Nvidia's (NVDA.US) highly anticipated report significantly beat Wall Street expectations in both revenue and earnings per share. Revenue from the Data Center (AI) segment rose powerfully and guidance was extremely bullish. As a result, the stock is up nearly 6% after the Wall Street session and is approaching the area of psychological resistance, $500 per share.
- Revenues: $13.51 billion vs. $11.04 billion forecast and $6.7 billion in Q2 2022 (101% y/y growth)
- Earnings per share (EPS): $2.7 vs. $2.07 forecast and $0.51 in Q2 2022
- Data center revenues: $10.32 billion vs. $7.99 billion forecasts and $4.28 billion in Q1 (171% y/y increase)
- Gaming revenues: $2.49 billion vs. $2.38 billion forecast (24% y/y growth)
- Professional Visualization revenues: $379 million vs. $318 million forecast (24% decrease y/y)
- Automotive revenue: $253 million vs. $309.4 million forecasts (15% increase y/y)
- Adjusted gross margin: 71.2% vs. estimated 70% (45.9% increase y/y)
- Company estimates Q3 revenue at $16 billion with 2% variance with forecasts consensus of $12.5 billion
- The board of directors approved an additional $25 billion for share buybacks, which Nvidia plans to continue in the current fiscal year. In Q2, it repurchased 7.5 million shares for $3.28 billion (easing market concerns somewhat around recent share sales by some company affiliates and the company's 'overvaluation' after 'astronomical' increases)
The results literally blew away analysts' expectations and confirm that demand for AI solutions remains huge. Revenue from the data center market was driven mainly by orders from major Internet companies and cloud providers. Data center computing performance grew 195% y/y and a dizzying 157% q/q largely due to Hopper chip architecture. Nvidia's growing computing power positions the company as a major beneficiary of the AI trend, not only now but also in the coming quarters - there is no competitor on the horizon that can threaten the position.
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Revenue from the Data Center segment (GPU chips for the AI sector) is emerging as the absolute base of the company's overall business. Source: ZeroHedge, Nvidia
Tomorrow, Nvidia (NVDA.US) shares are likely to test levels above $500 per share after US market open. Source: xStation5
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