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Nvidia posts record profit and revenue amid AI chip boom

Al Jazeera · · 612 words · By John Power
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“Nvidia has announced record quarterly profit and revenue”
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Multiple sources, including Anadolu Ajansı and other news reports, confirm Nvidia posted record quarterly revenue and profit.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia ... Nvidia Corporation[a] (/ ɛnˈvɪdiə / en-VID-ee-ə) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia
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web search NEUTRAL — Artificial Intelligence Computing Leadership from NVIDIA: inventor of the GPU, which creates interactive graphics on laptops, workstations, mobile devices, notebooks, PCs, and more.
http://www.nvidia.com/page/home.html
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web search NEUTRAL — NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ powers the world’s fastest GPUs and the ultimate platform for gamers and creators. Enjoy beautiful ray tracing, AI-powered DLSS, and much more in games and applications, on your de…
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/
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“profit soared to $58.3bn for the February-April period, up 37 percent from the previous quarter and more than 200 percent year-on-year”
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While record profits are mentioned, the specific figure of $58.3bn for the February-April period is not present in the provided evidence snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia ... Nvidia Corporation[a] (/ ɛnˈvɪdiə / en-VID-ee-ə) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia
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web search NEUTRAL — Artificial Intelligence Computing Leadership from NVIDIA: inventor of the GPU, which creates interactive graphics on laptops, workstations, mobile devices, notebooks, PCs, and more.
http://www.nvidia.com/page/home.html
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web search NEUTRAL — NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ powers the world’s fastest GPUs and the ultimate platform for gamers and creators. Enjoy beautiful ray tracing, AI-powered DLSS, and much more in games and applications, on your de…
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/
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“Revenue jumped to $81.6bn, up 20 percent from the prior quarter and 85 percent compared with the same period in 2025”
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Two independent sources (Anadolu Ajansı and a specific news report on record revenue) confirm the revenue of $81.6 billion, the 85% year-on-year increase, and the 20% increase from the prior quarter.
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web search NEUTRAL — As of the first quarter of 2025, Nvidia held a 92% share of the discrete desktop and laptop GPU market.[7][8].For the Q2 of 2020, Nvidia reported sales of $3.87 billion, which was a 50% rise from the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia
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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia has posted record quarterly revenue of $81.6 billion for Q1 2027, up 85 percent from the previous year and 20 percent from the prior quarter.
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/nvidia-posts-reco…
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web search NEUTRAL — NVIDIA’s Ian Buck hand-delivered the first-ever NVIDIA Vera CPUs to our partners @AnthropicAI, @OpenAI, @SpaceX, and @OracleCloud. Vera is NVIDIA's first custom CPU, purpose-built for the age of agent…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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“Nvidia’s data-centre business was the main driver of growth, with quarterly revenue surging 92 percent year-on-year to $75.2bn”
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Three independent sources (Anadolu Ajansı, ZeroHedge, and 'Nvidia Shatters Records') all confirm the data center revenue was $75.2 billion, up 92% year-on-year.
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web search NEUTRAL — Highlight Nvidia's data center revenue rose 92% to $75.2 billion, surpassing analyst estimates due to the widespread adoption of its AI chips and infrastructure.
https://evrimagaci.org/gpt/nvidia-shatters-records-with-ai-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — Data Center revenue reached a record $75.2 billion, up 92% year-on-year and 21% from the previous quarter, Nvidia said.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/economy/nvidias-revenue-jumps-85-to…
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web search NEUTRAL — Gross Margin 75%, beating Exp. 74.5%. Solid all around. The company's all-important disclosed Data Center revenue was a record $75.2 billion in Q1, up 21% from the previous quarter and up 92% from a y…
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/nvidia-unchanged-despite-b…
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“The Santa Clara, California-based chip giant’s hardware unit racked up revenue of $6.4bn, up 29 percent from the previous year”
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The provided evidence mentions overall revenue and data center revenue, but does not contain the specific $6.4bn figure or 29% growth for a 'hardware unit'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia beats on revenue and guidance, adds $80 billion to buyback plan: Live updates. 2 hours ago.In the past year, members have shipped RAG applications on GKE, built multi-agent pipelines, pic.x.com…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — Data Center revenue reached a record $75.2 billion, up 92% year-on-year and 21% from the previous quarter, Nvidia said.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/economy/nvidias-revenue-jumps-85-to…
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web search NEUTRAL — Record full-year revenue of $215.9 billion, up 65%. SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov.After submitting your information, you will receive an email. You must click the link in the email to activate your subscri…
https://investor.nvidia.com/financial-info/financial-reports…
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“the world’s most valuable company said it would buy back an additional $80bn in shares”
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Multiple sources, including Google News and 'Nvidia Shatters Records', confirm the authorization of an additional $80 billion in stock buybacks.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia Raises Dividend and Announces $80 Billion Share Buyback. 3 hours ago. Save for later.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia released the Nvidia Quadro GV100 on March 27, 2018.[79] Nvidia released the RTX 2080 GPUs on September 27, 2018. In 2018, Google announced that Nvidia's Tesla P4 graphic cards would be integrat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia
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web search NEUTRAL — Despite these challenges, Nvidia is doubling down on its future. The company authorized an additional $80 billion in stock buybacks and raised its quarterly dividend from 1 cent to 25 cents per share—…
https://evrimagaci.org/gpt/nvidia-shatters-records-with-ai-c…
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“raise its quarterly cash dividend from $0.01 a share to $0.25 per share”
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Three independent sources (investingLive, Anadolu Ajansı, and Google News) confirm the dividend increase from $0.01 to $0.25 per share.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia boosts quarterly cash dividend to $0.25 per share, a 25x increase.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — The quarterly cash dividend was raised to $0.25 per share from $0.01, and an additional $80B share buyback was authorised, per company results.
https://investinglive.com/stocks/nvidia-q1-earnings-beat-est…
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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia also raised its quarterly cash dividend to $0.25 per share from $0.01. The dividend will be paid on June 26 to shareholders of record as of June 4.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/economy/nvidias-revenue-jumps-85-to…
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“Shares in Nvidia fell nearly 1.3 percent in after-hours trading”
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The provided evidence includes stock price trackers and general trading articles, but no specific report confirming a 1.3% drop in after-hours trading following these results.
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web search NEUTRAL — View today's NVIDIA Corporation stock price and latest NVDA news and analysis. Create real-time notifications to follow any changes in the live stock price.
https://www.investing.com/equities/nvidia-corp
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web search NEUTRAL — View live NVIDIA Corporation chart to track its stock's price action. Find market predictions, NVDA financials and market news.
https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/NASDAQ-NVDA/
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web search NEUTRAL — Day Trading: The Basics and How to Get Started 1 of 24.
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/trading/05/011705.asp
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“blistering growth since 2022 has lifted its market capitalisation to more than $5 trillion”
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Three separate cross-references from CNBC explicitly state that Nvidia's market capitalization is more than $5 trillion.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Nvidia, which recently closed at a record and pushed its market cap over $5 trillion
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/microsoft-nvidia-became-chea…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The stock is also the largest in the S & P 500, with a market cap of more than $5 trillion
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/19/nvidia-earnings-expectations…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Nvidia is also the largest stock in the S & P 500 by market cap at more than $5 trillion
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/14/ubs-hikes-nvidia-price-targe…
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