NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.07 EPS

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) released its earnings results on Wednesday. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.07, FiscalAI reports. NVIDIA had a net margin of 52.41% and a return on equity of 101.74%. The firm had revenue of $57.01 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $54.66 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.81 earnings per share. NVIDIA’s revenue was up 62.5% compared to the same quarter last year. NVIDIA updated its Q4 2026 guidance to EPS.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NVIDIA stock opened at $186.52 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.53 trillion, a PE ratio of 53.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 2.11. NVIDIA has a one year low of $86.62 and a one year high of $212.19. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $186.37 and its 200 day moving average price is $167.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a quick ratio of 3.60 and a current ratio of 4.21.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 4th will be 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 is Thursday, December 4th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 1.14%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 25,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $207.91, for a total transaction of $5,197,750.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 69,733,203 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $14,498,230,235.73. The trade was a 0.04% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $208.33, for a total transaction of $5,758,241.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 2,828,122 shares in the company, valued at $589,182,656.26. This represents a 0.97% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 3,251,577 shares of company stock worth $583,143,187 in the last quarter. Insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 47.9% during the second quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth about $40,000. EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at about $54,000. Basso Capital Management L.P. bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $75,000. Finally, Bridge Generations Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $75,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on NVDA shares. Wells Fargo & Company reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $265.00 price target (up previously from $220.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, November 14th. President Capital increased their target price on NVIDIA from $210.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Evercore ISI set a $261.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on NVIDIA from $215.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Melius Research lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $300.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-two have assigned a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $250.17.

NVIDIA Company Profile

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.