NVIDIA today reported revenue for the fourth quarter ended Jan. 26, 2020, of $3.11 billion, up 41 percent from $2.21 billion a year earlier, and up 3 percent from $3.01 billion in the previous quarter. Nvidia Corp on Thursday forecast first-quarter revenue above expectations spurred by increasing demand for data-center and gaming chips, despite a hit of $100 million from the coronavirus outbreak.
GAAP earnings per diluted share for the quarter were $1.53, up 66 percent from $0.92 a year ago, and up 6 percent from $1.45 in the previous quarter. Non-GAAP earnings per diluted share were $1.89, up 136 percent from $0.80 a year earlier, and up 6 percent from $1.78 in the previous quarter.
For fiscal 2020, revenue was $10.92 billion, down 7 percent from $11.72 billion a year earlier. GAAP earnings per diluted share were $4.52, down 32 percent from $6.63 a year earlier. Non-GAAP earnings per diluted share were $5.79, down 13 percent from $6.64 a year earlier.
“Adoption of NVIDIA accelerated computing drove excellent results, with record data center revenue,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “Our initiatives are achieving great success.
“NVIDIA RTX ray tracing is reinventing computer graphics, driving powerful adoption across gaming, VR and design markets, while opening new opportunities in rendering and cloud gaming. NVIDIA AI is enabling breakthroughs in language understanding, conversational AI and recommendation engines ― the core algorithms that power the internet today. And new NVIDIA computing applications in 5G, genomics, robotics and autonomous vehicles enable us to continue important work that has great impact.
“We are well positioned for the greatest technology trends of our time,” he said.
NVIDIA will pay its next quarterly cash dividend of $0.16 per share on March 20, 2020, to all shareholders of record on Feb. 28, 2020.
Q4 Fiscal 2020 Summary
GAAP | |||||
($ in millions, except earnings per share) | Q4 FY20 | Q3 FY20 | Q4 FY19 | Q/Q | Y/Y |
Revenue | $3,105 | $3,014 | $2,205 | Up 3% | Up 41% |
Gross margin | 64.9% | 63.6% | 54.7% | Up 130 bps | Up 1,020 bps |
Operating expenses | $1,025 | $989 | $913 | Up 4% | Up 12% |
Operating income | $990 | $927 | $294 | Up 7% | Up 237% |
Net income | $950 | $899 | $567 | Up 6% | Up 68% |
Diluted earnings per share | $1.53 | $1.45 | $0.92 | Up 6% | Up 66% |
Non-GAAP | |||||||||||
($ in millions, except earnings per share) | Q4 FY20 | Q3 FY20 | Q4 FY19 | Q/Q | Y/Y | ||||||
Revenue | $3,105 | $3,014 | $2,205 | Up 3% | Up 41% | ||||||
Gross margin | 65.4% | 64.1% | 56.0% | Up 130 bps | Up 940 bps | ||||||
Operating expenses | $810 | $774 | $755 | Up 5% | Up 7% | ||||||
Operating income | $1,220 | $1,156 | $479 | Up 6% | Up 155% | ||||||
Net income | $1,172 | $1,103 | $496 | Up 6% | Up 136% | ||||||
Diluted earnings per share | $1.89 | $1.78 | $0.80 | Up 6% | Up 136% |
Fiscal 2020 Summary
GAAP | |||||
($ in millions except earnings per share) | FY20 | FY19 | Y/Y | ||
Revenue | $10,918 | $11,716 | Down 7% | ||
Gross margin | 62.0% | 61.2% | Up 80 bps | ||
Operating expenses | $3,922 | $3,367 | Up 16% | ||
Operating income | $2,846 | $3,804 | Down 25% | ||
Net income | $2,796 | $4,141 | Down 32% | ||
Diluted earnings per share | $4.52 | $6.63 | Down 32% |
Non-GAAP | |||||
($ in millions except earnings per share) | FY20 | FY19 | Y/Y | ||
Revenue | $10,918 | $11,716 | Down 7% | ||
Gross margin | 62.5% | 61.7% | Up 80 bps | ||
Operating expenses | $3,086 | $2,826 | Up 9% | ||
Operating income | $3,735 | $4,407 | Down 15% | ||
Net income | $3,580 | $4,143 | Down 14% | ||
Diluted earnings per share | $5.79 | $6.64 | Down 13% |
NVIDIA’s outlook for the first quarter of fiscal 2021 does not include any contribution from the pending acquisition of Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. Discussions with China’s regulatory agency, the State Administration for Market Regulation, are progressing, and NVIDIA believes the acquisition will likely close in the early part of calendar 2020.
While the ultimate effect of the coronavirus is difficult to estimate, the company has reduced its revenue outlook for the first quarter of fiscal 2021 by $100 million to account for its potential impact.
Highlights
Since the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2020, NVIDIA has achieved progress in these areas:
Gaming
Data Center and Edge Computing
Professional Visualization
Automotive