What is Seaport Res Ptn’s Estimate for NVIDIA Q4 Earnings?

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) – Research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn increased their Q4 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of NVIDIA in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, November 17th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst J. Goldberg now forecasts that the computer hardware maker will post earnings of $1.30 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.17. The consensus estimate for NVIDIA’s current full-year earnings is $2.77 per share.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.01 by $0.04. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 101.74% and a net margin of 52.41%.The business had revenue of $46.74 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $45.65 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.68 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 55.6% on a year-over-year basis. NVIDIA has set its Q3 2026 guidance at EPS.

NVDA has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Oppenheimer upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $225.00 to $265.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 13th. Craig Hallum upped their target price on NVIDIA from $195.00 to $245.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 28th. S&P Equity Research reiterated a “positive” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. New Street Research reissued a “buy” rating and set a $307.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $300.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, October 29th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty have assigned a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, NVIDIA has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $240.25.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $186.60 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $4.53 trillion, a PE ratio of 53.16, a P/E/G ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 2.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a quick ratio of 3.60 and a current ratio of 4.21. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $185.97 and a 200-day moving average of $166.88. NVIDIA has a 52-week low of $86.62 and a 52-week high of $212.19.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 2nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 11th were issued a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 11th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is currently 1.14%.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.21, for a total transaction of $44,052,500.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 7,183,280 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,265,765,768.80. This represents a 3.36% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.57, for a total value of $13,317,750.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 72,248,366 shares in the company, valued at $12,829,142,350.62. The trade was a 0.10% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 3,251,577 shares of company stock valued at $583,143,187 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at about $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC grew its position in NVIDIA by 47.9% in the second quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at about $40,000. Finally, Sellwood Investment Partners LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the third quarter worth about $50,000. 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.