NVIDIA (NVDA) to Release Quarterly Earnings on Wednesday

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) is expected to post its Q1 2026 quarterly earnings results after the market closes on Wednesday, May 28th. Analysts expect NVIDIA to post earnings of $0.87 per share and revenue of $43.09 billion for the quarter. NVIDIA has set its Q1 2026 guidance at EPS.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.89 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $39.33 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $38.16 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.69% and a return on equity of 114.83%. On average, analysts expect NVIDIA to post $3 EPS for the current fiscal year and $4 EPS for the next fiscal year.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NVDA traded down $1.54 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $131.29. The stock had a trading volume of 198,282,939 shares, compared to its average volume of 288,927,791. The firm has a market cap of $3.21 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 51.67, a PEG ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 2.11. NVIDIA has a 12 month low of $86.62 and a 12 month high of $195.95. The business has a fifty day moving average of $113.89 and a 200 day moving average of $126.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 3.64 and a current ratio of 4.10.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on the stock. DA Davidson dropped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $125.00 to $120.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, April 14th. HSBC lowered shares of NVIDIA from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $120.00 target price for the company. in a research report on Thursday, April 3rd. Seaport Res Ptn upgraded shares of NVIDIA to a "strong sell" rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 30th. Rosenblatt Securities dropped their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $220.00 to $200.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, April 16th. Finally, Susquehanna restated a "positive" rating and set a $180.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, March 19th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating, thirty-three have assigned a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $165.86.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, Director John Dabiri sold 2,663 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.00, for a total transaction of $292,930.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 17,279 shares in the company, valued at $1,900,690. This represents a 13.35% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 66,660 shares of the stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 3,085,765 shares in the company, valued at approximately $360,509,924.95. The trade was a 2.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 147,147 shares of company stock valued at $17,133,207 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Woodline Partners LP boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 29.2% in the 1st quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 2,083,672 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $225,828,000 after buying an additional 471,331 shares in the last quarter. Stuart Chaussee & Associates Inc. grew its stake in NVIDIA by 48.9% in 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 during the period. McIlrath & Eck LLC boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 14.3% during the 1st quarter. McIlrath & Eck LLC now owns 23,058 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $2,499,000 after purchasing an additional 2,881 shares during the last quarter. Semmax Financial Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 633.9% during the 1st quarter. Semmax Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 27,272 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $3,181,000 after purchasing an additional 23,556 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Empowered Funds LLC boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 12.0% during the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 948,552 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $102,804,000 after acquiring an additional 101,355 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.