Wedbush Has Bullish Outlook for NVIDIA FY2025 Earnings

NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA) – Research analysts at Wedbush increased their FY2025 EPS estimates for NVIDIA in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, November 20th. Wedbush analyst M. Bryson now forecasts that the computer hardware maker will earn $2.77 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $2.72. Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $175.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA’s current full-year earnings is $2.73 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for NVIDIA’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.79 EPS.

A number of other research analysts also recently commented on the stock. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $175.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price target on NVIDIA from $115.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. TD Cowen upped their price objective on NVIDIA from $165.00 to $175.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. Raymond James lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $140.00 to $170.00 and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Finally, Bank of America reissued a “buy” rating and set a $190.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, November 21st. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-nine have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $164.15.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NVIDIA stock opened at $136.02 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 4.10, a quick ratio of 3.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $134.39 and a 200-day moving average of $122.84. The stock has a market cap of $3.33 trillion, a P/E ratio of 53.53, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.60 and a beta of 1.66. NVIDIA has a 52 week low of $45.01 and a 52 week high of $152.89.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, November 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.12. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 114.83% and a net margin of 55.69%. The company had revenue of $35.08 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $33.15 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.38 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 93.6% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. FPC Investment Advisory Inc. purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the first quarter valued at about $26,000. Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. acquired a new position in NVIDIA in the first quarter worth approximately $27,000. TCTC Holdings LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA during the first quarter valued at approximately $82,000. Delos Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 600.0% in the first quarter. Delos Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 112 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $101,000 after acquiring an additional 96 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Lowe Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA in the second quarter worth approximately $25,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 155,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $132.27, for a total transaction of $20,501,850.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 8,100,117 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,071,402,475.59. The trade was a 1.88 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider Donald F. Robertson, Jr. sold 4,500 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Friday, September 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $116.51, for a total value of $524,295.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 492,409 shares in the company, valued at $57,370,572.59. This represents a 0.91 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 2,156,270 shares of company stock worth $254,784,327. Insiders own 4.23% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA announced that its board has initiated a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, August 28th that authorizes the company to buyback $50.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to buy up to 1.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 5th will be issued a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.03%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 1.57%.

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.