AG2R LA Mondiale Gestion D Actifs lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 6.2% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 963,100 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 56,513 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for approximately 8.0% of AG2R LA Mondiale Gestion D Actifs’ portfolio, making the stock its largest holding. AG2R LA Mondiale Gestion D Actifs’ holdings in NVIDIA were worth $179,618,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 47.9% in the second quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at $40,000. Syntax Research Inc. grew its stake in NVIDIA by 62.5% in the 4th quarter. Syntax Research Inc. now owns 260 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $49,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares during the period. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter worth $50,000. Finally, Networth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth $51,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several research firms have issued reports on NVDA. Citic Securities increased their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $242.00 to $315.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 22nd. Robert W. Baird set a $500.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Royal Bank Of Canada set a $280.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, April 10th. Finally, Tigress Financial reissued a “strong-buy” rating and set a $425.00 target price (up from $360.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, May 27th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $305.38.
Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA
In other news, Director John Dabiri sold 3,004 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.90, for a total transaction of $555,439.60. Following the transaction, the director owned 14,788 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,734,301.20. The trade was a 16.88% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 19th. The shares were 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 of the company’s stock, valued at $6,362,796.97. This represents a 34.54% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 906,961 shares of company stock worth $162,936,268. Corporate insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.
NVIDIA Trading Down 3.6%
NVDA opened at $214.75 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.20 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.54 and a beta of 2.22. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $201.97 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $190.25. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $138.83 and a 1-year high of $236.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 3.44 and a quick ratio of 2.85.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 quarter last year, the firm earned $0.81 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.04 EPS for the current fiscal year.
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 $0.25 dividend. This is a boost from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is 0.61%.
NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.
Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA
Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Needham reiterated a Buy rating on NVIDIA and set a $270 price target, implying meaningful upside from current levels.
- Positive Sentiment: Several articles highlighted NVIDIA’s expanding AI roadmap at Computex, including the RTX Spark AI PC chip, which could open a new consumer-PC growth avenue beyond data centers.
- Positive Sentiment: More partner news reinforced NVIDIA’s ecosystem strength, including collaborations involving Navitas, Aptiv, Coherent, Lightmatter, and Ayar Labs, all tied to NVIDIA’s AI infrastructure push.
- Neutral Sentiment: Jensen Huang’s comments that the AI build-out is still accelerating and that NVIDIA has enough supply for robust CPU and GPU growth support the long-term story, but they are not an immediate catalyst on their own. Reuters: Nvidia CEO says has capacity to supply robust CPU and GPU growth
- Neutral Sentiment: NVDA also remained in the spotlight for headline-grabbing coverage around dividends, AI-PC expansion, and comparisons with peers like Broadcom and AMD, but those are mostly narrative items rather than fresh earnings news.
- Negative Sentiment: Investors appear concerned about valuation and a possible AI bubble after the stock’s strong move, with some commentary noting that capital is rotating into other AI beneficiaries such as Broadcom, Marvell, and even non-chip infrastructure names.
- Negative Sentiment: There was also a minor overhang from political insider selling, including Senator Sheldon Whitehouse disclosing a sale of NVDA shares, which may add to near-term caution. Finbold: U.S. politician suspiciously dumps Nvidia stock after 10 years
About NVIDIA
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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