Rep. Cleo Fields Purchases Shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)

Key Points

• Representative Cleo Fields (D-Louisiana) purchased shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) between $15,001 and $50,000 on July 16th, according to a recent filing.
• NVIDIA's stock price was noted to be $180.77, with a market cap of $4.41 trillion and an earnings miss of $0.06 per share during its latest earnings report.
• Multiple brokerages have upgraded NVIDIA's stock ratings, with analysts issuing a consensus price target of $183.75 and a majority of analysts rating it as a buy or strong buy.

Representative Cleo Fields (D-Louisiana) recently bought shares of NVIDIA Corporation NASDAQ: NVDA. In a filing disclosed on August 06th, the Representative disclosed that they had bought between $15,001 and $50,000 in NVIDIA stock on July 16th. The trade occurred in the Representative's "MORGAN STANLEY - E*TRADE #2" account.

Representative Cleo Fields also recently made the following trade(s):

• Purchased $15,001 - $50,000 in shares of Advanced Micro Devices NASDAQ: AMD on 7/30/2025.
• Purchased $100,001 - $250,000 in shares of Alphabet NASDAQ: GOOG on 7/30/2025.
• Purchased $100,001 - $250,000 in shares of Apple NASDAQ: AAPL on 7/29/2025.
• Purchased $15,001 - $50,000 in shares of Broadcom NASDAQ: AVGO on 7/29/2025.
• Purchased $15,001 - $50,000 in shares of McDonald's NYSE: MCD on 7/29/2025.
• Purchased $50,001 - $100,000 in shares of Meta Platforms NASDAQ: META on 7/29/2025.
• Purchased $250,001 - $500,000 in shares of NVIDIA NASDAQ: NVDA on 7/29/2025.
• Purchased $50,001 - $100,000 in shares of Alphabet NASDAQ: GOOG on 7/29/2025.
• Purchased $100,001 - $250,000 in shares of Microsoft NASDAQ: MSFT on 7/29/2025.
• Purchased $50,001 - $100,000 in shares of Microsoft NASDAQ: MSFT on 7/29/2025.

NVIDIA Stock Up 0.8%

Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $180.77 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $4.41 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 58.31, a PEG ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 2.14. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $158.85 and its 200-day simple moving average is $133.52. The company has a quick ratio of 2.96, a current ratio of 3.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $86.62 and a fifty-two week high of $183.88.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May 28th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.87 by ($0.06). The firm had revenue of $44.06 billion during 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 firm's revenue was up 69.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.61 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced 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 payout ratio is presently 1.29%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on NVDA. Summit Insights raised shares of NVIDIA from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, May 29th. Citigroup boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $180.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, July 7th. Raymond James Financial boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $150.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Thursday, May 29th. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $205.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, May 29th. Finally, Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $170.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Tuesday, June 17th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating, thirty-two have assigned a buy rating and four have issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $183.75.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other news, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, August 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $178.06, for a total value of $4,921,578.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 2,956,876 shares in the company, valued at approximately $526,501,340.56. This represents a 0.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, August 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $178.16, for a total transaction of $13,362,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 73,523,225 shares of the company's stock, valued at $13,098,897,766. This trade represents a 0.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 5,537,440 shares of company stock valued at $835,035,782. 4.17% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Tacita Capital Inc purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth approximately $28,000. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth approximately $28,000. Vision Financial Markets LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth approximately $38,000. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth approximately $40,000. Finally, Kathleen S. Wright Associates Inc. grew its stake in NVIDIA by 169.3% during the first quarter. Kathleen S. Wright Associates Inc. now owns 404 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $44,000 after buying an additional 254 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Representative FIELDS

Cleo Fields (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Louisiana's 6th Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2025. His current term ends on January 3, 2027. Fields (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Louisiana's 6th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the primary scheduled on November 3, 2026. Cleo Fields graduated from McKinley High School in 1980. He earned a bachelor's degree in mass communications from Southern University in 1984 and a J.D. from the Southern University Law Center in 1987. His career experience includes working as a state legislator and U.S. congressman. When Fields was elected to the Louisiana State Senate in 1986, he was the youngest person ever elected to the State Senate in Louisiana’s history. In 1995, Fields ran for governor of Louisiana, becoming the first African American since reconstruction to make the runoff.

About NVIDIA

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.

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