Nvidia’s Estimates-Beating Results Fail to Sustain Record Rally

  • Shares had marched to a high on expectation of strong earnings
  • Sales to volatile cryptocurrency market spark investor concern

Nvidia's First-Quarter Sales Get Cryptocurrency Boost

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Nvidia Corp. reported quarterly sales that topped expectations, although a bigger-than-anticipated portion of the demand for its powerful graphics processors came from the volatile cryptocurrency market.

While the chipmaker generated $289 million in sales to cryptocurrency miners in the first quarter, that revenue may fall by two-thirds in the current period, Nvidia said. It was the first time the company had specified sales connected to the cryptocurrency market -- and shares declined as much as 3.8 percent in extended trading.