NVDA Posts $81.6B Revenue and $91B Guidance, Yet Drops 2.5% After Hours
Nvidia's data center revenue surged 92% year-over-year to $75.2B, clearing every bar set by consensus, yet the after-hours selloff raises the harder question: what multiple does AI capex enthusiasm actually support from here.
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Nvidia delivered a blockbuster quarter that meets the technical definition of a 'beat,' yet the market's muted reaction signals a critical inflection point in AI-capex enthusiasm. Revenue came in at $81.6B against a $79.2B consensus, with data center revenue alone hitting $75.2B, a 92% year-over-year surge that validates the thesis of hyperscaler goldmine economics. Management guided Q2 at $91B, significantly above the prior $84-86B range, alongside an $80B share buybackA company repurchasing its own shares from the open market. authorization. The numbers are objectively tremendous. The stock dropped 2.5% in after-hours trading anyway.
Tracking AI infrastructure capex — hyperscaler spend, data center buildouts, memory demand and the margin compression risk.