nvidia (NVDA) 3.97%)) Investors are getting used to positive surprises. Top AI (AI) chip designers outperformed analysts' revenue estimates, offering double- or triple-digit growth quarters after the most recent quarter. This offers customers a complete selection of products and services related to Nvidia's strengths in this booming chip market and its move all-in with AI.
And the tech powerhouse reported last week that its revenue and net profits rose to record levels that exceeded expectations. On top of this, Nvidia's new game-changing architecture – Blackwell has been blown up into the fastest product lamp scene ever. Nvidia provides details about its market location and future AI, indicating that growth is not over.
After this type of report, we may expect Nvidia stock to surge. But in reality it wasn't. The stock slid over 9% on Thursday in the trading session after the report and advanced below 4% on Friday. So, after such a positive earnings report, why does the stock not take off? Let's look into it.
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Leader in the AI chip market
First, a summary of previous Nvidia stories. As mentioned earlier, the company is a leader in the AI chip market, and its graphics processing units (GPUs) are most sought after for important tasks such as training and large-scale language modeling (LLMS) inference. This has led to continued demand for chips and other products, helping quarterly revenues skyrocket over a year two years ago.
Nvidia is an early player in this space, so it has an advantage to the market from the start. But it is the company's commitment to innovation that continues to maintain its leadership. The high-tech giant has pledged to renew its GPU every year. This is a big job that the company is doing well.
Blackwell was launched in the fourth quarter and quickly generated $11 billion in revenue. CEO Jensen Huang says demand remains “extraordinary” as the world's largest tech companies are actively adopting this new, customizable product. It offers you choices such as chips, networking options and more.
Nvidia said it is calling large cloud service providers in revenue – this reminds the heart. Amazon or Microsoftfor example, make up half of the revenue in a data center. These are players with solid finances and large budgets. This means you need to continue investing in premium chips and related products. This is a positive sign for Nvidia.
Blackwell Ultra and Rubin are approaching…
The company is aiming to release Blackwell Ultra later this year, with Rubin Architecture aiming to follow suit. All this makes it difficult for rivals to catch up and assure Nvidia's leadership. In addition to this, the company is ready to excel in the next stage of AI growth, including inference inference (a longer “thinking” process that can surpass LLM performance) and agent AI (application of technology to real problems).
Finally, it further supports Nvidia's long-term strength idea in opposition to the background of a high-growth industry, where today's $200 billion AI market is projected to exceed $1 trillion.
In the most recent quarter, Nvidia saw its revenue growth of 78% to a record $39 billion, and annual revenue growth of 114% to a record $130 billion. The company also forecast double-digit revenue growth for the first quarter, expecting revenue of $43 billion.
The story behind stock performance
Now, let's go back to our question. Why isn't Nvidia's stock spike after this strong quarterly performance and a bright outlook? It is important to remember that stocks have risen by more than 1,700% over the past five years. So investors can choose such a time to lock in profits. Nvidia's stock has not progressed linearly in recent years, falling into a certain period despite positive revenue and other news.
In fact, revenue reports do not necessarily lead to immediate performance in recent past: Nvidia stock It actually fell The following month after the last two reports, these reports were solid, but solid.
So, what does this mean for investors? Nvidia has demonstrated strong revenue and stock performance over time, with all current cues pointing more to the same advancement. This means that it's the best time to get into stock as Nvidia is now trading 27x advance revenue estimates.
If Nvidia's stock does not surge immediately after earnings reporting, that's fine. What matters is the content of the report, the latest ones show that the tech giant has what it takes to continue moving forward over time.
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