NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock fell -0.49% on Wednesday to $305.38 against a previous-day closing price of $306.88. With 72.14 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 43.75 million shares. During the session, the Semiconductors company that operates in wider Technology sector, reached to the highest price of $306.07 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $298.06. The 52-week range on NVDA shows that it touched its highest point at $318.28 and its lowest point at $108.13 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $292.35. With its current market cap of 765.25 billion, NVDA has annualized dividend of $0.16 while the current yield stands at 0.05%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.74.
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Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of NVDA was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 1.19%, but this was up by 16.38% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 29.05% while six-month performance rose 99.37%. The stock gained 80.72% in the past year, while it has gained 108.96% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for NVDA yields 1.74 with Next year EPS estimates of 6.13. For the next quarter, that number is 1.06. This implies an EPS growth rate of -54.70% for this year and 33.68% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 21.20% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 8.60%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 2.46 billion NVDA shares are outstanding with a float of 2.36 billion shares on hand for trading. On May 14, 2023, short shares totaled 28.83 million, which was 1.17% higher than short shares on Apr 13, 2023. In addition to Mr. Jen-Hsun Huang as the firm’s Co-Founder, CEO, Pres & Director, Ms. Colette M. Kress serves as its Exec. VP & CFO.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 68.08% of NVDA’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have majority control over the company. Other institutions hold 4.08% of NVDA, in contrast to 39.96% held by mutual funds. Shares owned by individuals account for 27.58%. As the largest shareholder in NVDA with 7.91% of the stake, The Vanguard Group, Inc. holds 195,282,689 shares worth 195,282,689. A second-largest stockholder of NVDA, Fidelity Management & Research Co, holds 126,712,856 shares, controlling over 5.13% of the firm’s shares. BlackRock Fund Advisors is the third largest shareholder in NVDA, holding 114,614,889 shares or 4.64% stake. With a 2.94% stake in NVDA, the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF is the largest stakeholder. A total of 72,624,050 shares are owned by the mutual fund manager. The Vanguard 500 Index Fund, which owns about 2.34% of NVDA stock, is the second-largest Mutual Fund holder. It holds 57,740,986 shares valued at 16.02 billion. Invesco QQQ Trust holds 1.33% of the stake in NVDA, owning 32,748,146 shares worth 9.09 billion.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on Jan 28, 2023, NVDA reported revenue of $8.29B and operating income of $3.22B. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $3.56B and diluted EPS was $0.64.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for NVDA since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With NVDA analysts setting a high price target of $460.00 and a low target of $175.00, the average target price over the next 12 months is $299.94. Based on these targets, NVDA could surge 50.63% to reach the target high and fall by -42.69% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a decline of -1.78% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy.
Dividends & Yield:
In terms of dividends, NVDA has a current ratio of $0.16, which is $0.16 over the trailing 12-months, while a dividend of $0.16 is likely to be paid on average over the next five years. Dividend yield is another indicator that appeals to many investors, and NVDA currently yields $0.05. In the past year, NVDA’s dividend yield has been $0.05, but when looking at the stock over the past five years, its yield has been $0.19. Accordingly, NVDA has a current buyback yield of $1.33. This was $1.33 for the TTM, and it was $1.0 for the past five years.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded NVDA stock several times over the past three months with 10 Buys and 20 Sells. In these transactions, 233,449 shares were bought while 270,406 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has increased to 32 while that of sell transactions has risen to 69 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 3,576,534 while 3,768,529 shares were sold.
