NVIDIA Financial Results for First Quarter Fiscal 2015

SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwired - May 8, 2014) - NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA)

• Revenue of $1.103 billion.
  
  
• GAAP net income of $136.5 million, or $0.24 per diluted share. Non-GAAP net income of $166.1 million, or $0.29 per diluted share.
  
  
• GAAP and non-GAAP gross margins of 54.8 percent and 55.1 percent, respectively.
  
  

NVIDIA has reported revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2015, ended April 27, 2014, of $1.103 billion, up 16 percent from a year earlier and down 4 percent from $1.144 billion in the previous quarter.

NVIDIA reported its financial results earlier this week because a preliminary draft had been inadvertently emailed to an internal distribution list of about 100 individuals. Figures contained in the May 6 release are unchanged in this release.

GAAP earnings per diluted share were $0.24, up 85 percent from $0.13 a year earlier, and down 4 percent from $0.25 in the previous quarter. Non-GAAP earnings per diluted share were $0.29, up 61 percent from $0.18 a year earlier and down 9 percent from $0.32 in the previous quarter.

NVIDIA will pay its next quarterly cash dividend of $0.085 per share on June 13, 2014, to all stockholders of record on May 22, 2014. NVIDIA expects that a portion of this dividend payment may be considered a return of capital for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

"First quarter results benefited from gains in PC gaming and our continued progress in the data center and cloud," said Jen-Hsun Huang, president and chief executive officer of NVIDIA. "Nearly 600 enterprises worldwide are now evaluating GRID, our virtual GPU server platform. VMware announced support for GRID to enable GPU-accelerated enterprise virtualization. And with IBM, Dell and HP now selling our GPUs in their high-volume servers, we expect large-scale data centers to be a significant source of growth."

GAAP Quarterly Financial Comparison
(in millions except per share data)		Q1 FY15		Q4 FY14		Q1 FY14		Q/Q		Y/Y
Revenue		$1,102.8		$1,144.2		$954.7		down 4%		up 16%
Gross margin		54.8%		54.1%		54.3%		up 70 bps		up 50 bps
Operating expenses		$452.8		$452.3		$435.8		flat		up 4%
Net income		$136.5		$146.9		$77.9		down 7%		up 75%
Earnings per share		$0.24		$0.25		$0.13		down 4%		up 85%

Non-GAAP Quarterly Financial Comparison
(in millions except per share data)		Q1 FY15		Q4 FY14		Q1 FY14		Q/Q		Y/Y
Revenue		$1,102.8		$1,144.2		$954.7		down 4%		up 16%
Gross margin		55.1%		53.8%		54.6%		up 130 bps		up 50 bps
Operating expenses		$410.8		$407.8		$396.2		up 1%		up 4%
Net income		$166.1		$187.5		$113.8		down 11%		up 46%
Earnings per share		$0.29		$0.32		$0.18		down 9%		up 61%

Among highlights of the first quarter of fiscal 2015, NVIDIA:

• Expanded its annual GPU Technology Conference, with 25 percent growth in attendees and sessions.
  
  
• Refreshed its notebook GPU line-up with new GeForce® GTX™ 800M series products, including its first Maxwell™-based products.
  
  
• Disclosed first details of its Pascal™ GPU architecture, which will succeed Maxwell.  Pascal will feature NVLink™ interconnect technology, which will be incorporated in future POWER8 CPUs from IBM, and also 3D memory.
  
  
• Announced that NVIDIA GRID™ technology is available on the VMware Horizon DaaS Platform.
  
  
• Launched Jetson™ TK1, a development platform aimed at automotive, robotics and embedded applications.
  
  
• Joined with IBM, Google and others to launch the OpenPOWER Foundation, an initiative to bring IBM's POWER CPU to mainstream servers.
  
  

NVIDIA's outlook for the second quarter of fiscal 2015 is as follows:

• Revenue is expected to be $1.1 billion, plus or minus two percent.
  
  
• GAAP and non-GAAP margins are expected to be approximately 53.7 percent and 54.0 percent, respectively.
  
  
• GAAP operating expenses are expected to be approximately $457 million; non-GAAP operating expenses are expected to be approximately $414 million.
  
  
• GAAP and non-GAAP tax rates for the second quarter and annual fiscal 2015 are both expected to be 20 percent, plus or minus one percent. These estimates exclude any discrete tax events that may occur during the quarter, which, if realized, may increase or decrease our actual effective tax rates.
  
  
• Capital expenditures are expected to be approximately $40 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2015.
  
