What is William Blair's Estimate for NVIDIA FY2027 Earnings?

NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) - William Blair reduced their FY2027 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for NVIDIA in a note issued to investors on Monday, May 19th. William Blair analyst S. Naji now expects that the computer hardware maker will post earnings of $5.00 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast of $5.29. William Blair has a "Outperform" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA's current full-year earnings is $2.77 per share.

Several other research firms have also commented on NVDA. Hsbc Global Res lowered NVIDIA from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, April 3rd. Seaport Res Ptn raised NVIDIA to a "strong sell" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. HSBC lowered NVIDIA from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $120.00 target price on the stock. in a report on Thursday, April 3rd. Benchmark reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $190.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, March 19th. Finally, UBS Group reissued a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating, thirty-three have issued a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $167.53.

NVIDIA Stock Down 1.2%

Shares of NVIDIA stock traded down $1.54 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $131.29. 198,282,939 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 288,927,791. The firm has a market cap of $3.21 trillion, a PE ratio of 51.67, a PEG ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 2.11. The stock's fifty day moving average is $113.89 and its 200 day moving average is $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 has a 1 year low of $86.62 and a 1 year high of $195.95.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.89 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.05. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 114.83% and a net margin of 55.69%. The business had revenue of $39.33 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $38.16 billion.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other news, Director John Dabiri sold 2,663 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.00, for a total transaction of $292,930.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 17,279 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,900,690. This trade represents a 13.35% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Donald F. Robertson, Jr. sold 4,500 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $116.80, for a total transaction of $525,600.00. Following the sale, the insider now owns 479,428 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $55,997,190.40. The trade was a 0.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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. 4.17% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Tacita Capital Inc acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth approximately $28,000. Legend Financial Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth approximately $34,000. Vision Financial Markets LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth approximately $38,000. Luken Investment Analytics LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth approximately $40,000. Finally, Lowe Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth approximately $46,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.