NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Director Mark Stevens Sells 63,501 Shares

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

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $224.41 on Thursday. 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 1.71 and a beta of 2.22. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $209.20 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $201.53. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $164.07 and a fifty-two week high of $236.54.

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

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

NVIDIA declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to buy up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on NVDA shares. UBS Group set a $300.00 price objective on NVIDIA and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Craig Hallum increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $245.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Itau BBA Securities cut their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $256.00 to $218.00 in a research note on Wednesday, June 24th. Barclays reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn increased their target price on NVIDIA from $300.00 to $325.00 in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have issued a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $324.23.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strong server demand supported by Dell: Dell Technologies’ stronger-than-expected results and raised guidance reinforced NVIDIA’s view that enterprise and hyperscaler spending on AI servers remains strong. NVIDIA’s stock is climbing as investors get more confidence in an expanding base of AI customers
• Positive Sentiment: Potential Hugging Face acquisition: Reports that NVIDIA is in advanced discussions to acquire AI platform Hugging Face for roughly $13 billion to $14 billion lifted expectations that the company could strengthen CUDA adoption, developer retention and recurring software revenue. The deal remains unconfirmed and could face integration and neutrality concerns. Why Nvidia’s $14 Billion Hugging Face Deal Would Make Total Sense
• Positive Sentiment: Expansion beyond GPUs: NVIDIA’s investments and partnerships with MediaTek, Equinix and optical-networking startup iPronics could extend its reach into custom AI chips, inference, automotive computing and data-center connectivity. An reported $35 billion Anthropic cloud commitment also highlighted continued demand for NVIDIA-powered compute. NVIDIA’s MediaTek Bet Shows How It Plans to Defend Its AI Moat
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst confidence remains high: J.P. Morgan reaffirmed a Buy rating and a $320 price target, citing strong AI-driven growth and expected demand for NVIDIA’s next-generation platforms. NVIDIA Buy Rating Reaffirmed

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Norges Bank bought a new position in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter valued at $62,244,133,000. J. Stern & Co. LLP increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 13,709.1% in the fourth quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP now owns 125,760,307 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $23,454,297,000 after buying an additional 124,849,603 shares in the last quarter. Jupiter Topco LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at about $16,156,076,000. Cardano Risk Management B.V. raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 896.4% in the fourth quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. now owns 78,123,960 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $14,570,119,000 after buying an additional 70,283,539 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors lifted its position in NVIDIA by 16.1% during the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 165,377,852 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $30,855,564,000 after buying an additional 22,896,705 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.