New York, Jan 30, 2026, 16:03 (EST) — After-hours
- Nvidia shares were down about 0.9% in late trade, after swinging between $188.33 and $194.45.
- Nvidia set Feb. 25 for its fourth-quarter and full-year results call.
- Nvidia is among firms in talks to invest up to $60 billion in OpenAI, a report said.
Nvidia (NVDA.O) shares slipped on Friday and were down about 0.9% at $190.77 in late trading, after moving between $188.33 and $194.45 during the session. The stock has been sensitive to any hint that the biggest buyers of computing gear are getting pickier.
Why it matters now: the chipmaker has become a proxy for the artificial intelligence (AI) trade, and this week’s earnings reactions have been blunt about what investors will tolerate. “All else equal, the market would typically be concerned,” said John Belton, pointing to the unease around capital spending, or capex — money spent on long-lived assets like data centres and chips. (Reuters)
Nvidia on Wednesday set a conference call for Feb. 25 to discuss fourth-quarter and fiscal-year 2026 results, after the fiscal year ended Jan. 25, the company said. It added that written CFO commentary would be provided ahead of the call. (NVIDIA Investor Relations)
The stock has also been buffeted by deal chatter. A report said Nvidia, Microsoft and Amazon are in talks to invest up to $60 billion in OpenAI; The Information said Nvidia could put in as much as $30 billion. The report said OpenAI is close to receiving term sheets — documents that lay out an investment commitment — though Reuters could not immediately verify it. (Reuters)
Macro did not help. Global stocks dipped after Donald Trump tapped Kevin Warsh as his nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, while U.S. producer prices rose 0.5% in December, a Reuters report said. “Today’s volatility … is more of a function of inflationary indicators,” said Terry Sandven. (Reuters)
Chip stocks had been firm earlier in the week after upbeat results from Texas Instruments and others suggested AI data-centre demand is spreading beyond Nvidia’s high-end processors. Texas Instruments makes analog chips used for signal conversion and power management in data centres, not the high-priced graphics chips that have driven Nvidia’s run. (Reuters)
Investors are still triangulating the scale of the spending boom. Microsoft said capital spending totalled $37.5 billion in the October-December quarter, with about two-thirds going to computing chips, even as chief executive Satya Nadella described AI as still in the “early innings.” (Reuters)
The next session opens with more big-ticket results and more questions about budgets. “The onus is going to be on them to deliver,” said Jim Baird, as traders look to earnings from mega-cap tech and AI-linked names, including chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices, due next week. (Reuters)
On the macro side, the next near-term trigger is the U.S. Employment Situation report for January, due at 8:30 a.m. ET on Feb. 6, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics schedule. For growth stocks like Nvidia, surprises there can quickly reshape expectations for interest rates and the dollar. (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
But the downside case is not hard to sketch. If cloud customers slow orders, stretch delivery schedules, or keep shifting workloads toward cheaper options, the pressure tends to show up first in Nvidia’s multiple, not just its forecasts.
For Nvidia holders, the date circled is Feb. 25, when it is set to report fourth-quarter and full-year results and take questions on the call. Guidance on data-centre demand — and any talk of constraints — is likely to drive the next leg more than the headline figures.
