Lexington Hill Partners LLC increased its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 148.5% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 6,959 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,159 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises about 0.7% of Lexington Hill Partners LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 25th largest holding. Lexington Hill Partners LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $1,214,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC boosted its position 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 valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $40,000. Inspire Investing LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth approximately $44,000. Finally, AlphaCentric Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $45,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.
Key NVIDIA News
Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
- Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA continues to secure new AI-related partnerships and product momentum, including the launch of its BioNeMo Agent Toolkit for life sciences and additional collaborations around digital twins, robotics, and energy infrastructure. Nvidia launches BioNeMo agent toolkit for AI-driven life sciences research
- Positive Sentiment: Analysts and several articles continue to frame NVIDIA as a long-term winner from AI infrastructure buildout, with some bullish commentary pointing to strong earnings growth, major data-center demand, and attractive valuation relative to its growth. Nvidia: The $1 Trillion Trade Hiding In Plain Sight
- Neutral Sentiment: The company’s latest earnings remain a positive backdrop: NVIDIA beat expectations on both EPS and revenue, with revenue up sharply year over year, reinforcing that fundamentals are still strong despite the stock’s weakness.
- Negative Sentiment: AI spending concerns are weighing on the whole chip complex, with reports that SK Hynix is slowing HBM expansion and traders worrying about the sustainability of debt-funded AI capex. That has hit NVIDIA alongside peers like AMD, Intel, Micron, and SanDisk. Lam Research, Qualcomm, and Western Digital Stocks Trade Down, What You Need To Know
- Negative Sentiment: There is also some company-specific headline risk from a Reuters report that NVIDIA was sued by music company Jamendo over AI training, adding to near-term uncertainty. Nvidia sued by music company Jamendo over AI training
Insider Transactions at NVIDIA
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the company. Robert W. Baird set a $500.00 price objective on NVIDIA and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Citic Securities boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $242.00 to $315.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 22nd. Stifel Nicolaus set a $282.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Daiwa Securities Group raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $215.00 to $255.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, May 22nd. Finally, Raymond James Financial reiterated a “strong-buy” rating and set a $330.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $305.67.
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NVIDIA Stock Down 4.1%
Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $200.00 on Wednesday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $210.62 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $192.80. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.84 trillion, a PE ratio of 30.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.47 and a beta of 2.22. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52-week low of $145.50 and a 52-week high of $236.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a current ratio of 3.44.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $81.61 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.81 earnings per share. On average, analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.65 EPS for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that authorizes the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.
NVIDIA Increases Dividend
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th will be issued a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 4th. This is a positive change from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is 15.31%.
NVIDIA Profile
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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