NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Releases Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.10 EPS

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.52 by $0.10, FiscalAI reports. The firm had revenue of $68.13 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 99.24% and a net margin of 53.01%.NVIDIA’s quarterly revenue was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.89 EPS.

Here are the key takeaways from NVIDIA’s conference call:

• NVIDIA reported a record quarter with total revenue of $68 billion (up 73% YoY) and Q4 data center revenue of $62 billion (up 75% YoY), and guided to continued sequential revenue growth into calendar 2026 with Q1 revenue expected at $78 billion ±2%.
• The company highlighted strong inference leadership and power-efficiency gains from its Blackwell architecture and NVL72/GB300 systems — claiming up to 50x performance per watt and materially lower cost-per-token — while networking revenue surged to $11 billion, up >3.5x YoY.
• NVIDIA unveiled the Rubin platform (Vera CPU, Rubin GPU, NVLink‑6, Spectrum‑6, BlueField‑4) and shipped first Vera Rubin samples, targeting production shipments in the second half of the year, which management expects will be widely adopted by cloud model builders.
• Management secured inventory and purchase commitments extending into calendar 2027, generated $35 billion free cash flow in Q4 and $97 billion for FY26, and returned $41 billion to shareholders, supporting capital flexibility and buybacks.
• Geopolitical/china risk remains unresolved — only limited H200 approvals so far with no China revenue yet — and company warned Chinese competitors could disrupt the global AI industry over the long term.

NVIDIA Trading Up 1.4%

Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA traded up $2.79 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $195.64. The stock had a trading volume of 240,960,690 shares, compared to its average volume of 166,108,512. The company has a quick ratio of 3.71, a current ratio of 4.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. The stock has a market cap of $4.75 trillion, a P/E ratio of 48.55, a PEG ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 2.31. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $185.80 and a 200-day moving average price of $183.80. NVIDIA has a fifty-two week low of $86.62 and a fifty-two week high of $212.19.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total transaction of $40,087,825.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 7,621,453 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,373,157,187.01. This represents a 2.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 20,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $175.72, for a total value of $3,514,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 93,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $16,352,503.20. The trade was a 17.69% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 1,610,848 shares of company stock worth $291,619,375 in the last three months. 4.17% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC raised its stake in NVIDIA by 47.9% during the second 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 period. Inspire Investing LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth $44,000. AlphaCentric Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth $45,000. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth $40,000. Finally, Birchwood Financial Partners Inc. acquired a new position in NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at $60,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Record Q4 results — NVDA reported $68.1B revenue (up 73% Y/Y) and beat EPS estimates; data center revenue hit a record $62.3B, showing continued hyperscaler demand. NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2026
• Positive Sentiment: Strong forward guide — management set Q1 FY27 revenue around $78B (±2%), explicitly noting robust demand and excluding assumed China data‑center revenue in the outlook — supports near‑term growth visibility. NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2026
• Positive Sentiment: Product and partnership momentum — launches and platforms (Blackwell, Vera Rubin/Nemotron) plus multi‑year deals with Meta, AWS, Microsoft and others strengthen NVDA’s moat for both training and inference. Nvidia reports earnings beat as AI boom pushes data center revenue up 75%
• Positive Sentiment: Capital returns and cash generation — the company returned $41.1B in FY26 via buybacks/dividends and retains repurchase capacity, which supports shareholder value. NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2026
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst sentiment and price targets remain constructive — multiple firms reiterated buys and raised targets, leaving institutional expectations supportive but varied. Nvidia: Basking In The Glory Of AI CAPEX Windfall
• Neutral Sentiment: Market reaction tone — some outlets note a rally, while options markets priced a relatively small post‑earnings swing, suggesting traders expect continued but less volatile moves. Options traders price Nvidia’s smallest postearnings swing three years
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive risk — Meta’s large AMD deal and other hyperscaler diversification plans increase the long‑term competitive backdrop for GPUs and could chip away at sole‑supplier pricing leverage. AMD Strikes $100 Billion Blow To Nvidia, Massive Meta Deal Could Crown New AI King: Analyst
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical/China exposure uncertainty — regulators and export/shipments (reports that H200 chips haven’t been shipped to China) and model‑access frictions create execution uncertainty for China revenues. China has not yet received any Nvidia H200 chips, US official said
• Negative Sentiment: Policy and partner risk — tensions around Anthropic’s military-use controls are a potential reputational/regulatory wild card (CEO Jensen Huang downplayed the severity). Nvidia’s Huang says any Pentagon–Anthropic rift is ‘not the end of the world’

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $250.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. President Capital increased their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $240.00 to $245.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 28th. UBS Group set a $400.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday. Susquehanna lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $230.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, Truist Financial reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $275.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $267.73.

About NVIDIA

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.