Zacks Research Issues Positive Outlook for NVIDIA Earnings

NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Zacks Research upped their Q3 2026 EPS estimates for NVIDIA in a research note issued on Tuesday, March 25th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the computer hardware maker will earn $1.06 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.03. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA's current full-year earnings is $2.77 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for NVIDIA's Q4 2026 earnings at $1.14 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $1.15 EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $1.22 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $4.83 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $5.84 EPS.

Several other equities analysts also recently weighed in on NVDA. Benchmark reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $190.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, March 19th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $160.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, March 19th. Wedbush reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a $175.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 20th. HSBC cut their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $195.00 to $185.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 13th. Finally, Tigress Financial reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, February 26th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-seven have assigned a buy rating and two have issued 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 target price of $171.51.

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NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVDA traded down $1.76 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $109.67. The stock had a trading volume of 229,047,047 shares, compared to its average volume of 314,707,778. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.68 trillion, a PE ratio of 43.16, a PEG ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 4.10 and a quick ratio of 3.64. NVIDIA has a 12 month low of $75.61 and a 12 month high of $195.95. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $125.01 and a 200 day moving average price of $131.50.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.84 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $39.33 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $38.16 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 114.83% and a net margin of 55.69%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Tacita Capital Inc purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth $28,000. Legend Financial Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth $34,000. Vision Financial Markets LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth $38,000. Luken Investment Analytics LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth about $40,000. Finally, DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 70.0% in the third quarter. DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. now owns 340 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $41,000 after purchasing an additional 140 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other NVIDIA news, Director John Dabiri sold 2,663 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.00, for a total transaction of $292,930.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 17,279 shares in the company, valued at $1,900,690. This represents a 13.35 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 36,462 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Monday, January 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $151.10, for a total value of $5,509,408.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 3,902,888 shares in the company, valued at $589,726,376.80. This represents a 0.93 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 183,609 shares of company stock worth $22,642,615 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 4.23% of the company's stock.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 12th will be paid a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.04%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 12th. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 1.36%.

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.