NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Shares Down 3.2% – Here’s What Happened

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)’s stock price traded down 3.2% during mid-day trading on Friday . The stock traded as low as $171.72 and last traded at $172.7620. 236,032,356 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 31% from the average session volume of 180,629,516 shares. The stock had previously closed at $178.56.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA outlined massive demand and roadmap items at GTC — management projected multi‑year AI revenue upside and highlighted new platforms (Rubin, Blackwell) that expand TAM, supporting long‑term growth expectations. GTC Keynote Projections
• Positive Sentiment: Material demand wins: Reuters reports a deal to sell ~1 million chips to Amazon by end‑2027 — a tangible order flow signal that underpins near‑term revenue visibility. Nvidia to sell 1 million chips to Amazon
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street remained bullish with multiple buy reiterations and raised price targets after GTC (e.g., Raymond James, Rosenblatt, Bank of America), keeping analyst sentiment supportive of higher levels. Analyst price target changes
• Neutral Sentiment: Strong AI‑cycle ecosystem signals: suppliers like Micron reported blowout results tied to AI memory demand — positive for NVDA demand but can also concentrate market moves across the semiconductor complex. Micron quarter and AI demand
• Negative Sentiment: “Sell‑the‑news” reaction and options flow: NVDA spiked during Jensen Huang’s keynote then pared gains as some traders took profits; post‑GTC heavy call selling and put buying in options markets has amplified near‑term downside pressure. GTC reaction and options flow
• Negative Sentiment: Technical weakness: chart analysts point to a breached long‑term support (“bearish signal”) after the GTC rally failed to sustain — technicals can trigger further selling from momentum players. Bearish technical signal
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/headline risk: U.S. prosecutors allege executives diverted Nvidia‑powered systems to China (Super Micro indictment), creating supply/controls scrutiny that can weigh on sentiment. Super Micro/indictment headlines
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling and large disclosed tax payment: summaries show extensive insider sales recently and a sizable U.S. tax disclosure — both can add to short‑term caution even if fundamentals remain strong. Insider trades & disclosures Tax disclosure

Analyst Ratings Changes

NVDA has been the topic of several analyst reports. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $240.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday. President Capital boosted their target price on NVIDIA from $240.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 28th. Citic Securities upped their price target on NVIDIA from $237.00 to $242.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Tigress Financial reiterated a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $360.00 price target (up from $350.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, March 5th. Finally, Arete Research lifted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $244.00 to $261.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $275.40.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

The stock’s 50 day moving average is $184.84 and its two-hundred day moving average is $184.12. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.20 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 2.33. The company has a current ratio of 3.91, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.89 EPS. Analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.52, for a total value of $54,756,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,318,547 shares in the company, valued at $605,701,198.44. This trade represents a 8.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $175.72, for a total transaction of $3,514,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 93,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $16,352,503.20. This represents a 17.69% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 798,284 shares of company stock worth $146,064,329. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Joule Financial LLC raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 2.2% during the third quarter. Joule Financial LLC now owns 2,308 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $431,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Presidio Capital Management LLC grew its stake in NVIDIA by 0.4% in the fourth quarter. Presidio Capital Management LLC now owns 15,137 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $2,823,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. LMG Wealth Partners LLC increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 0.7% during the 4th quarter. LMG Wealth Partners LLC now owns 7,649 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,427,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares during the last quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% during the 3rd quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC now owns 4,640 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $866,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 2.6% during the 3rd quarter. Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC now owns 2,118 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $395,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares in 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.