NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Stock Price Up 1.3% After Better-Than-Expected Earnings

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) rose 1.3% during mid-day trading on Wednesday after the company announced better than expected quarterly earnings. The company traded as high as $226.13 and last traded at $223.47. Approximately 160,044,008 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 6% from the average daily volume of 170,055,859 shares. The stock had previously closed at $220.61.

The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $81.62 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th were issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 0.82%.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street largely expects another earnings beat, with several reports noting Nvidia’s results could reignite the broader AI trade and lift chip stocks across the market.
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts have raised price targets and remained upbeat heading into the print, citing strong revenue growth, durable AI spending, and Nvidia’s continued leadership in data-center GPUs.
• Positive Sentiment: Options data shows traders positioning for a large post-earnings move while still leaning bullish, suggesting strong investor demand for NVDA exposure into the report.
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors are closely watching guidance, gross margins, next-generation chip timing, and China access, since these may matter more than the headline earnings beat itself.
• Neutral Sentiment: Media coverage emphasized that Nvidia’s earnings are now a market-wide event, influencing related names such as AMD, Intel, Broadcom, Marvell, CoreWeave, and Nebius.
• Negative Sentiment: Some commentary flagged elevated expectations, competition from custom AI chips, and warnings that the stock could react poorly even if results are solid because the bar is extremely high.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have weighed in on NVDA shares. Oppenheimer reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $265.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $240.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, March 18th. Truist Financial upped their target price on NVIDIA from $283.00 to $287.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 18th. Zacks Research raised shares of NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald boosted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $300.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 14th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $279.06.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In related news, CFO Colette Kress sold 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $174.89, for a total transaction of $3,497,800.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 83,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $14,526,363.40. The trade was a 19.41% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.68, for a total value of $38,501,729.76. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 7,399,771 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,285,192,227.28. This represents a 2.91% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 906,336 shares of company stock worth $162,802,518 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. State Street Corp increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 991,480,489 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $184,911,111,000 after purchasing an additional 11,451,386 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.6% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 588,803,093 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $109,446,217,000 after acquiring an additional 3,383,441 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth approximately $62,244,133,000. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in NVIDIA by 2.1% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 191,200,989 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,345,453,000 after purchasing an additional 4,019,505 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 181,203,035 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,808,862,000 after buying an additional 2,609,560 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

NVIDIA Price Performance

The company has a current ratio of 3.91, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.41 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 45.61, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.69 and a beta of 2.25. The company’s 50 day moving average is $194.00 and its 200 day moving average is $188.61.

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.