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Nvidia has beaten earnings for 9 quarters in a row. Can Jensen and co. make it 10?

While yesterday’s tariff reprieve sent stocks soaring, the focus today is shifting onto one company, with AI darling Nvidia set to report its first-quarter results after the bell.

After powering the AI trade, both literally and figuratively, for the last two years, Nvidia’s earnings have typically beaten estimates.

Data from FactSet reveals that Nvidia has been on a winning earnings streak for the past nine quarters, though Wall Streets analysts have been getting closer and closer in the guessing game, as they adjusted to the remarkable pace of growth that the company was putting up.

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Todays results will cover a three-month period that included the DeepSeek crash, President Trump’s market-shaking tariffs, and an export ban of its H20 chips to China that cost Nvidia $15 billion in sales as a result.

So, what are traders expecting?

Per Sherwood News’ Luke Kawa, investors will be looking to see if Nvidia can hit earnings per share of $0.88 on $43.4 billion of revenue — the average of analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg.

More importantly, however, the market may home in on four things: the company’s access to China, gross margins, the Blackwell ramp, and its sovereign AI efforts.

Go Deeper: What Wall Street is looking for from Nvidia’s earnings report.

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Premium seats help push airlines higher following third-quarter results

Shares of American Airlines are climbing toward the carrier’s best trading day since August 12, when ultra-budget rival Spirit issued its initial warning about its ability to survive. American’s shares are up more than 7% on Friday afternoon.

Investors’ optimism comes a day after American posted a better-than-expected full-year earnings forecast. In a call with investors, American said that it’s ramping up its premium cabin offerings.

“Our ability to grow capacity in premium markets will be further supported as we take delivery of new aircraft and reconfigure our existing fleet. These efforts will allow us to grow our premium seats at nearly two times the rate of main cabin seats,” CEO Robert Isom said. American CFO Devin May said that nose-to-tail retrofits of certain wide-body jets will bump the number of premium seats available on those planes by 25%.

Extra legroom has been a boon for major carriers, particularly this quarter. Delta Air Lines said its premium product revenue grew 9% in Q3, compared to a 4% drop in economy seat revenue. Similarly, United Airlines said its premium revenue grew 6%, outpacing economy. Shares of both airlines were up more than 3% on Friday.

Carriers with less exposure to first- and business-class tickets like Southwest Airlines and JetBlue didn’t see the same amount of momentum on the day.

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