NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Zacks Research upped their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of NVIDIA in a research report issued on Thursday, April 18th. Zacks Research analyst A. Bhagat now anticipates that the computer hardware maker will earn $5.47 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $5.41. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA's current full-year earnings is $22.45 per share.
A number of other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. Benchmark restated a "buy" rating and set a $1,000.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, March 20th. Raymond James upped their target price on NVIDIA from $850.00 to $1,100.00 and gave the company a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, April 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on NVIDIA from $650.00 to $850.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Thursday, February 22nd. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on NVIDIA from $840.00 to $970.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 19th. Finally, Mizuho upped their target price on NVIDIA from $850.00 to $1,000.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, March 7th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-eight have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $940.30.
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NVIDIA Stock Down 10.0 %
Shares of NASDAQ NVDA traded down $84.71 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $762.00. 87,227,992 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 52,272,215. The company has a quick ratio of 3.67, a current ratio of 4.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. The stock has a market cap of $1.91 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 63.82, a P/E/G ratio of 1.21 and a beta of 1.73. NVIDIA has a 1 year low of $262.25 and a 1 year high of $974.00. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $844.71 and a 200 day moving average of $622.23.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 21st. The computer hardware maker reported $5.16 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $4.21 by $0.95. The firm had revenue of $22.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $20.40 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 93.61% and a net margin of 48.85%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 265.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.65 EPS.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 27th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 6th were given a dividend of $0.04 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 5th. This represents a $0.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.02%. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio is currently 1.34%.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $797.57, for a total transaction of $7,975,700.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 1,124,583 shares in the company, valued at $896,933,663.31. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $797.57, for a total transaction of $7,975,700.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 1,124,583 shares in the company, valued at $896,933,663.31. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 22,700 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $879.97, for a total value of $19,975,319.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 1,052,133 shares in the company, valued at approximately $925,845,476.01. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 61,278 shares of company stock worth $52,689,898. 3.99% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Brooklyn FI LLC lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 2.5% in the first quarter. Brooklyn FI LLC now owns 489 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $442,000 after acquiring an additional 12 shares in the last quarter. M. Kraus & Co lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 2.0% in the first quarter. M. Kraus & Co now owns 657 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $594,000 after acquiring an additional 13 shares in the last quarter. Sterling Financial Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 0.9% in the first quarter. Sterling Financial Group Inc. now owns 1,452 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $1,312,000 after acquiring an additional 13 shares in the last quarter. VanderPol Investments L.L.C. lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 3.1% in the first quarter. VanderPol Investments L.L.C. now owns 465 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $420,000 after acquiring an additional 14 shares in the last quarter. Finally, WFA Asset Management Corp lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 10.1% in the first quarter. WFA Asset Management Corp now owns 153 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $138,000 after acquiring an additional 14 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.
NVIDIA Company Profile
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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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