<div id="readability-page-1"><img width="3000" height="2000" src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://invezz-wp-media.lon1.digitaloceanspaces.com/2026/03/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-showcases-GB200-grace-blackwell-superchips.jpg?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://invezz-wp-media.lon1.digitaloceanspaces.com/2026/03/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-showcases-GB200-grace-blackwell-superchips.jpg"/>Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) reports earnings after the market close on Wednesday, and Wall Street is bracing for a familiar outcome: another beat.The chipmaker has made exceeding expectations look almost routine. Yet that has not always translated into an immediate reward for shareholders.Several times, Nvidia has posted strong numbers only to watch its stock fall anyway and that is the tension hanging over tonight’s report.Most investors will be watching the earnings beat and history suggests they may be watching the wrong thing.<h2>Nvidia Q1 earnings: Beating expectations is routine</h2>Nvidia has built one of the cleanest earnings records in the market.Over its last 23 reported quarters, the company has beaten earnings expectations 21 times, a hit rate of just over 91%.As per market data, Nvidia's average earnings beat over that stretch have been about 9%That record explains why the debate around Nvidia has changed, as investors are no longer asking whether the company can clear the bar.They assume it can and then the real question is whether the bar has been set high enough to matter.Wedbush analyst Matt Bryson recently reiterated an outperform rating on Nvidia and a $300 price target, with expectations for more than $80 billion in quarterly revenue and about $90 billion for the next quarter, above consensus estimates.<h2>But Nvidia stock doesn’t always get the memo</h2>The uncomfortable part for investors is that Nvidia’s stock has not always followed the script.A company can beat estimates, raise guidance and still fall if expectations were even higher.That happened after Nvidia’s fiscal fourth-quarter 2026 results.The company reported revenue of $68.1 billion, up 73% from a year earlier, and non-GAAP net income of $39.6 billion, up 79%.Yet the stock fell 5.5% the next day, as concerns about the broader AI trade weighed on sentiment.Morgan Stanley’s Joseph Moore has framed the issue more directly.In a May 18 preview note, Moore raised Nvidia’s price target to $285 and made the stock the firm’s top semiconductor pick.But his focus was not simply on whether Nvidia beats April-quarter estimates.He argued that what matters most is the July-quarter outlook and the company’s data-center revenue trajectory through 2027.<h2>The pattern that pays</h2>The more useful pattern in Nvidia’s earnings history is not the day-after move; it is what happens when the time horizon expands.Since 2016, Nvidia’s stock has finished higher only 55% of the time one day after earnings, according to historical data cited by Yahoo Finance and Rolling Out.However, over a full year, the win rate rises to 84%, with a median one-year post-earnings return of 87.6%.That does not mean the stock is risk-free, but that the market has repeatedly struggled to price Nvidia in real time.Short-term reactions have often reflected positioning, valuation worries and changing AI sentiment.Longer-term returns have reflected the company’s ability to keep converting demand into revenue.Morgan Stanley’s bull case helps explain why, as the firm estimates Nvidia could generate about $1.1 trillion in cumulative data-center revenue from 2025 through 2027.For 2026 and 2027 alone, Morgan Stanley’s estimate is $884 billion, nearly $100 billion above the Street consensus of $785 billion.That is the real bull case for Nvidia: not a single earnings beat, but whether AI infrastructure spending can keep growing for years.The post Nvidia earnings history reveals a pattern investors may be overlooking appeared first on Invezz</div>

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Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is set to report earnings, with expectations for another beat. Historically, the company has exceeded earnings expectations 21 out of the last 23 quarters. However, strong earnings have not always led to immediate stock gains, as seen after its last report. Analysts emphasize the importance of long-term revenue growth, particularly in AI infrastructure, rather than just short-term earnings beats. Morgan Stanley estimates Nvidia could generate $1.1 trillion in data-center revenue from 2025 to 2027, highlighting the potential for sustained growth.

- Nvidia is expected to report earnings that exceed expectations, continuing its trend of impressive performance, having beaten estimates 21 out of the last 23 quarters.  
- Despite a strong earnings record, Nvidia's stock has sometimes fallen after good results due to even higher preliminary expectations from investors.  
- Analysts predict significant future revenue from data centers, emphasizing the importance of long-term growth in AI infrastructure spending over short-term earnings results.

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Nvidia earnings history reveals a pattern investors may be overlooking