NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Stock Price Down 1.1% – Should You Sell?

Shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) dropped 1.1% during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The company traded as low as $199.00 and last traded at $199.88. Approximately 106,919,369 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 39% from the average daily volume of 173,884,313 shares. The stock had previously closed at $202.06.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts highlight NVIDIA as one of two stocks driving explosive earnings growth in 2026, with rising estimates that support continued investor interest in NVDA’s earnings-outperformance thesis. Only 2 Stocks Driving Explosive Earnings Growth in 2026 – NVDA & AVGO
• Positive Sentiment: Social and market chatter emphasizes NVDA partnerships (Google/OKLO and others), bullish technical patterns and promotions for RTX 50-series — signaling continued demand optimism for GPUs and infrastructure. NVIDIA Stock (NVDA) Opinions on AI Partnerships and Infrastructure Deals
• Positive Sentiment: Oklo and Los Alamos partnership to explore nuclear-powered AI factories strengthens the narrative around long-duration, high-density AI infrastructure that could expand NVDA GPU demand. Oklo, Nvidia, Los Alamos National Laboratory to partner in supporting nuclear-powered AI factories
• Positive Sentiment: Supplier SK Hynix reported record profits driven by AI memory demand — an ecosystem readthrough that supports NVDA’s data-center revenue outlook. Nvidia supplier SK Hynix Q1 profit rises more than five-fold, meets forecasts
• Positive Sentiment: Large enterprise GPU deals (e.g., big B300 deployments reported by customers) point to durable commercial demand for NVIDIA hardware across cloud and enterprise buyers. Axe Compute jumps nearly 96% after unveiling a $260M enterprise NVIDIA B300 GPU deal
• Neutral Sentiment: Barron’s and other outlets note NVDA’s resilience versus competitor noise — the stock has so far shrugged off some competitive headlines, suggesting investor focus remains on NVDA’s execution rather than single announcements. Nvidia Stock Shrugs Off Google Threat. How The AI Chips Battle Is Playing Out.
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA is expanding into adjacent areas (Ising/quantum model initiatives) that could add long-term optionality but are not immediate drivers of quarterly revenue. NVIDIA Sets Sight on $11B Quantum Computing Opportunity With Ising
• Negative Sentiment: Risk-off flows today (oil rebound and a sharp software sell-off) pressured tech stocks generally, amplifying NVDA weakness despite company-specific positives. Nvidia Shares Slide As Oil Spikes, Software Stocks Sell Off: What You Need To Know
• Negative Sentiment: Big cloud rivals (Google) unveiled new TPUs aimed at training and inference — a competitive development that could cap some upside if hyperscalers shift incremental demand to in‑house silicon. Google Cloud launches two new AI chips to compete with Nvidia
• Negative Sentiment: QuiverQuant data highlights extensive insider selling activity in recent months — heavy executive sales can weigh on sentiment even if driven by diversification or tax planning. NVIDIA Stock (NVDA) Opinions on AI Partnerships and Infrastructure Deals
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/market access notes (e.g., H200 chips not yet sold into China per reports) could limit near-term addressable demand in certain regions. Nvidia has not yet sold its H200 AI chips to China, Lutnick says

Analysts Set New Price Targets

NVDA has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $250.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Wedbush lifted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $230.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 3rd. CICC Research boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $228.00 to $240.60 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 27th. BNP Paribas Exane increased their target price on NVIDIA from $260.00 to $270.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Benchmark restated a “buy” rating and issued a $250.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, March 31st. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $275.25.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 3.91 and a quick ratio of 3.24. The company has a market capitalization of $4.85 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.74, a PEG ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 2.34. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $184.08 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $185.28.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 97.37%. The firm had revenue of $68.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $65.56 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.89 earnings per share. NVIDIA’s quarterly revenue was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.77 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In related news, Director John Dabiri sold 3,004 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, March 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.90, for a total value of $555,439.60. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 14,788 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,734,301.20. The trade was a 16.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on 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 sale, the director directly owned 7,399,771 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,285,192,227.28. This trade represents a 2.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 953,976 shares of company stock valued at $171,173,819 over the last quarter. 4.17% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. State Street Corp raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 991,480,489 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $184,911,111,000 after buying an additional 11,451,386 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 588,803,093 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $109,446,217,000 after buying an additional 3,383,441 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at about $62,244,133,000. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 187,181,484 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $34,909,347,000 after buying an additional 2,849,678 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% in the third quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 181,203,035 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,808,862,000 after buying an additional 2,609,560 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is 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.