What is Zacks Research's Forecast for NVIDIA Q2 Earnings?

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA - Free Report) - Zacks Research dropped their Q2 2026 earnings estimates for shares of NVIDIA in a report released on Wednesday, June 18th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the computer hardware maker will post earnings per share of $0.92 for the quarter, down from their prior 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.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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 return on equity of 105.09% and a net margin of 51.69%. The firm had revenue of $44.06 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $43.09 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.61 EPS. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 69.2% on a year-over-year basis.

A number of other brokerages have also issued reports on NVDA. Wedbush reissued an "outperform" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 29th. Mizuho lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $168.00 to $170.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 29th. KeyCorp set a $190.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, March 19th. DZ Bank raised shares of NVIDIA from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Friday, February 28th. Finally, Arete Research raised shares of NVIDIA to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 21st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating, thirty-four have assigned a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $175.78.

NVIDIA Trading Up 0.5%

NVIDIA stock traded up $0.71 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $155.02. The stock had a trading volume of 197,366,288 shares, compared to its average volume of 269,337,995. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $128.75 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $126.78. The firm has a market cap of $3.78 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 50.01, a PEG ratio of 1.36 and a beta of 2.12. NVIDIA has a twelve month low of $86.62 and a twelve month high of $156.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10, a current ratio of 3.39 and a quick ratio of 2.96.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. FMR LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,004,376,608 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $134,877,735,000 after purchasing an additional 6,665,252 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 1.7% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 555,548,278 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $74,439,273,000 after purchasing an additional 9,468,786 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its position in NVIDIA by 0.9% in the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 411,328,951 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $55,237,367,000 after purchasing an additional 3,721,331 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth about $43,515,504,000. Finally, Northern Trust Corp raised its position in NVIDIA by 15.8% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 266,454,194 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $35,782,134,000 after purchasing an additional 36,266,817 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 935,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $140.92, for a total transaction of $131,760,200.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 9,214,697 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,298,535,101.24. The trade was a 9.21% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director A Brooke Seawell sold 55,282 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $144.71, for a total transaction of $7,999,858.22. Following the transaction, the director now owns 1,944,718 shares in the company, valued at approximately $281,420,141.78. The trade was a 2.76% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 3,468,863 shares of company stock worth $495,150,332. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed 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 is Wednesday, June 11th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.03%. NVIDIA's payout ratio is 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.