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Net Worth Advisory Group bought a new position in NVIDIA Co. ( NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report ) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 38,401 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock, valued at approximately $4,663,000. NVIDIA comprises about 1.4% of Net Worth Advisory Group’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 12th biggest holding. Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. FPC Investment Advisory Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the first quarter valued at $26,000. Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. acquired a new stake in NVIDIA in the 1st quarter valued at about $27,000. TCTC Holdings LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the first quarter worth about $82,000. Delos Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 600.0% during the first quarter. Delos Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 112 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $101,000 after purchasing an additional 96 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Lowe Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at approximately $25,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors. NVIDIA Trading Down 3.2 % Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $141.95 on Friday. NVIDIA Co. has a 1 year low of $45.01 and a 1 year high of $152.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 4.10 and a quick ratio of 3.79. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $134.01 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $122.28. The firm has a market cap of $3.48 trillion, a PE ratio of 55.89, a PEG ratio of 1.53 and a beta of 1.66. NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, August 28th that permits the company to buyback $50.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization permits the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 1.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued. NVIDIA Announces Dividend The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 5th will be given a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.03%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 1.57%. Insider Activity In related news, Director Tench Coxe sold 1,000,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $119.27, for a total transaction of $119,270,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 5,852,480 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $698,025,289.60. This trade represents a 14.59 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link . Also, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 120,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $119.03, for a total value of $14,283,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 76,494,995 shares in the company, valued at $9,105,199,254.85. This trade represents a 0.16 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here . Insiders sold 2,156,270 shares of company stock valued at $254,784,327 in the last quarter. 4.23% of the stock is currently owned by insiders. Analysts Set New Price Targets A number of research analysts have commented on NVDA shares. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on NVIDIA from $150.00 to $190.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday. Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $165.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 19th. Susquehanna increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $160.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Craig Hallum boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $125.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 29th. Finally, Loop Capital reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $175.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-nine have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $164.15. View Our Latest Stock Analysis on NVIDIA About NVIDIA ( Free Report ) 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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The robust box office returns provided reassurance to Hollywood, which has weathered cost-cutting and layoffs amid forecasts of the death of cinema as consumers gravitated to streaming video services. "Moviegoers and box office pundits have been waiting for this weekend, and no one is disappointed," said Chris Aronson, president of distribution for Paramount Pictures. "Wicked," the first of two Universal Pictures films based on a Broadway prequel to "The Wizard of Oz," topped the domestic and global box office. It pulled in $114 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters, plus $50.2 million in international markets, for a global total of $164.2 million. It was the biggest opening weekend for a film based on a Broadway musical, ahead of the global debut of Universal's 2012 release "Les Miserables," according to the studio. "Gladiator II" hauled in $106 million around the world, including $55.5 million from domestic sales. The Paramount Pictures film is the sequel to a movie that won the best picture Oscar two decades ago. The film, which was released last weekend outside the U.S., had an overall box office tally of $221 million. The two films, dubbed "Glicked" by fans, brought in $169.5 million at domestic theaters, helping lift the weekend box office to $201.9 million. It's the highest-grossing weekend in North America since the July opening of "Deadpool & Wolverine," according to Comscore. "Glicked" fell short of the $245 million "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" opening frenzy in July 2023, which showed that the industry was rebounding from the pandemic and strikes that year by writers and actors. Still, the two films delivered a much-needed jolt to movie theaters, after anticipated fall films such as "Joker: Folie a Deux" and "Venom: The Last Dance" underperformed at the box office. The fervor was a positive sign for theater chains such as AMC Entertainment, Cineplex and Cinemark that are looking ahead to another major release, Walt Disney's animated "Moana 2" this week. "This is a tremendous catalyst for a strong box office going into December and the New Year," said National Association of Theatre Owners President and CEO Michael O’Leary. Movie ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada have hovered below pre-pandemic levels as cinemas grapple with