Insider Selling: NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Director Sells $13,974,030.06 in Stock

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) Director Mark Stevens sold 63,501 shares of the company’s 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 completion of the sale, the director owned 4,558,770 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,003,202,926.20. This trade represents a 1.37% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link.

NVIDIA Stock Up 0.8%

NVDA opened at $230.36 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $164.07 and a fifty-two week high of $236.54. The business has a 50-day moving average of $210.61 and a 200-day moving average of $202.05. 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 capitalization of $5.55 trillion, a PE ratio of 29.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.79 and a beta of 2.22.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%.The company had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.05 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.1 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock 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 repurchase up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business 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. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 12.64%.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Hugging Face expands NVIDIA’s AI ecosystem: The acquisition gives NVIDIA access to Hugging Face’s open-source platform, which hosts millions of models, applications and datasets used by more than 18 million developers. Investors view the deal as a way to deepen CUDA adoption, strengthen NVIDIA’s software moat and position the company as an AI platform provider rather than solely a chip supplier. Management says Hugging Face will remain open to the broader AI ecosystem. Why NVIDIA’s defensive move to acquire Hugging Face is about much more than chips
• Positive Sentiment: New consumer AI revenue channel: Lenovo and Acer are expected to launch Windows PCs powered by NVIDIA’s RTX Spark chip in October. Local AI processing could expand NVIDIA’s addressable market while reducing reliance on cloud data centers. HP also announced new OmniBook PCs using RTX Spark technology. NVIDIA sets October launch for RTX Spark AI PCs
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support and demand remain strong: Needham and Rosenblatt reaffirmed Buy ratings with price targets of $300 and $390, respectively. Recent earnings showed revenue growth above 100%, a 63.7% net margin and results ahead of consensus, while management’s long-term outlook continues to imply robust AI infrastructure spending. NVIDIA’s equity investments in companies such as OpenAI, CoreWeave and Nebius have also grown substantially, reinforcing its influence across the AI supply chain. NVIDIA has built a $99 billion equity portfolio
• Neutral Sentiment: Competitive and valuation considerations: NVIDIA remains dominant, but AMD, Broadcom and Intel are pursuing AI and server opportunities. Rising memory and optical-networking costs could pressure gross margins even if they confirm that demand exceeds supply.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling adds a cautionary signal: Director Mark Stevens sold roughly 648,500 shares in two transactions, while EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,000 shares. The sales were disclosed under planned transactions and represent small portions of their remaining holdings, limiting their significance but potentially weighing on sentiment.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. Boyd Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 273.4% in the 2nd quarter. Boyd Wealth Management LLC now owns 9,145 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,830,000 after purchasing an additional 6,696 shares during the period. Diversified Enterprises LLC raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 44.2% in the fourth quarter. Diversified Enterprises LLC now owns 127,604 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $23,798,000 after purchasing an additional 39,129 shares during the last quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 6,451.9% in the first quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd now owns 637,236 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $111,134,000 after purchasing an additional 627,510 shares during the last quarter. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. now owns 3,169,377 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $591,086,000 after purchasing an additional 54,877 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Storen Legacy Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at $1,350,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on the stock. Citic Securities raised their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $242.00 to $315.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 22nd. Barclays reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Evercore set a $465.00 price objective on NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, August 27th. HSBC lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $360.00 to $365.00 in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, KGI Securities raised their price objective on NVIDIA from $335.00 to $345.00 in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $324.83.

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.