NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Shares Down 2.1% on Insider Selling

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)’s stock price fell 2.1% during mid-day trading on Tuesday following insider selling activity. The stock traded as low as $177.30 and last traded at $178.12. 60,465,728 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 75% from the average session volume of 240,235,344 shares. The stock had previously closed at $182.01.

Specifically, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $179.76, for a total transaction of $13,482,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 72,848,225 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $13,095,196,926. This trade represents a 0.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $181.38, for a total transaction of $13,603,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 72,998,225 shares in the company, valued at $13,240,418,050.50. The trade was a 0.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In related news, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.74, for a total transaction of $13,705,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 73,148,225 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $13,367,106,636.50. This trade represents a 0.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently weighed in on NVDA. Seaport Res Ptn raised shares of NVIDIA to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 30th. Arete Research raised shares of NVIDIA to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 21st. UBS Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Friday, May 23rd. The Goldman Sachs Group began coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, July 10th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $185.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Mizuho lifted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $192.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 14th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have given a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $189.28.

NVIDIA Stock Down 3.5%

The company has a market capitalization of $4.29 trillion, a PE ratio of 56.66, a PEG ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 2.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10, a quick ratio of 2.96 and a current ratio of 3.39. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $165.38 and its 200 day moving average is $136.23.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 28th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.87 by ($0.06). The business had revenue of $44.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $43.09 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 51.69% and a return on equity of 105.09%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 69.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.61 earnings per share. NVIDIA has set its Q2 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 11th were issued a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 11th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is presently 1.29%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 4.6% during the 2nd quarter. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 270,890 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $42,798,000 after buying an additional 11,794 shares in the last quarter. MRP Capital Investments LLC raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 9.2% during the 2nd quarter. MRP Capital Investments LLC now owns 13,765 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $2,175,000 after buying an additional 1,165 shares in the last quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 5.2% during the 2nd quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 1,269,375 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $200,549,000 after buying an additional 62,827 shares in the last quarter. Anchor Investment Management LLC raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 5.1% during the 2nd quarter. Anchor Investment Management LLC now owns 83,907 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $13,257,000 after buying an additional 4,108 shares in the last quarter. Finally, State of Wyoming raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% during the 2nd quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 76,299 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $12,054,000 after buying an additional 726 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Company Profile

NVIDIA Corporation provides graphics and compute and networking solutions in the United States, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and internationally. The Graphics segment offers GeForce GPUs for gaming and PCs, the GeForce NOW game streaming service and related infrastructure, and solutions for gaming platforms; Quadro/NVIDIA RTX GPUs for enterprise workstation graphics; virtual GPU or vGPU software for cloud-based visual and virtual computing; automotive platforms for infotainment systems; and Omniverse software for building and operating metaverse and 3D internet applications.