NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Shares Down 2.2% – Should You Sell?

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) shares were down 2.2% during trading on Friday . The company traded as low as $167.01 and last traded at $167.52. Approximately 194,399,048 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 8% from the average daily volume of 180,517,938 shares. The stock had previously closed at $171.24.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst bullish view — A Seeking Alpha piece frames the recent pullback as a buying opportunity, arguing durable inference demand from agentic AI, CUDA lock‑in and conservative multiples still support mid‑teens returns over the decade. Nvidia’s Recent Correction Is An Opportunity, Not A Warning
• Positive Sentiment: Valuation/market context — MarketBeat highlights NVDA as “too cheap to ignore” in a list of April buys, noting depressed multiples vs. growth and broad analyst buy‑bias that could support a rebound. 5 April Buys With Double-Digit Year-End Targets
• Positive Sentiment: Customer / partner traction — SLB expanded its AI partnership with NVIDIA for energy sector deployments, which is a concrete enterprise use case that adds near‑term GPU demand outside hyperscalers. SLB expands Nvidia partnership to develop AI infrastructure for energy sector
• Neutral Sentiment: Product/PR friction — New DLSS‑5 gaming tech drew consumer pushback over character changes; this is reputational/PR noise rather than a material revenue issue but could affect gaming sentiment. Nvidia’s new AI tool is giving female game characters a makeover—and gamers are pushing back
• Neutral Sentiment: Ecosystem funding — Reuters/WSJ report that Nvidia‑backed startup Reflection is raising large capital to build open‑source models; positive for the NVDA ecosystem but not immediate revenue. Nvidia-backed Reflection AI eyes $25 billion valuation, WSJ reports
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory risk — Senators have urged a freeze of NVIDIA export licenses after DOJ charges in an alleged chip diversion case; any export restrictions to China/Southeast Asia would materially hit sales and require close monitoring. Senators Push to Freeze Nvidia Export Licenses
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling & optics — Multiple disclosures show heavy insider selling (including a director sale), which can weigh on sentiment even if sales are for diversification/liquidity. NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Director Sells $38,501,729.76 in Stock
• Negative Sentiment: Legal scrutiny — Reports of a revived class‑action and a separate suit over undisclosed crypto‑mining revenue raise litigation risk and potential distractions for management. Nvidia faces lawsuit over $1 billion in undisclosed crypto mining revenue

Analyst Ratings Changes

NVDA has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Bank of America lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Citigroup upped their target price on NVIDIA from $270.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $240.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, March 18th. President Capital boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $240.00 to $245.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 28th. Finally, Macquarie Infrastructure upgraded shares of NVIDIA to an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, December 29th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $275.95.

NVIDIA Trading Down 2.2%

The company has a current ratio of 3.91, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. The company has a market cap of $4.07 trillion, a PE ratio of 34.19, a PEG ratio of 0.60 and a beta of 2.33. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $183.80 and a 200 day moving average price of $184.25.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings results 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 company had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.89 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be given a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 0.82%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.68, for a total transaction of $38,501,729.76. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 7,399,771 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,285,192,227.28. This trade represents a 2.91% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 42,650 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 $7,459,058.50. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 881,387 shares in the company, valued at $154,145,772.43. The trade was a 4.62% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 1,401,616 shares of company stock worth $253,555,407 in the last three months. 4.17% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. bought a new stake in NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth $26,000. Winnow Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 47.9% during the second quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Inspire Investing LLC purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth about $44,000. Finally, AlphaCentric Advisors LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth about $45,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About NVIDIA

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.