NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Trading Up 1.6% – Here’s What Happened

Shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) were up 1.6% on Friday . The stock traded as high as $189.60 and last traded at $187.8120. Approximately 140,603,286 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 16% from the average daily volume of 168,095,625 shares. The stock had previously closed at $184.84.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Reports say Chinese regulators have signaled that large companies (including Alibaba) can prepare to order NVIDIA’s H200 GPUs, which would reopen a huge addressable market and explain the stock lift. Nvidia may have picked up a win in China. So why isn’t the stock surging?
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA invested $150 million in Baseten, a startup focused on AI inference — a strategic bet to strengthen its software/inference ecosystem and capture more of the AI stack beyond chips. NVIDIA (NVDA) Invests $150 million in Baseten
• Positive Sentiment: Jefferies raised its price target on NVDA (from $250 to $275) and JPMorgan reaffirmed a Buy — analyst backing supports investor confidence and limits downside from short-term noise. Jefferies Raises PT on NVIDIA JPMorgan Reaffirms Buy
• Neutral Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang plans a China visit and has been publicly framing AI infrastructure as a long-term buildout (jobs/infrastructure narrative) — this can soothe relations but outcome depends on negotiations and approvals. Nvidia’s Huang to visit China as AI chip sales stall
• Negative Sentiment: Counterpoints: analysis flags a potential H200 China roadblock and warns that soaring memory (HBM) costs could squeeze NVIDIA’s margin/production dynamics — these are key risks that could cap upside even if China reopens. Nvidia: H200 China Roadblock And Soaring Memory Costs Threaten The Bull Case
• Negative Sentiment: Macro/structural shift: investors are rotating money into memory/storage names as HBM allocation tightness pushes up memory costs and reshapes supply chains — that rotation can weigh on NVDA multiple if capital flows away. Forget the Chips, Buy Memory: Why AI Money Is Moving to Storage

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have weighed in on NVDA. Argus reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $220.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Evercore ISI reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, January 6th. President Capital lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $240.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 28th. Citigroup reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Bank of America reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $275.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, December 26th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $263.41.

NVIDIA Price Performance

The firm has a market capitalization of $4.56 trillion, a PE ratio of 46.60, a P/E/G ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 2.31. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $183.42 and its 200 day moving average price is $181.32. The company has a current ratio of 4.47, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $57.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $54.66 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 53.01% and a return on equity of 99.24%. The firm’s revenue was up 62.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.81 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 4th were issued a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 4th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 0.99%.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $187.82, for a total value of $37,564,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,818,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $717,199,497.54. The trade was a 4.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $184.92, for a total transaction of $5,111,188.80. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 874,412 shares in the company, valued at $161,696,267.04. The trade was a 3.06% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 1,461,474 shares of company stock valued at $267,243,232. 4.17% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Cura Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 36.7% during the fourth quarter. Cura Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 9,472 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,767,000 after buying an additional 2,545 shares in the last quarter. Oak Ridge Investments LLC raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 7.5% in the fourth quarter. Oak Ridge Investments LLC now owns 1,043,317 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $194,579,000 after acquiring an additional 72,457 shares during the period. Shore Point Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth about $208,000. Keener Financial Planning LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 27.2% during the 4th quarter. Keener Financial Planning LLC now owns 9,147 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,705,000 after acquiring an additional 1,957 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Timber Creek Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at about $8,204,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.