Fifth Third Bancorp Cuts Holdings in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Fifth Third Bancorp trimmed its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDAFree Report) by 1.4% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 9,850,597 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 141,972 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up approximately 5.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp’s investment portfolio, making the stock its largest holding. Fifth Third Bancorp’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $1,837,136,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Danske Bank A S increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 3.8% in the fourth quarter. Danske Bank A S now owns 17,698,054 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $3,300,687,000 after acquiring an additional 652,749 shares during the last quarter. Danica Pension Livsforsikringsaktieselskab increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 5.0% in the fourth quarter. Danica Pension Livsforsikringsaktieselskab now owns 2,805,727 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $523,268,000 after acquiring an additional 133,192 shares during the last quarter. Mutual Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. Mutual Advisors LLC now owns 347,535 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $64,815,000 after acquiring an additional 7,819 shares during the last quarter. EQ Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at about $143,000. Finally, Uptick Partners LLC increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 3.5% in the fourth quarter. Uptick Partners LLC now owns 18,697 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $3,487,000 after acquiring an additional 630 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other NVIDIA news, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total transaction of $3,357,490.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 36,007 shares in the company, valued at $6,362,796.97. This represents a 34.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, March 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $174.89, for a total value of $3,497,800.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 83,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $14,526,363.40. The trade was a 19.41% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 906,336 shares of company stock valued at $162,802,518. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms recently issued reports on NVDA. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $265.00 to $280.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday. Royal Bank Of Canada set a $280.00 target price on NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday. DZ Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday. Stifel Nicolaus set a $282.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $270.00 target price (up from $240.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA has a consensus 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 business has a fifty day moving average price of $196.10 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $188.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 3.44 and a quick ratio of 3.24. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $129.16 and a fifty-two week high of $236.54. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.21 trillion, a PE ratio of 32.98, a PEG ratio of 0.67 and a beta of 2.25.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDAGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.The firm had revenue of $81.62 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $78.42 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.81 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.98 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to buyback $80.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization allows the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The firm 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 is Thursday, June 4th. This is a boost from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 0.61%.

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NVIDIA 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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