NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA) Forecasted to Post Q1 2027 Earnings of $6.50 Per Share

NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research increased their Q1 2027 earnings estimates for NVIDIA in a research note issued to investors on Monday, April 29th. Zacks Research analyst A. Bhagat now expects that the computer hardware maker will earn $6.50 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $6.49. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA’s current full-year earnings is $22.55 per share.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 21st. The computer hardware maker reported $5.16 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.21 by $0.95. The business had revenue of $22.10 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $20.40 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 48.85% and a return on equity of 93.61%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 265.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.65 earnings per share.

NVDA has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Truist Financial raised their price target on NVIDIA from $911.00 to $1,177.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, March 18th. Argus raised their price objective on NVIDIA from $850.00 to $950.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 20th. UBS Group raised their price objective on NVIDIA from $1,100.00 to $1,150.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Piper Sandler raised their price objective on NVIDIA from $850.00 to $1,050.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 20th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and set a $1,100.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, February 20th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-eight have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $941.55.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $830.41 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $863.93 and a 200 day moving average of $644.83. NVIDIA has a 52 week low of $272.40 and a 52 week high of $974.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.08 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 69.55, a PEG ratio of 1.24 and a beta of 1.75. The company has a quick ratio of 3.67, a current ratio of 4.17 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of NVDA. LFA Lugano Financial Advisors SA bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Criterion Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at $28,000. Your Advocates Ltd. LLP purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the third quarter worth $30,000. Able Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth $32,000. Finally, Trivant Custom Portfolio Group LLC grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 44.1% during the 3rd quarter. Trivant Custom Portfolio Group LLC now owns 98 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $43,000 after buying an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 22,700 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $879.97, for a total value of $19,975,319.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 1,052,133 shares in the company, valued at approximately $925,845,476.01. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 22,700 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, April 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $879.97, for a total transaction of $19,975,319.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 1,052,133 shares in the company, valued at approximately $925,845,476.01. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $800.74, for a total value of $4,003,700.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 1,119,583 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $896,494,891.42. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 61,278 shares of company stock worth $52,689,898 in the last three months. 3.99% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 27th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 6th were paid a $0.04 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 5th. This represents a $0.16 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.02%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 1.34%.

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.