NVIDIA’s $80 billion share buyback program, Valued at 45x Trailing Earnings

NVIDIA just dropped its latest Fiscal Q1 2027 earnings report (covering February–April 2026).

Nvidia is leading a bearish tech stock trend.

Quick overview

  • NVIDIA's Fiscal Q1 2027 earnings report exceeded Wall Street expectations, showcasing a 92% year-over-year surge in data center revenue to $75.2 billion.
  • The company announced an $80 billion share buyback program and increased its quarterly dividend from $0.01 to $0.25 per share.
  • Management confirmed zero shipments of Data Center Hopper products to China this quarter due to geopolitical trade restrictions, anticipating no compute revenue from China moving forward.
  • Despite a slight decline in adjusted gross margin to 75%, NVIDIA's market cap is approximately $5.5 trillion, with a trailing P/E ratio of around 45x, below the semiconductor industry average.

NVIDIA just dropped its latest Fiscal Q1 2027 earnings report (covering February–April 2026). The company put up blockbuster numbers that beat Wall Street’s already sky-high expectations across the board, though the stock saw some minor after-hours volatility as investors digested the high bar.

Nvidia is one of the few rapidly climbing stocks as the week edns.

Data center revenue was the absolute star of the show, surging 92% year-over-year to $75.2 billion . This confirms that spending by hyperscalers (like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google) on AI infrastructure is not slowing down.

NVIDIA’s board authorized an $80 billion share buyback program . Additionally, they aggressively hiked their quarterly dividend from $0.01 per share all the way to $0.25 per share .

In a notable fundamental shift, management confirmed they shipped zero Data Center Hopper products to China this quarter (compared to $4.6 billion in the same quarter last year) due to geopolitical trade restrictions. Their stellar guidance assumes zero compute revenue from China moving forward, proving they have successfully re-routed global demand elsewhere.

 While a 75% adjusted gross margin is incredibly high for a hardware-adjacent tech company, it did slip by 1 basis point sequentially from last quarter. A tiny contingent of bears noted that gross margins might have finally found their near-term ceiling as the product mix shifts towards newer architectures like Blackwell.

NVIDIA’s market cap sits right around $5.5 trillion , trading at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio of roughly 45x . While that is historically expensive for a traditional hardware company, analysts note it is actually below the broader semiconductor industry average (~61x) because NVIDIA’s earnings are growing so rapidly

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