Erste Group Bank Expects Stronger Earnings for NVIDIA

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) – Equities researchers at Erste Group Bank boosted their FY2027 EPS estimates for shares of NVIDIA in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, July 15th. Erste Group Bank analyst H. Engel now expects that the computer hardware maker will post earnings of $8.64 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $8.60. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA’s current full-year earnings is $8.80 per share. Erste Group Bank also issued estimates for NVIDIA’s FY2028 earnings at $12.12 EPS.

Several other research firms also recently issued reports on NVDA. New Street Research dropped their price objective on NVIDIA from $343.00 to $340.00 in a report on Thursday, May 21st. KeyCorp reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $330.00 target price (up from $310.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday. 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 report on Thursday, May 21st. Barclays restated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $265.00 to $280.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $304.26.

NVIDIA Stock Down 2.4%

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $207.40 on Friday. 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 has a 1 year low of $164.07 and a 1 year high of $236.54. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $209.88 and its 200-day simple moving average is $195.05. The firm has a market cap of $5.02 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.76, a PEG ratio of 0.47 and a beta of 2.21.

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Brighton Jones LLC grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 12.4% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $43,631,000 after purchasing an additional 35,815 shares during the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,346,417 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $315,100,000 after purchasing an additional 22,929 shares during the last quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 6.7% in the 4th quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 58,396 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $7,842,000 after purchasing an additional 3,653 shares during the last quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC boosted its position in NVIDIA by 30.7% during the 4th quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $6,805,000 after purchasing an additional 11,900 shares during the period. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. boosted its position in NVIDIA by 15.7% during the 1st quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 6,598 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $715,000 after purchasing an additional 896 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other NVIDIA news, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total transaction of $133,750.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 14,163 shares in the company, valued at $3,030,882. The trade was a 4.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total transaction of $3,343,815.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 116,135 shares in the company, valued at $25,053,803.55. This trade represents a 11.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015 over the last 90 days. 3.94% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, May 20th that authorizes the company to buyback $80.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

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

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA deepened its push into Japan by launching a national AI infrastructure initiative and announcing new partnerships with major companies including Fanuc, Yaskawa Electric, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, SoftBank, Hitachi, NTT DATA and others. The deals expand NVIDIA’s footprint in robotics, manufacturing, healthcare and enterprise AI, supporting the long-term demand story for its chips and software. Japan Government, Industrial Leaders and NVIDIA Launch the World’s First National AI Infrastructure
• Positive Sentiment: The company also unveiled Cosmos 3 Edge and expanded its physical-AI ecosystem in Japan, which could help NVIDIA grow beyond GPUs into robotics, edge AI and full-stack infrastructure. Nvidia unveils new AI model and expands Japan’s physical AI ecosystem
• Positive Sentiment: Several Wall Street notes remained constructive, with KeyCorp reiterating an Overweight rating and a $330 target while modeling strong earnings growth for fiscal 2028. That suggests analysts still see major upside if NVIDIA sustains AI demand and execution. MarketBeat NVIDIA coverage
• Neutral Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang also pushed back on reports of delays to the Vera Rubin platform, saying production is already underway. That may help reassure investors, but it does not change near-term financial results by itself. Nvidia CEO Huang denies Vera Rubin delays, says AI accelerator is in production
• Negative Sentiment: Despite the upbeat product news, NVIDIA shares were weighed down by a broader semiconductor sell-off and “AI bubble” concerns, with chip stocks under pressure across the market. Investors appear to be taking profits and rotating out of the sector rather than reacting to a company-specific setback. The Chip-Stock Slide Isn’t Over. The AI Trade Is Still Under Pressure.
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish commentary also focused on valuation and bubble risk, arguing the stock may be pricing in a future tech spending slowdown and massive sell-off scenarios. That keeps sentiment cautious even with NVIDIA’s strong growth profile. History Might Be Telling Us Why Nvidia Stock Is So Cheap. Should Investors Listen?

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.