Analysts Set Expectations for NVIDIA FY2025 Earnings

NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Cantor Fitzgerald issued their FY2025 earnings estimates for NVIDIA in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, January 21st. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst C. Muse forecasts that the computer hardware maker will earn $2.77 per share for the year. Cantor Fitzgerald currently has a "Overweight" rating and a $175.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA's current full-year earnings is $2.78 per share.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.69 by $0.12. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 114.83% and a net margin of 55.69%. The firm had revenue of $35.08 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $33.15 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.38 EPS. The business's revenue was up 93.6% compared to the same quarter last year.

NVDA has been the subject of several other research reports. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $150.00 to $165.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. HSBC reduced their target price on NVIDIA from $195.00 to $185.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, January 13th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their price target on NVIDIA from $115.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. Phillip Securities restated an "accumulate" rating and set a $160.00 price objective (up previously from $155.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, November 22nd. Finally, Truist Financial increased their target price on NVIDIA from $148.00 to $167.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, November 19th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-nine have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $164.63.

NVIDIA Trading Down 3.1 %

NVDA stock traded down $4.60 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $142.62. The company's stock had a trading volume of 233,633,878 shares, compared to its average volume of 220,029,844. The company has a market cap of $3.49 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 56.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.65 and a beta of 1.64. NVIDIA has a 12 month low of $60.57 and a 12 month high of $153.13. The business's 50 day moving average price is $138.71 and its 200 day moving average price is $129.47. The company has a current ratio of 4.10, a quick ratio of 3.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Tempus Wealth Planning LLC boosted its position in NVIDIA by 7.6% during the 4th quarter. Tempus Wealth Planning LLC now owns 81,611 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $10,960,000 after buying an additional 5,780 shares during the period. WJ Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.4% in the fourth quarter. WJ Wealth Management LLC now owns 122,656 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $16,472,000 after purchasing an additional 492 shares during the last quarter. Flavin Financial Services Inc. bought a new position in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $1,574,000. Mokosak Advisory Group LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth approximately $247,000. Finally, First Dallas Securities Inc. grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. First Dallas Securities Inc. now owns 209,286 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $28,105,000 after buying an additional 1,972 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, insider Donald F. Robertson, Jr. sold 4,500 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $135.28, for a total transaction of $608,760.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 480,899 shares in the company, valued at $65,056,016.72. This represents a 0.93 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Tench Coxe sold 1,000,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $131.26, for a total value of $131,260,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 28,671,360 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,763,402,713.60. This represents a 3.37 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 1,108,348 shares of company stock worth $146,506,958. 4.23% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 5th were given a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 5th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.03%. NVIDIA's payout ratio is 1.57%.

About NVIDIA

NVIDIA Corporation provides graphics and compute and networking solutions in the United States, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and internationally. The Graphics segment offers GeForce GPUs for gaming and PCs, the GeForce NOW game streaming service and related infrastructure, and solutions for gaming platforms; Quadro/NVIDIA RTX GPUs for enterprise workstation graphics; virtual GPU or vGPU software for cloud-based visual and virtual computing; automotive platforms for infotainment systems; and Omniverse software for building and operating metaverse and 3D internet applications.