Research Analysts Offer Predictions for NVIDIA Q1 Earnings

NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) - Zacks Research increased their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for NVIDIA in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, March 19th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the computer hardware maker will earn $0.86 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.82. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA's current full-year earnings is $2.77 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for NVIDIA's Q3 2027 earnings at $1.22 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $4.87 EPS.

A number of other research firms have also recently commented on NVDA. Bank of America reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $200.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, March 19th. Barclays increased their price target on NVIDIA from $160.00 to $175.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday, January 17th. William Blair reaffirmed an "outperform" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, March 20th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a "buy" rating and set a $160.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, March 19th. Finally, Tigress Financial reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-seven have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $171.51.

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NVIDIA Stock Performance

NVDA stock traded down $0.48 on Monday, hitting $120.93. The company had a trading volume of 117,154,125 shares, compared to its average volume of 314,666,735. The company has a current ratio of 4.10, a quick ratio of 3.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. NVIDIA has a 12-month low of $75.61 and a 12-month high of $153.13. The stock has a market cap of $2.95 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.59, a P/E/G ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.77. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $126.68 and its 200 day simple moving average is $131.46.

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

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 12th will be given a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.03%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 12th. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is currently 1.36%.

Insider Activity

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 36,462 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Monday, January 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $151.10, for a total value of $5,509,408.20. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 3,902,888 shares in the company, valued at $589,726,376.80. This trade represents a 0.93 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 2,663 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Monday, March 10th. The shares were 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 owns 17,279 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,900,690. This represents a 13.35 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 179,109 shares of company stock valued at $22,117,015. 4.23% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Tacita Capital Inc purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth about $28,000. Legend Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter valued at about $34,000. Vision Financial Markets LLC purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth about $38,000. Luken Investment Analytics LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth approximately $40,000. Finally, DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 70.0% in the 3rd quarter. DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. now owns 340 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $41,000 after acquiring an additional 140 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

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.