Investors Buy Large Volume of NVIDIA Call Options (NASDAQ:NVDA)

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) was the target of unusually large options trading activity on Friday. Stock traders bought 3,871,078 call options on the stock. This represents an increase of 52% compared to the typical daily volume of 2,539,996 call options.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Chip-sector rally led by Intel earnings and record momentum in SOXX lifted NVDA as investors priced stronger, durable demand for AI compute. Nvidia stock closes at record, pushing market cap past $5 trillion
• Positive Sentiment: Heavy call-option buying shows bullish positioning: ~3.87M NVDA calls traded today (~52% above typical call volume), adding momentum from traders expecting further gains.
• Positive Sentiment: Corporate and ecosystem wins — partnerships and tech wins (Oklo/LANL nuclear-powered AI factories, Cadence/TSMC/NVIDIA design alliances, Nemotron hackathon activity) reinforce NVDA’s infrastructure leadership and long-term demand for Blackwell-generation GPUs. NVIDIA (NVDA) Partners With Oklo, LANL to Develop Nuclear-Powered AI Factories
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst and institutional backdrop remains supportive: numerous buy ratings and high price targets keep upside expectations intact, though some targets already assume aggressive growth. Here’s Why Nvidia (NVDA) is a Strong Growth Stock
• Negative Sentiment: China exposure risk: reports that DeepSeek favored Huawei over U.S. chips highlight potential market-share and export-headwind risks in China, a key growth market. Nvidia Chips Are Losing Out in One Key Market. DeepSeek Lays Bare a Missed Opportunity.
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive threats and in-house builds (Google’s AI chips, automakers like NIO developing in-house silicon) could pressure long-term pricing and share in select segments. Stock Market Today, April 24: Nvidia Surges on Soaring AI Chip Demand
• Negative Sentiment: Notable insider selling and discussion about potential stockpiling by customers are watch-items for investors — they can signal lock-up monetization or temporary demand distortions. NVIDIA Stock (NVDA) Opinions on AI Partnerships and Infrastructure Deals

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.68, for a total value of $38,501,729.76. Following the sale, the director directly owned 7,399,771 shares in the company, valued at $1,285,192,227.28. The trade was a 2.91% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $174.89, for a total transaction of $3,497,800.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 83,060 shares in the company, valued at $14,526,363.40. This represents a 19.41% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 953,976 shares of company stock worth $171,173,819. 4.17% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the 1st quarter worth approximately $27,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC increased its position in NVIDIA by 47.9% during the 2nd quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $40,000. Finally, Inspire Investing LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth approximately $44,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts recently commented on NVDA shares. Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, January 6th. Wolfe Research upped their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $250.00 to $275.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, January 30th. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $250.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. Sanford C. Bernstein restated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, April 17th. Finally, Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $275.25.

NVIDIA Trading Up 4.3%

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $208.28 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $5.06 trillion, a P/E ratio of 42.51, a PEG ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 2.34. NVIDIA has a 1-year low of $104.08 and a 1-year high of $212.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 3.91 and a quick ratio of 3.24. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $184.84 and its 200-day simple moving average is $185.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 97.37%. The company’s revenue was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.89 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that NVIDIA will post 7.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th 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 was Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is presently 0.82%.

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.