Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for NVIDIA Q1 Earnings

Key Points

• Wedbush has increased its Q1 2027 earnings per share estimate for NVIDIA from $1.30 to $1.34 and maintains an "Outperform" rating with a price target of $210.00.
• Multiple analysts have raised their price targets for NVIDIA, with Wells Fargo's target reaching $220.00, reflecting strong market confidence.
• NVIDIA CEO and CFO both sold shares recently, with significant trades highlighting a 0.10% decrease in the CEO's ownership and a 0.93% decrease for the CFO.

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Wedbush raised their Q1 2027 EPS estimates for NVIDIA in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, August 21st. Wedbush analyst M. Bryson now expects that the computer hardware maker will earn $1.34 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.30. Wedbush has a "Outperform" rating and a $210.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA's current full-year earnings is $2.77 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for NVIDIA's Q2 2027 earnings at $1.43 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $1.48 EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $1.57 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.82 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also issued reports on the stock. Oppenheimer increased their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $175.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 15th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an "overweight" rating and set a $240.00 target price (up from $200.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, August 18th. Citigroup reissued an "overweight" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, August 18th. Morgan Stanley restated an "overweight" rating and set a $206.00 price target (up previously from $200.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, August 18th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $178.00 to $200.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 29th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have given a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $192.44.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NVDA stock traded up $3.01 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $177.99. 172,179,840 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 157,824,752. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $167.35 and a 200 day moving average of $137.40. The company has a quick ratio of 2.96, a current ratio of 3.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10. NVIDIA has a 52-week low of $86.62 and a 52-week high of $184.48. The company has a market cap of $4.34 trillion, a PE ratio of 57.42, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 2.14.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May 28th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.87 by ($0.06). NVIDIA had a return on equity of 105.09% and a net margin of 51.69%.The firm had revenue of $44.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $43.09 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.61 earnings per share. The company's revenue was up 69.2% compared to the same quarter last year. NVIDIA has set its Q2 2026 guidance at EPS.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Carter Financial Group INC. purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter worth $4,266,000. Cim Investment Management Inc. increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 99.7% during the second quarter. Cim Investment Management Inc. now owns 219,321 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $32,046,000 after acquiring an additional 109,503 shares during the period. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 7.3% during the second quarter. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC now owns 15,415 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $2,435,000 after purchasing an additional 1,046 shares in the last quarter. Clarion Wealth Managment Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter worth $941,000. Finally, Thompson Davis & CO. Inc. grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 8.3% during the second quarter. Thompson Davis & CO. Inc. now owns 5,569 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $880,000 after purchasing an additional 427 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $179.76, for a total value of $13,482,000.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 72,848,225 shares of the company's stock, valued at $13,095,196,926. The trade was a 0.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $178.06, for a total value of $4,921,578.40. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 2,956,876 shares in the company, valued at approximately $526,501,340.56. The trade was a 0.93% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 5,912,440 shares of company stock worth $902,886,782. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company's stock.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 11th were given a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 11th. NVIDIA's payout ratio is presently 1.29%.

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.