 4.59. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52-week low of $164.27 and a 52-week high of $243.37. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $221.19 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $204.51. The stock has a market cap of $4.82 trillion, a P/E ratio of 25.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.59 and a beta of 2.21.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The firm had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.05 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.30 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Monday, September 28th that permits the company to buy back $150 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 2.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, September 10th were given a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 12.64%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total transaction of $7,648,787.90. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $167,595,812.15. The trade was a 4.36% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark Stevens sold 622,239 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total value of $144,122,997.18. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 2,336,531 shares in the company, valued at $541,187,310.22. This trade represents a 21.03% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 1,766,118 shares of company stock valued at $399,450,353 in the last three months. Insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have weighed in on the stock. Evercore set a $465.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Wall Street Zen cut NVIDIA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, October 24th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, August 31st. BMO Capital Markets set a $340.00 price objective on NVIDIA and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 20th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company set a $210.00 target price on NVIDIA in a report on Friday, October 2nd. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $318.85.

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NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is a technology company that designs graphics processing units (GPUs), accelerated computing platforms, networking products and related software. Its technologies support artificial intelligence, machine learning, scientific computing, data analytics, professional visualization and computer graphics.

The company’s products include GeForce GPUs for gaming and personal computing, data center GPUs and systems for AI and high-performance computing, and networking solutions used to connect and manage large-scale computing infrastructure.

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