NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Releases Earnings Results

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) issued its earnings results on Wednesday. The computer hardware maker reported $0.89 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.05, Zacks reports. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.69% and a return on equity of 114.83%. The company had revenue of $39.33 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $38.16 billion. NVIDIA updated its Q1 2026 guidance to EPS.

NVIDIA Trading Down 8.5 %

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $120.15 on Friday. NVIDIA has a 1 year low of $75.61 and a 1 year high of $153.13. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $134.39 and its 200 day simple moving average is $131.81. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.94 trillion, a P/E ratio of 47.28, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.62. The company has a current ratio of 4.10, a quick ratio of 3.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Buying and Selling

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

An institutional investor recently raised its position in NVIDIA stock. Highview Capital Management LLC DE raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 6.7% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 58,396 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,653 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for approximately 3.0% of Highview Capital Management LLC DE’s holdings, making the stock its 7th biggest holding. Highview Capital Management LLC DE’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $7,842,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently weighed in on the stock. UBS Group increased their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $150.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 11th. DA Davidson reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $135.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday. Robert W. Baird increased their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $150.00 to $190.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 21st. Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $190.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Evercore ISI increased their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $189.00 to $190.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 21st. Five investment 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. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $169.62.

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.