NVIDIA earnings become a market-wide event
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What happened
Across 2024 and 2025, NVIDIA's quarterly results grew into scheduled market-wide events: its data-centre revenue became the most watched single proxy for AI infrastructure demand, and reactions to its reports regularly spilled into index futures, other semiconductor names and AI-linked stocks worldwide.
What was known then
By early 2024 NVIDIA had reported several consecutive quarters of extraordinary data-centre growth, and options markets were pricing index-relevant moves around each report — a treatment previously reserved for macro releases.
Market reaction
Individual reports produced sharp moves in both directions over this period: strong results and guidance were typically followed by broad AI-complex strength, while in-line results after high expectations were sometimes followed by sector-wide weakness.
What was uncertain
Each quarter, the durability of AI capex, the sustainability of NVIDIA's margins, supply constraints and competitive dynamics were open questions — the reports reduced but never removed them.
What changed afterward
"NVIDIA week" became a fixture of market calendars alongside CPI and FOMC weeks, and AI-complex breadth is now routinely assessed through its results.
Why it still matters
Our earnings and macro calendars treat NVIDIA reports as high-importance scheduled events for exactly this reason; this entry explains why a single company's report keeps appearing in session recaps.
Sources
Primary and official references reviewed for this entry.
◦ NVIDIA Investor Relations (company)
◦ U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (official)
Latest developments
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NVIDIA's quarterly filing for the period ended April 26, 2026 reports revenue of $81.6 billion, up from $44.1 billion a year earlier. Data centre revenue was $75.2 billion, up 92% year on year, with hyperscalers about half of it. Net income was $58.3 billion with basic earnings per share of $2.40. No data centre Hopper products were shipped to China, against $4.6 billion a year earlier.
Tesla's 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 reports total revenues of $28.2 billion, up from $22.5 billion a year earlier, led by automotive sales of $20.0 billion. Net income attributable to common stockholders was $1.11 billion — slightly below the year-ago $1.17 billion — with basic earnings per share of $0.34. Automotive regulatory credits fell to $146 million from $439 million.
Apple's 10-Q for the quarter ended June 27, 2026 reports total net sales of $109.4 billion, up from $94.0 billion a year earlier, with products contributing $78.7 billion and services $30.7 billion. Net income was $29.8 billion against $23.4 billion a year earlier; basic earnings per share rose to $2.03 from $1.57.
SAP reported second-quarter 2026 results with current cloud backlog of €22.9 billion, up 27% (26% at constant currencies), cloud revenue up 22% (24% cc) and total revenue up 9% (11% cc). IFRS operating profit rose 8%. The company updated its 2026 non-IFRS operating profit outlook to reflect dilution from the Dremio and Prior Labs acquisitions.
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