Danica Pension Livsforsikringsaktieselskab boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 5.0% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 2,805,727 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 133,192 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises 7.5% of Danica Pension Livsforsikringsaktieselskab’s holdings, making the stock its largest position. Danica Pension Livsforsikringsaktieselskab’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $523,268,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. State Street Corp boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 978,208,862 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $154,556,803,000 after buying an additional 9,554,857 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 579,213,497 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $91,150,170,000 after buying an additional 8,521,936 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth about $51,386,863,000. Legal & General Group Plc boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% during the 3rd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 181,203,035 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,808,862,000 after buying an additional 2,609,560 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 16.1% during the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 165,377,852 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $30,855,564,000 after buying an additional 22,896,705 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.
Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA
Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
- Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA delivered a record quarter with massive revenue growth, strong guidance, and record data center sales. The Tech Download: What you might have missed in Nvidia’s earnings — a $200 billion opportunity and edge computing
- Positive Sentiment: The company raised its dividend sharply and approved an $80 billion buyback, signaling confidence in future cash generation. Nvidia Just Raised Its Dividend By 2,400% — and That Wasn’t Even the Biggest News From Its Earnings Report
- Positive Sentiment: Wall Street remains broadly bullish, with multiple analysts raising price targets after earnings. Nvidia stock continues to struggle after earnings, but analysts remain firmly bullish
- Neutral Sentiment: Despite the strong report, the market seems to be digesting the results rather than rewarding them, suggesting investors may think the bar was already very high. Nvidia Stock Misses Out on Friday’s Rally. Here’s How Much Traders See It Moving Next Week
- Negative Sentiment: Some investors remain worried about valuation, competition, and the possibility that AI spending growth could slow from current extreme levels. Why Nvidia Stock Is Barely Moving After Earnings Crushed Expectations
Insider Activity
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of equities analysts have recently commented on NVDA shares. Wedbush increased their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $300.00 to $330.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Evercore restated an “outperform” rating and set a $413.00 price objective (up from $352.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday. Wells Fargo & Company restated an “overweight” rating and set a $315.00 price objective (up from $265.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of NVIDIA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Oppenheimer restated an “outperform” rating and set a $265.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $303.27.
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NVIDIA Price Performance
NASDAQ NVDA opened at $215.33 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 3.44, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $129.16 and a 1-year high of $236.54. The company has a 50 day moving average of $196.10 and a 200-day moving average of $188.93. The company has a market cap of $5.21 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.98, a PEG ratio of 0.67 and a beta of 2.25.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. The company had revenue of $81.62 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.42 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.81 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.98 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to buyback $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization permits the computer hardware maker to buy up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically a sign that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.
NVIDIA Increases Dividend
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 4th. This is a boost from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is presently 0.61%.
NVIDIA Profile
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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