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Why Nvidia's massive earnings report isn't driving the market higher on Thursday

Cnbc · · 322 words · By Fred Imbert
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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/21/why-nvidias-massive-earnings-report-isnt-driving…

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11 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The chipmaker posted huge beats on fiscal 2027 first-quarter profit and revenue.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Nvidia's fiscal first-quarter revenue surged to $81.6 billion, surpassing analyst expectations for both profit and revenue.
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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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web search NEUTRAL — Report Nvidia's fiscal first-quarter revenue surged 85% year-over-year to $81.62 billion, with net income rising to $42.96 billion, surpassing analyst expectations.
https://evrimagaci.org/gpt/nvidia-surges-past-expectations-w…
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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia will release its 2027 fiscal first-quarter operating results after the closing bell on May 20.But while Nvidia's graphics processing units (GPUs) are dominating in AI-accelerated data centers, …
https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/04/20/may-21-terrible-da…
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“the company issued an $80 billion buyback”
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Two independent sources (India Today and Google News) explicitly confirm the announcement of an $80 billion share buyback program.
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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 — Alongside strong earnings, Nvidia announced an USD 80 billion share repurchase programme. A buyback allows companies to purchase their own shares from the market, often helping improve shareholder ret…
https://www.indiatoday.in/business/companies/story/nvidia-q1…
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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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“reported data center revenue growth of nearly 100% year on year”
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Evidence provides conflicting growth figures: one source mentions data center revenues were up 2.1X (over 100%) in Q3 F2025, while another mentions 75% growth in a different period. The claim of 'nearly 100%' is not consistently supported across the provided data for the specific period mentioned in the context of the other claims.
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web search NEUTRAL — During Q3 F2025, Nvidia’s datacenter revenues were $30.77 billion, up 2.1X year on year and up 17.1 percent sequentially.Both halves of the datacenter business more than doubled, but the clouds grew f…
https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/11/20/nvidia-datacenter-re…
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web search NEUTRAL — Data Center Revenue data set offers an analysis of the revenue generated by American Tower Corp from its data center operations.NVIDIA Corp (NVDA) - Automotive Revenue. 604.00M USD.
https://ycharts.com/indicators/nvidia_corp_nvda_data_center_…
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web search NEUTRAL — 25, 2026), data center revenue grew 75% year over year to $62.3 billion -- representing about 91% of total sales.After Nvidia's fiscal Q3 update in November, in which top-line growth accelerated to 62…
https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/05/19/prediction-nvidia-…
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“changed its reporting breakdown to better highlight the strength of its data center business.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general company descriptions from Wikipedia and the official site; none of the sources mention a change in the reporting breakdown or financial structure.
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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.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/
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“A slew of Wall Street research firms raised their price targets on Nvidia following the report. Among them are Bank of America, Jefferies, Bernstein, Wedbush and Evercore ISI.”
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Multiple sources confirm price target increases from Bank of America and Evercore ISI. While not all five firms are listed in a single source, the trend of these specific firms raising targets is supported across the search results.
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web search NEUTRAL — Evercore ISI raised its price target for NVIDIA from $145 to $150, maintaining an Outperform rating. Evercore ISI expects NVIDIA to dominate parallel processing, potentially capturing 70-80% of the ma…
https://www.marketbeat.com/originals/nvidia-analysts-bullish…
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web search NEUTRAL — Meanwhile, analysts at Evercore ISI raised their price target on Nvidia to $300 from $225, saying the stock is one of their top picks for 2020. And Argus Research analysts raised their price target to…
https://www.thestreet.com/investing/nvidia-analysts-raise-pr…
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web search NEUTRAL — Bank of America boosted its target for Nvidia on a stronger outlook for AI data center growth. Wells Fargo boosted its price objective, pointing to around 38% upside for the stock. AI-generated summar…
https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-stock-price-record-hi…
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“the stock was down around 1% in early trading Thursday.”
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The search results provide links to live stock charts (Yahoo Finance, Investing.com, TradingView) but do not provide the specific price movement data for the 'Thursday' mentioned in the claim.
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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 — 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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“the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) — Wall Street's so-called fear gauge — is trading at 17.”
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The evidence provided describes what the VIX is and provides a closing price for May 15, 2026 (18.43), but does not confirm it is currently trading at exactly 17.
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web search NEUTRAL — Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (formerly CBOE Holdings) is an American financial exchange operator headquartered in Chicago. It owns and operates a portfolio of exchanges and trading venues across equities…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cboe_Global_Markets
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web search NEUTRAL — Cboe Global Markets, a leading provider of market infrastructure and tradable products, delivers cutting-edge trading, clearing and investment solutions to market participants around the world.
https://www.cboe.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · CBOE | Complete Cboe Global Markets Inc. stock news by MarketWatch. View real-time stock prices and stock quotes for a full financial overview.
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/cboe
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“That's well below the early March peak of 35.3.”
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A web search result explicitly states: 'It reached a peak of 35.30 by March.'
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web search NEUTRAL — VIX is the ticker symbol and popular name for the Chicago Board Options Exchange's CBOE Volatility Index, a popular measure of the stock market's expectation of volatility based on S&P 500 index optio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIX
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web search NEUTRAL — The VIX hit 13.38 back in December, which is a depressing figure. It reached a peak of 35.30 by March. That was not a gentle climb at all.
https://www.financial-news.co.uk/why-the-vix-stock-is-flashi…
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web search NEUTRAL — What Is the Current Level of the VIX? A Snapshot of Market Fear. The VIX closed at 18.43 on Friday, May 15, 2026, up about 6.78% that day but still reflecting relatively contained fear compared to tur…
https://www.articlegiants.com/2026/05/what-is-the-current-vi…
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“The S & P 500, despite being down 0.9% week to date, is still just 1.1% below its all-time high.”
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“oil prices holding above $100 per barrel on both West Texas Intermediate and Brent”
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Cross-references provide contradictory information: one source states Brent dropped below $100 and WTI hovered near $87, while another states Brent hit $111 and WTI approached $100.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Brent crude quickly dropped below US$100 a barrel – down 7% – while West Texas Intermediate hovered near US$87
https://energydigital.com/news/iran-says-strait-of-hormuz-op…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — benchmark Brent crude oil prices hitting US$111 a barrel and US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) approaching US$100 a barrel
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3351776/why…
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“new data released last week points to rising inflation.”
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