Nvidia’s revenue hits record $81B — easily topping Wall Street estimates — on massive demand for AI chips

Nypost · May 20, 2026 · 366 words · By Reuters; Associated Press

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Nvidia’s revenue hits record $81B — easily topping Wall Street estimates — on massive demand for AI chips See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Nvidia’s revenue hits record $81B — easily topping Wall Street estimates — on massive demand for AI chips See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleArtificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia’s quarterly results surpassed Wall Street’s expectations once again, fueled by massive demand for its high-end AI chips.

Common ground

The company said Wednesday it earned $58.32 billion, or $2.39 per share, in the February-April period, up from $18.78 billion, or 76 cents per share, in the same period a year earlier.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Revenue jumped 85% to $81.62 billion from $44.01 billion.”

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The claim states revenue jumped to $81.62 billion from $44.01 billion. However, the evidence from NVIDIA's financial reports and other news sources indicates a record quarterly revenue of $68.1 billion, and analysts expected around $78 billion, contradicting the $81.62 billion figure.

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web search NEUTRAL — In July 2008, Nvidia took a write-down of approximately $200 million on its first-quarter revenue, after reporting that certain mobile chipsets and GPUs produced by the company had "abnormal failure r…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia

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web search NEUTRAL — NVIDIA Revenue 2010-2024 | NVDA - Macrotrends macrotrends.net.
https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/NVDA/nvidia/revenu…

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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia is expected to announce its first-quarter earnings for fiscal year 2027 next week. Analysts expect the company to report around $78 billion in revenue. The company previously reported $68 billi…
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/nvi…

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Claim 2: “Nvidia’s revenue hits record $81B”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

The claim states revenue hit $81B. However, official financial reports from NVIDIA for the most recent record quarter cited in the evidence show revenue of $68.1 billion, and another report mentions Data Center revenue of $62.3 billion. There is no evidence supporting a total revenue of $81B for the period described.

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web search NEUTRAL — NVIDIA Revenue 2010-2024 | NVDA - Macrotrends macrotrends.net.
https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/NVDA/nvidia/revenu…

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web search NEUTRAL — NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2026.Record quarterly Data Center revenue of $62.3 billion, up 22% from Q3 and up 75% from a year ago.
https://investor.nvidia.com/financial-info/financial-reports…

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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia sold about a million RIVA 128 units within four months,[27] and used the revenue to fund development of its next generation of products.[36] In 1998, the release of the RIVA TNT helped solidify…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia

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Claim 3: “It authorized a plan to buy back $80 billion worth of stock”

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Claim 4: “As of Wednesday’s close, Nvidia had a market value of $5.4 trillion.”

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Claim 5: “Nvidia’s market value soar from $400 billion at the end of 2022 to $5.4 trillion as of Wednesday.”

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No evidence was found in the search results regarding the specific market value growth from $400 billion in 2022 to $5.4 trillion.

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Claim 6: “For the current quarter, Nvidia forecast revenue of about $91 billion.”

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Three independent sources (Bloomberg, Shacknews, and TechCrunch) all explicitly state that Nvidia forecasted revenue of approximately $91 billion for the next/current quarter.

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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia’s forecast for revenue in the current quarter of $91 billion beat the average analyst estimate, but underwhelmed the market. Some on Wall Street had been forecasting revenue of as much as $96 b…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2026-05-20/nvidia-f…

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web search NEUTRAL — NVIDIA is expecting a revenue of around 91 billion for Q2 FY27, but it is not currently factoring “data center compute revenue” from China in that forecasted revenue estimate.
https://www.shacknews.com/article/149230/nvidia-nvda-q2-fy27…

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web search NEUTRAL — Notably, Nvidia did project a slowdown in revenue growth, forecasting $91 billion in revenue for the next quarter, which will be 12% growth. Chinese exports did not make any significant impact on the …
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/nvidia-posts-another-recor…

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Claim 7: “Shares of the Santa Clara, California-based company dipped slightly after-hours to $222.12 after closing at $223.47 in the regular trading session.”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 8: “Excluding one-time items, Nvidia earned $1.76 per share.”

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The evidence provided for this claim contains general information about NVIDIA's history and products, but no financial data regarding non-GAAP earnings per share.

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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia's first graphics accelerator, the NV1, was designed to process quadrilateral primitives (forward texture mapping), a feature that set it apart from competitors, who preferred triangle primitive…
https://en.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 invents the GPU and drives advances in AI, HPC, gaming, creative design, autonomous vehicles, and robotics.
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/

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Claim 9: “Nvidia’s operating expenses increased by 49% to $7.75 billion.”

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The evidence provided for this claim consists of general company descriptions and does not contain any data regarding operating expenses.

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web search NEUTRAL — NVIDIA invents the GPU and drives advances in AI, HPC, gaming, creative design, autonomous vehicles, and robotics.
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/

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Claim 10: “The company said Wednesday it earned $58.32 billion, or $2.39 per share, in the February-April period”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general company descriptions and Wikipedia entries about the NV1 chip; none of the sources provide financial figures for earnings or per-share data for the February-April period.

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web search NEUTRAL — NVIDIA invents the GPU and drives advances in AI, HPC, gaming, creative design, autonomous vehicles, and robotics.
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/

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Claim 11: “increased its quarterly cash dividend to 25 cents per share from 1 cent.”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 12: “up from $18.78 billion, or 76 cents per share, in the same period a year earlier”

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While the evidence mentions a record quarterly revenue of $68.1 billion, it does not provide the specific earnings figure of $18.78 billion or the 76 cents per share for the previous year's corresponding period.

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web search NEUTRAL — Find annual and quearterly earnings data for NVIDIA Corporation Common Stock (NVDA) including earnings per share, earnings forecasts at Nasdaq.com.
https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/nvda/earnings

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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia (NVDA) will release its next earnings report on May 20, 2026.― ― The table shows recent earnings report dates and whether the forecast was beat or missed. See the change in forecast and EPS fro…
https://www.tipranks.com/stocks/nvda/earnings

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web search NEUTRAL — Latest Report Earnings Release 2026. NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2026. Record quarterly revenue of $68.1 billion, up 20% from Q3 and up 73% from a year ago.
https://investor.nvidia.com/financial-info/financial-reports…

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Claim 13: “Analysts are forecasting $87.29 billion.”

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No evidence was found in the search results to support or refute the specific analyst forecast of $87.29 billion.

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Claim 14: “Analysts, on average, were expecting earnings of $1.75 per share and revenue of $78.91 billion, according to a poll by FactSet.”

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One source (Citi analysis via web search) mentions a Wall Street consensus of $78.62 billion for revenue, which is close to the claim's $78.91 billion, but the specific FactSet poll figures for both EPS and revenue are not corroborated by multiple independent sources in the provided evidence.

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web search NEUTRAL — Citi separately published analysis projecting Nvidia’s first-quarter revenue could beat the current Wall Street consensus of $78.62 billion by approximately $1.4 billion, which would represent a 78% y…
https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2026/05/14/nvidia-nasda…

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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia’s revenue and profit details.
https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/NVDA/nvidia/revenu…

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web search NEUTRAL — Find the latest NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) stock quote, history, news and other vital information to help you with your stock trading and investing.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/NVDA/

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