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Nvidia Posts $96.22B Revenue and $108B Outlook as AI Chip Spending Holds Up

The May-to-July result is realized evidence of spending on high-end AI chips. The August-to-October forecast, though above Wall Street’s view, is the next and still-unmet test of that demand.

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Nvidia Posts $96.22B Revenue and $108B Outlook as AI Chip Spending Holds Up
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Nvidia just posted $96.22 billion in revenue for May through July—more than twice the year-earlier figure and $3.95 billion above Wall Street’s estimate. That makes this quarter recorded evidence that customers are still spending heavily on high-end artificial-intelligence chips. The company also beat on adjusted earnings, reporting $2.22 per share versus the expected $2.09. Net income reached $59.69 billion, up from $26.42 billion a year earlier. But the more consequential number is forward-looking: Nvidia expects about $108 billion in revenue from August through October. That is above the $104.86 billion analyst consensus and would represent roughly 89% growth from the comparable quarter if achieved. The distinction matters. May through July sales are booked; the $108 billion figure is guidance, dependent on future shipments and purchases. Nvidia’s costs are rising alongside demand, too. Operating expenses jumped 55% to $8.41 billion in the reported quarter, even as revenue and profit surged. And despite the beat and the stronger-than-expected outlook, shares initially fell 1.8% in after-hours trading. The market reaction does not change the results, but it shows how high the expectations bar has become after years of Nvidia exceeding forecasts. The next report will test one specific claim: whether that $108 billion outlook becomes recorded revenue.

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Nvidia’s latest quarter shows AI infrastructure spending remains exceptionally strong, but the market is now judging whether that pace can persist. Net income reached $59.69 billion, while operating expenses climbed 55% to $8.41 billion. Management expects approximately $108 billion in August–October revenue, above the $104.86 billion consensus, though that figure remains a forecast rather than booked sales. The...

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    May–July revenue exceeded consensus by $3.95 billion, while adjusted EPS came in at $2.22 versus $2.09 expected.

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    Nvidia’s $108 billion August–October outlook implies roughly 89% year-over-year growth if achieved.

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    Operating expenses rose 55% to $8.41 billion, showing the cost base is expanding alongside AI-chip demand.

Nvidia’s May-to-July revenue reached $96.22 billion, more than double the year-earlier figure and $3.95 billion above Wall Street’s average estimate. That is realized demand for high-end AI chips; Nvidia’s approximately $108 billion target for the following quarter is a larger number, but still guidance rather than booked sales.

A quarter that cleared two financial bars

The revenue result exceeded analysts’ $92.27 billion average forecast. Nvidia also reported adjusted earnings of $2.22 a share, above the $2.09 Wall Street consensus tracked by FactSet. The two measures matter differently: revenue records the scale of sales in the completed period, while adjusted earnings measure profit after excluding certain items.

Profit rose sharply alongside sales. Net income was $59.69 billion, or $2.46 a share, compared with $26.42 billion in the same quarter a year earlier. Nvidia attributed the latest performance to strong demand for its high-end artificial-intelligence chips.

The outlook is a different kind of claim

For August through October, Nvidia forecast about $108 billion in revenue. That is $3.14 billion above analysts’ $104.86 billion expectation, placing the company’s own outlook above a consensus that had already anticipated another enormous quarter.

If Nvidia reaches that target, revenue would rise roughly 89% from the corresponding quarter a year earlier. But the distinction between the two periods is central: May-to-July revenue has been recorded, while the August-to-October figure depends on future sales meeting Nvidia’s forecast.

Growth arrived with higher spending and a cooler initial reaction

Nvidia’s operating expenses rose 55% to $8.41 billion in the reported quarter. The expense increase is a counterweight to the headline revenue and profit growth: sales and net income rose, but the company was also spending substantially more to operate the business.

Shares fell 1.8% in after-hours trading shortly after the release. That immediate move came after a quarter that beat both revenue and adjusted-earnings expectations, and after guidance that exceeded the analyst revenue forecast; it does not alter the completed results or establish a reason for the market reaction.

A recurring beat now faces a higher bar

Nvidia has regularly surpassed analysts’ expectations over the past three years as its high-end chips became important building blocks for AI systems. The latest quarter extends that pattern. The next report will answer the narrower question raised by this one: whether the company can turn its $108 billion outlook into recorded revenue and sustain the growth rate implied by the target.

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Our read: Nvidia’s quarter offers a hard financial measure of current AI-infrastructure spending, not just announcements of future capacity. Its $108 billion target is more consequential as a test of persistence than as another beat-versus-estimates headline. Related coverage this week has described major computing and data-center commitments that depend on facilities and hardware still to come online. The next useful evidence will be whether Nvidia converts its August-to-October guidance into revenue while maintaining the pace of growth implied by that target.

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  1. apnews.comStrong AI chip demand fuels Nvidia

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