NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Issues Quarterly Earnings Results

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11, FiscalAI reports. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The business had revenue of $81.62 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.42 billion.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NASDAQ NVDA traded up $2.86 on Wednesday, reaching $223.47. 151,883,101 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 169,702,297. The firm has a market cap of $5.41 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 45.61, a P/E/G ratio of 0.69 and a beta of 2.25. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $194.00 and a 200-day moving average price of $188.61. NVIDIA has a fifty-two week low of $129.16 and a fifty-two week high of $236.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a current ratio of 3.91.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 11th were issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 0.82%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts recently commented on NVDA shares. HSBC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $325.00 target price (up from $295.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday. Wolfe Research raised their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $250.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, January 30th. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $283.00 to $287.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 18th. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, April 17th. Finally, Itau BBA Securities reissued a “market perform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $279.06.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In related news, CFO Colette Kress sold 20,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $174.89, for a total transaction of $3,497,800.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 83,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $14,526,363.40. This trade represents a 19.41% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total value of $3,357,490.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 36,007 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,362,796.97. This represents a 34.54% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 906,336 shares of company stock worth $162,802,518 in the last three months. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vision Financial Markets LLC grew its position in NVIDIA by 1.2% during the third quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC now owns 4,640 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $866,000 after buying an additional 53 shares during the period. Terril Brothers Inc. raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 2.5% in the fourth quarter. Terril Brothers Inc. now owns 2,255 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $421,000 after acquiring an additional 55 shares during the period. Widmann Financial Services Inc. boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.5% during the 4th quarter. Widmann Financial Services Inc. now owns 13,319 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $2,484,000 after acquiring an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. LeClair Wealth Partners LLC grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. LeClair Wealth Partners LLC now owns 20,981 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $3,913,000 after acquiring an additional 60 shares during the period. Finally, Freedom Financial Partners LLC grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% during the 2nd quarter. Freedom Financial Partners LLC now owns 6,553 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,035,000 after acquiring an additional 63 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street largely expects another earnings beat, with several reports noting Nvidia’s results could reignite the broader AI trade and lift chip stocks across the market.
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts have raised price targets and remained upbeat heading into the print, citing strong revenue growth, durable AI spending, and Nvidia’s continued leadership in data-center GPUs.
• Positive Sentiment: Options data shows traders positioning for a large post-earnings move while still leaning bullish, suggesting strong investor demand for NVDA exposure into the report.
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors are closely watching guidance, gross margins, next-generation chip timing, and China access, since these may matter more than the headline earnings beat itself.
• Neutral Sentiment: Media coverage emphasized that Nvidia’s earnings are now a market-wide event, influencing related names such as AMD, Intel, Broadcom, Marvell, CoreWeave, and Nebius.
• Negative Sentiment: Some commentary flagged elevated expectations, competition from custom AI chips, and warnings that the stock could react poorly even if results are solid because the bar is extremely high.

NVIDIA Company Profile

NVIDIA Corporation, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a global technology company that designs and develops graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip (SoC) technologies. Co-founded by Jensen Huang, who serves as president and chief executive officer, along with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem, NVIDIA has grown from a graphics-focused chipmaker into a broad provider of accelerated computing hardware and software for multiple industries.

The company’s product portfolio spans discrete GPUs for gaming and professional visualization (marketed under the GeForce and NVIDIA RTX lines), high-performance data center accelerators used for AI training and inference (including widely adopted platforms such as the A100 and H100 series), and Tegra SoCs for automotive and edge applications.