competition from streaming and the disruptions from the last year's Hollywood strikes. Sunday's tallies brought year-to-date domestic ticket sales to $7.3 billion, down 10.6% from the same time in 2023, according to Comscore. Studios and theater owners are hopeful that "Moana 2" will lead next weekend to the strongest Thanksgiving-period sales in history. Box office analysts say ticket sales from Thanksgiving through the end of the year could rank as the biggest in cinema history. The holiday season record of $2.5 billion was set in 2017, led by the "Star Wars" film "The Last Jedi." "This is the best possible news for movie theaters, this lineup of films, starting with 'Glicked' and 'Moana 2," said Paul Dergarabedian, media analyst for Comscore. "Wicked" stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in the story of a misunderstood, green-skinned student of magic who becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. "It's wrapped in a fairy tale, but the point of it is to dig at real truth," director Jon M. Chu told Reuters at the film's premiere in London, when asked about the story's broad appeal. Universal, a unit of Comcast, spent roughly $160 million to make the first "Wicked" movie, a sum that does not include tens of millions more for marketing ranging from a Super Bowl ad to hundreds of "Wicked" products. In a campaign reminiscent of the hoopla surrounding "Barbie," "Wicked" tie-ins include pink and green drinks at Starbucks, a fashion line at Target and a Betty Crocker cupcake mix. "This campaign was just everywhere. It was just inescapable," said Jim Orr, Universal Pictures' president of domestic theatrical distribution. "And on top of all of that, we had the hardest-working cast that you could have. From a publicity and from a marketing standpoint, Cynthia and Ariana were literally just everywhere." The second "Wicked" film is scheduled for release in November 2025. "Gladiator II" stars Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal and Denzel Washington in a story of political intrigue that unfolds 16 years after the original film. Other films coming before year-end include Walt Disney's "Mufasa: The Lion King," Paramount's "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" and Searchlight Pictures' "A Complete Unknown," starring Timothee Chalamet as musician Bob Dylan. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.Vestis ( NYSE:VSTS – Get Free Report ) had its price target lifted by stock analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group from $13.60 to $15.00 in a report issued on Friday, Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a “neutral” rating on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group’s target price points to a potential downside of 6.37% from the stock’s previous close. Several other research firms have also issued reports on VSTS. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of Vestis from $15.00 to $16.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday. Baird R W cut shares of Vestis from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, August 8th. Barclays raised their price target on Vestis from $10.00 to $13.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Friday. Finally, Robert W. Baird lowered Vestis from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $13.00 price objective on the stock. in a research note on Thursday, August 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $17.43. View Our Latest Analysis on Vestis Vestis Trading Up 2.6 % Institutional Trading of Vestis Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. LMR Partners LLP raised its stake in Vestis by 726.8% in the third quarter. LMR Partners LLP now owns 160,528 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,392,000 after purchasing an additional 141,113 shares in the last quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vestis during the 1st quarter worth $1,069,000. Private Management Group Inc. grew its position in Vestis by 9.2% in the second quarter. Private Management Group Inc. now owns 692,394 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,468,000 after acquiring an additional 58,538 shares in the last quarter. Royce & Associates LP increased its stake in Vestis by 10.7% in the third quarter. Royce & Associates LP now owns 689,389 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,272,000 after acquiring an additional 66,621 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Comerica Bank raised its position in Vestis by 39.8% during the first quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 168,552 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,248,000 after purchasing an additional 47,996 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 97.40% of the company’s stock. Vestis Company Profile ( Get Free Report ) Vestis Corporation provides uniform rentals and workplace supplies in the United States and Canada. 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Warriors might trade for $48 million former Celtics rim protector | Sporting NewsDid stand-up comedians help reelect Donald Trump? Not a joke, as outgoing President Joe Biden might say. Trump has been the butt of countless late-night monologues and “Saturday Night Live” sketches for the better part of a decade, as much of Hollywood tracked the highs and lows of his political career with revulsion and ridicule. But in the weeks leading up to Election Day, he sat for interviews with podcasting comedians who occupy an increasingly popular space where political discourse is mediated through roast-style insults, right-leaning conspiracy theories and mockery of the left. “They’re all sort of simultaneously entertainers and influencers and pundits and — I’ve argued, propagandists — who have massive, loyal fanbases,” said Seth Simons, a journalist who writes a newsletter about the comedy industry’s darker side. The Trump era has coincided with the rise of the hourlong Netflix special and comedy podcast. And while the world of stand-up is as diverse as the nation itself, some of its hottest acts have punched left. Dave Chappelle has repeatedly courted controversy by mocking transgender activists. Bill Burr has roasted feminists with relish, most recently in his post-election “SNL” monologue (“All right, ladies, you’re 0-2 against this guy”). Even Michelle Wolf, who famously roasted Trump at the 2018 White House Correspondents Dinner, has an extended riff in her 2022 special critiquing #MeToo, calling