But it was the devil in the detail that concerned investors with Nvidia’s third quarter revenue estimated at around $32.5 billion (plus or minus 2%), above the $31.9 billion average analysts were calling for, but below the highest expectation of $37.9 billion.
Investors have been concerned about some issues with Nvidia’s next-generation Blackwell chip but the company has addressed the issues and Jensen Huang, founder and CEO, said that “the anticipation for Blackwell is incredible,” adding that “Blackwell samples are shipping to our partners and customers.”
The earnings report also revealed that Nvidia had returned $15.4 billion to shareholders in the form of shares repurchased and cash dividends during the first half of fiscal 2025. As of the end of the second quarter, the company had $7.5 billion remaining under its share repurchase authorization, and this week its board approved an additional $50 billion in share repurchase authorization, without expiration.
Nvidia shares were down as much as 5% in premarket trading Thursday before recovering somewhat later on. Overall futures on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 erased earlier losses.
With the end of earnings season the market will now focus on the US economy and the question of whether data, including the jobs report, will require rate cutting from the Fed.