NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn increased their Q1 2027 EPS estimates for NVIDIA in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, July 16th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst J. Goldberg now anticipates that the computer hardware maker will post earnings per share of $1.22 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.20. Seaport Res Ptn currently has a "Strong Sell" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA's current full-year earnings is $2.77 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for NVIDIA's Q2 2027 earnings at $1.29 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $1.41 EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $1.44 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.36 EPS.
Other equities research analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. DA Davidson boosted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $120.00 to $135.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday, May 29th. Truist Financial upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $205.00 to $210.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 29th. TD Cowen upped their price target on NVIDIA from $140.00 to $175.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 29th. Benchmark reissued a "buy" rating and set a $190.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 29th. Finally, Piper Sandler reissued an "overweight" rating and set a $180.00 target price (up from $150.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, May 28th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating, thirty-three have assigned a buy rating and four have assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $181.22.
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NVIDIA Stock Performance
Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA traded down $0.68 during trading on Friday, reaching $172.32. The stock had a trading volume of 71,609,533 shares, compared to its average volume of 263,724,798. NVIDIA has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $174.16. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.20 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 55.59, a P/E/G ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 2.13. The company has a quick ratio of 2.96, a current ratio of 3.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $145.88 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $129.63.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 28th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.87 by ($0.06). The business had revenue of $44.06 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $43.09 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 51.69% and a return on equity of 105.09%. NVIDIA's revenue was up 69.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.61 EPS.
Institutional Trading of NVIDIA
Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Centerpoint Advisory Group lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 2.5% in the first quarter. Centerpoint Advisory Group now owns 39,398 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $4,270,000 after buying an additional 943 shares during the period. GSB Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 3.3% during the 1st quarter. GSB Wealth Management LLC now owns 32,611 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $3,534,000 after buying an additional 1,043 shares in the last quarter. Variant Private Wealth LLC raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 20.6% during the first quarter. Variant Private Wealth LLC now owns 18,800 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $2,038,000 after purchasing an additional 3,206 shares during the period. Financial Perspectives Inc raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 2.8% during the first quarter. Financial Perspectives Inc now owns 45,958 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $4,981,000 after purchasing an additional 1,265 shares during the period. Finally, Hickory Point Bank & Trust acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth approximately $2,272,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Insider Transactions at NVIDIA
In other news, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $164.36, for a total transaction of $12,327,000.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 74,648,225 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,269,182,261. The trade was a 0.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director A Brooke Seawell sold 48,792 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $163.96, for a total value of $7,999,936.32. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 1,729,478 shares in the company, valued at $283,565,212.88. The trade was a 2.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 4,814,800 shares of company stock worth $709,172,753. Insiders own 4.17% of the company's stock.
NVIDIA Announces Dividend
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 11th were issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.02%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 11th. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 1.29%.
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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