Mark Stevens Sells 400,000 Shares of NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Stock

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

NVIDIA Trading Down 0.9%

Shares of NVDA opened at $223.67 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a current ratio of 4.59. The company has a market cap of $5.39 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.28, a PEG ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 2.22. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $212.35 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $203.02. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52-week low of $164.27 and a 52-week high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.13. The company 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 firm’s quarterly revenue was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.05 earnings per share. Analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.1 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is 12.64%.

NVIDIA announced that its board has approved a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, May 20th that authorizes the company to buyback $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of NVDA. Bouchey Financial Group Ltd. raised its stake in NVIDIA by 10.9% during the 2nd quarter. Bouchey Financial Group Ltd. now owns 31,545 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $6,312,000 after buying an additional 3,091 shares during the period. Miramontes Capital LLC increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 3.1% in the second quarter. Miramontes Capital LLC now owns 49,312 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $9,867,000 after acquiring an additional 1,461 shares in the last quarter. Core Capital Management & Research inc. bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter worth about $662,000. Palogic Value Management L.P. raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 451.1% during the second quarter. Palogic Value Management L.P. now owns 7,330 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,466,000 after purchasing an additional 6,000 shares during the period. Finally, Capstone Financial Advisors Inc. raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 0.6% during the second quarter. Capstone Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 102,613 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $20,532,000 after purchasing an additional 642 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA is expanding its AI-infrastructure footprint through a reported $3.1 billion Indonesia deal, potentially strengthening regional data-center capacity and demand for its GPUs and networking products. Nvidia Expands AI Infrastructure Push With Indonesia Deal
• Positive Sentiment: OpenAI’s plan to spend roughly $750 billion on computing infrastructure through 2030 reinforces the scale of the addressable market for NVIDIA accelerators, although OpenAI says it remains short of capacity. OpenAI Compute Spending Plans
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s latest quarterly results remain a strong fundamental backdrop: revenue reached $96.2 billion, up 105.9% year over year, while earnings exceeded expectations. Analysts continue to cite Blackwell, Vera Rubin, networking and supply-constrained demand as growth drivers. Nvidia Customers Wanted More Than It Could Build
• Positive Sentiment: Michael Burry exited his December 2026-dated NVIDIA put positions while retaining longer-dated puts. Closing near-term bearish bets may modestly ease concerns, though his remaining positions still signal skepticism. Michael Burry Sells December 2026 NVIDIA Puts
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA’s investment in Verily Health and expanded ecosystem relationships, including open-source AI and healthcare initiatives, could broaden future applications but are unlikely to materially affect near-term earnings. Verily Health Investment
• Negative Sentiment: Director Mark Stevens sold 1,022,239 shares for approximately $235.6 million across two transactions, reducing a sizable personal holding. The sales may weigh on sentiment despite not necessarily indicating weaker company fundamentals. NVIDIA Director Insider Selling
• Negative Sentiment: Short seller Jim Chanos questioned the economics of renting NVIDIA GPUs, raising concerns about utilization, customer returns and whether high rental rates can persist as newer chips are introduced. Jim Chanos Challenges NVIDIA GPU Rental Economics
• Negative Sentiment: Qualcomm’s AI infrastructure agreement with Amazon highlights the growing threat from custom and competing accelerators, while investors continue to debate NVIDIA’s multitrillion-dollar valuation and margin outlook. Nvidia and Qualcomm AI Chip Competition

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have issued reports on NVDA shares. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $350.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, August 24th. Morgan Stanley set a $300.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. DZ Bank reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, August 26th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, July 8th. Finally, Bank of America reissued a “buy” rating and set a $350.00 price objective (up from $320.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $324.34.

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.