Praetorian Wealth Management Inc. Takes Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Praetorian Wealth Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDAFree Report) during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 2,834 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock, valued at approximately $529,000.

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

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 350,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $181.73, for a total value of $63,605,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 7,049,803 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,281,160,699.19. This trade represents a 4.73% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total value of $44,332,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 6,933,280 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,229,478,542.40. This trade represents a 3.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last three months, insiders have sold 2,011,474 shares of company stock valued at $368,486,742. 4.17% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

NVDA has been the subject of several analyst reports. DA Davidson reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $250.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Argus reissued a “buy” rating and set a $220.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $235.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, December 1st. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $275.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday. Finally, Daiwa Capital Markets boosted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $165.00 to $205.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 17th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have given a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $262.14.

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NVIDIA Trading Down 0.4%

NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $187.54 on Wednesday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $86.62 and a 12-month high of $212.19. The company has a current ratio of 4.47, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $186.36 and its 200-day simple moving average is $177.63. The firm has a market cap of $4.56 trillion, a P/E ratio of 46.54, a PEG ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 2.29.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDAGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $57.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $54.66 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 53.01% and a return on equity of 99.24%. NVIDIA’s quarterly revenue was up 62.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.81 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

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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