NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Shares Up 2.7% – Should You Buy?

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)’s stock price traded up 2.7% on Monday . The stock traded as high as $182.91 and last traded at $182.65. 174,595,103 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 3% from the average session volume of 180,606,141 shares. The stock had previously closed at $177.82.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA agreed to invest $2 billion in AI cloud provider Nebius as part of a strategic partnership to build hyperscale AI cloud infrastructure — a direct move to lock in downstream demand for NVIDIA systems and accelerate cloud deployments that need its GPUs. Nvidia to invest $2 billion in AI cloud firm Nebius
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA released Nemotron 3, a high‑accuracy reasoning “super” model aimed at advanced agentic AI — this strengthens NVIDIA’s software/model story alongside its GPU lead and supports higher value capture in AI stacks. NVIDIA Releases New Nemotron 3 Super Model
• Positive Sentiment: Ongoing strategic deals and partner wins — including investments/partnerships with Thinking Machines Lab and supply deals with optics suppliers — reinforce durable demand for NVIDIA hardware at hyperscalers and startups. These operational ties support forward revenue visibility. Nvidia makes ‘significant investment’ in Thinking Machines Lab
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors are watching GTC next week for product announcements (new chips, networking, systems) that could be catalysts if they clarify NVDA’s roadmap for training/inference and capacity scaling. Nvidia set to spotlight next wave of AI infrastructure at GTC
• Neutral Sentiment: Macro: February CPI came in roughly as expected, leaving rate/inflation uncertainty unchanged — a neutral backdrop for growth names including NVDA. CPI Increased in Line with Expectations
• Negative Sentiment: Michael Burry publicly criticized NVIDIA, calling it “mafia‑like,” a reputational/psychological headline that can add short‑term volatility despite limited fundamental impact. Michael Burry warns Nvidia is ‘mafia-like’

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have weighed in on NVDA. Wall Street Zen upgraded NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, February 28th. Melius Research raised their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $300.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. KeyCorp reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $275.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. Zacks Research upgraded shares of NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Finally, Seaport Research Partners lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $100.00 to $140.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research note on Monday, November 17th. 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. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $273.64.

NVIDIA Price Performance

The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $185.60 and its 200 day simple moving average is $184.06. The company has a market capitalization of $4.52 trillion, a P/E ratio of 37.95, a P/E/G ratio of 0.62 and a beta of 2.33. The company has a quick ratio of 3.24, a current ratio of 3.91 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 for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 quarter last year, the firm earned $0.89 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced 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 presently 0.82%.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In related news, CFO Colette Kress sold 30,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $178.11, for a total value of $5,432,355.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 1,286,826 shares in the company, valued at approximately $229,196,578.86. This trade represents a 2.32% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Monday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total transaction of $44,332,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 6,933,280 shares in the company, valued at $1,229,478,542.40. This trade represents a 3.48% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 1,168,120 shares of company stock valued at $210,900,814. 4.17% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Larry Mathis Financial Planning LLC acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth approximately $1,659,000. Green Ridge Wealth Planning LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth $4,370,000. Downshift Financial LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth $2,043,000. Advisortrust Partners LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth $2,084,000. Finally, PeakShares LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at $1,643,000. 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.