Northland Securities Weighs in on Nutanix Q1 Earnings

Nutanix (NASDAQ:NTNX) – Research analysts at Northland Securities issued their Q1 2028 EPS estimates for Nutanix in a report issued on Thursday, August 27th. Northland Securities analyst N. Chokshi anticipates that the technology company will earn $0.23 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Nutanix’s current full-year earnings is $1.02 per share. Northland Securities also issued estimates for Nutanix’s Q2 2028 earnings at $0.33 EPS and Q4 2028 earnings at $0.29 EPS.

Nutanix (NASDAQ:NTNX) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The technology company reported $0.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $757.08 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $738.27 million. Nutanix had a net margin of 52.81% and a negative return on equity of 90.13%. The firm’s revenue was up 15.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.37 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently issued reports on NTNX. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Nutanix from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, July 4th. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Nutanix in a report on Thursday, May 28th. Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on Nutanix from $55.00 to $63.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Nutanix in a research report on Wednesday, June 24th. Finally, Barclays upped their target price on Nutanix from $53.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, August 28th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $72.71.

Nutanix Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:NTNX opened at $66.69 on Monday. Nutanix has a one year low of $34.01 and a one year high of $82.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.92, a current ratio of 1.80 and a quick ratio of 1.78. The company has a market cap of $18.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.92, a PEG ratio of 3.90 and a beta of 0.62. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $58.97 and a 200 day simple moving average of $48.63.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Nutanix

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of NTNX. California State Teachers Retirement System lifted its holdings in shares of Nutanix by 4,834.4% during the second quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 14,870,638 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $757,808,000 after purchasing an additional 14,569,274 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Nutanix by 72.8% in the fourth quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 11,452,714 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $591,991,000 after purchasing an additional 4,826,443 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Nutanix by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 5,283,964 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $272,452,000 after purchasing an additional 135,533 shares during the period. FIL Ltd raised its position in Nutanix by 180.1% during the 4th quarter. FIL Ltd now owns 4,333,937 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $224,021,000 after purchasing an additional 2,786,929 shares during the last quarter. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP raised its position in Nutanix by 14.0% during the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 3,647,276 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $188,528,000 after purchasing an additional 447,806 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 85.25% of the company’s stock.

Key Nutanix News

Here are the key news stories impacting Nutanix this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Nutanix announced capabilities designed to help organizations run production “agentic AI” workloads with greater flexibility. The initiative reinforces the company’s strategy of positioning its hybrid multicloud platform as an AI infrastructure alternative. Nutanix Empowers Organizations to Run Production Agentic AI Their Way
• Positive Sentiment: Northland Securities raised its Q1 fiscal 2027 EPS forecast to $0.29 from $0.24 and projected fiscal 2028 EPS of $1.05. Its fiscal 2027 estimate of $1.01 also remains above the broader current-year consensus of $0.97, suggesting expectations for continued earnings growth over time. Equities Analysts Set Expectations for Nutanix Q1 Earnings
• Neutral Sentiment: Northland’s revisions were mixed: estimates increased for Q1 fiscal 2027 and fiscal 2028, but the firm lowered Q2 fiscal 2027 EPS to $0.32 from $0.35, Q3 to $0.18 from $0.22, and full-year fiscal 2027 to $1.01 from $1.03. The changes indicate near-term caution despite a constructive longer-term outlook.
• Negative Sentiment: Broadcom is expanding VMware’s AI capabilities to compete more directly with Nutanix and Microsoft. A stronger VMware offering could increase competitive pressure in virtualization, private cloud and AI infrastructure—key markets for Nutanix—and may be the clearest immediate headwind for the stock. Broadcom Boosts VMware AI Push to Challenge Nutanix and Microsoft

About Nutanix

Nutanix, Inc is an enterprise cloud computing company that develops software to simplify the deployment and management of datacenter infrastructure. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Nutanix is best known for pioneering hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), an approach that integrates compute, storage and virtualization into a single software-defined platform aimed at reducing complexity and operational overhead in private and hybrid cloud environments.

The company’s product portfolio centers on the Nutanix Cloud Platform, which includes its core AOS software for HCI, Prism for infrastructure management and automation, and a suite of additional services such as Calm for application automation, Files and Volumes for file and block services, Karbon for Kubernetes orchestration, and Era for database management.