Mark Stevens Sells 221,682 Shares of NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Stock

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) Director Mark Stevens sold 221,682 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.68, for a total value of $38,501,729.76. Following the sale, the director owned 7,399,771 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,285,192,227.28. This represents a 2.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink.

NVIDIA Stock Down 0.3%

NVDA stock opened at $175.20 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.26 trillion, a P/E ratio of 35.76, a P/E/G ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 2.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 3.91 and a quick ratio of 3.24. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $86.62 and a 1-year high of $212.19. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $184.20 and a 200-day moving average price of $184.38.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $68.13 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.NVIDIA’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.89 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is presently 0.82%.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street support: Multiple firms reaffirmed or raised price targets and ratings (Raymond James, Cantor Fitzgerald, Rosenblatt, Tigress), arguing NVDA’s AI momentum and recent $68.13B quarter justify higher valuations. Raymond James Raises PT
• Positive Sentiment: Commercial traction and deployments: Customers are deploying NVIDIA LLMs and systems (Nemotron in healthcare, NCX/infra partnerships, energy “AI factories”), showing real revenue pathways beyond chips. Nemotron Deployment
• Positive Sentiment: Product ecosystem momentum from GTC: New software/hardware (OpenClaw, NCX, Blackwell/Rubin roadmap) reinforce NVDA’s platform lead and long-term TAM thesis. OpenClaw Explainer
• Positive Sentiment: Supply‑chain validation: Large ASML/SK Hynix orders for advanced lithography and HBM capacity support the memory and packaging roadmap critical to NVIDIA GPUs, reducing some long‑term supply uncertainty. ASML / SK Hynix Order
• Neutral Sentiment: Valuation debate: Several commentators say NVDA looks relatively cheap vs. its growth (forward P/E ~21–35x comparisons), which supports buy‑the‑dip narratives but keeps upside tied to execution. Experts on Valuation
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/PR risk from CEO comments: Jensen Huang’s public AGI remarks generated excitement but also prompted U.S. senators to ask whether his earlier comments misled regulators on chip exports to China—raising potential licensing and political scrutiny. Reuters: Lawmakers Probe CEO Remarks
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling and governance headlines: Recent filings show insiders sold shares (reports of ~$14.3M over 48 hours and a director sale), which can amplify short‑term negative sentiment. Insider Selling
• Negative Sentiment: Competition and technical risk: Huawei claims and other rivals tout faster chips (Atlas 350), and some charts show technical downside risk to key support levels—both raise near‑term pressure on shares. Huawei Atlas Claims

Analyst Ratings Changes

NVDA has been the subject of a number of research reports. Tigress Financial reiterated a “strong-buy” rating and set a $360.00 target price (up from $350.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. Morgan Stanley set a $260.00 price objective on NVIDIA in a report on Monday, March 2nd. TD Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $235.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, March 17th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $240.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, March 18th. Finally, UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, March 17th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $275.95.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Center for Financial Planning Inc. raised its position in NVIDIA by 4.6% during the second quarter. Center for Financial Planning Inc. now owns 8,429 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,332,000 after acquiring an additional 367 shares in the last quarter. PMG Family Office LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $2,150,000. Atria Investments Inc grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 3.2% during the 2nd quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 942,208 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $148,859,000 after purchasing an additional 29,479 shares during the period. Svenska Handelsbanken AB publ acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $37,316,000. Finally, Oak Ridge Investments LLC increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. Oak Ridge Investments LLC now owns 970,860 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $181,143,000 after purchasing an additional 20,559 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

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.