Long a Wall Street favorite, Nvidia has not outperformed the broader market recently, falling 3% over the last six months, worse than the S&P 500’s 7% return.

What happens with Nvidia matters for the entire U.S. stock market. The chip company has grown into the second-largest company on Wall Street, which means the stock’s movement carries more weight on the S&P 500 and other indexes than every company except Apple. The tech giant, based in Santa Clara, California, is now worth over $3 trillion.

However, since the DeepSeek news surfaced in January, some of Nvidia's top customers have reported earnings results and provided their outlook for technology investment this year, and it points to a growing appetite for AI chips. Here are two reasons to buy Nvidia stock on the dip.