it “the worst-run movement I’ve ever seen.” None of these comics publicly supported Trump, but nonetheless trained their fire on the so-called woke left, a bogeyman of Trump’s campaign. Trump got a warm welcome — but not everyone was amused. That’s what seems to have brought Trump, a veteran TV entertainer himself, into the studios of Joe Rogan, the nation’s most listened-to podcaster, and other comedians. He discussed addiction and the opioid crisis with Theo Von, who told the past and future president that “cocaine will turn you into a damn owl, homie.” On another podcast, Andrew Schulz and Akaash Singh laughed out loud as Trump went through his nicknames for political rivals — like “Comrade Kamala” Harris — and recounted his near-assassination. Politicians have long sought to reach voters on alternative platforms. Former President Barack Obama slow jammed the news with Jimmy Fallon, who ruffled Trump’s hair in 2016. Both Obama and Hillary Clinton appeared on Zach Galifianakis’ web series “Between Two Ferns.” Harris appeared on “SNL” days before the election and sat with an array of more earnest podcasters, with less evident success. For Trump, the podcasts were part of a larger effort to reach young male voters — a tactic he says his son Barron, 18, suggested. More than half of male voters ages 18-44 supported Trump, and 45% supported Harris, although Biden won this group in 2020, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of more than 120,000 voters. While politicians’ late-night appearances tend to be carefully scripted affairs, Rogan interviewed Trump for a whopping three hours in a conversation that veered from false claims about the 2020 election to speculation about UFOs and John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Rogan, who supported Bernie Sanders in 2020, subsequently endorsed Trump this cycle. Trump’s interviewers aren’t political comedians; they’re just as likely to chat about internet curiosities, mixed martial arts or weightlifting. Their views seem primarily rooted in suspicion of the establishment, devotion to free speech and openness to alternative — and often unfounded — theories about things like vaccines and immigration. That may have led them to see Trump as a kindred spirit. “The rebels are Republicans now. You want to be a rebel, you want to be punk rock, you want to like buck the system, you’re a conservative now,” Rogan said during the interview, which has nearly 50 million views on YouTube. Simons says Rogan and his acolytes, consciously or not, have shifted what’s acceptable in comedy rightward. “The relationship that people have with these roast comics, these comics who tell racist jokes or sexist jokes, is that they don’t mean what they say, it’s just funny,” Simons said. Marc Maron, whose podcast “WTF” helped birth the genre, called out his fellow comics in a blog post after the Rogan interview. “The anti-woke flank of the new fascism is being driven almost exclusively by comics, my peers,” Maron wrote. “When comedians with podcasts have shameless, self-proclaimed white supremacists and fascists on their show to joke around like they are just entertainers or even just politicians, all it does is humanize and normalize fascism.” A fractured media landscape It wasn’t always like this. Johnny Carson, the king of late night for three decades until his 1992 retirement, steered clear of political controversies to cultivate a mass audience. This was also when most Americans got their news from the “Big Three” television networks. Fast forward to today: Left-leaning hosts of comedy shows across many channels deliver nightly polemics interspersed with news clips. To their critics, comedians like Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and John Oliver are indistinguishable from MSNBC commentators. Comedian Wayne Federman, the author of a history of stand-up, says these hosts can only draw a fraction of Carson’s viewers, removing the economic incentive to appeal widely. “As most late-night hosts seemed openly aligned with (the Democratic National Committee), a market niche opened in the podcast space. Enter Joe Rogan,” he said. Rogan’s show, for which he landed an estimated $250 million deal with Spotify, has become a springboard for up-and-coming comics. “For a lot of comedians right now, following in Joe Rogan’s footsteps and trying to be in his world and emulate him is a smart career move,” Simons said. “I think that’s partly why there are so many Andrew Schulzes and Theo Vons.” Presidential candidate or insult comic? Beyond his podcast appearances, Trump may have benefited more subtly from stand-up’s proliferation. Much was made of Trump’s extemporaneous speaking style — what he referred to as “the weave” — in which his hourlong speeches meandered through stories, digressions, movie references and obscenities. As political speech, it was unconventional, but it bore many of stand-up’s hallmarks: deliberate provocations, trademark punchlines and callbacks eventually wrapping it all together. “Because some of the things he says seem like they’re so off-center, people take it as a joke,” said Shilpa Davé, a University of Virginia professor of media studies. “The kind of comedy that he’s doing doesn’t come off as threatening, it comes off as acceptable.” It also posed problems for journalists covering his speeches: When he said he would be a dictator for a day, or inveighed against “enemies from within,” or promised to round up and deport millions of immigrants in the U.S. without authorization, was he laying out policies or joking around? “You can first denounce what journalists do by having called everything they say ‘fake news,’ and then you can denounce what they expose by saying they just don’t get it — the stand-up comedy defense,” said Robert Thompson, a professor of television and popular culture at Syracuse University. There were times when the jokes didn’t land — but they weren’t his. Trump faced outrage after Tony Hinchcliffe, another comedian with a roast-style podcast, referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage” and made other racist jokes at a rally. The campaign distanced itself from Hinchcliffe as Puerto Rican celebrities backed Harris and commentators wondered if it would turn off Latino voters. “Imagine bombing so hard you save america from fascism,” comedian Zack Bornstein posted on X. But barely a week later, it was Trump who brought the house down.
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