NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Stock Price Down 3% – Here’s What Happened

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)’s stock price dropped 3% during trading on Friday . The stock traded as low as $176.82 and last traded at $177.83. Approximately 187,430,536 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 4% from the average daily volume of 180,811,281 shares. The stock had previously closed at $183.34.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Multiple Wall Street firms raised targets after Nvidia’s strong quarter and continued AI leadership; these upgrades (including Deutsche Bank’s lift to $220 and other Street-high targets) support medium-term upside. Deutsche Bank price target
• Positive Sentiment: Nvidia’s Q4 results and guidance remain a fundamental underpinning: record data‑center revenue, very high margins and strong growth that analysts cite when reiterating bullish long-term theses. Earnings analysis
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic AI moves — new bets, partnerships and a stake in large private rounds (OpenAI funding) — reinforce Nvidia’s platform position and ecosystem control, which investors view as durable competitive advantage. AI bets story
• Neutral Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang signaled recent large investments in OpenAI/Anthropic may be the last before IPOs — a strategic clarification that reduces uncertainty about future capital outs but also signals fewer incremental equity stakes ahead. CEO comments
• Negative Sentiment: U.S. proposals to require export licenses for advanced AI chips and related reports of tightened controls are raising the prospect of constrained international sales and greater compliance friction — an immediate market worry that can pressure near-term growth expectations. Export permit report
• Negative Sentiment: Reports that Nvidia halted production of H200 chips destined for China and is redirecting TSMC capacity toward new Rubin platforms spotlight lost China revenue and operational reallocation — a tangible near‑term earnings risk that helps explain selling pressure. China production stop
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive and regulatory noise (Broadcom competition, potential new export rules) plus lofty valuation after the multi-year rally make the stock more vulnerable to short‑term pullbacks despite strong fundamentals. Export rules analysis

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have recently commented on NVDA shares. Oppenheimer restated an “outperform” rating and set a $265.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, February 23rd. Fundamental Research set a $218.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Rosenblatt Securities raised their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $245.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Bank of America increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $273.64.

NVIDIA Stock Down 3.0%

The stock has a market cap of $4.32 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.62 and a beta of 2.33. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $186.02 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $183.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 3.91 and a quick ratio of 3.24.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 EPS 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 business had revenue of $68.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $65.56 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.89 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Monday, December 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total value of $44,332,500.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 6,933,280 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,229,478,542.40. The trade was a 3.48% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, EVP Debora Shoquist sold 80,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $178.90, for a total value of $14,312,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 1,494,443 shares in the company, valued at approximately $267,355,852.70. This represents a 5.08% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 1,248,120 shares of company stock valued at $225,672,814 in the last three months. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth approximately $62,244,133,000. J. Stern & Co. LLP increased its stake in NVIDIA by 13,709.1% during the 4th quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP now owns 125,760,307 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $23,454,297,000 after acquiring an additional 124,849,603 shares during the period. Cardano Risk Management B.V. lifted its position in shares of 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 valued at $14,570,119,000 after acquiring an additional 70,283,539 shares during the period. Capital Research Global Investors grew its holdings in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 22,896,705 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position 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 purchasing an additional 21,725,326 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

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.