Equities Analysts Set Expectations for NVIDIA Q1 Earnings

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) – Stock analysts at KeyCorp issued their Q1 2028 earnings per share estimates for shares of NVIDIA in a research report issued on Monday, July 13th. KeyCorp analyst J. Vinh forecasts that the computer hardware maker will earn $2.85 per share for the quarter. KeyCorp currently has a “Overweight” rating and a $330.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA’s current full-year earnings is $8.80 per share. KeyCorp also issued estimates for NVIDIA’s Q2 2028 earnings at $3.13 EPS, Q3 2028 earnings at $3.40 EPS, Q4 2028 earnings at $3.68 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $13.07 EPS.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.81 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Morgan Stanley set a $288.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Rothschild & Co Redburn upped their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $280.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $265.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Citic Securities lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $242.00 to $315.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, May 22nd. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, July 8th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $304.26.

NVIDIA Trading Up 0.3%

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $212.50 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.85, a current ratio of 3.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. NVIDIA has a 12 month low of $164.07 and a 12 month high of $236.54. The company has a market cap of $5.14 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.54, a P/E/G ratio of 0.47 and a beta of 2.21. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $209.96 and a 200-day simple moving average of $194.93.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter valued at $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in NVIDIA in the 1st quarter worth about $27,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC increased its position in NVIDIA by 47.9% in the 2nd quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Phillip James Consulting Co. purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 1st quarter worth about $40,000. Finally, Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at about $40,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In related news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total transaction of $186,000,450.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. This trade represents a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total transaction of $3,343,815.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 116,135 shares in the company, valued at $25,053,803.55. The trade was a 11.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015 in the last 90 days. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. This is a boost from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 15.31%.

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to buy up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA announced that major Japanese institutions and companies, including Institution of Science Tokyo, SoftBank’s SB Intuitions, Hitachi, ENEOS, NTT DATA, avatarin and Sakana AI, are adopting Nemotron open models to build localized Japanese-language AI applications. The news highlights expanding real-world demand for NVIDIA’s software stack and strengthens its position in Japan’s national AI ecosystem. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Jensen Huang said Vera Rubin is already in production and pushed back against reports of delays, easing investor concern about NVIDIA’s next-generation AI accelerator roadmap. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street remains constructive, with KeyBanc raising its price target and other analysts pointing to continued upside driven by AI demand, data-center networking, and NVIDIA’s broader platform expansion. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Several articles emphasized NVIDIA’s strong momentum and valuation case, but they were largely commentary pieces rather than new company-specific developments. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Ongoing U.S.-China export scrutiny continues to hang over the stock, with officials saying only a very small number of approved H200 chips have shipped to China. Even though China access could add upside, the limited near-term volume keeps the issue a source of uncertainty. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Reports of unusual put options activity and continued discussion of NVIDIA as a crowded trade suggest some investors are still hedging or questioning how much upside is already priced in. Article Title

NVIDIA Company Profile

NVIDIA Corporation, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a global technology company that designs and develops graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip (SoC) technologies. Co-founded by Jensen Huang, who serves as president and chief executive officer, along with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem, NVIDIA has grown from a graphics-focused chipmaker into a broad provider of accelerated computing hardware and software for multiple industries.

The company’s product portfolio spans discrete GPUs for gaming and professional visualization (marketed under the GeForce and NVIDIA RTX lines), high-performance data center accelerators used for AI training and inference (including widely adopted platforms such as the A100 and H100 series), and Tegra SoCs for automotive and edge applications.