Zacks Research Estimates NVIDIA's Q2 Earnings (NASDAQ:NVDA)

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q2 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for NVIDIA in a research note issued on Wednesday, June 18th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the computer hardware maker will earn $0.92 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.96. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA's current full-year earnings is $2.77 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for NVIDIA's Q4 2026 earnings at $1.19 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $1.28 EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $1.33 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $6.05 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. UBS Group reissued a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, May 23rd. TD Cowen lifted their price target on NVIDIA from $140.00 to $175.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 29th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $180.00 price objective on NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, March 19th. Summit Insights raised NVIDIA from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, May 29th. Finally, Oppenheimer reiterated an "outperform" rating and set a $175.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, June 16th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating, thirty-five have issued a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $173.05.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $143.83 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $3.51 trillion, a P/E ratio of 46.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.27 and a beta of 2.12. 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 company's 50 day moving average is $126.37 and its 200-day moving average is $126.43. NVIDIA has a 12-month low of $86.62 and a 12-month high of $153.13.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 28th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.87 by ($0.06). NVIDIA had a net margin of 51.69% and a return on equity of 105.09%. The firm had revenue of $44.06 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $43.09 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.61 EPS. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 69.2% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of NVDA. Hickory Point Bank & Trust purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at $2,272,000. BTC Capital Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 2.3% during the 1st quarter. BTC Capital Management Inc. now owns 330,176 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $35,785,000 after purchasing an additional 7,476 shares in the last quarter. Capital Performance Advisors LLP increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 59.3% during the fourth quarter. Capital Performance Advisors LLP now owns 26,700 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $3,586,000 after buying an additional 9,944 shares during the period. Waddell & Associates LLC raised its stake in NVIDIA by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. Waddell & Associates LLC now owns 24,124 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $3,240,000 after buying an additional 297 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Strategy Asset Managers LLC raised its stake in NVIDIA by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. Strategy Asset Managers LLC now owns 52,307 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $7,024,000 after buying an additional 405 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other NVIDIA news, Director Robert K. Burgess sold 50,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Friday, May 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $134.82, for a total value of $6,741,000.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 201,044 shares of the company's stock, valued at $27,104,752.08. This trade represents a 19.92% 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, Director Tench Coxe sold 1,000,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $142.80, for a total transaction of $142,800,000.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 26,671,360 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $3,808,670,208. This trade represents a 3.61% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 2,469,685 shares of company stock valued at $349,669,962 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company's stock.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 11th will be given a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 11th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.03%. NVIDIA's payout ratio is 1.29%.

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.

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