NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Shares Down 1.6% – What’s Next?

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) was down 1.6% during trading on Thursday . The company traded as low as $205.96 and last traded at $208.76. Approximately 109,754,159 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 34% from the average session volume of 165,296,813 shares. The stock had previously closed at $212.06.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA announced a joint AI research lab with KAIST in Seoul, a $300 million collaboration that will fund researchers, internships, and AI infrastructure to advance agentic AI in South Korea. NVIDIA and KAIST Launch Joint AI Research Lab to Accelerate AI Innovation in Korea
• Positive Sentiment: The company also struck a $1.5 billion partnership with Amkor to expand advanced semiconductor packaging and test capacity in the U.S., reinforcing NVIDIA’s AI supply chain and manufacturing footprint. Nvidia, Amkor strike $1.5 billion chip packaging deal
• Positive Sentiment: Jensen Huang and NVIDIA joined Microsoft, Meta, and others in publicly backing open-source AI models, which could support broader AI adoption and future demand for NVIDIA GPUs. Nvidia, Microsoft and other tech giants back open-source AI models
• Positive Sentiment: Several technical reports say NVDA is holding support and may be forming a bullish inverse head-and-shoulders pattern, while other analysts point to a breakout above the 50-day moving average as a possible catalyst. NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA) Price Forecast: Can NVDA Break Above Key Resistance?
• Neutral Sentiment: Institutional filings show continued buying from some funds, but insider activity remains dominated by sales, which keeps sentiment mixed rather than decisively bullish. Fund Update: 337,821 NVIDIA (NVDA) shares added to COMGEST GLOBAL INVESTORS S.A.S. portfolio
• Negative Sentiment: Broader semiconductor shares have pulled back as investors take profits and worry about AI valuation levels and heavy capex spending, which has weighed on NVIDIA along with the rest of the AI trade. Semiconductor Crossroads: Healthy Consolidation or Deeper Repricing?
• Negative Sentiment: News flow also highlights investor rotation out of the biggest AI winners and concerns that the “Magnificent 7” are digesting a surge in AI infrastructure spending, creating near-term pressure on NVDA despite strong long-term demand. Magnificent 7 stocks shed hundreds of billions amid AI spending fears

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. Citic Securities lifted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $242.00 to $315.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 22nd. China Renaissance started coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, June 5th. They set a “buy” rating and a $319.00 price target on the stock. Morgan Stanley set a $288.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Wolfe Research reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $275.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $315.00 target price (up from $265.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $304.26.

NVIDIA Price Performance

The firm has a market cap of $5.01 trillion, a PE ratio of 31.68, a P/E/G ratio of 0.41 and a beta of 2.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 3.44 and a quick ratio of 2.85. The business’s fifty day moving average is $207.85 and its 200-day moving average is $195.81.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. The firm had revenue of $81.61 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.42 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.81 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.79 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. This is a positive change from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 4th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 15.31%.

NVIDIA announced that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In related news, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total value of $3,343,815.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 116,135 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $25,053,803.55. This trade represents a 11.77% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total value of $133,750.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 14,163 shares in the company, valued at $3,030,882. This represents a 4.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 1,901,125 shares of company stock worth $410,583,015 over the last ninety days. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Norges Bank bought a new position in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth about $62,244,133,000. J. Stern & Co. LLP increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 13,709.1% during the fourth quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP now owns 125,760,307 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $23,454,297,000 after buying an additional 124,849,603 shares during the period. Cardano Risk Management B.V. increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 896.4% during the fourth 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 buying an additional 70,283,539 shares during the period. Capital Research Global Investors lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 16.1% in the third quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 165,377,852 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $30,855,564,000 after buying an additional 22,896,705 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings 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 buying an additional 21,725,326 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors 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.