Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Sells NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) Shares

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) recently sold shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA). In a filing disclosed on November 03rd, the Senator disclosed that they had sold between $15,001 and $50,000 in NVIDIA stock on October 20th.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse also recently made the following trade(s):

• Sold $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Progressive (NYSE:PGR) on 10/27/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) on 9/4/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) on 9/4/2025.
• Sold $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) on 9/4/2025.
• Sold $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) on 9/4/2025.
• Sold $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) on 9/4/2025.
• Sold $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) on 9/4/2025.
• Sold $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) on 9/4/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Kenvue (NYSE:KVUE) on 8/28/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Danaher (NYSE:DHR) on 8/28/2025.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $195.21 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $4.74 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 55.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 2.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a quick ratio of 3.60 and a current ratio of 4.21. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $182.99 and a 200-day moving average price of $161.72. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $86.62 and a one year high of $212.19.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.05 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.01 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $46.74 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $45.65 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 101.74% and a net margin of 52.41%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 55.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.68 EPS. NVIDIA has set its Q3 2026 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 2nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 11th were issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 11th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 1.14%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 25,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $207.91, for a total value of $5,197,750.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 69,733,203 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $14,498,230,235.73. This represents a 0.04% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $208.33, for a total transaction of $5,758,241.20. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 2,828,122 shares in the company, valued at approximately $589,182,656.26. This represents a 0.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 3,551,577 shares of company stock worth $637,612,687 over the last three months. Insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC grew its holdings 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 worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $40,000. Finally, Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $50,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on NVDA shares. Barclays reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $240.00 price target (up from $200.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, September 22nd. Needham & Company LLC upped their target price on NVIDIA from $200.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 29th. Benchmark upped their target price on NVIDIA from $190.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 28th. New Street Research reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $307.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, DA Davidson set a $250.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 29th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-one have issued a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $233.75.

About Senator Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Rhode Island. He assumed office on January 3, 2007. His current term ends on January 3, 2031.

Whitehouse (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Rhode Island. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

About NVIDIA

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.