NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Shares Up 1.2% – Here’s What Happened

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)’s stock price traded up 1.2% on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as $187.15 and last traded at $184.97. 159,776,042 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 6% from the average session volume of 170,757,844 shares. The stock had previously closed at $182.81.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Expanded, multiyear deal with Meta commits Meta to millions of NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs plus future Vera CPUs and networking — a multi‑year revenue stream and stronger full‑stack moat for NVDA. NVIDIA and Meta Deepen Their AI Alliance—and the Spending Numbers Are Enormous
• Positive Sentiment: India’s Yotta will build a $2B AI hub using NVIDIA’s Blackwell chips — another sizeable, practical deployment that supports sustained data‑center GPU demand outside the U.S./China hyperscalers. India’s Yotta to build $2 billion AI hub with Nvidia’s Blackwell chips
• Positive Sentiment: NVDA’s Q4 13F shows strategic portfolio moves (large stakes in Intel & Synopsys, exits of smaller positions) signaling a deliberate alignment across the CPU/EDA stack — suggests management is positioning the company for broader full‑stack influence. NVIDIA’s 13F Bombshell: A New AI Power Trio Emerges
• Neutral Sentiment: FT/Reuters report says NVIDIA is close to finalizing a ~$30B investment into an OpenAI funding round — could lock up demand but also concentrates capital exposure; market reaction will depend on deal terms and accounting. Nvidia close to finalizing $30 billion investment in OpenAI funding round, FT reports
• Neutral Sentiment: Options markets show investors are pricing in a near‑perfect earnings print, implying elevated implied volatility around the Feb. 25 report — good for directional swings but raises risk of sharp post‑earnings moves. Nvidia options are priced for a perfect earnings outlook
• Negative Sentiment: New funding for chip startup Taalas ($169M) targets faster/cheaper AI chips — an early sign of intensifying ASIC competition that could, over time, pressure pricing or market share in niche workloads. Chip startup Taalas raises $169 million to help build AI chips to take on Nvidia
• Negative Sentiment: Ongoing investor rotations and high expectations: some funds trimmed NVDA exposure (and analysts warn a record beat could still disappoint if guidance/slash‑forward assumptions disappoint), magnifying downside risk if the print misses consensus. Nvidia Q4: Why Even A Record ‘Beat’ Could Sink The Stock

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on NVDA shares. Loop Capital boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $250.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 3rd. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $240.00 price target (up previously from $210.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, October 31st. Wall Street Zen downgraded NVIDIA from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, February 7th. Truist Financial reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $275.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, S&P Equity Research reiterated a “positive” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $264.20.

NVIDIA Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a current ratio of 4.47. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $184.90 and a 200-day moving average price of $183.52. The company has a market capitalization of $4.57 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 46.63, a P/E/G ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 2.31.

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

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In related news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total transaction of $40,087,825.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 7,621,453 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,373,157,187.01. This represents a 2.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on 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 completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,618,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $651,483,201.88. This trade represents a 5.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 1,611,474 shares of company stock worth $291,731,692. 4.17% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Joule Financial LLC increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. Joule Financial LLC now owns 2,308 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $431,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC grew its stake in NVIDIA by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC now owns 4,640 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $866,000 after acquiring an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. Presidio Capital Management LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. Presidio Capital Management LLC now owns 15,137 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $2,823,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. LMG Wealth Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. LMG Wealth Partners LLC now owns 7,649 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,427,000 after acquiring an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 2.6% during the third quarter. Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC now owns 2,118 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $395,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.