Nvidia's biggest server maker printed $95 billion; its US ticker traded $71,000

Hon Hai's September quarter rose 47% to NT$3.03 trillion and lifted Nvidia to a record close. Its New York GDR answered with an 8.2% gap down on 4,490 shares, about $71,000 of turnover, while Taipei moved 1.2%.

Vincent JiangVincent Jiang · 3 min read
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A quality-control inspector checks a PCBA module on an X-ray inspection machine at a Foxconn plant in India
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A quality-control line at a Foxconn plant in India. The company's September quarter revenue passed NT$3 trillion for the first time on AI server demand.

The 8% toll on a record week

Hon Hai's US OTC line opened Wednesday at $15.97 against a $17.4050 close, an 8.2% hole, and slipped to $15.80 1. Volume: 4,490 shares, about $71,000 of stock changing hands 1. The company behind the ticker had just reported its first NT$1 trillion month 37.

The quarter that lifted Nvidia

On October 5, Foxconn posted July-to-September revenue of NT$3.03 trillion, about $95.4 billion, up 47% year over year and above the NT$2.83 trillion LSEG SmartEstimate 2. September alone brought NT$1.159 trillion, up 38%, the first month ever past NT$1 trillion 37. Nvidia−2.80% — Nvidia, down 2.80 percent today closed that day at a record $238.90, a $5.6 trillion market value 4.

Taipei shrugged, New York gapped

The same news produced three different prints. In Taipei, Hon Hai finished release day up 1.20% at NT$254 3. Two days later its New York receipt gapped down 8.2% 1. A gap that size is not a verdict on the quarter. No report that week names a seller or a reason for the hole; at 4,490 shares, the likelier culprit is the instrument itself, a book thin enough that one session's orders set the price.

Same quarter, three prints: only the thin US line gapped

-10%-5%0%5%Nvidia close, Oct 52.1%Hon Hai Taipei close, Oct 51.2%HNHPF open, Oct 7-8.2%whole session: 4,490 shares
Data
Value
Nvidia close, Oct 52.1%
Hon Hai Taipei close, Oct 51.2%
HNHPF open, Oct 7-8.2%
Single-session percentage moves. HNHPF is the October 7 opening gap versus the prior close; its whole session traded 4,490 shares, about $71,000. Sources: MarketBeat, RTTNews, Quartz.1,3,4

A $23 target over a $71,000 market

The tape sits under its 50-day average of $15.94, barely above the 200-day at $15.39, and 31% below the $23.00 consensus target 1. A single analyst covers the name; Barclays has carried an overweight at $23 since August 20 1. Whoever sold into the gap paid the 8.2%, and whoever made the spread on the far side of it was paid for quoting the other side. At this volume there is no clearing price between $15.80 and $23: the discount is real on paper and unreachable by market order.

The $23 target hangs 31% over a price set by 4,490 shares

  • Estimate
$0$5$10$15$20$25200-day average$15.39Last trade, Oct 7$15.850-day average$15.94Open, Oct 7$15.97Prior close, Oct 6$17.4050Consensus target$23one covering analyst
Data
Value
200-day average$15.39
Last trade, Oct 7$15.8
50-day average$15.94
Open, Oct 7$15.97
Prior close, Oct 6$17.4050
Consensus target (estimate)$23
HNHPF prices in US dollars, October 6 close through the October 7 session, with 50-day and 200-day averages; the $23.00 target is the analyst consensus as reported by MarketBeat, an estimate rather than a print. Source: MarketBeat.1

The demand is real; the ticket is the defect

Nothing here disputes the boom. With its August numbers Hon Hai said third-quarter performance should exceed market expectations, a company-claimed guide that landed 5. After the print it committed only to AI business expanding through year-end, no numbers 4. Lisa Su is lifting AMD's−4.24% — AMD, down 4.24 percent today supply-chain spend past the $10 billion announced in May 1, and TSMC−2.78% — TSMC, down 2.78 percent today, upstream of everyone, just grew quarterly revenue 51% 6. The feed compresses it to a slogan, "Nvidia's biggest server maker just had one of its biggest quarter" 7, a phrase the wire copy already owns 2.

Where the price actually lives

Hon Hai files unaudited monthly revenue dated the 5th 8; the November release will show whether September's NT$1.159 trillion was a plateau or a step 3. The two markets disagree by design. Taipei sets the real price; New York sets a print on 4,490 shares. The US line is a rumor with a ticker.

More about NVIDIA

NVDA · Fiscal Q2 2027
Fiscal Q2 2027 · quarter to 26 Jul 2026 · changes vs a year earlier

Revenue rose 106% to $96.2B, 92.5% of it from Data Center, “driven by the ramp of our Blackwell Ultra infrastructure”. Gains on equity stakes of $7.8B lifted net income to $59.7B.

Revenue$96.2B▲ 106%
Gross margin75.0%▲ 2.6 pts
Operating margin66.2%▲ 5.4 pts
Net income$59.7B▲ 126%
Hyperscale$48.7B▲ 102%AI clouds & enterprise$40.3B▲ 138%Data Center$89.0B▲ 117%Edge Computing$7.2B▲ 27%Revenue$96.2B▲ 106%Gross profit$72.1B75.0% marginCost of revenue$24.1BOther income$7.8Bequity-stake gainsOperating income$63.7B66.2% marginOperating expenses$8.4BNet income$59.7B▲ 126%Tax$11.8B16.5% rateR&D$7.1BSG&A$1.4B
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LineValue
Revenue$96.2B
Gross margin75.0%
Operating margin66.2%
Net income$59.7B
Hyperscale$48.7B
AI clouds & enterprise$40.3B
Data Center$89.0B
Edge Computing$7.2B
Gross profit$72.1B
Cost of revenue$24.1B
Other income$7.8B
Operating income$63.7B
Operating expenses$8.4B
Tax$11.8B
R&D$7.1B
SG&A$1.4B

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