Erste Group Bank Increases Earnings Estimates for NVIDIA

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) – Equities research analysts at Erste Group Bank boosted their FY2027 EPS estimates for NVIDIA in a report released on Friday, September 18th. Erste Group Bank analyst H. Engel now anticipates that the computer hardware maker will earn $9.24 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $9.23. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA’s current full-year earnings is $9.25 per share.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.05 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also issued reports on NVDA. HSBC raised their price objective on NVIDIA from $360.00 to $365.00 in a report on Thursday, August 27th. KGI Securities boosted their target price on NVIDIA from $335.00 to $345.00 in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Melius Research set a $420.00 target price on NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Wedbush raised their price target on NVIDIA from $330.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn lifted their price target on NVIDIA from $300.00 to $325.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $324.34.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $228.87 on Monday. NVIDIA has a 12 month low of $164.27 and a 12 month high of $236.54. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.52 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.93, a P/E/G ratio of 1.76 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. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $215.47 and its 200 day moving average price is $205.09.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, September 10th will be given a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 12.64%.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $217.88, for a total transaction of $6,536,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $585,587,360.80. This trade represents a 1.10% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark Stevens sold 622,239 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total value of $144,122,997.18. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 2,336,531 shares in the company, valued at $541,187,310.22. This trade represents a 21.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 1,735,658 shares of company stock valued at $392,663,865 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. State Street Corp raised its position in NVIDIA by 1.6% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,009,783,437 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $202,047,568,000 after buying an additional 15,897,836 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Altus USA Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 8.0% in the second quarter. Wellington Altus USA Inc. now owns 14,583 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $2,918,000 after acquiring an additional 1,081 shares in the last quarter. Anchor Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 4.7% in the second quarter. Anchor Investment Management LLC now owns 90,989 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $18,206,000 after acquiring an additional 4,049 shares in the last quarter. Bullseye Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter worth about $396,000. Finally, Talon Private Wealth LLC increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 22.9% during the second quarter. Talon Private Wealth LLC now owns 44,085 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $8,821,000 after acquiring an additional 8,224 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang pushed back against AI “doomsday” scenarios and argued that existing laws are sufficient, helping ease concerns that overly restrictive regulation could slow AI deployment. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang rejects AI doomsday fears
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and financial commentators continue to highlight NVIDIA’s earnings momentum, broad AI hardware and networking portfolio, and projected long-term demand. Zacks restored the stock to a Rank #1 “Strong Buy,” while another report cited potential upside from positive earnings revisions. Bull of the Day: NVIDIA Corp.
• Positive Sentiment: Potentially improved access to China is a major catalyst. NVIDIA’s latest forecast reportedly assumes no data-center compute sales to China, leaving upside if the upcoming Trump-Xi discussions lead to licenses or expanded chip shipments. Nvidia’s forecast assumes no data center chip sales to China
• Positive Sentiment: New ecosystem initiatives reinforce NVIDIA’s expansion beyond GPUs. QAD | Redzone plans to integrate NVIDIA technology into manufacturing intelligence, while NVIDIA’s reported roughly $12.9 billion Hugging Face acquisition would add a major developer, model and dataset ecosystem. QAD Redzone Accelerates Manufacturing Intelligence with NVIDIA
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors are increasingly focused on AI infrastructure bottlenecks such as high-bandwidth memory, optical networking, power and cooling. Rising component costs could pressure NVIDIA’s margins, but may also validate demand and strengthen the position of critical suppliers such as Micron, Coherent and Lumentum. NVIDIA just named AI’s next bottleneck
• Negative Sentiment: AMD’s rapid advance is intensifying competitive pressure. Large OpenAI and Oracle commitments, rising data-center revenue and potential pricing power suggest hyperscalers are diversifying away from a single accelerator supplier. AMD chips away at NVIDIA’s AI throne
• Negative Sentiment: Other reports warn that higher interest rates, concentrated AI revenue, expensive infrastructure financing and persistent bubble concerns could weigh on NVIDIA’s richly valued shares. NVIDIA also missed the strongest portion of a Meta-driven chip rally, underscoring lingering growth expectations.

NVIDIA Company Profile

NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processors and related software. Its products are used for artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, computer graphics, data-center applications and other workloads that benefit from parallel processing.

The company’s offerings include GeForce graphics processing units (GPUs) and software for gaming and personal computers; data-center GPUs, systems and networking products; and professional visualization solutions for design, engineering, media and scientific applications.