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NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Third Quarter Fiscal 2015

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Record revenue of $1.23 billion in quarter, up 16 percent from a year earlier
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GAAP diluted EPS of $0.31 in quarter, up from $0.20 a year earlier; non-GAAP diluted EPS of $0.39, up from $0.26 a year earlier
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Record revenue of $3.43 billion in first three quarters, up 15 percent from a year earlier

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Nov. 6, 2014-NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) today reported revenue for the third quarter ended October 26, 2014, of $1.23 billion, up 16 percent from $1.05 billion a year earlier and up 11 percent from $1.10 billion the previous quarter. Revenue for the first three quarters of fiscal 2015 was a record $3.43 billion, up 15 percent from $2.99 billion a year earlier.

GAAP earnings per diluted share for the quarter were $0.31, up 55 percent from $0.20 a year earlier and up 41 percent from the previous quarter. Non-GAAP earnings per diluted share were $0.39, up 50 percent from $0.26 a year earlier and up 30 percent from the previous quarter.

“NVIDIA’s focus on creating visual computing platforms for datacenter, mobile and PC drove record revenue this quarter,” said Jen-Hsun Huang, president and chief executive officer of NVIDIA.

“Growth drivers have kicked in for us on several fronts. High-performance computing, virtualization and web service providers have created demand for our GPU-accelerated datacenter platforms. Automakers are using Tegra to help reinvent the driving experience. And our new Maxwell architecture is a giant leap forward that has triggered a major upgrade cycle by PC gamers.”  

During the third quarter, NVIDIA paid $46 million in cash dividends and received 16.8 million shares under a $310 million structured repurchase agreement it entered into in the quarter. During the first three quarters of fiscal 2015, the company paid $140 million in cash dividends and repurchased 44.2 million shares. As a result, the company has returned to shareholders $950 million in the first three quarters of fiscal 2015.

Since restarting its capital return program in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013, NVIDIA has returned approximately $2.17 billion to shareholders. This represents 136 percent of the company’s cumulative free cash flow for fiscal years 2013 to 2015 to date, and reflects the acceleration of the capital return program of cash generated in previous years.

The company intends to return approximately $600 million to shareholders in fiscal 2016 through ongoing quarterly cash dividends and share repurchases.

NVIDIA will pay its next quarterly cash dividend of $0.085 per share on Dec. 15, 2014, to all shareholders of record on Nov. 21, 2014. NVIDIA expects that a portion of this dividend payment may be considered a return of capital for U.S. federal income tax purposes.










GAAP Quarterly Financial Comparison
($ in millions except earnings per share)
Q3 FY15
Q2 FY15
Q3 FY14
Q/Q
Y/Y
Revenue
$1,225
$1,103
$1,054
up 11%
up 16%
Gross margin
55.2%
56.1%
55.4%
down 90 bps
down 20 bps
Operating expenses
$463
$456
$443
up 2%
up 5%
Net income
$173
$128
$119
up 35%
up 45%
Diluted earnings per share
$0.31
$0.22
$0.20
up 41%
up 55%


Non-GAAP Quarterly Financial Comparison
($ in millions except earnings per share)
Q3 FY15
Q2 FY15
Q3 FY14
Q/Q
Y/Y
Revenue
$1,225
$1,103
$1,054
up 11%
up 16%
Gross margin
55.5%
56.4%
55.7%
down 90 bps
down 20 bps
Operating expenses
$415
$411
$405
up 1%
up 2%
Net income
$220
$173
$154
up 27%
up 43%
Diluted earnings per share
$0.39
$0.30
$0.26
up 30%
up 50%

NVIDIA’s outlook for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 is as follows:

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Revenue is expected to be $1.20 billion, plus or minus two percent.

•
GAAP and non-GAAP gross margins are expected to be 55.2 percent and 55.5 percent, respectively, plus or minus 50 basis points.

•
GAAP operating expenses are expected to be approximately $470 million; non-GAAP operating expenses are expected to be approximately $422 million, inclusive of litigation costs.

