NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Releases Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.11 EPS

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11, FiscalAI reports. The business had revenue of $81.62 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 97.37%.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NVIDIA stock traded up $2.86 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $223.47. 160,044,008 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 170,055,859. The company has a market cap of $5.41 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 45.61, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.69 and a beta of 2.25. The company has a current ratio of 3.91, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $194.00 and a 200 day simple moving average of $188.61. NVIDIA has a fifty-two week low of $129.16 and a fifty-two week high of $236.54.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 11th were given a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 0.82%.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In related news, CFO Colette Kress sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $174.89, for a total transaction of $3,497,800.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 83,060 shares in the company, valued at $14,526,363.40. This trade represents a 19.41% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total transaction of $54,675,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,018,547 shares in the company, valued at approximately $550,130,190.75. This represents a 9.04% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 906,336 shares of company stock worth $162,802,518 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 47.9% during the 2nd quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Inspire Investing LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth about $44,000. AlphaCentric Advisors LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth about $45,000. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth about $40,000. Finally, Birchwood Financial Partners Inc. bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth about $60,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have weighed in on the stock. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $260.00 to $285.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday. CICC Research increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $228.00 to $240.60 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, February 27th. Robert W. Baird increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Fundamental Research set a $218.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $250.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 14th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $279.06.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street largely expects another earnings beat, with several reports noting Nvidia’s results could reignite the broader AI trade and lift chip stocks across the market.
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts have raised price targets and remained upbeat heading into the print, citing strong revenue growth, durable AI spending, and Nvidia’s continued leadership in data-center GPUs.
• Positive Sentiment: Options data shows traders positioning for a large post-earnings move while still leaning bullish, suggesting strong investor demand for NVDA exposure into the report.
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors are closely watching guidance, gross margins, next-generation chip timing, and China access, since these may matter more than the headline earnings beat itself.
• Neutral Sentiment: Media coverage emphasized that Nvidia’s earnings are now a market-wide event, influencing related names such as AMD, Intel, Broadcom, Marvell, CoreWeave, and Nebius.
• Negative Sentiment: Some commentary flagged elevated expectations, competition from custom AI chips, and warnings that the stock could react poorly even if results are solid because the bar is extremely high.

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.