NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Stock Price Down 1.5% After Insider Selling

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) shares traded down 1.5% during mid-day trading on Thursday following insider selling activity. The company traded as low as $181.75 and last traded at $183.1610. 154,107,314 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 14% from the average session volume of 180,122,875 shares. The stock had previously closed at $186.03.

Specifically, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the 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 transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,318,547 shares in the company, valued at $605,701,198.44. This represents a 8.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

NVDA has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Sanford C. Bernstein boosted their target price on NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price target on NVIDIA from $240.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. DA Davidson reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $250.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $300.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday. Finally, Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $250.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Four 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 MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $274.21.

More NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA agreed to a $2 billion strategic investment and partnership with Nebius to build hyperscale AI cloud capacity (multi‑GW deployment through 2030), which deepens demand visibility for NVIDIA GPUs and strengthens its cloud ecosystem. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA entered a multi‑year partnership with Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab to deploy at least 1 GW of next‑gen Vera Rubin systems for frontier models — a high‑profile research tie that validates demand for NVIDIA’s newest data‑center hardware. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA released Nemotron 3 Super, an advanced open AI model aimed at agentic AI — product/IP progress that can increase software‑stack monetization & drive more GPU cycles. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” stance and set a $300 price target, signaling continued bullish analyst conviction that could support buying interest once macro noise subsides. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA’s upcoming GTC conference is a potential catalyst for guidance/product updates — outcomes could swing sentiment either way, so traders are waiting for new announcements. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Broader market volatility and geopolitical headlines (oil/tanker attacks, regional risk) are pressuring risk assets and can cap NVDA’s near‑term upside even as fundamentals remain strong. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 NVDA shares (~$54.8M), a sizable insider sale that some investors interpret as a short‑term negative signal despite his remaining large stake. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Reports indicate investors are booking profits after recent gains, contributing to today’s pullback — profit‑taking can amplify declines in a volatile market. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: High‑profile critics have made negative remarks about NVIDIA’s conduct, adding headline risk that can fuel short‑term pessimism among some investors. Read More.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

The company has a market cap of $4.45 trillion, a PE ratio of 37.38, a P/E/G ratio of 0.63 and a beta of 2.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a current ratio of 3.91. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $185.59 and its 200 day simple moving average is $184.07.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 97.37%. The business’s revenue was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.89 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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 paid a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is 0.82%.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Winnow Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth about $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC grew its position in NVIDIA by 47.9% during the second quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 67 shares during the period. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth about $40,000. Finally, Inspire Investing LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at about $44,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.