Insider Selling: NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Director Sells 625 Shares of Stock

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total transaction of $133,750.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 14,163 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,030,882. The trade was a 4.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

John Dabiri also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, March 13th, John Dabiri sold 3,004 shares of NVIDIA stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $184.90, for a total value of $555,439.60.

NVIDIA Stock Down 1.5%

NVIDIA stock traded down $3.11 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $211.14. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 283,374,975 shares, compared to its average volume of 171,687,922. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $198.67 and its 200 day moving average is $189.55. The company has a market cap of $5.11 trillion, a PE ratio of 32.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.51 and a beta of 2.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 3.44 and a quick ratio of 2.85. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52-week low of $132.92 and a 52-week high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $81.62 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.81 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.04 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 4th will be issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. This is an increase from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 4th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is 0.61%.

NVIDIA announced that its board has approved a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that authorizes the company to buyback $80.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually an indication that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Investors are positioning for Computex, where NVIDIA could unveil or hint at new AI-related products and platform updates that may support the next leg of growth. Nvidia Stock Is Stuck. Taiwan Tech Conference Could Be a Catalyst.
• Positive Sentiment: Several articles highlight NVIDIA’s continuing AI dominance, including explosive revenue growth, elite gross margins near 75%, and strong demand for Blackwell-powered data center chips. Nvidia And The Reality Of Paying For Perfection
• Positive Sentiment: Supplier and ecosystem news also reinforces demand, with Foxconn citing strong AI demand and Samsung pushing faster HBM4E memory samples, both of which support NVIDIA’s AI infrastructure buildout. Foxconn has ‘immense confidence’ in growth momentum due to AI, chairman says
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts remain constructive, with coverage comparing NVIDIA favorably versus Marvell and Truist reportedly raising its price target after the latest strong quarter. NVIDIA vs. Marvell Technology: Which AI Chip Stock Has the Edge?
• Neutral Sentiment: Several pieces frame NVIDIA as an expensive but still compelling AI leader: the stock’s valuation is stretched, but the business continues to compound rapidly. Nvidia: No Bull Market Lasts Forever (Rating Downgrade)
• Negative Sentiment: Some commentary warns the AI chip trade may be overheated, with concerns about a possible semiconductor bubble and “paying for perfection” after the stock’s big run. Groq targets $650 million fundraise after Nvidia licensing deal, Axios reports
• Negative Sentiment: NVIDIA also continues to face investor questions about whether its dominance can persist as AI hardware evolves beyond GPUs and competition broadens. Why is Nvidia stock underperforming broader market today?

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Krane Financial Solutions LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the first quarter worth $299,000. Lavelle Capital LP acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the first quarter worth $2,017,000. Challenger Wealth Management lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.1% in the first quarter. Challenger Wealth Management now owns 21,427 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $3,737,000 after buying an additional 231 shares during the last quarter. Alpine Woods Capital Investors LLC lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 252.4% in the first quarter. Alpine Woods Capital Investors LLC now owns 182,262 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $31,786,000 after buying an additional 130,547 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Allen Capital Group LLC lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 3.9% in the first quarter. Allen Capital Group LLC now owns 80,770 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $14,086,000 after buying an additional 3,013 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms recently commented on NVDA. Oppenheimer restated an “outperform” rating and set a $265.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Susquehanna restated a “positive” rating and set a $275.00 price target (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, May 12th. Seaport Research Partners raised their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $140.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $300.00 price target (up from $275.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Citic Securities raised their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $242.00 to $315.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 22nd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $305.38.

NVIDIA Company Profile

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.