Zacks Research Has Optimistic Outlook of NVIDIA Q2 Earnings

NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) - Research analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q2 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for NVIDIA in a report released on Tuesday, March 25th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the computer hardware maker will post earnings of $0.96 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.94. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA's current full-year earnings is $2.77 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for NVIDIA's FY2026 earnings at $4.03 EPS and Q3 2027 earnings at $1.26 EPS.

NVDA has been the topic of several other reports. William Blair reaffirmed an "outperform" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, March 20th. Benchmark restated a "buy" rating and set a $190.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, March 19th. Wedbush reiterated an "outperform" rating and issued a $175.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 20th. Mizuho decreased their price objective on NVIDIA from $175.00 to $168.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, March 14th. Finally, DZ Bank raised NVIDIA from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Friday, February 28th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-seven have issued a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $171.51.

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NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NVDA traded down $1.76 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $109.67. 229,047,047 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 314,707,778. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.68 trillion, a PE ratio of 43.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.77. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $125.01 and a 200 day simple moving average of $131.50. NVIDIA has a fifty-two week low of $75.61 and a fifty-two week high of $195.95. The company has a quick ratio of 3.64, a current ratio of 4.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13.

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Tacita Capital Inc bought a new stake in NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at $28,000. Legend Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at about $34,000. Vision Financial Markets LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth about $38,000. Luken Investment Analytics LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $40,000. Finally, DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 70.0% during the third quarter. DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. now owns 340 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $41,000 after buying an additional 140 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CFO Colette Kress sold 66,660 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $116.83, for a total value of $7,787,887.80. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 3,085,765 shares in the company, valued at approximately $360,509,924.95. The trade was a 2.11 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 2,663 shares of NVIDIA 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 transaction, the director now directly owns 17,279 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,900,690. This represents a 13.35 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 183,609 shares of company stock valued at $22,642,615 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 4.23% of the company's stock.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

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

NVIDIA Company Profile

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.