  

CFO Commentary

Commentary on the quarter by Colette Kress, NVIDIA 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 first 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 second 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 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, a credit related to a weak die/packaging material set, acquisition-related costs, other expenses, a gain on sale of a non-affiliated investment, interest expense related to the amortization of debt discount, 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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NVIDIA CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
				Three Months Ended
				April 27,			April 28,
				2014			2013
Revenue				$	1,102,787		$	954,739
Cost of revenue					498,585			436,171
Gross profit					604,202			518,568
Operating expenses
	Research and development				334,263			327,161
	Sales, general and administrative				118,580			108,626
		Total operating expenses			452,843			435,787
Operating income					151,359			82,781
	Interest income				5,710			5,076
	Interest expense				11,471			853
	Other income, net				17,684			1,058
Income before income tax expense					163,282			88,062
Income tax expense					26,766			10,171
Net income				$	136,516		$	77,891
Net income per share:
	Basic			$	0.24		$	0.13
	Diluted			$	0.24		$	0.13
Weighted average shares used in per share computation:
	Basic				559,092			616,872
	Diluted				570,422			619,302

NVIDIA CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
				April 27,			January 26,
				2014			2014
ASSETS
Current assets:
	Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities			$	4,347,817		$	4,671,810
	Accounts receivable, net				396,438			426,357
	Inventories				393,280			387,765
	Prepaid expenses and other current assets				136,263			138,779
		Total current assets			5,273,798			5,624,711
Property and equipment, net					570,802			582,740
Goodwill					643,179			643,179
Intangible assets, net					277,530			296,012
Other assets					99,354			104,252
		Total assets		$	6,864,663		$	7,250,894
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
	Accounts payable			$	309,008		$	324,391
	Accrued liabilities and other current liabilities				588,937			621,105
		Total current liabilities			897,945			945,496
Long-term debt					1,363,276			1,356,375
Other long-term liabilities					419,774			475,125
Capital lease obligations, long-term					16,683			17,500
Stockholders' equity					4,166,985			4,456,398
		Total liabilities and stockholders' equity		$	6,864,663		$	7,250,894

NVIDIA CORPORATION
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
				Three Months Ended
				April 27, 2014				January 26, 2014				April 28, 2013
GAAP gross profit				$	604,202			$	619,242			$	518,568
	GAAP gross margin				54.8	%			54.1	%			54.3	%
		Stock-based compensation expense included in cost of revenue (A)			2,919				2,777				2,653
		Legal settlement			-				1,450				-
		Credit from a weak die/packaging material set (B)			-				(7,782	)			-
Non-GAAP gross profit				$	607,121			$	615,687			$	521,221
	Non-GAAP gross margin				55.1	%			53.8	%			54.6	%
GAAP operating expenses				$	452,843			$	452,318			$	435,787
		Stock-based compensation expense included in operating expense (A)			(32,602	)			(33,427	)			(30,744	)
		Acquisition-related costs (C)			(9,441	)			(9,250	)			(8,861	)
		Other expense (D)			-				(1,845	)			-
Non-GAAP operating expenses				$	410,800			$	407,796			$	396,182
GAAP other income and expense				$	11,923			$	1,964			$	5,281
		Gain on sale of non-affiliated investments			(16,982	)			(3,074	)			-
		Interest expense related to amortization of debt discount			6,901				4,600				-
Non-GAAP other income and expense				$	1,842			$	3,490			$	5,281
GAAP net income				$	136,516			$	146,917			$	77,891
		Total pre-tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments			34,881				42,493				42,258
		Income tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments			(5,342	)			(1,924	)			(6,348	)
Non-GAAP net income				$	166,055			$	187,486			$	113,801
Diluted net income per share
		GAAP		$	0.24			$	0.25			$	0.13
		Non-GAAP		$	0.29			$	0.32			$	0.18
Shares used in diluted net income per share computation					570,422				577,356				619,302
Metrics:
		GAAP net cash flow provided by operating activities		$	151,022			$	400,712			$	175,650
		Purchase of property and equipment and intangible assets			(29,068	)			(66,374	)			(65,667	)
		Free cash flow		$	121,954			$	334,338			$	109,983
(A) Excludes stock-based compensation as follows:				Three Months Ended
				April 27, 2014				January 26, 2014				April 28, 2013
		Cost of revenue		$	2,919			$	2,777			$	2,653
		Research and development		$	20,494			$	21,548			$	21,935
		Sales, general and administrative		$	12,108			$	11,879			$	8,809
(B) Release of the remaining warranty reserve related to a weak die/packaging material set, as of January 26, 2014.
(C) Consists of amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, transaction costs, compensation charges, and other credits related to acquisitions.
(D) Includes intangible asset write-off and legal settlement costs, net of credits.

NVIDIA CORPORATION
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP OUTLOOK
			Q2 FY2015 Outlook
GAAP gross margin				53.7	%
	Impact of stock-based compensation			0.3	%
Non-GAAP gross margin				54.0	%
			Q2 FY2015 Outlook
			(In millions)
GAAP operating expenses			$	457
	Stock-based compensation expense and acquisition-related costs			(43	)
Non-GAAP operating expenses			$	414

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: a portion of the company's dividend payment being considered a return of capital; the company's continued progress in the data center and cloud; enterprises evaluating GRID; large-scale data centers being a significant source of growth; the Pascal GPU architecture succeeding Maxwell; the features of Pascal; the company's financial outlook for the second quarter of, and annual, fiscal 2015; and the company's tax rate for the second 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-K for the fiscal period ended January 26, 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.

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