Zacks Research Issues Positive Outlook for NVIDIA Earnings

NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA) – Zacks Research upped their Q3 2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of NVIDIA in a report released on Tuesday, March 25th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the computer hardware maker will post earnings per share of $1.06 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.03. 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 $1.14 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $1.15 EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $1.22 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $4.83 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $5.84 EPS.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.89 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $39.33 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $38.16 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.69% and a return on equity of 114.83%.

NVDA has been the topic of several other reports. Barclays increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $160.00 to $175.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Tigress Financial restated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. Morgan Stanley set a $162.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 19th. Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $190.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, March 19th. Finally, HSBC lowered their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $195.00 to $185.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 13th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-seven have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $171.51.

NVIDIA Stock Down 2.0 %

NVDA stock opened at $111.43 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average is $125.57 and its two-hundred day moving average is $131.32. NVIDIA has a fifty-two week low of $75.61 and a fifty-two week high of $153.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 3.64 and a current ratio of 4.10. The company has a market cap of $2.72 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 43.85, a P/E/G ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.77.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 12th will be issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 12th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.04%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is currently 1.36%.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other news, insider Donald F. Robertson, Jr. sold 4,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $116.80, for a total value of $525,600.00. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 479,428 shares in the company, valued at approximately $55,997,190.40. This trade represents a 0.93 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 36,462 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 completion of 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 ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 183,609 shares of company stock valued at $22,642,615 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 4.23% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Tacita Capital Inc acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth about $28,000. Legend Financial Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at about $34,000. Vision Financial Markets LLC purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth about $38,000. Luken Investment Analytics LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $40,000. Finally, DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 70.0% during the 3rd quarter. DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. now owns 340 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $41,000 after purchasing an additional 140 shares during the period. 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.