Meitav Investment House Ltd. Sells 109,221 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Meitav Investment House Ltd. trimmed its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDAFree Report) by 9.3% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 1,068,117 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 109,221 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises 2.7% of Meitav Investment House Ltd.’s holdings, making the stock its 6th largest position. Meitav Investment House Ltd.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $198,845,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC boosted its position in NVIDIA by 47.9% during the second quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at $40,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth about $54,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total value of $40,087,825.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 7,621,453 shares in the company, valued at $1,373,157,187.01. This represents a 2.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, EVP Debora Shoquist sold 69,840 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.85, for a total transaction of $12,421,044.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 1,424,603 shares in the company, valued at $253,365,643.55. The trade was a 4.67% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 1,563,834 shares of company stock worth $283,360,391 in the last three months. 4.17% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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NVIDIA Trading Down 1.4%

NVDA opened at $171.83 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $86.62 and a fifty-two week high of $212.19. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.18 trillion, a PE ratio of 42.64, a P/E/G ratio of 0.54 and a beta of 2.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a current ratio of 4.47 and a quick ratio of 3.71. The company’s 50-day moving average is $183.92 and its 200 day moving average is $182.63.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDAGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $57.01 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $54.66 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 99.24% and a net margin of 53.01%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 62.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.81 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 4th were issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 4th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is 0.99%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts recently commented on NVDA shares. New Street Research restated a “buy” rating and set a $307.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Susquehanna boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $230.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Oppenheimer reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $265.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Tigress Financial reiterated a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $350.00 price objective (up previously from $280.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, December 18th. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $235.00 to $250.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, December 1st. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $263.98.

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NVIDIA Company Profile

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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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