DA Davidson Predicts NVIDIA’s FY2025 Earnings (NASDAQ:NVDA)

NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA) – Investment analysts at DA Davidson dropped their FY2025 EPS estimates for NVIDIA in a research note issued to investors on Friday, November 22nd. DA Davidson analyst G. Luria now expects that the computer hardware maker will post earnings of $2.82 per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $2.84. DA Davidson currently has a “Neutral” rating and a $135.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA’s current full-year earnings is $2.68 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for NVIDIA’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.84 EPS.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, November 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.12. The business had revenue of $35.08 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $33.15 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 114.83% and a net margin of 55.69%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 93.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.38 earnings per share.

NVDA has been the topic of several other reports. Oppenheimer reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $175.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday. Redburn Atlantic initiated coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, November 12th. They set a “buy” rating and a $178.00 target price for the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on NVIDIA from $155.00 to $170.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday. HSBC increased their price objective on NVIDIA from $145.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $150.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, November 11th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-nine have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $164.15.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $141.95 on Monday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $134.01 and its two-hundred day moving average is $122.51. The company has a market cap of $3.48 trillion, a P/E ratio of 55.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.53 and a beta of 1.66. NVIDIA has a 12-month low of $45.01 and a 12-month high of $152.89. The company has a quick ratio of 3.79, a current ratio of 4.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. Lowe Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA in the second quarter worth approximately $25,000. DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1,900.0% during the second quarter. DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. now owns 200 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 190 shares during the period. FPC Investment Advisory Inc. bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the first quarter valued at about $26,000. CGC Financial Services LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the second quarter worth about $26,000. Finally, Koesten Hirschmann & Crabtree INC. bought a new position in NVIDIA during the 1st quarter worth about $27,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, insider Donald F. Robertson, Jr. sold 4,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $116.51, for a total value of $524,295.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 492,409 shares in the company, valued at $57,370,572.59. This represents a 0.91 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 120,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.76, for a total value of $13,291,200.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 76,375,705 shares in the company, valued at $8,459,373,085.80. The trade was a 0.16 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 2,156,270 shares of company stock worth $254,784,327 in the last three months. Insiders own 4.23% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, August 28th that authorizes the company to buyback $50.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 1.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often a sign that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 27th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 5th will be given a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 5th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 1.57%.

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.