Zacks Research Has Optimistic View of NVIDIA FY2025 Earnings

NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research increased their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of NVIDIA in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, December 12th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the computer hardware maker will post earnings of $2.76 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $2.60. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA’s current full-year earnings is $2.78 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for NVIDIA’s Q1 2026 earnings at $0.82 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.90 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $0.98 EPS.

NVDA has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Sanford C. Bernstein lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $130.00 to $155.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 29th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $115.00 to $140.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $200.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, November 18th. Loop Capital reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $175.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, November 20th. Finally, Bank of America restated a “buy” rating and issued a $190.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-nine have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $164.15.

NVIDIA Stock Down 1.7 %

NVDA stock opened at $132.00 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $3.23 trillion, a PE ratio of 51.95, a PEG ratio of 2.43 and a beta of 1.63. NVIDIA has a one year low of $47.32 and a one year high of $152.89. 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 firm’s 50 day moving average price is $139.84 and its 200-day moving average price is $126.92.

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

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback 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 repurchase up to 1.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other news, Director John Dabiri sold 716 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $142.00, for a total transaction of $101,672.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 19,942 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,831,764. The trade was a 3.47 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Donald F. Robertson, Jr. sold 4,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $116.51, for a total value of $524,295.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 492,409 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $57,370,572.59. This trade represents a 0.91 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 1,628,156 shares of company stock worth $197,995,077. 4.23% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1,900.0% during the second quarter. DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. now owns 200 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 190 shares during the period. Christopher J. Hasenberg Inc purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $27,000. CGC Financial Services LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $26,000. Quest Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Finally, University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at approximately $31,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.