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Top Midday Stories: Supreme Leader Says Enriched Uranium Must Stay in Iran; Nvidia Q1 Earnings, Q2 Guidance Top Estimates, But Shares Fall
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Top Midday Stories: Supreme Leader Says Enriched Uranium Must Stay in Iran; Nvidia Q1 Earnings, Q2 Guidance Top Estimates, But Shares Fall
May 21, 2026 9:15 AM

11:47 AM EDT, 05/21/2026 (MT Newswires) -- All three major US stock indexes were down and oil prices were up after Iran's supreme leader issued a directive ordering that Iran's near-weapons-grade uranium must stay in the country, Reuters reported, citing two senior Iranian sources.

In company news, Nvidia ( NVDA ) reported fiscal Q1 adjusted earnings late Wednesday of $1.87 per diluted share, up from $0.78 a year earlier and above the FactSet consensus analyst estimate of $1.75. Fiscal Q1 revenue was $81.6 billion, up from $44.1 billion a year ago and above the FactSet consensus of $78.9 billion. For fiscal Q2, the company said it expects revenue of $91 billion, plus or minus 2%, above the FactSet consensus of $87.23 billion. The company also said it authorized an additional $80 billion share repurchase plan, and it raised its quarterly dividend to $0.25 per share from $0.01. Nvidia ( NVDA ) shares were down 1.8% around midday.

Walmart ( WMT ) reported fiscal Q1 adjusted earnings Thursday of $0.66 per diluted share, up from $0.61 a year earlier and equal to the FactSet consensus. Fiscal Q1 revenue was $177.75 billion, up from $165.61 billion a year ago and above the FactSet consensus of $174.84 billion. For fiscal Q2, the company said it expects adjusted EPS of $0.72 to $0.74, below the FactSet consensus of $0.75. Fiscal Q2 net sales are expected to increase by 4% to 5%, the company said. Walmart ( WMT ) shares were down 7.4%.

IBM ( IBM ) , GlobalFoundries ( GFS ) and D-Wave Quantum ( QBTS ) said they are set to receive billions of dollars in US government backing as part of an effort by the Trump administration to solidify the nation's lead in quantum computing. IBM ( IBM ) said it signed an LOI with the Commerce Department to launch Anderon, the US' first pure-play quantum chip foundry backed by $1 billion in CHIPS and Science Act funding. GlobalFoundries ( GFS ) said it plans to build a domestic quantum manufacturing ecosystem with $375 million in proposed funding, while D-Wave said it secured a proposed $100 million award under the CHIPS and Science Act. Shares of IBM ( IBM ), GlobalFoundries ( GFS ) and D-Wave were up 7.3%, 11.0% and 25.2%, respectively.

SpaceX (SPCX) filed an S-1 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Wednesday for an initial public offering. Separately, SpaceX entered into cloud-computing agreements to provide Amazon ( AMZN )-backed (AMZN) Anthropic access to its server infrastructure, SpaceX said in a regulatory filing. Amazon ( AMZN ) shares were down 0.1%.

Stellantis ( STLA ) said Thursday it's launching a 60-billion-euro ($69.7 billion), five-year plan to accelerate growth and increase profits. The plan, called FaSTLAne 2030, seeks to debut more than 60 new vehicles and 50 "significant refreshes" by 2030, the company said. Stellantis ( STLA ) shares were down 2.3%.

Intuit (INTU) reported fiscal Q3 adjusted earnings late Wednesday of $12.80 per diluted share, up from $11.65 a year earlier and above the FactSet consensus of $12.57. Fiscal Q3 revenue was $8.56 billion, up from $7.75 billion a year ago and above the FactSet consensus of $8.54 billion. For fiscal Q4, the company said it expects adjusted EPS of $3.56 to $3.62 on revenue growth of 11% to 12%. Analysts polled by FactSet expect adjusted EPS of $3.14. For fiscal 2026, Intuit said it expects adjusted EPS of $23.80 to $23.85, up from its previous guidance of $22.98 to $23.18 and above the FactSet consensus of $23.22. Fiscal 2026 revenue is expected to be between $21.34 billion and $21.37 billion, above the FactSet consensus of $21.24 billion. The company said it expects to incur $300 million to 340 million in restructuring charges from its plan to cut its full-time workforce by 17%, primarily in fiscal Q4. Intuit shares were down 19.7%.

Anthropic is in talks to rent servers powered by artificial intelligence server chips designed by Microsoft ( MSFT ) , The Information reported Thursday, citing two people who spoke to executives involved in the discussion. Microsoft ( MSFT ) shares were down 0.3%.

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