NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Director Sells 63,501 Shares of Stock

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) Director Mark Stevens sold 63,501 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $220.06, for a total transaction of $13,974,030.06. Following the sale, the director directly owned 4,558,770 shares in the company, valued at $1,003,202,926.20. This trade represents a 1.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of 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. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $164.07 and a twelve month high of $236.54. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $208.68 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $201.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 4.59 and a quick ratio of 3.85. 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 (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (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 analysts’ expectations of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The company’s revenue was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.05 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.1 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

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

More NVIDIA News

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Brighton Jones LLC grew its position in NVIDIA by 12.4% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $43,631,000 after acquiring an additional 35,815 shares during the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG lifted its position in NVIDIA by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,346,417 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $315,100,000 after purchasing an additional 22,929 shares during the last quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 6.7% during the fourth quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 58,396 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $7,842,000 after purchasing an additional 3,653 shares during the period. Hudson Value Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 30.7% during the fourth quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $6,805,000 after purchasing an additional 11,900 shares during the period. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 15.7% in the first quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 6,598 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $715,000 after purchasing an additional 896 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have recently commented on NVDA shares. Morgan Stanley set a $300.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Susquehanna reaffirmed a “positive” rating and set a $275.00 price target (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. Truist Financial raised their price objective on NVIDIA from $307.00 to $346.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. CICC Research boosted their price objective on NVIDIA from $240.60 to $268.30 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, May 22nd. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $500.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $324.23.

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.