FY2025 Earnings Estimate for NVIDIA Issued By Zacks Research

NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Zacks Research increased their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of NVIDIA in a research report issued on Thursday, December 12th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the computer hardware maker will post earnings of $2.76 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $2.60. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA's current full-year earnings is $2.78 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for NVIDIA's Q1 2026 earnings at $0.82 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.90 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $0.98 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also recently commented on NVDA. Robert W. Baird increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $150.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, November 21st. Oppenheimer reiterated an "outperform" rating and issued a $175.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price objective on NVIDIA from $115.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. Susquehanna boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $160.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a "positive" rating in a research note on Thursday, November 14th. Finally, Craig Hallum raised their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $125.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, August 29th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-nine have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $164.15.

NVIDIA Stock Down 1.7 %

NVDA traded down $2.25 during trading on Monday, hitting $132.00. The company had a trading volume of 237,034,659 shares, compared to its average volume of 211,120,800. The business has a 50-day moving average of $139.84 and a 200-day moving average of $126.92. The company has a market cap of $3.23 trillion, a PE ratio of 51.95, a P/E/G ratio of 2.43 and a beta of 1.63. NVIDIA has a 1-year low of $47.32 and a 1-year high of $152.89. 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 (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.69 by $0.12. The firm had revenue of $35.08 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $33.15 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 114.83% and a net margin of 55.69%. NVIDIA's quarterly revenue was up 93.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.38 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Legal & General Group Plc boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 884.0% during the 2nd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 213,127,959 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $26,329,751,000 after purchasing an additional 191,469,114 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 854.1% during the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 182,622,629 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $22,561,200,000 after buying an additional 163,482,580 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 870.3% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 102,422,225 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $12,658,922,000 after acquiring an additional 91,867,031 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1,123.2% in the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 92,039,713 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $11,371,255,000 after acquiring an additional 84,515,429 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA raised its stake in NVIDIA by 808.6% during the 2nd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 82,689,605 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $10,215,474,000 after purchasing an additional 73,589,208 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity

In other NVIDIA news, CFO Colette Kress sold 66,670 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $116.59, for a total transaction of $7,773,055.30. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 4,954,214 shares of the company's stock, valued at $577,611,810.26. This represents a 1.33 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider Donald F. Robertson, Jr. sold 4,500 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, December 13th. The stock was 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 owns 480,899 shares of the company's stock, valued at $65,056,016.72. The trade was 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 1,628,156 shares of company stock worth $197,995,077 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 4.23% of the company's stock.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 27th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 5th will be issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 5th. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is currently 1.57%.

NVIDIA announced that its board has initiated a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, August 28th that authorizes the company to repurchase $50.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 1.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

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.