NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) EVP Ajay Puri Sells 200,000 Shares

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) EVP Ajay Puri sold 200,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.04, for a total transaction of $36,008,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,618,547 shares in the company, valued at approximately $651,483,201.88. This trade represents a 5.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NVDA stock traded up $2.97 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $187.81. The company had a trading volume of 142,412,195 shares, compared to its average volume of 168,229,203. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $183.42 and a 200-day moving average price of $181.32. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1 year low of $86.62 and a 1 year high of $212.19. 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 capitalization of $4.56 trillion, a P/E ratio of 46.60, a P/E/G ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 2.31.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $57.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $54.66 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 99.24% and a net margin of 53.01%.The firm’s revenue was up 62.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.81 earnings per share. On average, research analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 4th were issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. 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 dividend payout ratio is 0.99%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

NVDA has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Mizuho set a $275.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, January 9th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, January 15th. New Street Research restated a “buy” rating and issued a $307.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. William Blair restated an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, January 6th. Finally, Loop Capital upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $250.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 3rd. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $263.41.

More NVIDIA News

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Bellevue Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 7.3% in the fourth quarter. Bellevue Asset Management LLC now owns 7,370 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,375,000 after buying an additional 500 shares in the last quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. raised its stake in NVIDIA by 18.7% in the 4th quarter. TFC Financial Management Inc. now owns 24,589 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $4,586,000 after purchasing an additional 3,881 shares during the last quarter. Bingham Private Wealth LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter valued at $4,817,000. Sunpointe LLC grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 3.1% in the 4th quarter. Sunpointe LLC now owns 111,384 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $20,773,000 after buying an additional 3,312 shares during the period. Finally, G2 Capital Management LLC OH boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.8% in the 4th quarter. G2 Capital Management LLC OH now owns 35,157 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $6,557,000 after purchasing an additional 285 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

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.