Mark Stevens Sells 221,682 Shares of NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Stock

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) Director Mark Stevens sold 221,682 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.68, for a total transaction of $38,501,729.76. Following the sale, the director owned 7,399,771 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,285,192,227.28. This represents a 2.91% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.

NVIDIA Stock Down 0.3%

NVDA opened at $175.20 on Wednesday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $184.20 and a two-hundred day moving average of $184.38. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.26 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.76, a PEG ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 2.33. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $86.62 and a fifty-two week high of $212.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a current ratio of 3.91.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 97.37%. The business had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $65.56 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.89 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be given a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 0.82%.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street support: Multiple firms reaffirmed or raised price targets and ratings (Raymond James, Cantor Fitzgerald, Rosenblatt, Tigress), arguing NVDA’s AI momentum and recent $68.13B quarter justify higher valuations. Raymond James Raises PT
• Positive Sentiment: Commercial traction and deployments: Customers are deploying NVIDIA LLMs and systems (Nemotron in healthcare, NCX/infra partnerships, energy “AI factories”), showing real revenue pathways beyond chips. Nemotron Deployment
• Positive Sentiment: Product ecosystem momentum from GTC: New software/hardware (OpenClaw, NCX, Blackwell/Rubin roadmap) reinforce NVDA’s platform lead and long-term TAM thesis. OpenClaw Explainer
• Positive Sentiment: Supply‑chain validation: Large ASML/SK Hynix orders for advanced lithography and HBM capacity support the memory and packaging roadmap critical to NVIDIA GPUs, reducing some long‑term supply uncertainty. ASML / SK Hynix Order
• Neutral Sentiment: Valuation debate: Several commentators say NVDA looks relatively cheap vs. its growth (forward P/E ~21–35x comparisons), which supports buy‑the‑dip narratives but keeps upside tied to execution. Experts on Valuation
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/PR risk from CEO comments: Jensen Huang’s public AGI remarks generated excitement but also prompted U.S. senators to ask whether his earlier comments misled regulators on chip exports to China—raising potential licensing and political scrutiny. Reuters: Lawmakers Probe CEO Remarks
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling and governance headlines: Recent filings show insiders sold shares (reports of ~$14.3M over 48 hours and a director sale), which can amplify short‑term negative sentiment. Insider Selling
• Negative Sentiment: Competition and technical risk: Huawei claims and other rivals tout faster chips (Atlas 350), and some charts show technical downside risk to key support levels—both raise near‑term pressure on shares. Huawei Atlas Claims

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on NVDA shares. Wolfe Research upped their target price on NVIDIA from $250.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, January 30th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $250.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, March 17th. Barclays reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, HSBC set a $310.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $275.95.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 12.4% during the fourth 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 holdings 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 in the last quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE increased its stake in shares of 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 worth $7,842,000 after acquiring an additional 3,653 shares during the last quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 30.7% during the 4th quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $6,805,000 after acquiring an additional 11,900 shares during the period. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 15.7% during the 1st quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 6,598 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $715,000 after acquiring an additional 896 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

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.