Erste Group Bank Forecasts Stronger Earnings for NVIDIA

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) – Equities research analysts at Erste Group Bank boosted their FY2027 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of NVIDIA in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 18th. Erste Group Bank analyst H. Engel now expects that the computer hardware maker will earn $7.41 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $7.40. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA’s current full-year earnings is $2.77 per share.

A number of other brokerages have also recently issued reports on NVDA. Arete Research increased their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $244.00 to $261.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. DZ Bank restated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. William Blair reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, January 6th. Wall Street Zen lowered NVIDIA from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 7th. Finally, Robert W. Baird restated an “outperform” rating and set a $275.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Friday, December 26th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $267.50.

NVIDIA Stock Up 0.7%

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $192.85 on Monday. NVIDIA has a one year low of $86.62 and a one year high of $212.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a current ratio of 4.47 and a quick ratio of 3.71. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $185.80 and a 200 day moving average price of $183.80. The stock has a market cap of $4.69 trillion, a P/E ratio of 47.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 2.31.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $187.82, for a total value of $37,564,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,818,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $717,199,497.54. The trade was a 4.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 30,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $178.11, for a total transaction of $5,432,355.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 1,286,826 shares in the company, valued at $229,196,578.86. The trade was a 2.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 1,610,848 shares of company stock valued at $291,619,375 over the last three months. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Center for Financial Planning Inc. lifted its position in NVIDIA by 4.6% during the second quarter. Center for Financial Planning Inc. now owns 8,429 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,332,000 after buying an additional 367 shares during the period. Atria Investments Inc increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 3.2% during the 2nd quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 942,208 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $148,859,000 after acquiring an additional 29,479 shares during the last quarter. Svenska Handelsbanken AB publ purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 3rd quarter worth about $37,316,000. Oak Ridge Investments LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. Oak Ridge Investments LLC now owns 970,860 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $181,143,000 after acquiring an additional 20,559 shares during the period. Finally, MADDEN SECURITIES Corp boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 3.2% in the second quarter. MADDEN SECURITIES Corp now owns 81,322 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $12,848,000 after acquiring an additional 2,484 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street expects massive Q4 revenue (street chatter ~ $65B / ~68% YoY) — that optimism is supporting the rally. Why is Nvidia stock soaring
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and brokers have reiterated buy/outperform ratings and higher targets ahead of results (Wedbush, Truist, DA Davidson, KeyCorp coverage), supporting demand. Wedbush and Truist reiterate buy
• Positive Sentiment: Sector tailwind — the semiconductor index is near record highs and a broad market rally ahead of NVDA earnings is lifting the stock. Semis Hit Highs Before NVIDIA
• Positive Sentiment: New enterprise wins/partnerships (Akamai integration for critical-infrastructure cybersecurity using NVIDIA BlueField DPUs) expand enterprise TAM beyond GPUs. Akamai and NVIDIA launch solution
• Positive Sentiment: Corporate returns: Nvidia is scheduled to pay a dividend next month — a small but supportive sign for income-focused holders. Dividend announcement
• Neutral Sentiment: Heavy options/derivatives activity: traders are positioning for a big post-earnings move, increasing intraday volatility even if fundamentals meet expectations. Options strategies ahead of earnings
• Neutral Sentiment: AI infrastructure rotation: suppliers and fiber/optical plays (e.g., Corning) are rallying, which underpins long-term datacenter demand for NVIDIA chips but shifts some capital away from pure-chip names. Corning pivot to AI infrastructure
• Negative Sentiment: Export-control / China risk: U.S. officials say H200 chips have not been shipped to China — short-term revenue exposure and regulatory scrutiny remain a risk. China H200 shipment update
• Negative Sentiment: Compliance and reputational risk: reports that a Chinese startup trained a model on NVIDIA’s best chip despite bans raise enforcement and policy uncertainty. DeepSeek trained on Blackwell despite ban
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive pressure and ASIC fears: hyperscalers pursuing custom chips and broader AI-chip competition (Google, in-house ASICs) are a recurring concern that could temper long-term margin/growth expectations. AI competition & risks

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.