Nvidia SMASHES Earnings: AI Boom Sends Stock Soaring 6% – $44B Quarter Stuns Wall Street!
Nvidia just dropped a financial bombshell – crushing earnings expectations with $44.06 billion in revenue (up 69% YoY) as its AI data center business exploded by 73%. The stock surged 6% after-hours, proving the AI gold rush is FAR from over. Here’s why investors are losing their minds.
The Numbers That Broke the Internet
- Earnings Per Share: 96 cents (vs. 93 cents expected) – AI profits on steroids
- Data Center Revenue: $39.1B (88% of total sales) – Microsoft & OpenAI buying chips by the truckload
- Gross Margin: 71.3% (would’ve been without China ban) – Most profitable tech company on Earth
China Crisis? Nvidia LAUGHS It Off
Despite a $4.5B charge from Trump-era export bans on H20 chips:
- Still grew sales 69% globally
- Microsoft alone deploying “hundreds of thousands” of new Blackwell GPUs
- CEO Jensen Huang: “The $50B China AI market is closed… and we DON’T CARE” (paraphrased)
AI Domination by the Numbers
- $45B next-quarter forecast (would’ve been $53B without China losses)
- $18.8B net income (up 26%) – Printing more money than some small countries
- $14.1B spent on buybacks – Nvidia thinks its stock is STILL undervalued
Gaming & Robotics Join the Party
🎮 Gaming revenue up 42% (Nintendo Switch 2 chips + AI gaming tools)
🤖 Self-driving car sales jump 72% (Tesla competitors scrambling)
🖥️ 3D design chips up 19% (Hollywood studios & architects addicted)
Why This Matters
Nvidia isn’t just winning the AI race – it’s rewriting the rules of global tech:
- Every 10% drop in NVDA stock now crashes the entire Nasdaq
- Blackwell GPUs are the new “oil” of the AI economy
- Jensen Huang now tech’s most powerful CEO (sorry, Elon & Tim Cook)
Wall Street Verdict: “Nvidia is the ONLY stock that matters in 2025.
Nvidia stock surges 6% after $44B AI-powered quarter defies China crisis. How Jensen Huang turned chip bans into profit rockets – and why NVDA owns the future.
