KeyCorp Estimates NVIDIA’s Q1 Earnings (NASDAQ:NVDA)

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) – Analysts at KeyCorp issued their Q1 2027 earnings estimates for shares of NVIDIA in a research report issued on Monday, January 12th. KeyCorp analyst J. Vinh expects that the computer hardware maker will post earnings of $1.65 per share for the quarter. KeyCorp has a “Overweight” rating and a $275.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA’s current full-year earnings is $2.77 per share. KeyCorp also issued estimates for NVIDIA’s Q2 2027 earnings at $1.85 EPS and Q3 2027 earnings at $2.07 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also commented on the company. Hsbc Global Res raised NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 15th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $250.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, January 8th. Royal Bank Of Canada began coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday. They set an “outperform” rating and a $240.00 price objective for the company. Macquarie raised shares of NVIDIA to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Wedbush upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $210.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, NVIDIA presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $262.32.

NVIDIA Trading Down 1.4%

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $183.14 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.45 trillion, a PE ratio of 45.44, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 2.31. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $184.28 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $180.36. The company has a current ratio of 4.47, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. NVIDIA has a 12 month low of $86.62 and a 12 month high of $212.19.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $57.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $54.66 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 53.01% and a return on equity of 99.24%. NVIDIA’s revenue was up 62.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.81 earnings per share.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC lifted its stake 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 valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth $40,000. Finally, Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter worth $50,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Debora Shoquist sold 69,840 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.85, for a total transaction of $12,421,044.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 1,424,603 shares in the company, valued at $253,365,643.55. The trade was a 4.67% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 7th. The stock was 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 owned 3,818,547 shares in the company, valued at approximately $717,199,497.54. This represents a 4.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 1,761,474 shares of company stock worth $321,897,742 over the last three months. Insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 4th were given a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 4th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is 0.99%.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: U.S. approval clears a path for H200 sales to China (subject to licenses, security conditions and a 25% government take), preserving access to a crucial market rather than an outright ban. Trump administration clears way for Nvidia H200 chip sales to China with a 25% surcharge
• Positive Sentiment: An analyst lift: Mizuho raised its price target on NVDA (helping sentiment that NVDA still has upside despite size/valuation concerns). Mizuho Raises PT on NVIDIA (NVDA) Stock
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA is hiring senior marketing, policy and HR leaders and adding software acqui-hires — a sign of scaling and governance focus that helps long-term execution but is unlikely to move near-term earnings. Nvidia is staffing up as it draws heightened scrutiny. These are the key leaders it gained and lost last year.
• Neutral Sentiment: Longer-term demand signal: coverage of NVIDIA’s Rubin/CES roadmap and the supplier ecosystem (power, photonics, packaging) underlines persistent structural demand for GPUs and data-center platforms — positive for NVDA over time but not an immediate catalyst. Small Names, Big Impact: The Stocks Behind NVIDIA’s Rubin
• Negative Sentiment: China has moved to restrict or block H200 imports (customs told agents H200s are not permitted and Beijing is drafting tighter purchase rules), creating near-term demand uncertainty for NVDA’s highest‑end chips. China’s customs agents told Nvidia’s H200 chips are not permitted, sources say
• Negative Sentiment: Beijing is reportedly drafting purchase limits on H200 buys (special circumstances only), adding a second policy headwind that could meaningfully reduce NVDA volume into China even if U.S. export licenses are available. China drafting purchase rules for Nvidia H200 chips, Nikkei Asia reports
• Negative Sentiment: U.S. policy also imposes a 25% tariff/“government take” on certain advanced-computing chip sales — that reduces NVDA’s margin on China shipments and hands a slice of revenue to the U.S. government, a net economic headwind. Trump Imposes Limited Tariffs on Foreign Semiconductors
• Negative Sentiment: Sentiment and positioning risks: high-profile short interest and headlines (e.g., Michael Burry publicly shorting NVDA) plus a recent analyst downgrade/hold calls add pressure to sentiment and can accelerate outflows if momentum sours. ‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry explains why he’s betting against Nvidia
• Negative Sentiment: Insider/insider‑adjacent selling reported (Rep. Cisneros disclosed NVDA share sales) — small in isolation but contributes to negative intraday headlines. Rep. Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. Sells NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) Shares

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.