Q1 2026 Earnings Estimate for NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA) Issued By Zacks Research

NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research boosted their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of NVIDIA in a report released on Thursday, April 18th. Zacks Research analyst A. Bhagat now anticipates that the computer hardware maker will post earnings of $5.47 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $5.41. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA’s current full-year earnings is $22.45 per share.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 21st. The computer hardware maker reported $5.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.21 by $0.95. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 93.61% and a net margin of 48.85%. The firm had revenue of $22.10 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $20.40 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.65 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 265.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

NVDA has been the subject of several other reports. Tigress Financial lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $790.00 to $985.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 29th. Truist Financial lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $911.00 to $1,177.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, March 18th. HSBC lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $880.00 to $1,050.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, March 18th. Wolfe Research lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $630.00 to $900.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 22nd. Finally, Loop Capital initiated coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, February 16th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $1,200.00 target price for the company. Four 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 stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $940.30.

NVIDIA Trading Down 10.0 %

Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $762.00 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 4.17 and a quick ratio of 3.67. NVIDIA has a 1 year low of $262.25 and a 1 year high of $974.00. The company has a market capitalization of $1.91 trillion, a P/E ratio of 63.82, a P/E/G ratio of 1.21 and a beta of 1.73. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $844.71 and a 200 day moving average price of $622.23.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 27th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 6th were given a $0.04 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 5th. This represents a $0.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.02%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is currently 1.34%.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, insider Donald F. Robertson, Jr. sold 450 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $911.62, for a total value of $410,229.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 49,815 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $45,412,350.30. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. In other NVIDIA news, insider Donald F. Robertson, Jr. sold 450 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $911.62, for a total value of $410,229.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 49,815 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $45,412,350.30. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $800.74, for a total transaction of $4,003,700.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 1,119,583 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $896,494,891.42. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 61,278 shares of company stock valued at $52,689,898 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 3.99% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Brooklyn FI LLC lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 2.5% during the first quarter. Brooklyn FI LLC now owns 489 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $442,000 after purchasing an additional 12 shares during the last quarter. M. Kraus & Co lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 2.0% during the first quarter. M. Kraus & Co now owns 657 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $594,000 after purchasing an additional 13 shares during the last quarter. Sterling Financial Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 0.9% during the first quarter. Sterling Financial Group Inc. now owns 1,452 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,312,000 after purchasing an additional 13 shares during the last quarter. VanderPol Investments L.L.C. lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 3.1% during the first quarter. VanderPol Investments L.L.C. now owns 465 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $420,000 after purchasing an additional 14 shares during the last quarter. Finally, WFA Asset Management Corp lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 10.1% during the first quarter. WFA Asset Management Corp now owns 153 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $138,000 after purchasing an additional 14 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

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.