NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Trading Down 2.1% – What’s Next?

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) shares traded down 2.1% on Thursday . The company traded as low as $183.71 and last traded at $185.1620. 171,188,841 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 3% from the average session volume of 166,485,547 shares. The stock had previously closed at $189.11.

More NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: China may resume limited imports of Nvidia H200 chips for commercial use, which would reopen a large addressable market and boost revenue expectations if approvals continue. China to allow limited imports of Nvidia’s H200 chips, sources say
• Positive Sentiment: Product and platform momentum from CES — Rubin/Vera Rubin announcements and Nvidia’s push into rack-scale systems and physical-AI (robotaxi, Alpamayo models) strengthen the growth thesis and raise expectations for higher data-center spending. These launches help justify analyst bullishness on NVDA’s multi-year cadence. Nvidia Pulls The Timeline Forward: Why Rubin Changes The AI Game
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street and sell-side firms remain constructive (several reiterated Buy ratings and raised targets after CES), supporting conviction that NVDA’s long-term earnings trajectory remains intact. Nvidia plans to double Israel workforce / analyst coverage
• Neutral Sentiment: Nvidia’s ecosystem wins and partner integrations (e.g., Microchip firmware for DGX, Lenovo gigafactory, customer deployments of B300/B300 Blackwell GPUs) broaden long-term demand but have gradual revenue translates; useful for structural growth but not an immediate earnings shock. Microchip firmware for MEC1723 to enhance NVIDIA DGX Spark
• Negative Sentiment: Conflicting China signals — local authorities have told firms to pause some H200 orders, and Nvidia is now asking Chinese customers for full upfront payment for H200 chips while approvals remain uncertain. That combination crimps near-term revenue visibility and raises counterparty/cancellation risk. Nvidia requires full upfront payment for H200 chips in China
• Negative Sentiment: Market sentiment and short‑term price action are being damped by the China uncertainty and valuation worries — several outlets note NVDA weakness amid mixed signals and some analysts warning about high valuations and heavy M&A/investment spending. That’s pressuring the stock despite strong fundamentals. Nvidia stock down as China uncertainty dampens sentiment

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently commented on the company. Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $235.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, December 1st. Argus reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $220.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Bank of America restated a “buy” rating and set a $275.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, December 26th. Susquehanna upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $230.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, Mizuho raised their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $235.00 to $245.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have assigned a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $262.14.

NVIDIA Stock Down 2.1%

The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $185.93 and its 200-day simple moving average is $179.21. The company has a current ratio of 4.47, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. The firm has a market cap of $4.50 trillion, a P/E ratio of 45.95, a PEG ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 2.31.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $57.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $54.66 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 53.01% and a return on equity of 99.24%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 62.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.81 earnings per share. Research analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 4th were given a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 4th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is 0.99%.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In related news, EVP Debora Shoquist sold 80,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.65, for a total transaction of $14,772,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 1,574,443 shares in the company, valued at approximately $290,720,899.95. The trade was a 4.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total transaction of $44,332,500.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 6,933,280 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,229,478,542.40. This represents a 3.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders sold 1,786,474 shares of company stock valued at $326,293,242. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Brighton Jones LLC increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 12.4% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $43,631,000 after purchasing an additional 35,815 shares in the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,346,417 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $315,100,000 after buying an additional 22,929 shares during the period. Highview Capital Management LLC DE increased its stake in NVIDIA by 6.7% in the 4th quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 58,396 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $7,842,000 after buying an additional 3,653 shares in the last quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 30.7% in the 4th quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $6,805,000 after buying an additional 11,900 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 15.7% during the first quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 6,598 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $715,000 after acquiring an additional 896 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

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.