Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, speaks during the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, on June 11, 2025.
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Nvidia stock briefly turned positive on Thursday during premarket trading after the chipmaker reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the fiscal second quarter.
Shares of the artificial intelligence chip giant initially slipped following the report.
Sales surged 56% in the quarter to $46.74 billion, topping Wall Street’s projected $46.06 billion, according to LSEG. The company reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.05, which was higher than the $1.01 per share estimated by analysts.
Data center revenue of $41.1 billion came up short of estimates for the second straight period, but still grew 56% over the year prior.
Nvidia said it expects revenue this quarter to be $54 billion, plus or minus 2%, though that number doesn’t include any H20 shipments to China. Analysts were expecting revenue of $53.1 billion, according to LSEG.
Benchmark analysts said in a Thursday note that the guidance was “only modest upside to an elevated Street consensus,” but overall the report showed “solid sequential and annual growth.”
“While we believe Street estimates had recently become overly optimistic, creating an almost impossible bar where even 56% y/y growth appears to be somewhat disappointing, particularly during a period of heightened Chinese uncertainty, we believe Nvidia’s results are consistent with its previous objectives and are in no way indicative of a slowdown in industry-wide AI interest or investments,” the analysts, who have a buy rating on Nvidia’s stock, wrote in a note to clients.
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