Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH Has $379.12 Million Stock Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 3.7% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 2,399,641 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 86,515 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for 2.2% of Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH’s portfolio, making the stock its 7th largest position. Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $379,119,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the business. Pachira Investments Inc. grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% during the second quarter. Pachira Investments Inc. now owns 6,450 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,019,000 after buying an additional 63 shares during the last quarter. HFG Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 3.4% during the second quarter. HFG Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,075 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $328,000 after buying an additional 68 shares during the last quarter. Hidden Cove Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.3% during the second quarter. Hidden Cove Wealth Management LLC now owns 23,778 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $3,757,000 after buying an additional 69 shares during the last quarter. Burkett Financial Services LLC grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.3% during the second quarter. Burkett Financial Services LLC now owns 5,450 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $861,000 after buying an additional 70 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Guided Capital Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.3% during the second quarter. Guided Capital Wealth Management LLC now owns 27,858 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $4,401,000 after buying an additional 70 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Stock Down 4.9%

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $183.16 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $195.62. The company has a quick ratio of 3.60, a current ratio of 4.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08. The company has a market capitalization of $4.45 trillion, a P/E ratio of 52.18, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.32 and a beta of 2.12. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $179.16 and its 200-day moving average price is $150.75.

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

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 2nd. Investors of record on Thursday, September 11th were paid a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 11th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 1.14%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.21, for a total transaction of $44,052,500.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 7,183,280 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,265,765,768.80. This trade represents a 3.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $178.74, for a total value of $13,405,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 73,748,225 shares in the company, valued at $13,181,757,736.50. The trade was a 0.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 3,925,379 shares of company stock valued at $694,277,421. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have recently commented on NVDA. DA Davidson upgraded shares of NVIDIA from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price target for the company from $195.00 to $210.00 in a report on Thursday, September 11th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $185.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, August 11th. Citigroup restated a “buy” rating and issued a $210.00 target price (up previously from $200.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, September 30th. Barclays restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $240.00 target price (up previously from $200.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, September 22nd. Finally, Daiwa Capital Markets raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $165.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 17th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-seven have given a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $212.84.

NVIDIA Company 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.