Sapient Capital LLC Has $128.76 Million Stock Holdings in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Sapient Capital LLC increased its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 0.4% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 814,965 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,343 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises 2.3% of Sapient Capital LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 9th biggest position. Sapient Capital LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $128,764,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Kathleen S. Wright Associates Inc. grew its position in NVIDIA by 169.3% during the 1st quarter. Kathleen S. Wright Associates Inc. now owns 404 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $44,000 after purchasing an additional 254 shares during the last quarter. Copia Wealth Management purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth approximately $50,000. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 1st quarter worth approximately $51,000. Bruce G. Allen Investments LLC grew its position in NVIDIA by 198.2% during the 1st quarter. Bruce G. Allen Investments LLC now owns 492 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $53,000 after purchasing an additional 327 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Campbell Capital Management Inc. grew its position in NVIDIA by 5,900.0% during the 1st quarter. Campbell Capital Management Inc. now owns 600 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $65,000 after purchasing an additional 590 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Trading Down 2.8%

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $178.43 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a current ratio of 4.21 and a quick ratio of 3.60. The firm has a market cap of $4.34 trillion, a PE ratio of 50.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 2.10. The company has a 50-day moving average of $176.28 and a two-hundred day moving average of $144.59. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $86.62 and a 1-year high of $184.55.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.05 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.01 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $46.74 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $45.65 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 52.41% and a return on equity of 101.74%. NVIDIA’s revenue was up 55.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.68 earnings per share. NVIDIA has set its Q3 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 2nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 11th will be paid a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 11th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 1.14%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have recently commented on NVDA. Evercore ISI upped their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $214.00 to $225.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday. Phillip Securities raised shares of NVIDIA from a “moderate buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 14th. Robert W. Baird upped their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $195.00 to $225.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, August 25th. KeyCorp reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $230.00 price objective (up from $215.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, August 28th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-six have assigned a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $208.76.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.21, for a total value of $44,052,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 7,183,280 shares in the company, valued at $1,265,765,768.80. The trade was a 3.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $163.11, for a total transaction of $12,233,250.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 74,873,225 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $12,212,571,729.75. This represents a 0.10% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 4,203,905 shares of company stock valued at $722,009,402. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

NVIDIA Profile

NVIDIA Corporation provides graphics and compute and networking solutions in the United States, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and internationally. The Graphics segment offers GeForce GPUs for gaming and PCs, the GeForce NOW game streaming service and related infrastructure, and solutions for gaming platforms; Quadro/NVIDIA RTX GPUs for enterprise workstation graphics; virtual GPU or vGPU software for cloud-based visual and virtual computing; automotive platforms for infotainment systems; and Omniverse software for building and operating metaverse and 3D internet applications.