Nvidia Stock Gets Investors Talking After First Reported Bond Offering In 5 Years – Jim Cramer Raises This Interesting Question About Buyback

• The chipmaker is marketing investment-grade bonds with maturities ranging from two to 30 years.

• The proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, including refinancing and repaying existing debt.

• Nvidia’s last bond sale was in June 2021, when it raised $5 billion through four tranches of senior unsecured notes.

Nvidia Corp. (NVDA) drew investor attention on Monday after reports said the chipmaker is seeking to raise at least $20 billion through its first bond offering since 2021.

NVDA shares traded more than 2% higher at the time of wrting. 

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Nvidia’s First Bond Offering In Five Years

According to a Bloomberg report on Monday, Nvidia was looking to raise $20 billion through a multi-tranche debt offering. According to the report, the chipmaker is marketing investment-grade bonds with maturities ranging from two to 30 years. The proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, including refinancing and repaying existing debt.

If completed as planned, it would be significantly larger than Nvidia’s last bond sale in June 2021, when the company raised $5 billion through four tranches of senior unsecured notes.

In a post on X, Jim Cramer questioned whether Nvidia’s bond sale meant that, like Apple, it would use the bond sale to buy back its…