NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Trading Down 1.6% – Should You Sell?

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) shares were down 1.6% during mid-day trading on Friday . The company traded as low as $179.94 and last traded at $180.25. Approximately 160,010,682 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 11% from the average daily volume of 179,744,531 shares. The stock had previously closed at $183.14.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA committed $2 billion to Nebius to fund hyperscale AI cloud capacity (multi‑GW deployments, access to Rubin GPUs/Vera CPUs) — a demand‑creating strategic investment for future GPU sales. Nvidia (NVDA) Bets $2 Billion on Nebius as AI Data Center Race Heats Up
• Positive Sentiment: ByteDance reportedly will get access to top Nvidia chips for use outside China — expands end‑market reach and revenue potential in a large AI customer segment. China’s ByteDance gets access to top Nvidia AI chips
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA launched the Nemotron 3 AI model (Nemotron 3 Super), strengthening its software/IP stack for agentic AI and potentially increasing GPU‑software monetization. NVIDIA launches Nemotron 3
• Positive Sentiment: New partnerships and compute commitments (Thinking Machines Lab, deployments of Vera Rubin systems) and supply‑chain wins (Scintil Photonics testing laser chips) deepen long‑term data‑center demand. Nvidia partnership with Thinking Machines Lab Scintil Photonics testing
• Neutral Sentiment: GTC next week is a major event: Jensen Huang is expected to unveil CPU/other product details (a potential catalyst) — outcomes can swing sentiment both ways. Nvidia’s GTC will mark an AI chip pivot
• Neutral Sentiment: U.S. officials are reportedly considering draft export rules that could require permits for some AI chip shipments — regulatory uncertainty that could constrain international sales timing but is not yet a formal policy. US mulling export permit rule
• Negative Sentiment: A large insider sale was filed (EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares), which can trigger near‑term selling or sentiment concerns even though insiders still hold large positions. Ajay K. Puri insider sale
• Negative Sentiment: Short‑term pressure from profit‑taking, range‑bound trading since December, and macro/geopolitical volatility (oil/market risk) is capping upside ahead of GTC. Nvidia stock in the red today

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

NVDA has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Barclays reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 26th. DA Davidson reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $250.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. Sanford C. Bernstein increased their price target on NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, January 6th. Finally, Citic Securities boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $237.00 to $242.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $274.21.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $185.52 and its 200-day simple moving average is $184.07. The company has a quick ratio of 3.24, a current ratio of 3.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. The stock has a market cap of $4.38 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.63 and a beta of 2.33.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The firm had revenue of $68.13 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.89 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts predict 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 will be paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is currently 0.82%.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total transaction of $44,332,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 6,933,280 shares in the company, valued at $1,229,478,542.40. This trade represents a 3.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total value of $40,087,825.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 7,621,453 shares in the company, valued at $1,373,157,187.01. The trade was a 2.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders sold 1,267,780 shares of company stock worth $229,929,215. Insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at $62,244,133,000. J. Stern & Co. LLP increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 13,709.1% in the fourth quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP now owns 125,760,307 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $23,454,297,000 after buying an additional 124,849,603 shares in the last quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. lifted its position in NVIDIA by 896.4% during the 4th quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. now owns 78,123,960 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $14,570,119,000 after buying an additional 70,283,539 shares in the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 16.1% during the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 165,377,852 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $30,855,564,000 after acquiring an additional 22,896,705 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 15,496.1% in the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 21,865,525 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $3,454,534,000 after acquiring an additional 21,725,326 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.