What is DA Davidson’s Forecast for NVIDIA FY2026 Earnings?

NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA) – DA Davidson lifted their FY2026 EPS estimates for shares of NVIDIA in a research note issued on Thursday, January 9th. DA Davidson analyst G. Luria now forecasts that the computer hardware maker will post earnings of $3.61 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $2.95. DA Davidson has a “Neutral” rating and a $135.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA’s current full-year earnings is $2.78 per share.

NVDA has been the topic of a number of other reports. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $175.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, November 21st. William Blair initiated coverage on NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, September 18th. They set an “outperform” rating on the stock. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $220.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. UBS Group raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $150.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, November 11th. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped 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 research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-nine have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $164.63.

NVIDIA Stock Down 3.0 %

NVDA opened at $135.91 on Monday. NVIDIA has a 1-year low of $53.56 and a 1-year high of $153.13. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $139.90 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $128.70. The company has a current ratio of 4.10, a quick ratio of 3.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The company has a market capitalization of $3.33 trillion, a PE ratio of 53.49, a PEG ratio of 2.43 and a beta of 1.64.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.69 by $0.12. The company 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%. NVIDIA’s revenue for the quarter was up 93.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.38 earnings per share.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 5th were given a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.03%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 5th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 1.57%.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In related news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 36,462 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $151.10, for a total value of $5,509,408.20. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 3,902,888 shares in the company, valued at approximately $589,726,376.80. This represents a 0.93 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Tench Coxe sold 1,000,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $131.26, for a total transaction of $131,260,000.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 28,671,360 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,763,402,713.60. This represents a 3.37 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,108,348 shares of company stock worth $146,506,958. 4.23% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Christopher J. Hasenberg Inc acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the third quarter valued at about $27,000. Quest Partners LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth about $27,000. University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $31,000. Legend Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Finally, West Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the third quarter worth approximately $36,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.