NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) released its earnings results on Wednesday. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.87 by ($0.06), RTT News reports. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 114.83% and a net margin of 55.69%. The business had revenue of $44.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $43.09 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.61 earnings per share. The business's quarterly revenue was up 69.2% compared to the same quarter last year. NVIDIA updated its Q2 2026 guidance to EPS.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVDA traded down $4.91 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $134.28. The stock had a trading volume of 332,224,842 shares, compared to its average volume of 285,804,134. The company has a market cap of $3.28 trillion, a PE ratio of 52.85, a PEG ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 2.11. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $115.48 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $126.52. The company has a quick ratio of 3.64, a current ratio of 4.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. NVIDIA has a fifty-two week low of $86.62 and a fifty-two week high of $195.95.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 11th will be given a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 11th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.03%. NVIDIA's payout ratio is 1.29%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, CFO Colette Kress sold 66,660 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Friday, March 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $116.83, for a total transaction of $7,787,887.80. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 3,085,765 shares of the company's stock, valued at $360,509,924.95. The trade was a 2.11% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 20,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $118.42, for a total value of $2,368,400.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 53,208 shares in the company, valued at $6,300,891.36. The trade was a 27.32% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 147,147 shares of company stock valued at $17,133,207. Insiders own 4.17% of the company's stock.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Stuart Chaussee & Associates Inc. raised its stake in NVIDIA by 48.9% during the 1st quarter. Stuart Chaussee & Associates Inc. now owns 2,047 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $222,000 after acquiring an additional 672 shares in the last quarter. Spectrum Wealth Advisory Group LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 1st quarter valued at $238,000. Brooks Moore & Associates Inc. bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 1st quarter valued at $241,000. AlphaQuest LLC raised its stake in NVIDIA by 133.0% during the 1st quarter. AlphaQuest LLC now owns 2,234 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $242,000 after acquiring an additional 1,275 shares in the last quarter. Finally, RiverGlades Family Offices LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 1st quarter valued at $248,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on NVDA shares. Mizuho increased their target price on NVIDIA from $168.00 to $170.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday. Piper Sandler restated an "overweight" rating and issued a $180.00 price objective (up from $150.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday. Citigroup restated a "buy" rating and issued a $180.00 price objective (up from $150.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday. Truist Financial raised their price objective on NVIDIA from $205.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday. Finally, KeyCorp set a $190.00 price objective on NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, March 19th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating, thirty-six have assigned a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $171.66.

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.