Q1 Earnings Estimate for NVIDIA Issued By DA Davidson

NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA) – Equities research analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q1 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of NVIDIA in a research note issued on Thursday, February 27th. DA Davidson analyst G. Luria forecasts that the computer hardware maker will post earnings of $0.93 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.

Other research analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $190.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $165.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 21st. Wedbush reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $175.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price objective on NVIDIA from $115.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on NVIDIA from $165.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 19th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-eight have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $169.62.

NVIDIA Trading Down 8.5 %

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $120.15 on Friday. 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 $75.61 and a 1 year high of $153.13. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $134.39 and a two-hundred day moving average of $131.81. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.94 trillion, a PE ratio of 47.28, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.62.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $38.16 billion.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 12th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.03%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 1.57%.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Tench Coxe sold 1,000,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $131.26, for a total transaction of $131,260,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 28,671,360 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,763,402,713.60. This represents a 3.37 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 36,462 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $151.10, for a total value of $5,509,408.20. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 3,902,888 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $589,726,376.80. This trade represents a 0.93 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 1,107,632 shares of company stock worth $146,405,286. 4.23% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. Christopher J. Hasenberg Inc acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 3rd quarter worth about $27,000. Tacita Capital Inc acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth about $28,000. University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth about $31,000. Legend Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth about $34,000. Finally, West Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 3rd quarter worth about $36,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

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.