Key Takeaways:
Nvidia reports Q2 earnings Aug. 26 with guided revenue near $91 billion, up 96 percent, as Wall Street demands another beat-and-raise quarter.
"Investors will focus on ways the Magnificent 7 giant will continue its explosive growth," Adam Coons, an analyst, said.
The company guided to roughly $91 billion in revenue, plus or minus 2 percent, implying a range of about $89.2 billion to $92.8 billion. That builds on a blowout fiscal Q1, when revenue reached $81.6 billion, up 85 percent year over year and 20 percent sequentially. Data center revenue alone climbed to $75.2 billion, up 92 percent from a year earlier. Zacks consensus EPS for the quarter stands at $2.09, reflecting a year-over-year increase of 99 percent.
Nvidia's networking segment has emerged as a major growth driver. The Spectrum-X Ethernet Photonics platform entered full mass production, becoming the first co-packaged optics Ethernet switch built for 200G-per-lane volume shipping. By soldering optics directly onto the switch chip, Nvidia cut laser count by four times, reduced network power consumption by five times, and improved signal integrity by 64 times. Networking revenue nearly tripled to $14.8 billion, up 199 percent year over year. CoreWeave, Lambda, and Oracle are the first customers, with production ramping from May through July.
Signals from Nvidia's customer base suggest underlying demand remains strong. Hyperscalers all reported accelerating cloud sales growth in the latest earnings season. CoreWeave delivered Q2 results showing revenue and backlog soaring compared to the prior year. Since CoreWeave buys racks of Nvidia hardware, its expansion is a direct read-through for chip demand.
The CPO buildout extends beyond Nvidia. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing raised its full-year capital expenditure target to $60 billion to $64 billion, up from a prior $52 billion to $56 billion range, with roughly 10 percent to 20 percent earmarked for advanced packaging. Lumentum Holdings, which supplies lasers and optics into the CPO supply chain, posted fiscal Q4 revenue of $1.01 billion, more than doubling year over year, with multi-hundred-million-dollar orders locked in for the first half of calendar 2027. Yole Group estimates the data-center CPO market will grow from $46 million in 2024 to $8.1 billion by 2030.
The stock trades at a trailing P/E near 34, well below its five-year average near 69. A beat-and-raise quarter could push shares higher, but anything less risks a post-earnings decline given how much optimism is already priced in. Investors will watch the Aug. 26 report for updated segment margins and whether Nvidia raises its full-year outlook.
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