Erste Group Bank Predicts Increased Earnings for NVIDIA

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) – Equities researchers at Erste Group Bank boosted their FY2027 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of NVIDIA in a report released on Thursday, June 25th. Erste Group Bank analyst H. Engel now anticipates that the computer hardware maker will post earnings of $8.60 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $8.54. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA’s current full-year earnings is $8.69 per share. Erste Group Bank also issued estimates for NVIDIA’s FY2028 earnings at $11.92 EPS.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.NVIDIA’s revenue was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.81 EPS.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Itau BBA Securities reduced their price objective on NVIDIA from $256.00 to $218.00 in a research report on Wednesday, June 24th. Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $413.00 price objective (up from $352.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Mizuho set a $300.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Rothschild & Co Redburn upped their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $280.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Finally, Craig Hallum raised their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $245.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $303.84.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NVIDIA stock opened at $194.97 on Tuesday. NVIDIA has a fifty-two week low of $151.49 and a fifty-two week high of $236.54. The company has a market capitalization of $4.72 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.86, a PEG ratio of 0.43 and a beta of 2.22. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $210.60 and a two-hundred day moving average of $193.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a current ratio of 3.44.

NVIDIA declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 4th were paid a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 4th. This is an increase from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is currently 15.31%.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total value of $186,000,450.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at $1,094,412,146.07. The trade was a 14.53% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total transaction of $133,750.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 14,163 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,030,882. This represents a 4.23% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock worth $410,583,015. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. State Street Corp raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 991,480,489 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $184,911,111,000 after buying an additional 11,451,386 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in NVIDIA by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 588,803,093 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $109,446,217,000 after acquiring an additional 3,383,441 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth about $62,244,133,000. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in NVIDIA by 2.1% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 191,200,989 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,345,453,000 after acquiring an additional 4,019,505 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 181,203,035 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,808,862,000 after purchasing an additional 2,609,560 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Bernstein reiterated an Outperform rating, saying NVIDIA remains a key player in humanoid robotics as demand expands beyond traditional AI chips. Nvidia (NVDA) Remains a Key Humanoid Robotics Play, Bernstein Says
• Positive Sentiment: Jensen Huang said AI supercomputers could become common in homes, reinforcing the long-term growth case for consumer-side AI compute and NVIDIA-powered hardware. Jensen Huang Says an AI Supercomputer Could Become Common in the Home — The Implications for Consumer-Side Compute are Huge
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple articles highlighted NVIDIA’s expanding AI ecosystem, including partnerships tied to sovereign AI, government systems, and smaller firms needing access to NVIDIA-powered compute. Palantir and Nvidia Bring Open AI Models Inside U.S. Government Systems
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage also framed NVIDIA as a leader in the ongoing AI data-center build-out, with analysts still broadly bullish and some calling the stock undervalued relative to future growth. Nvidia is still a bargain. Analysts see 57% upside in NVDA stock.

About NVIDIA

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.