Cullen Investment Group LTD. Cuts Stake in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Cullen Investment Group LTD. cut its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDAFree Report) by 4.1% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 107,982 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 4,600 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for approximately 2.6% of Cullen Investment Group LTD.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 8th biggest holding. Cullen Investment Group LTD.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $19,962,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Norges Bank bought a new position in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at about $51,386,863,000. Capital Research Global Investors increased its holdings in NVIDIA by 16.1% during the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 165,377,852 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $30,855,564,000 after purchasing an additional 22,896,705 shares in the last quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in NVIDIA by 15,496.1% during the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 21,865,525 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $3,454,534,000 after purchasing an additional 21,725,326 shares in the last quarter. Danske Bank A S purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the third quarter worth approximately $3,180,313,000. Finally, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 25.0% in the third quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 71,720,593 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $13,381,628,000 after purchasing an additional 14,358,048 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages recently issued reports on NVDA. Oppenheimer reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $265.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, March 17th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $250.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, March 17th. Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $250.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, March 17th. Finally, KeyCorp reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $275.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, March 17th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $275.95.

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NVIDIA Stock Up 5.6%

Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $174.34 on Wednesday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1 year low of $86.62 and a 1 year high of $212.19. The company has a market capitalization of $4.24 trillion, a PE ratio of 35.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.55 and a beta of 2.33. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $182.92 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $184.28. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 3.91 and a quick ratio of 3.24.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDAGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.89 EPS. Analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be given a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 0.82%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total transaction of $54,675,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,018,547 shares in the company, valued at $550,130,190.75. This represents a 9.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 42,650 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, March 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $174.89, for a total value of $7,459,058.50. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 881,387 shares in the company, valued at $154,145,772.43. This trade represents a 4.62% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 1,401,616 shares of company stock worth $253,555,407 in the last quarter. 4.17% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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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