NVIDIA FY2027 Earnings Forecast Lifted by Erste Group Bank

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) – Stock analysts at Erste Group Bank upped their FY2027 EPS estimates for NVIDIA in a report released on Wednesday, October 21st. Erste Group Bank analyst H. Engel now anticipates that the computer hardware maker will earn $9.25 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $9.24. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA’s current full-year earnings is $9.30 per share. Erste Group Bank also issued estimates for NVIDIA’s FY2028 earnings at $15.80 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Weiss Ratings upgraded NVIDIA from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b+)” rating in a research note on Friday, October 16th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, August 26th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $315.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $280.00 to $320.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, DA Davidson reissued a “buy” rating and set a $300.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have assigned a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $321.47.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $212.21 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $222.86 and a 200-day moving average of $212.57. The company has a market cap of $5.11 trillion, a P/E ratio of 26.83, a P/E/G ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 4.59 and a quick ratio of 3.85. NVIDIA has a one year low of $164.27 and a one year high of $243.37.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.05 earnings per share.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Intelligent Financial Strategies bought a new position in NVIDIA in the third quarter worth about $26,000. Montgomery Financial Services LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Newton One Investments LLC purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $34,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 1st quarter worth approximately $27,000. Finally, Phillip James Consulting Co. purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 1st quarter worth approximately $40,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,460 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total transaction of $6,786,488.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at $598,810,648. This represents a 1.12% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total value of $7,648,787.90. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $167,595,812.15. This trade represents a 4.36% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last three months, insiders have sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock worth $399,450,353. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 10th were issued a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is presently 12.64%.

NVIDIA declared that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Monday, September 28th that permits the company to repurchase $150.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to buy up to 2.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

More NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang’s visit to Kazakhstan highlighted the country’s potential to become an AI-computing hub serving Europe. NVIDIA and TCV also invested in an extension of Higgsfield’s Series B round, expanding NVIDIA’s ecosystem exposure. Nvidia’s Huang heads to Kazakhstan for the first time — and he’s not the only one with big plans
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA is working with inDrive and Pony.ai on planned 2027 robotaxi testing in Kazakhstan, offering another potential growth avenue for its autonomous-driving platform. Uber rival inDrive eyes 2027 robotaxi tests in Central Asia with Pony.ai and Nvidia
• Positive Sentiment: Recent GTC Berlin announcements—including modular DSX POD AI factories, new CPU products, agent-security software and industrial partnerships with Schneider Electric and HPE—reinforce NVIDIA’s expansion from GPU supplier into a full-stack AI infrastructure provider. The modular systems are designed to shorten data-center deployment timelines. Nvidia announces plug and play Vera Rubin racks that can be shipped on a truck
• Positive Sentiment: Jensen Huang said neocloud demand is “off the charts,” while reports of major customer capacity additions and strong supplier demand continue to validate the need for NVIDIA’s accelerated-computing products. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says neocloud demand is off the charts but capital is scarce
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts and investors remain divided: bullish views point to NVIDIA’s platform expansion and sustained AI demand, while other commentary warns that the company’s roughly $5.1 trillion valuation leaves limited room for execution misses. Nvidia: Apex Arbiter Of Agentic And Physical Compute Economy
• Negative Sentiment: Chip stocks declined broadly as investors questioned whether hyperscalers and other AI customers can sustain enormous capital expenditures. Concerns about scarce financing, supply-chain constraints and rising rates are pressuring the broader AI trade. Nvidia, AMD and Micron fall sharply
• Negative Sentiment: One analysis warned that implied default risk has risen, adding to concerns around leverage and the financing structure supporting the AI buildout. NVIDIA’s upcoming earnings may also face elevated expectations, with the stock having initially declined after several recent quarterly reports despite strong longer-term performance. Nvidia: Equity Investors Are Ignoring The Surge In Implied Default Risk

About NVIDIA

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is a technology company that designs graphics processing units (GPUs), accelerated computing platforms, networking products and related software. Its technologies support artificial intelligence, machine learning, scientific computing, data analytics, professional visualization and computer graphics.

The company’s products include GeForce GPUs for gaming and personal computing, data center GPUs and systems for AI and high-performance computing, and networking solutions used to connect and manage large-scale computing infrastructure.