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NVIDIA Corporation
In short
NVDA down 1.0% on price pressure; fundamentals accelerating but earnings catalyst looms in 4 days.
SEC filing
Revenue and margin surge continues into latest quarter
NVIDIA's last reported quarter ended 2026-04-26 shows of $81.6 billion and diluted of $2.39, extending a steep growth trajectory. reached 65.6%, up from 49.1% four quarters prior. The company's in 4 days after the close will test whether this momentum holds. Consensus is $2.01—below the $2.39 posted last quarter, signaling investor caution about deceleration. The stock's 1.0% decline today has no company-specific cause in today's disclosures, but the date itself carries outsized weight: results will determine whether the infrastructure buildout remains in early stages or faces demand softening.
By the numbers
Revenue $81.6bn (Q ended 2026-04-26), diluted EPS $2.39, operating margin 65.6%. Consensus EPS $2.01 for next report.
Why this matters
Earnings beat the consensus expectation last quarter; missing it this time would signal margin or demand pressure across the entire AI supply chain.
SEC filing
NVIDIA secures Ohio data center capacity with OpenAI as anchor
NVIDIA announced on 2026-08-17 a material agreement with SB Energy to secure land, power and shell capacity at the PORTS-Pike Technology Campus in Pike County, Ohio. OpenAI will be the customer under a 20-year lease. The deal signals NVIDIA's shift : rather than waiting for customers to build infrastructure, the company is now locking in power and real estate years ahead of chip deployment. This follows a $1.5 billion investment in SB Energy and a 20 percent stake in Lancium, cementing a strategy to control the physical bottleneck—power and site readiness—that now constrains buildout more than chip availability.
Why this matters
NVIDIA is vertically integrating into infrastructure to guarantee demand for its chips and reduce customer risk in a power-constrained market.
Chip prices rising 15% on memory cost surge
NVIDIA is raising prices on servers containing its chips by more than 15% for many of its largest customers, effective on systems shipped early next year. The increases affect flagship Vera Rubin and Grace Blackwell chips and stem from soaring memory chip costs. Contract manufacturers serving Microsoft, Google, and Oracle have already notified customers. The move protects gross margins but risks demand elasticity among hyperscalers already facing spending scrutiny. in 4 days will clarify whether customers are absorbing these increases or pushing back.
Why this matters
Price increases offset input cost inflation but test whether hyperscalers will accept higher per-unit costs or defer orders.