FY2027 EPS Estimates for NVIDIA Increased by Analyst

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) – Equities researchers at Erste Group Bank lifted their FY2027 earnings estimates for NVIDIA in a research note issued to investors on Monday, July 27th. Erste Group Bank analyst H. Engel now expects that the computer hardware maker will post earnings of $8.67 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $8.64. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA’s current full-year earnings is $8.79 per share. Erste Group Bank also issued estimates for NVIDIA’s FY2028 earnings at $12.15 EPS.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. The firm had revenue of $81.61 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $78.42 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.81 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently commented on the company. UBS Group lifted their price target on NVIDIA from $275.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Susquehanna reiterated a “positive” rating and set a $275.00 target price (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $282.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. BTIG Research assumed coverage on NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, April 15th. They set a “buy” rating for the company. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $350.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, NVIDIA has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $304.26.

NVIDIA Stock Up 0.3%

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $197.01 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a current ratio of 3.44. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $206.86 and its 200-day moving average is $195.98. The stock has a market cap of $4.77 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.17, a PEG ratio of 0.38 and a beta of 2.21. NVIDIA has a 52-week low of $164.07 and a 52-week high of $236.54.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of NVDA. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 991,480,489 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $184,911,111,000 after acquiring an additional 11,451,386 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 588,803,093 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $109,446,217,000 after purchasing an additional 3,383,441 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $62,244,133,000. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 2.1% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 191,200,989 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,345,453,000 after purchasing an additional 4,019,505 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 181,203,035 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,808,862,000 after purchasing an additional 2,609,560 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total transaction of $3,343,815.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 116,135 shares in the company, valued at $25,053,803.55. This represents a 11.77% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total transaction of $186,000,450.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 5,207,271 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. The trade was a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the computer hardware maker to buy up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were paid a $0.25 dividend. This is a positive change from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is presently 15.31%.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Erste Group Bank raised its NVIDIA fiscal 2027 EPS estimate to $8.67 from $8.64 and its fiscal 2028 estimate to $12.15 from $12.12. Although the revisions were small, they reinforce expectations for continued earnings growth above the current-year consensus of $8.79. Erste Group Bank NVIDIA estimates
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA announced a long-term partnership with Safe Superintelligence, founded by former OpenAI scientist Ilya Sutskever, giving the AI lab access to NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin systems and potentially expanding its compute demand. Reports also indicate a planned $5 billion NVIDIA investment. NVIDIA investment in Safe Superintelligence
• Positive Sentiment: SK Hynix reported a more than sixfold increase in quarterly operating profit, citing strong demand for advanced memory used in AI data centers. The result supports the broader AI infrastructure demand outlook, although sales missed forecasts. SK Hynix AI demand report
• Neutral Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang continues to highlight robotics and “physical AI” as major future growth markets, potentially extending NVIDIA’s opportunity beyond data centers into autos, industrial systems and autonomous machines. Jensen Huang robotics outlook
• Negative Sentiment: Reports that NVIDIA may provide up to a $250 billion financing backstop for OpenAI’s Ohio data-center project renewed fears that the chipmaker is supporting customer demand through circular or vendor financing. The arrangement could increase counterparty and balance-sheet risk if OpenAI or data-center utilization falls. NVIDIA OpenAI financing backstop
• Negative Sentiment: A Taiwan investigation reportedly detained an NVIDIA employee in connection with alleged illegal exports of Super Micro AI servers to China, adding compliance and geopolitical risk. Separately, investors remain concerned about Chinese semiconductor competition and potential AI spending fatigue. Taiwan NVIDIA employee investigation

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.