•
GAAP and non-GAAP tax rates for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 are both expected to be 18 percent, plus or minus one percentage point. This estimate excludes any discrete tax events that may occur during a quarter which, if realized, may increase or decrease NVIDIA’s actual effective tax rates in such quarter.

•
Capital expenditures are expected to be approximately $40 million to $50 million.


Third Quarter Fiscal 2015 Highlights

During the third quarter, NVIDIA:

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Launched flagship NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX™ GPUs for gaming based on Maxwell™, its 10th generation GPU architecture, which sets new standards of efficiency and performance.

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Extended Maxwell-based processors into the company’s upgraded NVIDIA Quadro® lineup.

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Continued Tesla®’s push into the big data analytics market. IBM announced future support for GPU acceleration in its IBM DB2 with BLU database software; NVIDIA released a deep learning library to enable faster growth in machine learning; and nearly all teams in the recent ImageNet international computer-vision competition used GPUs.





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Announced its early customer access program for NVIDIA GRID™ with VMware, which is drawing strong interest from companies worldwide. Among those signing up were airline-manufacturer Airbus, international construction group CH2M Hill and U.S. healthcare-provider MetroHealth.

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Added new wins for the Tegra® K1 mobile processor, including the Google Nexus 9 tablet and NVIDIA’s SHIELD™ tablet with 32GB of memory and LTE connectivity. Acer and HP also announced Chromebooks with Tegra K1.

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Surpassed 6 million cars on the road with infotainment systems powered by NVIDIA. Honda also announced that three of its models - the Civic, Civic Tourer and CR-V - will include Tegra-based systems in the European market.

•
Filed lawsuits against Samsung and Qualcomm in the International Trade Commission (ITC) and U.S. District Court in Delaware for using NVIDIA GPU patents without a license. The ITC has subsequently determined that it will investigate the case and hold an evidentiary hearing in June of 2015.


CFO Commentary
Commentary on the quarter by Colette Kress, NVIDIA’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, is available at http://investor.nvidia.com/.

Conference Call and Webcast Information
NVIDIA will conduct a conference call with analysts and investors to discuss its third quarter fiscal 2015 financial results and current financial prospects today at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time). To listen to the conference call, dial (303) 223-2684; no password is required. A live webcast (listen-only mode) of the conference call will be accessible at the NVIDIA investor relations web site http://investor.nvidia.com/ and at www.streetevents.com. The webcast will be recorded and available for replay until the company's conference call to discuss its financial results for its fourth quarter fiscal 2015.

Non-GAAP Measures
To supplement NVIDIA’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets presented in accordance with GAAP, the company uses non-GAAP measures of certain components of financial performance. These non-GAAP measures include non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP other income and expense, non-GAAP income tax expense, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP net income, or earnings, per diluted share, and free cash flow. In order for NVIDIA’s investors to be better able to compare its current results with those of previous periods, the company has shown a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures. These reconciliations adjust the related GAAP financial measures to exclude stock-based compensation, legal settlements, acquisition-related costs, gains and losses from non-affiliated investments, interest expense related to the amortization of debt discount, other expense and the associated tax impact of these items, where applicable. Free cash flow is calculated as GAAP net cash provided by operating activities less purchases of property and equipment and intangible assets. NVIDIA believes the presentation of its non-GAAP financial measures enhances the user's overall understanding of the company’s historical financial performance. The presentation of the company’s non-GAAP financial measures is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the company’s financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP, and our non-GAAP measures may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies.




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About NVIDIA
Since 1993, NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has pioneered the art and science of visual computing. The company’s technologies are transforming a world of displays into a world of interactive discovery - for everyone from gamers to scientists, and consumers to enterprise customers. More information at http://nvidianews.nvidia.com and http://blogs.nvidia.com.

