Insider Selling: NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Director Sells $91,512,000.00 in Stock

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) Director Mark Stevens sold 400,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $228.78, for a total value of $91,512,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 2,958,770 shares in the company, valued at $676,907,400.60. This represents a 11.91% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website.

NVIDIA Stock Down 2.4%

NVDA stock opened at $218.36 on Friday. 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 stock has a market capitalization of $5.26 trillion, a P/E ratio of 27.61, a P/E/G ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 2.22. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $164.27 and a fifty-two week high of $236.54. The business has a 50-day moving average of $212.82 and a 200-day moving average of $203.23.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%.The business had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $92.27 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.05 EPS. NVIDIA’s revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.1 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be issued a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 12.64%.

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback 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 reacquire up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s AI growth outlook remains exceptionally strong. CEO Jensen Huang said revenue could grow roughly 70% next year, while the company’s next-generation Rubin platform is already shipping. Recent quarterly revenue reached $96.2 billion, up about 106% year over year, exceeding estimates and reinforcing expectations for continued data-center demand. Nvidia Has $96 Billion in Quarterly Revenue
• Positive Sentiment: Microsoft reportedly plans to more than triple its data-center capacity, a potentially significant demand catalyst for NVIDIA’s GPUs, networking products and full-stack systems. Strong August revenue growth at manufacturing partner TSMC also signals that AI-chip orders remain robust. Microsoft Data Center Expansion
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA is expanding its ecosystem through a planned Australian AI-infrastructure buildout of up to 2 gigawatts by 2027, partnerships with Palantir for sovereign supply-chain AI, and adoption of its chip-linking technology by d-Matrix. These initiatives broaden demand beyond traditional hyperscalers. Australian AI Infrastructure Expansion
• Neutral Sentiment: Competition and valuation remain investor concerns. Positron AI raised $875 million to develop memory-based inference technology that could challenge NVIDIA’s software and hardware advantage, while AMD and Broadcom are being promoted as alternative AI investments. High Treasury yields also make NVIDIA’s elevated valuation more difficult to justify.
• Negative Sentiment: The Justice Department is reportedly investigating whether NVIDIA’s licensing arrangement with AI-chip startup Groq was structured to avoid antitrust scrutiny. Any regulatory action could limit strategic flexibility or increase legal uncertainty. DOJ Groq Licensing Investigation
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling is weighing on sentiment: director Mark Stevens reportedly sold hundreds of thousands of shares, and broader recent filings show substantial insider sales with no reported purchases. The transactions do not prove weakening fundamentals, but they can encourage profit-taking after the stock’s strong rally.
• Negative Sentiment: Higher oil prices, rising bond yields and a hotter inflation reading have pressured technology stocks broadly. These macro forces, combined with concerns about AI-capital-spending sustainability and fresh regulatory scrutiny, help explain why NVIDIA has decreased despite strong company-specific news.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms recently weighed in on NVDA. Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $400.00 target price (up from $315.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Piper Sandler began coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday. They set an “overweight” rating and a $300.00 price target on the stock. Barclays restated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. TD Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, August 18th. Finally, Argus lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $220.00 to $270.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-one have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $324.34.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 12.4% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $43,631,000 after buying an additional 35,815 shares during the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG grew its stake in NVIDIA by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,346,417 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $315,100,000 after buying an additional 22,929 shares during the last quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE grew its stake in NVIDIA by 6.7% in the 4th quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 58,396 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $7,842,000 after buying an additional 3,653 shares during the last quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 30.7% in the 4th quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $6,805,000 after acquiring an additional 11,900 shares during the period. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 15.7% in the 1st quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 6,598 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $715,000 after acquiring an additional 896 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

About NVIDIA

NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processors and related software. Its products are used for artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, computer graphics, data-center applications and other workloads that benefit from parallel processing.

The company’s offerings include GeForce graphics processing units (GPUs) and software for gaming and personal computers; data-center GPUs, systems and networking products; and professional visualization solutions for design, engineering, media and scientific applications.