NVDA stock rose after hours as Nvidia's earnings results beat estimates. Blackwell chips brought in $11 billion for Nvidia, who said demand is strong.

AI bellwether Nvidia Corp. (NVDA) delivered a strong performance in the fourth quarter, surpassing Wall Street expectations as its flagship Blackwell chips began contributing to the company’s top and bottom lines.

Nvidia’s total market value as of the close Wednesday, before the release of its earnings report. That’s second in the S&P 500 behind Apple ($3.611 trillion). Microsoft is third with a market value just below $3 trillion ($2.972 trillion). Two years ago, Nvidia’s market value was below $600 billion.

Long a Wall Street favorite, Nvidia stock has struggled recently, gaining 4% over the last six months, worse than the S&P 500’s 7% return.

NVIDIA’s Q4 2025 earnings call will take place today, February 26, at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET. We’ll be streaming it on the Shacknews Twitch channel. NVIDIA also hosts the call on the company’s investor relations site as a webcast.

Nvidia reported its fourth-quarter results after Wednesday's closing bell. Investors are focused on early sales of the company's new Blackwell line.

Wall Street is once again fixated on Nvidia, as the main player in the artificial intelligence mania is set to report earnings after the bell Wednesday and give an update on demand for its semiconductors,

Nvidia has led the artificial intelligence boom to become one of the stock market’s biggest companies, as tech giants continue to spend heavily on the company’s chips and data centers needed to train