Sen. John Boozman Purchases Shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)

Senator John Boozman (R-Arkansas) recently bought shares of NVIDIA Corporation NASDAQ: NVDA. In a filing disclosed on June 14th, the Senator disclosed that they had bought between $1,001 and $15,000 in NVIDIA stock on May 13th.

Senator John Boozman also recently made the following trade(s):

• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Micron Technology NASDAQ: MU on 6/11/2025.
• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of UnitedHealth Group NYSE: UNH on 6/11/2025.
• Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Broadcom NASDAQ: AVGO on 6/11/2025.
• Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Invesco Short Term Treasury ETF NYSEARCA: TBLL on 6/11/2025.
• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Fortune Brands Innovations NYSE: FBIN on 5/30/2025.
• Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Meta Platforms NASDAQ: META on 5/30/2025.
• Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of RTX NYSE: RTX on 5/30/2025.
• Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Alphabet NASDAQ: GOOGL on 5/20/2025.
• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of NRG Energy NYSE: NRG on 5/20/2025.
• Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of General Dynamics NYSE: GD on 5/20/2025.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NVDA stock traded down $0.24 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $173.50. 121,814,931 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 162,110,176. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $86.62 and a 12-month high of $174.72. The company has a market cap of $4.23 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 55.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.53 and a beta of 2.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10, a current ratio of 3.39 and a quick ratio of 2.96. The stock's 50 day moving average is $150.95 and its 200 day moving average is $130.93.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May 28th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.87 by ($0.06). NVIDIA had a net margin of 51.69% and a return on equity of 105.09%. The business had revenue of $44.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $43.09 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.61 EPS. The company's quarterly revenue was up 69.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 11th were paid a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 11th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.02%. NVIDIA's payout ratio is 1.29%.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other news, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $169.54, for a total transaction of $12,715,500.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 74,123,225 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $12,566,851,566.50. The trade was a 0.10% 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 this hyperlink. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,650 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $170.89, for a total value of $4,725,108.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 2,984,516 shares of the company's stock, valued at $510,023,939.24. This trade represents a 0.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 5,114,800 shares of company stock valued at $760,553,003. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 267,959.7% in the second quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 382,373,765 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $64,976,521,000 after purchasing an additional 382,231,120 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at about $43,515,504,000. Nuveen LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the first quarter valued at about $15,089,414,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its position in NVIDIA by 123.5% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 187,995,213 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $20,374,921,000 after purchasing an additional 103,889,872 shares during the period. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 12,173.2% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 48,837,781 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $5,293,039,000 after acquiring an additional 48,439,859 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

NVDA has been the topic of several research reports. Truist Financial raised their target price on NVIDIA from $205.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 29th. Morgan Stanley reiterated an "overweight" rating and set a $170.00 price objective (up previously from $160.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 29th. Loop Capital lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $175.00 to $250.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 25th. Oppenheimer boosted their target price on NVIDIA from $175.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 15th. Finally, UBS Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, May 23rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating, thirty-three have assigned a buy rating and four have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $181.22.

About Senator Boozman

John Boozman (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Arkansas. He assumed office on January 3, 2011. His current term ends on January 3, 2029. Boozman (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Arkansas. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022. Boozman won re-election in 2016. He faced Democrat Conner Eldridge, Libertarian Frank Gilbert, and write-in candidate Jason Tate in the general election. Arkansas' U.S. Senate race was rated as safely Republican in 2016. Boozman began his political career in the U.S. House. He won a special election in 2001 and served in that position until his election to the Senate in 2010. Prior to his political career, Boozman worked as an optometrist. As of a 2014 analysis of multiple outside rankings, Boozman is an average Republican member of Congress, meaning he will vote with the Republican Party on the majority of bills. Below is an abbreviated outline of Boozman's academic, professional, and political career: 2011-Present: U.S. Senator from Arkansas 2001-2011: U.S. Representative from Arkansas 1977: Graduated from Southern College of Optometry

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.