NVIDIA Financial Results for Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2017

NVIDIA has reported their revenue overview for the second quarter ended July 31, 2016, of $1.43 billion, up 24 percent from $1.15 billion a year earlier, and up 9 percent from $1.30 billion in the previous quarter.

GAAP earnings per diluted share for the quarter were $0.40, compared with $0.05 a year ago and up 21 percent from $0.33 in the previous quarter. Non-GAAP earnings per diluted share were $0.53, up 56 percent from $0.34 a year earlier and up 15 percent from $0.46 in the previous quarter.

"Strong demand for our new Pascal-generation GPUs and surging interest in deep learning drove record results," said Jen-Hsun Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer, NVIDIA. "Our strategy to focus on creating the future where graphics, computer vision and artificial intelligence converge is fueling growth across our specialized platforms -- Gaming, Pro Visualization, Datacenter and Automotive."

"We are more excited than ever about the impact of deep learning and AI, which will touch every industry and market. We have made significant investments over the past five years to evolve our entire GPU computing stack for deep learning. Now, we are well positioned to partner with researchers and developers all over the world to democratize this powerful technology and invent its future," he said.

Capital Return
During the first half of fiscal 2017, NVIDIA paid $509 million in share repurchases and $124 million in cash dividends.

NVIDIA will pay its next quarterly cash dividend of $0.115 per share on September 16, 2016, to all shareholders of record on August 25, 2016.

NVIDIA's outlook for the third quarter of fiscal 2017 is as follows:

Revenue is expected to be $1.68 billion, plus or minus two percent.
GAAP and non-GAAP gross margins are expected to be 57.8 percent and 58.0 percent, respectively, plus or minus 50 basis points.
GAAP operating expenses are expected to be approximately $530 million. Non-GAAP operating expenses are expected to be approximately $465 million.
GAAP and non-GAAP tax rates for the third quarter of fiscal 2017 are both expected to be 21 percent, plus or minus one percent.
Capital expenditures are expected to be approximately $35 million to $45 million.

econd Quarter Fiscal 2017 Highlights

During the second quarter, NVIDIA achieved progress in each of its four major platforms:

Gaming:

Introduced the first four members of its Pascal family of gaming GPUs: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 and 1070, which have set records for speed and power efficiency; GTX 1060, which delivers immersive VR at strong value; and TITAN X, the most powerful consumer GPU ever built.
Released its first game, NVIDIA VR Funhouse, which uses enhanced graphics, interactive audio and simulated physics to bring a new level of immersion to VR.
Released NVIDIA Ansel, an in-game 360° capture tool, which enables gamers to take and share screenshots of their favorite in-game moments.

Professional Visualization:

Unveiled Quadro P6000 to power the most advanced workstations, enabling designers to manipulate complex designs up to twice as fast as before.
Introduced in partnership with SMI an innovative rendering technique that uses eye tracking to enable developers to create more immersive VR environments.
Refreshed NVIDIA DesignWorks and NVIDIA VRWorks with new SDKs and updates that bring developers enhanced capabilities for interactive ray tracing, 360° video stitching and streaming and physically based materials.

Datacenter:

Opened the path to virtualizing all enterprise applications with Tesla M10, providing the industry's highest user density.
Introduced Tesla P100 GPU accelerator for PCI Express-based servers, delivering substantial performance and value compared with CPU-based systems.
Unveiled its Inception Program which provides access to NVIDIA technology and expertise to support the growth of startups driving breakthroughs in deep learning and data science.

Automotive:

Initiated collaborative research in advanced self-driving technology with New York University's pioneering deep learning team.

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/.

Q2 FY2017 Summary


GAAP
($ in millions except earnings per share)	Q2 FY17	Q1 FY17	Q2 FY16	Q/Q	Y/Y
Revenue	$1,428	$1,305	$1,153	Up 9%	Up 24%
Gross margin	57.9%	57.5%	55.0%	Up 40 bps	Up 290 bps
Operating expenses	$509	$506	$558	Up 1%	Down 9%
Operating income	$317	$245	$76	Up 29%	Up 317%
Net income	$253	$196	$26	Up 29%	Up 873%
Diluted earnings per share	$0.40	$0.33	$0.05	Up 21%	Up 700%


Non-GAAP
($ in millions except earnings per share)	Q2 FY17	Q1 FY17	Q2 FY16	Q/Q	Y/Y
Revenue	$1,428	$1,305	$1,153	Up 9%	Up 24%
Gross margin	58.1%	58.6%	56.6%	Down 50 bps	Up 150 bps
Operating expenses	$448	$443	$421	Up 1%	Up 6%
Operating income	$382	$322	$231	Up 19%	Up 65%
Net income	$313	$263	$190	Up 19%	Up 65%
Diluted earnings per share	$0.53	$0.46	$0.34	Up 15%	Up 56%

NVIDIA Financial Results for Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2017

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