What is Wedbush’s Forecast for NVIDIA FY2025 Earnings?

NVIDIA Co. (NASDAQ:NVDA) – Wedbush boosted their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for NVIDIA in a report issued on Wednesday, November 20th. Wedbush analyst M. Bryson now forecasts that the computer hardware maker will post earnings of $2.77 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $2.72. Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $175.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA’s current full-year earnings is $2.73 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for NVIDIA’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.79 EPS.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.12. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 114.83% and a net margin of 55.69%. The company had revenue of $35.08 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $33.15 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.38 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 93.6% on a year-over-year basis.

Other research analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. Susquehanna boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $160.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a report on Thursday, November 14th. Benchmark raised their price objective on NVIDIA from $170.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 21st. Redburn Atlantic started coverage on NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, November 12th. They set a “buy” rating and a $178.00 price objective on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on NVIDIA from $155.00 to $170.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Finally, Craig Hallum increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $125.00 to $165.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 29th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-nine have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $164.15.

NVIDIA Trading Down 4.2 %

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $136.02 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 4.10, a quick ratio of 3.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. NVIDIA has a 1 year low of $45.01 and a 1 year high of $152.89. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $134.39 and its 200 day simple moving average is $122.84. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.33 trillion, a P/E ratio of 53.53, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.60 and a beta of 1.66.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 52.2% in the 1st quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 38,290 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $34,597,000 after purchasing an additional 13,135 shares in the last quarter. Milestone Resources Group Ltd grew its position in NVIDIA by 34.5% in the first quarter. Milestone Resources Group Ltd now owns 438,719 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $396,409,000 after acquiring an additional 112,614 shares during the last quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC raised its stake in NVIDIA by 19.4% during the first quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC now owns 1,588,324 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,435,146,000 after acquiring an additional 258,082 shares in the last quarter. Baron Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 7.1% in the first quarter. Baron Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,997 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,804,000 after acquiring an additional 132 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Neumann Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 2.9% in the 1st quarter. Neumann Capital Management LLC now owns 21,620 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $19,535,000 after purchasing an additional 610 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Tench Coxe sold 1,000,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $119.27, for a total transaction of $119,270,000.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 5,852,480 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $698,025,289.60. This trade represents a 14.59 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Donald F. Robertson, Jr. sold 4,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $116.51, for a total value of $524,295.00. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 492,409 shares in the company, valued at $57,370,572.59. This represents a 0.91 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 2,156,270 shares of company stock worth $254,784,327 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 4.23% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, August 28th that authorizes the company to repurchase $50.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to buy up to 1.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 5th will be given a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.03%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 1.57%.

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.