NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA): Today's Featured Technology Laggard
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) pushed the Technology sector lower today making it today's featured Technology laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day down 0.1%. By the end of trading, NVIDIA Corporation fell 21 cents (-1.8%) to $11.38 on average volume. Throughout the day, 15.3 million shares of NVIDIA Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 10.7 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $11.15-$11.63 after having opened the day at $11.59 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $11.59. Other companies within the Technology sector that declined today were:
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XRS
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XRSC
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NVIDIA Corporation provides graphics chips for use in smartphones, personal computers (PC), tablets, and professional workstations markets worldwide. It operates in three segments: Graphic Processing Unit (GPU), Professional Solutions Business (PSB), and Consumer Products Business (CPB). NVIDIA Corporation has a market cap of $7.15 billion and is part of the electronics industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 14.1, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 16.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are nine analysts that rate NVIDIA Corporation a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and 19 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates NVIDIA Corporation as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, attractive valuation levels, increase in net income and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.
- You can view the full NVIDIA Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 22.5%,
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), up 20.7%,
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), up 16.5%, and
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), up 15.2%, were all gainers within the technology sector with
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
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) being today's featured technology sector leader.
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