QRG Capital Management Inc. Sells 1,382,876 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

QRG Capital Management Inc. reduced its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDAFree Report) by 30.5% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 3,146,242 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 1,382,876 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for about 7.1% of QRG Capital Management Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its largest holding. QRG Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $587,026,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth about $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC increased its stake in 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 buying an additional 67 shares during the period. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter worth $40,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth about $54,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. BNP Paribas Exane boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $240.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 18th. Tigress Financial restated a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $350.00 price target (up from $280.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, December 18th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $250.00 price target on NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, January 8th. Finally, New Street Research reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $307.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Four 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 stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $263.98.

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Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.04, for a total transaction of $36,008,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,618,547 shares in the company, valued at approximately $651,483,201.88. The trade was a 5.24% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 directly owned 7,621,453 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,373,157,187.01. This represents a 2.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 1,563,834 shares of company stock worth $283,360,391 in the last three months. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

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NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NVDA opened at $171.83 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a current ratio of 4.47. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $86.62 and a fifty-two week high of $212.19. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $183.92 and a 200-day simple moving average of $182.63. The company has a market capitalization of $4.18 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 42.64, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.54 and a beta of 2.31.

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

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

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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