Insider Selling: NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) CFO Sells 34,918 Shares

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total transaction of $7,648,787.90. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $167,595,812.15. The trade was a 4.36% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

NVIDIA Stock Up 1.3%

NVDA traded up $2.93 during trading on Friday, hitting $222.27. The stock had a trading volume of 189,550,754 shares, compared to its average volume of 156,526,500. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $214.43 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $204.16. The company has a market capitalization of $5.36 trillion, a PE ratio of 28.10, a PEG ratio of 1.68 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a current ratio of 4.59. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $164.27 and a twelve month high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.05 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.12 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on NVDA. Rothschild & Co Redburn boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $300.00 to $325.00 in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. UBS Group set a $300.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating and set a $335.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. China Renaissance upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $319.00 to $330.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, August 31st. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, August 26th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $324.34.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of NVDA. Montgomery Financial Services LLC acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the 1st quarter worth about $27,000. Phillip James Consulting Co. acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the first quarter valued at approximately $40,000. Finally, Syntax Research Inc. raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 62.5% in the fourth quarter. Syntax Research Inc. now owns 260 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $49,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang said NVIDIA expects to sell roughly twice as many chips next year, reinforcing expectations that hyperscaler spending on AI data centers remains strong. The forecast includes demand for GPUs, CPUs, networking equipment and complete server racks. Nvidia Chip Sales Could Double Next Year, CEO Jensen Huang Says
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and market commentators increasingly view NVIDIA as attractively valued relative to its growth. Its scale, diversified AI exposure, high profitability and lower forward valuation multiple give it an advantage over peers such as Credo, while some estimates suggest revenue growth could remain near 70% in fiscal 2028. Credo vs. NVIDIA After Earnings
• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure demand is expanding beyond processors into high-bandwidth memory and optical networking. NVIDIA has identified memory and silicon photonics as potential bottlenecks and has committed capital and purchase agreements involving suppliers such as Coherent and Lumentum, signaling sustained demand throughout its supply chain.
• Positive Sentiment: New ecosystem activity supports NVIDIA’s long-term growth narrative. Cloud partner CoreWeave is deploying next-generation Vera Rubin clusters, while NVIDIA-backed Nscale filed for a U.S. IPO. NVIDIA technology is also being used in autonomous trading systems, quantum-computing research and planned enterprise augmented-reality products.
• Neutral Sentiment: Speculative initiatives, including potential orbital data centers with SpaceX and NVIDIA’s quantum-computing software, could create future demand but are unlikely to materially affect near-term revenue.
• Negative Sentiment: Investors remain alert to competition from Huawei’s planned 2027 Ascend chips, possible AI-spending deceleration, rising memory costs that could pressure gross margins, and the effects of higher interest rates. The stock’s elevated valuation and dependence on continued hyperscaler capital expenditure also leave it sensitive to disappointing guidance.

NVIDIA Company Profile

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.