Certain statements in this press release including, but not limited to statements as to: demand for the company’s GPU-accelerated datacenter platforms; automakers using Tegra to help reinvent the driving experience; Maxwell architecture as a giant leap forward; the company’s intent to return $600 million to shareholders in fiscal 2016; a portion of the company’s dividend payment being considered a return of capital; the company’s financial outlook for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015; and the company’s tax rate for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause results to be materially different than expectations. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include: global economic conditions; our reliance on third parties to manufacture, assemble, package and test our products; the impact of technological development and competition; development of new products and technologies or enhancements to our existing product and technologies; market acceptance of our products or our partners’ products; design, manufacturing or software defects; changes in consumer preferences or demands; changes in industry standards and interfaces; unexpected loss of performance of our products or technologies when integrated into systems; as well as other factors detailed from time to time in the reports NVIDIA files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, including its Form 10-Q for the fiscal period ended July 27, 2014. Copies of reports filed with the SEC are posted on the company’s website and are available from NVIDIA without charge. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and speak only as of the date hereof, and, except as required by law, NVIDIA disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances.

© 2014 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, GeForce, GTX, Quadro, Tegra, Tesla, Maxwell, NVIDIA GRID, and SHIELD are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. Features, pricing, availability, and specifications are subject to change without notice.

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For further information, contact:

Raj Santhanam
 
Robert Sherbin
Investor Relations
 
Corporate Communications
NVIDIA Corporation
 
NVIDIA Corporation
(408) 566-6616
 
(408) 566-5150
rsanthanam@nvidia.com

 
rsherbin@nvidia.com











NVIDIA CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
 
 Three Months Ended
 
 Nine Months Ended
 
October 26,
 
October 27,
 
October 26,
 
October 27,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue
$
1,225,382

 
$
1,053,967

 
$
3,430,993

 
$
2,985,944

Cost of revenue
548,684

 
469,552

 
1,531,119

 
1,337,423

Gross profit
676,698

 
584,415

 
1,899,874

 
1,648,521

Operating expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Research and development
340,085

 
340,294

 
1,011,472

 
999,193

Sales, general and administrative
123,298

 
103,133

 
360,549

 
320,025

Total operating expenses
463,383

 
443,427

 
1,372,021

 
1,319,218

Operating income
213,315

 
140,988

 
527,853

 
329,303

Interest income
7,422

 
4,022

 
19,961

 
12,963

Interest expense
11,542

 
819

 
34,539

 
2,508

Other income (expense), net
(125
)
 
(2,707
)
 
13,702

 
1,608

Income before income tax expense
209,070

 
141,484

 
526,977

 
341,366

Income tax expense
36,103

 
22,750

 
89,518

 
48,293

Net income
$
172,967

 
$
118,734

 
$
437,459

 
$
293,073

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income per share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
$
0.32

 
$
0.20

 
$
0.79

 
$
0.49

Diluted
$
0.31

 
$
0.20

 
$
0.77

 
$
0.49

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average shares used in per share computation:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
547,789

 
580,870

 
555,035

 
594,363

Diluted
558,201

 
588,752

 
565,653

 
600,108






NVIDIA CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
October 26,
 
January 26,
 
 
 
2014
 
2014
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
 
Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities
 
$
4,240,797

 
$
4,671,810

 
Accounts receivable, net
 
563,400

 
426,357

 
Inventories
 
408,081

 
387,765

 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
128,831

 
138,779

 
  Total current assets
 
5,341,109

 
5,624,711

 
 
 
 
 
 
Property and equipment, net
 
566,601

 
582,740

Goodwill
 
643,179

 
643,179

Intangible assets, net
 
241,301

 
296,012

Other assets
 
93,679

 
104,252

 
  Total assets
 
$
6,885,869

 
$
7,250,894

 
 
 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable
 
$
328,097

 
$
324,391

 
Accrued liabilities and other current liabilities
 
605,810

 
621,105

 
  Total current liabilities
 
933,907

 
945,496

 
 
 
 
 
 
Long-term debt
 
1,377,259

 
1,356,375

Other long-term liabilities
 
355,133

 
475,125

Capital lease obligations, long-term
 
14,977

 
17,500

 
 
 
 
 
Stockholders' equity
 
4,204,593

 
4,456,398

 
  Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
 
$
6,885,869

 
$
7,250,894






NVIDIA CORPORATION
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
October 26,
 
July 27,
 
October 27,
 
October 26,
 
October 27,
 
 
2014
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP gross profit
 
$
676,698

 
$
618,974

 
$
584,415

 
$
1,899,874

 
$
1,648,521

GAAP gross margin
 
55.2
%
 
56.1
%
 
55.4
%
 
55.4
%
 
55.2
%
Stock-based compensation expense included in cost of revenue (A)
 
