William Blair Issues Negative Outlook for NVIDIA Earnings

NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) - Stock analysts at William Blair decreased their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of NVIDIA in a note issued to investors on Monday, May 19th. William Blair analyst S. Naji now anticipates that the computer hardware maker will post earnings per share of $0.68 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.88. William Blair has a "Outperform" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA's current full-year earnings is $2.77 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for NVIDIA's Q2 2026 earnings at $0.95 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.07 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.17 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.88 EPS.

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

Several other equities analysts have also weighed in on the stock. Piper Sandler reiterated an "overweight" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, April 25th. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed a "hold" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday. Truist Financial raised their price objective on NVIDIA from $204.00 to $205.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, February 27th. DZ Bank upgraded NVIDIA from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Friday, February 28th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus set a $180.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, March 19th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating, thirty-three have issued a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $167.53.

NVIDIA Stock Down 1.2%

Shares of NVIDIA stock traded down $1.54 during trading on Thursday, reaching $131.29. 198,282,939 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 288,927,791. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.21 trillion, a PE ratio of 51.67, a P/E/G ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 2.11. NVIDIA has a 1-year low of $86.62 and a 1-year high of $195.95. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $113.89 and a 200-day moving average price of $126.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 4.10 and a quick ratio of 3.64.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Hickory Point Bank & Trust purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth $2,272,000. Capital Performance Advisors LLP lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 59.3% in the 4th quarter. Capital Performance Advisors LLP now owns 26,700 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $3,586,000 after purchasing an additional 9,944 shares during the period. Waddell & Associates LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% during the 4th quarter. Waddell & Associates LLC now owns 24,124 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $3,240,000 after purchasing an additional 297 shares in the last quarter. Strategy Asset Managers LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.8% during the 4th quarter. Strategy Asset Managers LLC now owns 52,307 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $7,024,000 after purchasing an additional 405 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ethos Financial Group LLC increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 24.1% during the fourth quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC now owns 32,092 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $4,312,000 after buying an additional 6,241 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director John Dabiri sold 2,663 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction 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 sale, the director now 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 filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 20,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 20th. The stock was 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 of the company's stock, valued at approximately $6,300,891.36. This trade represents a 27.32% decrease in their position. 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 ninety days. 4.17% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

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

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.