NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) CFO Colette Kress Sells 34,918 Shares of Stock

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total transaction of $7,648,787.90. Following the transaction, 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 ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

NVIDIA Trading Up 1.3%

NVDA stock traded up $2.93 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $222.27. 189,550,754 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 156,526,500. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $164.27 and a one year high of $236.54. The stock 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. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $214.43 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $204.16.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The firm had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $92.27 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.05 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.12 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be paid a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.4%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 12.64%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have recently commented on NVDA. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on NVIDIA from $300.00 to $330.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Itau BBA Securities dropped their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $256.00 to $218.00 in a research note on Wednesday, June 24th. Wolfe Research reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $275.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Citic Securities lifted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $242.00 to $315.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 22nd. Finally, CICC Research boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $240.60 to $268.30 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, May 22nd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have issued a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $324.34.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Montgomery Financial Services LLC purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth $28,000. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the first quarter valued at about $27,000. Phillip James Consulting Co. bought a new position in NVIDIA in the first quarter worth about $40,000. Finally, Syntax Research Inc. raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 62.5% in the fourth quarter. Syntax Research Inc. now owns 260 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $49,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Key NVIDIA News

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.