3,021

 
2,656

 
3,090

 
8,596

 
7,911

Legal settlement
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
2,290

Non-GAAP gross profit
 
$
679,719

 
$
621,630

 
$
587,505

 
$
1,908,470

 
$
1,658,722

Non-GAAP gross margin
 
55.5
%
 
56.4
%
 
55.7
%
 
55.6
%
 
55.6
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP operating expenses
 
$
463,383

 
$
455,795

 
$
443,427

 
$
1,372,021

 
$
1,319,218

Stock-based compensation expense included in operating expense (A)
 
(38,414
)
 
(35,759
)
 
(31,209
)
 
(106,775
)
 
(92,180
)
     Acquisition-related costs (B)
 
(9,572
)
 
(9,173
)
 
(4,577
)
 
(28,186
)
 
(22,402
)
     Other expense (C)
 
—

 
—

 
(2,235
)
 
—

 
(2,235
)
Non-GAAP operating expenses
 
$
415,397

 
$
410,863

 
$
405,406

 
$
1,237,060

 
$
1,202,401

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP other income (expense), net
$
(4,245
)
 
$
(8,554
)
 
$
496

 
$
(876
)
 
$
12,063

Gains and losses from non-affiliated investments
 
—

 
2,500

 
—

 
(14,482
)
 
—

Interest expense related to amortization of debt discount
 
7,010

 
6,973

 
—

 
20,884

 
—

Non-GAAP other income (expense), net
$
2,765

 
$
919

 
$
496

 
$
5,526

 
$
12,063

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP net income
 
$
172,967

 
$
127,976

 
$
118,734

 
$
437,459

 
$
293,073

Total pre-tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments
 
58,017

 
57,061

 
41,111

 
149,959

 
127,018

Income tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments
 
(10,549
)
 
(11,606
)
 
(6,055
)
 
(27,497
)
 
(19,170
)
Non-GAAP net income
 
$
220,435

 
$
173,431

 
$
153,790

 
$
559,921

 
$
400,921

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Diluted net income per share
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP
 
$
0.31

 
$
0.22

 
$
0.20

 
$
0.77

 
$
0.49

Non-GAAP
 
$
0.39

 
$
0.30

 
$
0.26

 
$
0.99

 
$
0.67

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares used in diluted net income per share computation
 
558,201

 
570,572

 
588,752

 
565,653

 
600,108

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Metrics:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP net cash flow provided by operating activities
 
$
215,623

 
$
96,282

 
$
162,315

 
$
462,927

 
$
434,434

Purchase of property and equipment and intangible assets
 
(39,741
)
 
(22,527
)
 
(38,159
)
 
(91,336
)
 
(188,812
)
Free cash flow
 
$
175,882

 
$
73,755

 
$
124,156

 
$
371,591

 
$
245,622






  
(A) Excludes stock-based compensation as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
October 26,
 
July 27,
 
October 27,
 
October 26,
 
October 27,
 
 
2014
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
Cost of revenue
 
$
3,021

 
$
2,656

 
$
3,090

 
$
8,596

 
$
7,911

Research and development
 
$
22,680

 
$
21,462

 
$
20,902

 
$
64,636

 
$
61,392

Sales, general and administrative
 
$
15,734

 
$
14,297

 
$
10,307

 
$
42,139

 
$
30,788

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(B) Consists of amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, transaction costs, compensation charges, and other credits related to acquisitions.
 
(C) Consists of restructuring charges.







 NVIDIA CORPORATION
 RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP OUTLOOK
 
 
 
 
 Q4 FY2015 Outlook
  GAAP gross margin
 
55.2
%
 
Impact of stock-based compensation
 
0.3
%
  Non-GAAP gross margin
 
55.5
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Q4 FY2015 Outlook
 
 
 
(In millions)
GAAP operating expenses
 
$
470

 
Stock-based compensation expense and acquisition-related costs
 
(48
)
Non-GAAP operating expenses
 
$
422