NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) – Equities researchers at DA Davidson issued their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for shares of NVIDIA in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, February 27th. DA Davidson analyst G. Luria anticipates that the computer hardware maker will post earnings of $0.93 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson currently has a “Neutral” rating and a $135.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA’s current full-year earnings is $2.77 per share.
Several other research firms have also commented on NVDA. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $165.00 to $185.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $220.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, February 24th. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $190.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $162.00 price objective (up previously from $152.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Loop Capital reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $175.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, November 20th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-eight have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $169.62.
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NVIDIA Trading Up 3.9 %
NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $124.81 on Friday. NVIDIA has a one year low of $75.61 and a one year high of $153.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 3.64 and a current ratio of 4.10. The firm has a market cap of $3.05 trillion, a P/E ratio of 49.12, a P/E/G ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.62. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $134.19 and a 200-day simple moving average of $132.03.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results 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. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.69% and a return on equity of 114.83%. The business had revenue of $39.33 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $38.16 billion.
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 given a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.03%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 12th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is presently 1.36%.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In related news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 36,462 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the executive vice president now owns 3,902,888 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $589,726,376.80. This represents a 0.93 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, 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 of the company’s stock, valued at $65,056,016.72. This represents a 0.93 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,107,632 shares of company stock worth $146,405,286. Company insiders own 4.23% of the company’s stock.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA
Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Christopher J. Hasenberg Inc purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the third quarter valued at about $27,000. Tacita Capital Inc purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth about $28,000. University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth about $31,000. Legend Financial Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth about $34,000. Finally, Vision Financial Markets LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth about $38,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.
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.
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