What is DA Davidson’s Estimate for NVIDIA Q1 Earnings?

NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA) – Analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for NVIDIA in a report released on Thursday, February 27th. DA Davidson analyst G. Luria anticipates that the computer hardware maker will post earnings of $0.93 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson currently has a “Neutral” rating and a $135.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA’s current full-year earnings is $2.77 per share.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.89 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $39.33 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $38.16 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.69% and a return on equity of 114.83%.

NVDA has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Redburn Atlantic initiated coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, November 12th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $178.00 price objective on the stock. Truist Financial increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $204.00 to $205.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday. Citigroup increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $170.00 to $175.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Mizuho increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $165.00 to $175.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Finally, Oppenheimer reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $175.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-eight have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $169.62.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NVDA opened at $124.81 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $3.05 trillion, a PE ratio of 49.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 3.64 and a current ratio of 4.10. NVIDIA has a fifty-two week low of $75.61 and a fifty-two week high of $153.13. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $134.19 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $132.03.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 12th will be paid a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 12th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.03%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is currently 1.36%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 36,462 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated 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 completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 3,902,888 shares in the company, valued at approximately $589,726,376.80. This trade represents a 0.93 % 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. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 66,670 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $135.40, for a total transaction of $9,027,118.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 3,351,572 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $453,802,848.80. This trade represents a 1.95 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 1,107,632 shares of company stock valued at $146,405,286 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 4.23% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Christopher J. Hasenberg Inc bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter worth about $27,000. Tacita Capital Inc bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth about $28,000. University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at about $31,000. Legend Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at about $34,000. Finally, Vision Financial Markets LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at about $38,000. 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.