NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Releases Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.05 EPS

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday. The computer hardware maker reported $0.89 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.05, Zacks reports. The company had revenue of $39.33 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $38.16 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 114.83% and a net margin of 55.69%. NVIDIA updated its Q1 2026 guidance to EPS.

NVIDIA Trading Down 8.5 %

NVDA opened at $120.15 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $2.94 trillion, a PE ratio of 47.28, a PEG ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.62. The company has a quick ratio of 3.64, a current ratio of 4.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The business has a 50 day moving average of $134.39 and a 200-day moving average of $131.81. NVIDIA has a 52 week low of $75.61 and a 52 week high of $153.13.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 12th will be paid a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 12th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is presently 1.57%.

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 36,462 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $151.10, for a total transaction of $5,509,408.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 3,902,888 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $589,726,376.80. This trade represents a 0.93 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Tench Coxe sold 1,000,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $131.26, for a total value of $131,260,000.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 28,671,360 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,763,402,713.60. This trade represents a 3.37 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 1,107,632 shares of company stock worth $146,405,286 in the last quarter. 4.23% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in NVIDIA stock. Hudson Value Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 30.7% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 11,900 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises about 2.5% of Hudson Value Partners LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 9th biggest position. Hudson Value Partners LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $6,805,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently issued reports on NVDA shares. Wedbush reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $175.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $160.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $190.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday. TD Cowen raised their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $165.00 to $175.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. Finally, Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on NVIDIA from $150.00 to $190.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-eight have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $169.62.

About NVIDIA

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.