NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Director Sells 585,000 Shares of Stock

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) Director Mark Stevens sold 585,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $220.29, for a total transaction of $128,869,650.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 4,622,271 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,018,240,078.59. This trade represents a 11.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NASDAQ:NVDA traded up $6.97 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $224.41. 156,553,789 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 159,202,641. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $208.68 and its 200 day moving average price is $201.27. The company has a quick ratio of 3.85, a current ratio of 4.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The company has a market cap of $5.41 trillion, a PE ratio of 28.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.73 and a beta of 2.22. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $164.07 and a 12-month high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.05 EPS. On average, analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.1 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be paid a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 12.64%.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Reported Hugging Face acquisition talks: NVIDIA is reportedly in advanced discussions to acquire AI platform Hugging Face for approximately $12.9 billion to $14 billion. The deal could strengthen NVIDIA’s software, open-model and developer ecosystem, although it remains unconfirmed. Why Nvidia’s $14 Billion Hugging Face Deal Would Make Total Sense
• Positive Sentiment: AI spending remains strong: Dell’s guidance beat provided fresh evidence that data-center customers continue to invest heavily in AI infrastructure, supporting demand for NVIDIA’s accelerators and networking products. Why is Nvidia stock up over 4% today?
• Positive Sentiment: Inference and networking expansion: NVIDIA and Equinix expanded their partnership through the Equinix Inference Exchange, targeting distributed enterprise AI inference. NVIDIA also participated in iPronics’ $125 million funding round for programmable optical networking designed to connect large AI clusters. NVIDIA and Equinix Deepen Their AI Inference Partnership
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic positioning is drawing bullish analyst commentary: Analysts cited NVIDIA’s double-beat quarter, more than doubling revenue, strong forward guidance and expected Vera Rubin demand. JPMorgan reaffirmed its Buy rating and $320 price target. NVIDIA Buy Rating Reaffirmed
• Neutral Sentiment: MediaTek investment broadens NVIDIA’s moat: NVIDIA’s $3.5 billion investment in MediaTek is intended to integrate NVLink Fusion with custom AI chips, PCs and automotive platforms. The move may defend NVIDIA against bespoke silicon, but its decade-long roadmap highlights intensifying competition. Qualcomm rival MediaTek jumps after Nvidia AI chip deal
• Negative Sentiment: Risks are building around valuation and deal structure: A proposed $35 billion Anthropic computing commitment involving NVIDIA-backed Lambda has renewed concerns about circular financing within the AI ecosystem. Potential U.S. semiconductor tariffs and competition from AMD and custom AI chips could also pressure margins and multiples. Anthropic signs $35 billion cloud deal with Nvidia-backed Lambda

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently commented on the company. BNP Paribas Exane boosted their price objective on NVIDIA from $270.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Morgan Stanley set a $300.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. DZ Bank reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, August 26th. Wolfe Research restated an “outperform” rating and set a $275.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities set a $390.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $324.23.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at about $62,244,133,000. J. Stern & Co. LLP raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 13,709.1% during the fourth quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP now owns 125,760,307 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $23,454,297,000 after acquiring an additional 124,849,603 shares during the last quarter. Jupiter Topco LLC purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter worth about $16,156,076,000. Cardano Risk Management B.V. boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 896.4% during the fourth quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. now owns 78,123,960 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $14,570,119,000 after purchasing an additional 70,283,539 shares during the period. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 16.1% in the third quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 165,377,852 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $30,855,564,000 after purchasing an additional 22,896,705 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About NVIDIA

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.