DA Davidson Comments on NVIDIA's Q2 Earnings (NASDAQ:NVDA)

NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q2 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of NVIDIA in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, May 29th. DA Davidson analyst G. Luria anticipates that the computer hardware maker will post earnings of $0.94 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson has a "Neutral" rating and a $135.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA's current full-year earnings is $2.77 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for NVIDIA's FY2026 earnings at $3.72 EPS.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results 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). NVIDIA had a return on equity of 114.83% and a net margin of 55.69%. The company had revenue of $44.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $43.09 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.61 earnings per share. NVIDIA's revenue for the quarter was up 69.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

NVDA has been the subject of several other research reports. Raymond James lifted their price target on NVIDIA from $150.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Thursday. Hsbc Global Res cut shares of NVIDIA from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, April 3rd. DZ Bank upgraded NVIDIA from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Friday, February 28th. Bank of America upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $150.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 14th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald restated an "overweight" rating and set a $200.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, April 16th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating, thirty-six have assigned a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $171.66.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA traded up $2.13 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $137.26. The company had a trading volume of 101,127,423 shares, compared to its average volume of 283,770,255. 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 twelve month low of $86.62 and a twelve month high of $195.95. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $115.48 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $126.24. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.36 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 54.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 2.11.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Tacita Capital Inc acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth approximately $28,000. Vision Financial Markets LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth $38,000. Luken Investment Analytics LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth about $40,000. Copia Wealth Management acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at about $50,000. Finally, LSV Asset Management acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth approximately $54,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In related news, Director John Dabiri sold 2,663 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Monday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.00, for a total value of $292,930.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 17,279 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,900,690. This trade represents a 13.35% 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 hyperlink. Also, insider Donald F. Robertson, Jr. sold 4,500 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $116.80, for a total value of $525,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 479,428 shares of the company's stock, valued at $55,997,190.40. This represents a 0.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 147,147 shares of company stock worth $17,133,207 over the last three months. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 11th will be issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 11th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.03%. NVIDIA's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 1.29%.

NVIDIA Company Profile

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.