Achmea Investment Management B.V. boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 1,025.7% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 2,484,416 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 2,263,709 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises 5.5% of Achmea Investment Management B.V.’s holdings, making the stock its 3rd largest holding. Achmea Investment Management B.V.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $306,925,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 854.1% during the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 182,622,629 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $22,561,200,000 after purchasing an additional 163,482,580 shares in the last quarter. Baillie Gifford & Co. boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 696.6% during the second quarter. Baillie Gifford & Co. now owns 82,058,614 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $10,137,521,000 after purchasing an additional 71,757,065 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 882.4% during the second quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 73,648,364 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $9,098,519,000 after purchasing an additional 66,151,750 shares in the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 829.0% during the second quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. now owns 64,055,653 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $7,913,435,000 after purchasing an additional 57,160,191 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Rhumbline Advisers boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 892.0% during the second quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 46,737,202 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $5,773,914,000 after purchasing an additional 42,025,613 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.
NVIDIA Stock Performance
Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $138.07 on Tuesday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $119.30 and a 200-day moving average of $111.23. NVIDIA Co. has a 1-year low of $39.23 and a 1-year high of $140.76. The company has a current ratio of 4.27, a quick ratio of 3.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. The company has a market cap of $3.40 trillion, a PE ratio of 80.74, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 1.67.
NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, August 28th that allows the company to repurchase $50.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 1.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.
NVIDIA Cuts Dividend
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, September 12th were paid a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.03%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 12th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 2.34%.
Insider Activity at NVIDIA
In related news, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 120,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, July 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $119.06, for a total value of $14,287,200.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 78,414,995 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,336,089,304.70. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. In related news, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 120,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, July 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $119.06, for a total value of $14,287,200.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 78,414,995 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,336,089,304.70. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, insider Donald F. Robertson, Jr. sold 4,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $116.51, for a total transaction of $524,295.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 492,409 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $57,370,572.59. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 3,236,270 shares of company stock valued at $376,316,727 in the last quarter. Insiders own 4.23% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and set a $200.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, August 29th. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $135.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, June 24th. Raymond James boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $120.00 to $140.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 29th. Loop Capital reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $175.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, August 26th. Finally, Robert W. Baird boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $120.00 to $150.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 29th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-seven have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $142.46.
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About NVIDIA
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.
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