Research Analysts Offer Predictions for NVIDIA Co.’s Q3 2025 Earnings (NASDAQ:NVDA)

NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA) – Research analysts at William Blair issued their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for NVIDIA in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, September 18th. William Blair analyst S. Naji expects that the computer hardware maker will earn $0.70 per share for the quarter. William Blair currently has a “Outperform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA’s current full-year earnings is $2.64 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for NVIDIA’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.77 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.69 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $3.65 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $4.49 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on NVIDIA from $155.00 to $165.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 29th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and issued a $200.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, August 29th. Melius Research increased their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $125.00 to $160.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, June 21st. DA Davidson restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $90.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, August 29th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $135.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, August 19th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-seven have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $142.10.

NVIDIA Stock Down 1.6 %

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $116.00 on Monday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $115.99 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $107.24. NVIDIA has a 52 week low of $39.23 and a 52 week high of $140.76. The stock has a market cap of $2.85 trillion, a P/E ratio of 67.84, a PEG ratio of 1.06 and a beta of 1.67. The company has a quick ratio of 3.79, a current ratio of 4.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 28th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.64 by $0.04. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.04% and a return on equity of 113.50%. The business had revenue of $30.04 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $28.74 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.25 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 122.4% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 4.3% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 213,335,626 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $192,761,538,000 after purchasing an additional 8,828,050 shares in the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc raised its stake in NVIDIA by 884.0% during the 2nd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 213,127,959 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $26,329,751,000 after acquiring an additional 191,469,114 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its position in NVIDIA by 854.1% in the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 182,622,629 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $22,561,200,000 after acquiring an additional 163,482,580 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 870.3% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 102,422,225 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $12,658,922,000 after acquiring an additional 91,867,031 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1,123.2% during the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 92,039,713 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $11,371,255,000 after purchasing an additional 84,515,429 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In related news, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 120,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $124.88, for a total transaction of $14,985,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 80,334,995 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,032,234,175.60. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. In other NVIDIA news, CFO Colette Kress sold 66,670 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $116.59, for a total value of $7,773,055.30. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 4,954,214 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $577,611,810.26. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 120,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $124.88, for a total value of $14,985,600.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 80,334,995 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $10,032,234,175.60. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 3,472,303 shares of company stock valued at $417,461,507 over the last quarter. 4.23% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

NVIDIA Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, September 12th will be issued a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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%.

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, August 28th that permits the company to repurchase $50.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

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.