NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Trading Down 3.8% After Insider Selling

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) was down 3.8% on Wednesday following insider selling activity. The stock traded as low as $170.31 and last traded at $170.94. Approximately 219,950,829 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 2% from the average daily volume of 223,422,188 shares. The stock had previously closed at $177.72.

Specifically, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total value of $44,332,500.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 6,933,280 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,229,478,542.40. The trade was a 3.48% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 20,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $178.11, for a total transaction of $3,562,200.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 113,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $20,137,116.60. This trade represents a 15.03% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In other news, CFO Colette Kress sold 30,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $178.11, for a total transaction of $5,432,355.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 1,286,826 shares in the company, valued at $229,196,578.86. The trade was a 2.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link.

Analyst Ratings Changes

NVDA has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Robert W. Baird set a $275.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Citigroup increased their target price on NVIDIA from $220.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Truist Financial raised their price target on NVIDIA from $255.00 to $275.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday. Wedbush upped their price objective on NVIDIA from $210.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, S&P Equity Research reiterated a “positive” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-five have assigned a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $262.14.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: U.S. review could pave way for H200 shipments to China — reports say the administration launched a review that might allow exports of Nvidia’s H200 AI chips to China, which would materially expand addressable demand and revenue prospects. US launches review of advanced Nvidia AI chip sales to China
• Positive Sentiment: Regulatory overhang removed on Intel tie-up — U.S. antitrust agencies cleared Nvidia’s investment in Intel, reducing a near-term regulatory risk and supporting strategic partnerships that could help scale production and go-to-market efforts. Nvidia-Intel deal cleared by US antitrust agencies
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts getting more bullish — several firms (Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated buy at $275, Truist raised its PT to $275, Zacks boosted EPS estimates) are lifting targets or confirming buys, helping technical momentum and positioning for upside. MarketScreener Latest Ratings
• Neutral Sentiment: Management clarifies OpenAI investment status — Jensen Huang said Nvidia has not yet funded its announced plan around OpenAI, which removes some rumor-driven uncertainty but leaves the timing and size of any investment unclear. Nvidia has not given OpenAI ‘a penny yet,’ CEO Huang tells Fox Business
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling disclosed — long-time director Harvey Jones sold 250,000 shares (~$44M), a headline that can spook some investors even though large insiders often diversify. Nvidia director sells $44 million in stock

NVIDIA Trading Up 3.9%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a current ratio of 4.47 and a quick ratio of 3.71. The company has a market cap of $4.40 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.91, a PEG ratio of 0.85 and a beta of 2.29. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $185.58 and its 200-day simple moving average is $174.93.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.07. NVIDIA had a net margin of 53.01% and a return on equity of 99.24%. The business had revenue of $57.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $54.66 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.81 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 62.5% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 4th will be given a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 4th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 0.99%.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. AIA Group Ltd boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 55.1% during the third quarter. AIA Group Ltd now owns 665,253 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $124,123,000 after acquiring an additional 236,263 shares during the last quarter. Alternative Investment Advisors LLC. raised its stake in NVIDIA by 1.7% in the 3rd quarter. Alternative Investment Advisors LLC. now owns 21,169 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $3,950,000 after purchasing an additional 355 shares during the last quarter. Financial Symmetry Inc lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 66.4% in the 3rd quarter. Financial Symmetry Inc now owns 6,824 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,273,000 after purchasing an additional 2,723 shares in the last quarter. Keel Point LLC lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 17.1% in the 3rd quarter. Keel Point LLC now owns 185,051 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $34,527,000 after purchasing an additional 27,032 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Lindenwold Advisors INC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 33.0% during the 3rd quarter. Lindenwold Advisors INC now owns 47,775 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $8,914,000 after purchasing an additional 11,857 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.