NVIDIA Q2 FY2027: $96.2B Revenue, $89B Data Center Surge Beat Street

NVIDIA reported second-quarter fiscal 2027 revenue of $96.2 billion on August 26, 2026, up 106% year-over-year and above the analyst consensus of $92.17 billion compiled by LSEG (Reuters). Adjusted earnings came in at $2.22 per share. The company had previously guided quarterly revenue to approximately $91 billion, plus or minus 2% (Reuters), a range that itself topped the $86.84 billion LSEG estimate at the time of that prior guidance.

Data Center revenue was $89.0 billion, up 117% from the prior-year period (NVIDIA). That segment alone now accounts for roughly 93% of total revenue, a concentration that frames both the upside and the risk profile of the name. The print was accompanied by a conference call at 2 p.m. PT the same day, scheduled in late July (NVIDIA).

S&P Global Market Intelligence's consensus, published August 25, had pegged total revenue at $92.2 billion (S&P Global), closely tracking the LSEG figure. The actual result exceeded both by roughly $4 billion. NVIDIA's own guidance midpoint of $91 billion had already been raised well above the earlier Street consensus, and the delivered number cleared that bar by approximately 5.7%.

Heading into the print, the sell-side remained firmly constructive. Citigroup maintained its buy rating and $300 price target on August 25, while raising fiscal 2027 and 2028 estimates (TheStreet). As of August 21, NVIDIA's stock closed at $214.72, with the average analyst price target at $308.01 (Yahoo Finance/Goldman Sachs). That implied roughly 43% upside to the mean target, suggesting the buy-side expected a meaningful beat even before the numbers dropped.

The revenue trajectory is the headline. A 106% year-over-year top-line increase on a base of this size is uncommon for a company of NVIDIA's market capitalization, and the acceleration in Data Center revenue to 117% growth indicates that hyperscaler capex commitments are still translating directly into recognized product revenue with minimal lag. The $5.2 billion revenue beat over the $91 billion guidance midpoint is not marginal; it signals that demand outpaced even NVIDIA's own internal planning assumptions for the quarter.

What warrants attention is the gap between the two consensus figures that circulated ahead of the print. S&P Global Market Intelligence's $92.2 billion estimate and the LSEG-compiled $92.17 billion were essentially aligned, yet both sat only modestly above NVIDIA's guided midpoint. This tells us the Street had already absorbed the guidance raise from May but had not fully priced in the magnitude of the upside. The $4 billion beat relative to consensus is the real surprise, not the beat versus guidance.

Citigroup's decision to raise estimates before the report, rather than after, is worth noting. Typically, analysts wait for confirmed numbers before adjusting models. Pre-earnings estimate increases generally reflect channel checks or supply-chain signals that point to upside. The maintained $300 target, against a $214.72 close, also indicates that Citi's model assigns substantial value to forward-year growth rather than trailing results.

The 93% Data Center concentration is the variable that cuts both ways. On the current trajectory, it is the engine of the revenue acceleration. But it also means that any deceleration in hyperscaler infrastructure spending, whether driven by budget normalization, deployment saturation, or competitive silicon adoption, would compress the multiple far faster than a more diversified revenue base would allow. The adjusted EPS of $2.22 provides a margin cushion, but the valuation is being supported by a growth rate that must eventually taper.

NVIDIA's next test is whether the third-quarter guidance midpoint continues to track above the evolving Street consensus, or whether the company signals any moderation in the demand curve. The market will price the forward guide more heavily than the backward-looking beat.