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Instant Reaction: Nvidia Gets Tepid Reaction to Forecast, Ups Investor Rewards | Bloomberg...
Bloomberg Surveillance
· · 26 min · Hosts: Tom Keene, Paul Sweeney, Lisa Mateo, Michael Barr, Tim Stenovec, Emily Graffeo · Guests: Ed Ludlow, Paul Meeks, Jay Goldberg, Kunjan Sobhani
Summary
Nvidia’s latest forecast drew a mixed but mostly constructive reaction on Bloomberg Surveillance’s instant analysis segment. The company guided July-quarter revenue to about $91 billion, above the $87 billion consensus but below the highest estimates, and the panel largely argued that the number was fine rather than disappointing. Several guests said the market may be underappreciating the additional revenue coming from data-center networking and system integration, not just GPUs, and they viewed the new reporting structure as a way to show that broader business mix.
The discussion also focused on Nvidia’s decision to exclude China from its outlook and to say it has no Hopper data-center shipments there. A guest said that matched the base case, while another argued China could still become a major opportunity if conditions change. The panel said Nvidia’s $80 billion share buyback and rising dividend reflect enormous free cash flow and limited obvious uses for capital beyond reinvestment in the ecosystem.
The most skeptical voice, an analyst with a sell rating, said Nvidia is still a good company but faces hard valuation and growth comparisons at a $5 trillion scale, while the bullish side argued the stock is not expensive relative to expected growth and that the market was overreacting to the headline.
Key takeaways
- The panel said Nvidia’s $91 billion revenue guide was broadly fine, even if the market reaction was lukewarm.
- A guest argued the growth story is expanding beyond GPUs into Infiniband, Spectrum-X, Ethernet and systems integration.
- The company’s China stance was framed as a base-case assumption, with no Hopper data-center shipments included in the outlook.
- One analyst with a sell rating said Nvidia looks hard to excite about at a $5 trillion valuation, though not irrationally expensive.
- The $80 billion buyback was presented as a shareholder-friendly use of Nvidia’s huge free cash flow.
Notable quotes
“the most important metric that they could release ahead of a call was this revenue guide. And it looks fine”
“I do like the buyback announcement and and to address that resegmentation I I think we like that move”
“the stock is you know trading after hours flattish and you know the stock had had a pretty big runup in recent weeks”
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Topics
- nvidia forecast
- semiconductor outlook
- data center revenue
- investor reaction
- analyst estimates
Companies and tickers mentioned
- NVDA
- Nvidia
- Freedom Capital Markets
- Seaport Research Partners
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