Wedbush Comments on NVIDIA’s FY2025 Earnings (NASDAQ:NVDA)

NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA) – Equities researchers at Wedbush raised their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of NVIDIA in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, November 20th. Wedbush analyst M. Bryson now forecasts that the computer hardware maker will earn $2.77 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $2.72. Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $175.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA’s current full-year earnings is $2.68 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for NVIDIA’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.79 EPS.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 firm’s quarterly revenue was up 93.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.38 earnings per share.

Several other research firms also recently weighed in on NVDA. Piper Sandler lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $140.00 to $175.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, November 11th. William Blair initiated coverage on NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, September 18th. They set an “outperform” rating on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target on NVIDIA from $150.00 to $165.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $165.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 19th. Finally, Raymond James increased their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $140.00 to $170.00 and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-nine have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $164.15.

NVIDIA Stock Down 3.2 %

NVDA stock opened at $141.95 on Monday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $134.01 and a 200-day moving average price of $122.51. NVIDIA has a 1-year low of $45.01 and a 1-year high of $152.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 4.10 and a quick ratio of 3.79. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.48 trillion, a P/E ratio of 55.89, a P/E/G ratio of 1.53 and a beta of 1.66.

NVIDIA announced that its board has initiated a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, August 28th that authorizes the company to repurchase $50.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 5th will be given a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 5th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 1.57%.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 120,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $119.03, for a total transaction of $14,283,600.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 76,494,995 shares in the company, valued at $9,105,199,254.85. This trade represents a 0.16 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider Donald F. Robertson, Jr. sold 4,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, September 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $116.51, for a total transaction of $524,295.00. Following the sale, the insider now owns 492,409 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $57,370,572.59. This represents a 0.91 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 2,156,270 shares of company stock valued at $254,784,327. 4.23% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 52.2% during the 1st quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 38,290 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $34,597,000 after buying an additional 13,135 shares during the last quarter. Milestone Resources Group Ltd raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 34.5% in the 1st quarter. Milestone Resources Group Ltd now owns 438,719 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $396,409,000 after purchasing an additional 112,614 shares in the last quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 19.4% during the 1st quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC now owns 1,588,324 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,435,146,000 after acquiring an additional 258,082 shares in the last quarter. Baron Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 7.1% during the 1st quarter. Baron Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,997 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,804,000 after buying an additional 132 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Neumann Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 2.9% in the 1st quarter. Neumann Capital Management LLC now owns 21,620 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $19,535,000 after buying an additional 610 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Company Profile

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.