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Nvidia Posts Record $81.6B Q1 Revenue, Beats EPS by 6% and Guides Q2 to $91B in 12th Consecutive Record Quarter

Nvidia reported record fiscal Q1 2027 revenue of $81.6B — up 85% year-on-year — beating analyst estimates of $78.86B for the 12th consecutive quarter of record results

Anjali Mehta
Asia Markets Desk
·Published May 21, 2026, 11:15 PM UTC0🤖 AI-Synthesized

TLDR

  • Nvidia reported record Q1 revenue of $81.6B up 85% YoY, beating estimates for the 12th consecutive quarter
  • Data center revenue hit $75.2B surging 92% YoY and representing over 90% of total Nvidia revenue
  • Nvidia raised Q2 guidance to $91B and added $8B buyback with dividend raised from $0.01 to $0.25 per quarter

Why this matters

Coverage sentiment: Bullish (1 bullish · 0 neutral · 0 bearish)

Nvidia's 12th consecutive quarterly record directly validates India's AI infrastructure investment thesis — Indian hyperscalers (Reliance Jio, Adani-AWS) and government compute clusters sourcing NVDA H100/H200 GPUs see sustained product availability as Nvidia's record results confirm supply is scaling to meet demand.

What to watch

  • Nvidia Q2 2027 revenue vs $91B guidance — the first test of whether demand guidance was conservative or aggressive
  • NVDA treatment of China market revenue — management explicitly excluded China-origin data center revenue from Q2 guidance, watch for clarity on H20 export restriction impact

Ripple effects

  • Korean HBM memory suppliers (Samsung, SK Hynix) — bullish; NVDA data center revenue +92% means sustained HBM3E demand for AI GPU builds

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The Quick Take

  • Nvidia reported record fiscal Q1 2027 revenue of $81.6B — up 85% year-on-year — beating analyst estimates of $78.86B for the 12th consecutive quarter of record results
  • Data center segment revenue reached $75.2B, surging 92% year-on-year and accounting for over 90% of total revenue, with Nvidia restructuring from 4 business segments to 2 (Data Center and Edge Computing)
  • Nvidia raised Q2 2027 guidance to $91B revenue, well above analyst consensus of $86.84B, and announced an additional $8B share buyback with the dividend raised from $0.01 to $0.25 per quarter

Synthesized from 3 sources — full coverage, sentiment breakdown, and forward signals below.

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📊 Key Numbers

EPS$1.87 vs $1.76 est (+6.25%)
Revenue$81600 vs $78860 est (+3.47%)
Guidance$91000 (above% vs est)

🌍 India / Asia Angle

Nvidia's 12th consecutive quarterly record directly validates India's AI infrastructure investment thesis — Indian hyperscalers (Reliance Jio, Adani-AWS) and government compute clusters sourcing NVDA H100/H200 GPUs see sustained product availability as Nvidia's record results confirm supply is scaling to meet demand.

🌊 Ripple Effects

  • Korean HBM memory suppliers (Samsung, SK Hynix) — bullish; NVDA data center revenue +92% means sustained HBM3E demand for AI GPU builds
  • Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) — bullish; NVDA manufactures exclusively on TSMC's leading-edge nodes; guidance lift means sustained fab utilisation
  • Competing AI chip firms (AMD, Intel Gaudi) — mildly bearish as NVDA's market dominance and guidance lift reinforce its competitive moat

🔭 What to Watch Next

PRO
  • Nvidia Q2 2027 revenue vs $91B guidance — the first test of whether demand guidance was conservative or aggressive
  • NVDA treatment of China market revenue — management explicitly excluded China-origin data center revenue from Q2 guidance, watch for clarity on H20 export restriction impact
  • HBM supply allocation — Samsung strike resolution (just averted today) determines whether NVDA can hit its own Q2 guidance without memory supply constraints

Market news synthesis. Not financial advice. Sources cited above.

Timeline

How the Story Spread

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May 20, 6:00 AM
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뉴시스 (경제)TIER 2newsis.com1d ago

엔비디아 매출 12분기 연속 신기록 …800억 달러 자사주 매입

[서울=뉴시스]신정원 기자 = 엔비디아가 1분기 예상치를 뛰어넘는 실적을 기록했다. CNBC 등에 따르면 엔비디아는 이날 장 마감 후 발표한 분기 실적에서 매출 816억2000달러를 기록했다고 밝혔다. 전년 동기 대비 85% 급증한 것이며, 시장 예상치인 788억6000만 달러를 상회했다. 12분기 연속 신기록이다. 조정 주당순이익(EPS)은 1.87달러로, 예상치 1.76달러를 넘어섰다. 엔비디아는 이번에 실적 발표 체계

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뉴시스 (경제)TIER 2newsis.com1d ago

[속보] 엔비디아. 800억 달러 자사주 매입…분기 배당금 0.25%로 인상

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뉴시스 (산업)TIER 2newsis.com1d ago

"끝모를 중동전쟁 여파"…중기 피해 800건 돌파

[서울=뉴시스]강은정 기자 = 중동전쟁 발발 후 접수된 중소기업 피해·애로 사항이 800건을 돌파했다. 20일 중소벤처기업부에 따르면 지난 2월 28일부터 이날 낮 12시까지 중기부 및 수출지원센터 누리집 등에 피해·애로사항(우려 포함) 834건이 접수됐다. 이는 전주 대비 35건 증가한 수치다. 총 628건의 피해·애로 사항(중복 포함) 중 '운송차질(276건·43.9%)'이 1위를 차지했다. 기타를 제외하고 '물류비 상승(

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