NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Trading Up 3.7% – Time to Buy?

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) was up 3.7% during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as $196.51 and last traded at $196.38. Approximately 159,450,831 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 9% from the average daily volume of 176,187,766 shares. The stock had previously closed at $189.31.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s new open-source Ising AI models sparked a rally in quantum- and AI-related names and reinforced NVDA’s leadership in AI infrastructure, supporting demand expectations for GPUs. Quantum stocks on pace for a massive week after Nvidia debuts AI models to boost the tech
• Positive Sentiment: Cadence expanded its partnership with NVIDIA to accelerate AI-driven engineering/design workflows — a commercial tie-up that underscores enterprise demand for NVIDIA tooling. Cadence and NVIDIA Expand Partnership
• Positive Sentiment: Technical momentum: analysts flagged a bullish technical setup (golden cross) and NVDA’s breakout above prior resistance, which attracts momentum and quant flows. Nvidia (NVDA) Now Trades Above Golden Cross: Time to Buy?
• Neutral Sentiment: Sector strength and ETF strategies: commentators continue to recommend AI/semiconductor ETFs as alternative exposure to individual stock risk — supporting long-term interest in NVDA but not replacing company-specific drivers. How to Gain AI Exposure Without Picking Stocks: 3 ETF Strategies Compared
• Neutral Sentiment: Broader supply-chain/sector cues (ASML raising guidance) reinforce strong AI-driven capex, which is supportive for NVIDIA over the medium term but is a sector-level tailwind rather than a new NVDA-specific catalyst. ASML lifts 2026 outlook on the back of stronger AI demand
• Negative Sentiment: Hedging/short activity: famed investor Michael Burry reportedly added NVDA put positions, signaling some high-profile hedging that can amplify short-term volatility. As Michael Burry Adds to His Nvidia Puts, Should You Buy, Sell, or Hold NVDA Stock?
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory risk: Senator Elizabeth Warren raised concerns about NVIDIA’s SchedMD/Slurm acquisition, creating potential political/regulatory overhang. US Senator Warren voices concern over Nvidia’s acquisition of Slurm
• Negative Sentiment: Profit-taking and selling: reports of asset-manager trimming (Spence) and mentions of insider selling have added supply into the market and likely contributed to today’s pullback after an 11+ day rally. Spence Asset Management Cuts Nvidia Stake, Sells 4,360 Shares
• Negative Sentiment: Competition and rotation: AMD’s rally and talk of alternative AI chip challengers can temper some investor conviction in NVDA’s exclusive dominance, adding relative-performance pressure. AMD Gains 6% Ahead of May Earnings

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts have issued reports on NVDA shares. DA Davidson restated a “buy” rating and set a $250.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. Oppenheimer restated an “outperform” rating and set a $265.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. BNP Paribas Exane upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $260.00 to $270.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Evercore restated an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, January 6th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $275.25.

NVIDIA Trading Down 0.3%

The company has a quick ratio of 3.24, a current ratio of 3.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $182.51 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $184.77. The company has a market capitalization of $4.82 trillion, a PE ratio of 40.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.65 and a beta of 2.34.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $68.13 billion during 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%. NVIDIA’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.89 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th 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 of this dividend was Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is presently 0.82%.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total value of $3,357,490.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 36,007 shares in the company, valued at $6,362,796.97. This trade represents a 34.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 20th. The stock was 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 owned 7,399,771 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,285,192,227.28. This trade represents a 2.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last quarter, insiders sold 1,153,976 shares of company stock worth $207,181,819. 4.17% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 12.4% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $43,631,000 after purchasing an additional 35,815 shares during the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% during the fourth quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,346,417 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $315,100,000 after purchasing an additional 22,929 shares during the last quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 6.7% during the fourth quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 58,396 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $7,842,000 after purchasing an additional 3,653 shares during the last quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 30.7% during the fourth quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $6,805,000 after purchasing an additional 11,900 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 896 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently 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.