Zacks Research Has Pessimistic Outlook of NVIDIA Q2 Earnings

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q2 2026 earnings per share estimates for NVIDIA in a research report issued on Wednesday, June 18th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the computer hardware maker will post earnings per share of $0.92 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.96. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA’s current full-year earnings is $2.77 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for NVIDIA’s Q4 2026 earnings at $1.19 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $1.28 EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $1.33 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $6.05 EPS.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 28th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.87 by ($0.06). The firm had revenue of $44.06 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $43.09 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 51.69% and a return on equity of 105.09%. The company’s revenue was up 69.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.61 EPS.

Other analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. Stifel Nicolaus set a $180.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, March 19th. UBS Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Friday, May 23rd. Raymond James Financial upped their target price on NVIDIA from $150.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 29th. Barclays raised their price target on NVIDIA from $170.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 17th. Finally, DZ Bank raised shares of NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 28th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating, thirty-five have assigned a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $173.05.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NVDA stock opened at $144.17 on Monday. NVIDIA has a twelve month low of $86.62 and a twelve month high of $153.13. The firm has a market cap of $3.52 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 46.51, a PEG ratio of 1.27 and a beta of 2.12. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $127.04 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $126.44. The company has a quick ratio of 2.96, a current ratio of 3.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, July 3rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 11th will be issued 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 is Wednesday, June 11th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 1.29%.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 608,248 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $145.26, for a total value of $88,354,104.48. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 8,247,600 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,198,046,376. This trade represents a 6.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 30,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $144.21, for a total value of $4,398,405.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 3,012,166 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $434,384,458.86. The trade was a 1.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 3,228,433 shares of company stock worth $459,710,171 in the last three months. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Swedbank AB increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 9.7% during the first quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 41,458,131 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $4,493,232,000 after purchasing an additional 3,682,525 shares in the last quarter. Real Talk Capital LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 12.2% in the 1st quarter. Real Talk Capital LLC now owns 7,522 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $815,000 after buying an additional 820 shares during the last quarter. Howe & Rusling Inc. increased its stake in NVIDIA by 2.4% during the 1st quarter. Howe & Rusling Inc. now owns 169,225 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $18,341,000 after buying an additional 3,996 shares in the last quarter. Guinness Asset Management LTD increased its stake in NVIDIA by 5.3% during the 1st quarter. Guinness Asset Management LTD now owns 372,448 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $40,372,000 after buying an additional 18,691 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Maple Capital Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% during the first quarter. Maple Capital Management Inc. now owns 732,482 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $79,386,000 after acquiring an additional 7,003 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.