Wedbush Comments on NVIDIA’s Q3 Earnings (NASDAQ:NVDA)

NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA) – Wedbush increased their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for NVIDIA in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, November 14th. Wedbush analyst M. Bryson now anticipates that the computer hardware maker will post earnings of $0.73 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.69. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $160.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA’s current full-year earnings is $2.67 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for NVIDIA’s Q2 2026 earnings at $1.03 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $1.10 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also weighed in on NVDA. Raymond James increased their price objective on NVIDIA from $140.00 to $170.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 14th. Oppenheimer increased their price target on NVIDIA from $150.00 to $175.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 14th. Needham & Company LLC boosted their price objective on NVIDIA from $120.00 to $145.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 29th. UBS Group increased their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $150.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 11th. Finally, Melius Research boosted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $165.00 to $185.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 11th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-eight have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $152.40.

NVIDIA Stock Down 1.3 %

NVIDIA stock opened at $140.15 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.79, a current ratio of 4.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. The company has a market capitalization of $3.44 trillion, a P/E ratio of 65.74, a P/E/G ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 1.66. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $131.64 and a 200-day moving average price of $120.96. NVIDIA has a twelve month low of $45.01 and a twelve month high of $149.77.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 28th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.68 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.64 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $30.04 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $28.74 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.04% and a return on equity of 113.50%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 122.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.25 earnings per share.

NVIDIA Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 3rd. Investors of record on Thursday, September 12th were given a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 12th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.03%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 1.88%.

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Wednesday, August 28th that permits the company to repurchase $50.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 1.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 120,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $119.03, for a total transaction of $14,283,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 76,494,995 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,105,199,254.85. This represents a 0.16 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 155,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $132.27, for a total value of $20,501,850.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 8,100,117 shares in the company, valued at $1,071,402,475.59. The trade was a 1.88 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 2,156,270 shares of company stock valued at $254,784,327 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 4.23% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 4.9% in the 3rd quarter. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group now owns 119,564 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $14,537,000 after purchasing an additional 5,568 shares during the period. Main Line Retirement Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 17.9% in the third quarter. Main Line Retirement Advisors LLC now owns 5,341 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $649,000 after buying an additional 810 shares during the period. Hobbs Group Advisors LLC boosted its position in NVIDIA by 8.9% during the 3rd quarter. Hobbs Group Advisors LLC now owns 11,034 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,340,000 after acquiring an additional 902 shares in the last quarter. Fortem Financial Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 3.6% during the 3rd quarter. Fortem Financial Group LLC now owns 80,974 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $9,833,000 after acquiring an additional 2,799 shares during the period. Finally, Arete Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $23,514,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

About NVIDIA

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.