NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Releases Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.04 EPS

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The computer hardware maker reported $0.68 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.64 by $0.04, Briefing.com reports. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 110.60% and a net margin of 53.40%. The business had revenue of $30.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $28.74 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.25 EPS. NVIDIA’s revenue for the quarter was up 122.4% on a year-over-year basis. NVIDIA updated its Q3 2025 guidance to EPS.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $119.37 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.14, a current ratio of 3.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17. The firm has a market cap of $2.94 trillion, a PE ratio of 69.81, a PEG ratio of 1.15 and a beta of 1.68. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $120.25 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $102.80. NVIDIA has a 12-month low of $39.23 and a 12-month high of $140.76.

NVIDIA Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, September 12th will be paid a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 12th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.03%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 2.34%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Donald F. Robertson, Jr. sold 4,500 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Friday, June 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $128.17, for a total value of $576,765.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 503,878 shares in the company, valued at approximately $64,582,043.26. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. In related news, insider Donald F. Robertson, Jr. sold 4,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $128.17, for a total transaction of $576,765.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 503,878 shares in the company, valued at approximately $64,582,043.26. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Tench Coxe sold 100,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $1,194.57, for a total transaction of $119,457,000.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 2,967,136 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,544,451,651.52. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 4,021,333 shares of company stock worth $599,173,182 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 4.23% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Creekside Partners bought a new position in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth $1,982,000. NCP Inc. raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 922.3% during the second quarter. NCP Inc. now owns 179,890 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $22,224,000 after acquiring an additional 162,293 shares during the last quarter. Brown Financial Advisors acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter worth approximately $3,697,000. Gordian Capital Singapore Pte Ltd boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 442.6% in the second quarter. Gordian Capital Singapore Pte Ltd now owns 128,095 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $15,825,000 after acquiring an additional 104,488 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Centennial Bank AR increased its position in NVIDIA by 1,205.3% during the 2nd quarter. Centennial Bank AR now owns 979 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $121,000 after purchasing an additional 904 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

NVDA has been the topic of a number of research reports. Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $126.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 26th. Oppenheimer reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $110.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 23rd. HSBC boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $135.00 to $145.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 21st. Susquehanna increased their price objective on NVIDIA from $120.00 to $145.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a report on Monday, June 10th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein boosted their target price on NVIDIA from $130.00 to $155.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-seven have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $142.10.

NVIDIA declared that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Wednesday, August 28th that allows the company to buyback $50.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization allows the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually an indication that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

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.