What is DA Davidson’s Estimate for NVIDIA Q2 Earnings?

NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA) – Research analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q2 2026 EPS estimates for shares of NVIDIA in a research report issued on Thursday, May 29th. DA Davidson analyst G. Luria expects that the computer hardware maker will post earnings per share of $0.94 for the quarter. DA Davidson 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. DA Davidson also issued estimates for NVIDIA’s FY2026 earnings at $3.72 EPS.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 28th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.87 by ($0.06). NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.69% and a return on equity of 114.83%. The business had revenue of $44.06 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $43.09 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.61 EPS. NVIDIA’s revenue was up 69.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other equities analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Summit Insights raised shares of NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday. Stifel Nicolaus set a $180.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, March 19th. Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $170.00 target price (up previously from $160.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday. William Blair reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, March 20th. Finally, Citigroup restated a “buy” rating and set a $180.00 price target (up previously from $150.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating, thirty-six have given a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $171.66.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NVIDIA stock opened at $134.28 on Friday. NVIDIA has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $195.95. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $115.48 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $126.38. The company has a quick ratio of 3.64, a current ratio of 4.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The stock has a market cap of $3.28 trillion, a P/E ratio of 52.85, a P/E/G ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 2.11.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 11th will be issued a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 11th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 1.29%.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Robert K. Burgess sold 53,324 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $115.49, for a total transaction of $6,158,388.76. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 251,044 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $28,993,071.56. The trade was a 17.52% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 2,663 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Monday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.00, for a total transaction of $292,930.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 17,279 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,900,690. This represents a 13.35% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 147,147 shares of company stock valued at $17,133,207 in the last three months. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth $43,515,504,000. Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 1st quarter worth $15,089,414,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 123.5% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 187,995,213 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $20,374,921,000 after acquiring an additional 103,889,872 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 12,173.2% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 48,837,781 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $5,293,039,000 after acquiring an additional 48,439,859 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 15.8% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 266,454,194 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $35,782,134,000 after purchasing an additional 36,266,817 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by 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.