NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Director Mark Stevens Sells 885,000 Shares of Stock

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) Director Mark Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total transaction of $186,000,450.00. Following the sale, the director owned 5,207,271 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,094,412,146.07. This trade represents a 14.53% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link.

NVIDIA Stock Down 4.1%

Shares of NVIDIA stock traded down $8.65 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $200.00. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 151,385,712 shares, compared to its average volume of 170,669,813. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $145.50 and a one year high of $236.54. The company has a market capitalization of $4.84 trillion, a P/E ratio of 30.63, a P/E/G ratio of 0.47 and a beta of 2.22. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $210.40 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $192.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a current ratio of 3.44.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. The company had revenue of $81.61 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.42 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.81 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.65 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th will be issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. This is an increase from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is presently 15.31%.

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

More NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA expanded its AI ecosystem with the launch of the BioNeMo Agent Toolkit for life sciences, aimed at helping researchers run AI-driven workflows in biology, chemistry, genomics and drug discovery.
• Positive Sentiment: New partnership headlines reinforced demand for NVIDIA’s hardware, including a Fervo Energy/PNNL geothermal digital twin project and multiple collaborations built on NVIDIA AI infrastructure.
• Positive Sentiment: Several reports highlighted continued strength in NVIDIA’s core AI business, pointing to benchmark wins for the GB300 platform, strong memory demand, and ongoing adoption of its Blackwell/Vera Rubin systems.
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst and commentary pieces continued to debate NVIDIA’s valuation, with some saying the stock still looks attractive relative to its growth while others argue the market is rotating toward memory chips, infrastructure, and other AI beneficiaries.
• Negative Sentiment: The main near-term drag is a sector-wide semiconductor selloff, with NVIDIA falling alongside peers like AMD and Intel as investors reduced exposure to high-multiple chip names.
• Negative Sentiment: Reuters reported that music company Jamendo has sued NVIDIA over alleged AI training misuse, adding a legal overhang that could create headline risk for the stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Susquehanna reaffirmed a “positive” rating and set a $275.00 target price (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Friday, April 10th. BTIG Research started coverage on NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, April 15th. They set a “buy” rating on the stock. Bank of America reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $350.00 target price (up from $320.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Oppenheimer reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $265.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $305.67.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Spectrum Financial Alliance Ltd LLC lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 3.8% in the first quarter. Spectrum Financial Alliance Ltd LLC now owns 1,395 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $243,000 after purchasing an additional 51 shares during the last quarter. Presidio Capital Management LLC increased its position in NVIDIA by 0.4% in the fourth quarter. Presidio Capital Management LLC now owns 15,137 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $2,823,000 after buying an additional 53 shares during the last quarter. LMG Wealth Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. LMG Wealth Partners LLC now owns 7,649 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,427,000 after buying an additional 53 shares during the period. Vision Financial Markets LLC raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% in the third quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC now owns 4,640 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $866,000 after buying an additional 53 shares during the period. Finally, IMG Wealth Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.4% during the 3rd quarter. IMG Wealth Management Inc. now owns 3,820 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $713,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

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.