NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2024

  • Record quarterly revenue of $22.1 billion, up 22% from Q3, up 265% from year ago 
  • Record quarterly Data Center revenue of $18.4 billion, up 27% from Q3, up 409% from year ago
  • Record full-year revenue of $60.9 billion, up 126%

NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) today reported revenue for the fourth quarter ended January 28, 2024, of $22.1 billion, up 22% from the previous quarter and up 265% from a year ago.

For the quarter, GAAP earnings per diluted share was $4.93, up 33% from the previous quarter and up 765% from a year ago. Non-GAAP earnings per diluted share was $5.16, up 28% from the previous quarter and up 486% from a year ago.

For fiscal 2024, revenue was up 126% to $60.9 billion. GAAP earnings per diluted share was $11.93, up 586% from a year ago. Non-GAAP earnings per diluted share was $12.96, up 288% from a year ago.

“Accelerated computing and generative AI have hit the tipping point. Demand is surging worldwide across companies, industries and nations,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA.

“Our Data Center platform is powered by increasingly diverse drivers — demand for data processing, training and inference from large cloud-service providers and GPU-specialized ones, as well as from enterprise software and consumer internet companies. Vertical industries — led by auto, financial services and healthcare — are now at a multibillion-dollar level.

“NVIDIA RTX, introduced less than six years ago, is now a massive PC platform for generative AI, enjoyed by 100 million gamers and creators. The year ahead will bring major new product cycles with exceptional innovations to help propel our industry forward. Come join us at next month’s GTC, where we and our rich ecosystem will reveal the exciting future ahead,” he said.

NVIDIA will pay its next quarterly cash dividend of $0.04 per share on March 27, 2024, to all shareholders of record on March 6, 2024.

Q4 Fiscal 2024 Summary

GAAP
($ in millions, except earnings
per share)
  Q4 FY24     Q3 FY24     Q4 FY23   Q/Q Y/Y
Revenue $22,103   $18,120   $6,051   Up 22% Up 265%
Gross margin   76.0%     74.0%     63.3%   Up 2.0 pts Up 12.7 pts
Operating expenses $3,176   $2,983   $2,576   Up 6% Up 23%
Operating income $13,615   $10,417   $1,257   Up 31% Up 983%
Net income $12,285   $9,243   $1,414   Up 33% Up 769%
Diluted earnings per share $4.93   $3.71   $0.57   Up 33% Up 765%
Non-GAAP
($ in millions, except earnings
per share)
  Q4 FY24     Q3 FY24     Q4 FY23   Q/Q Y/Y
Revenue $22,103   $18,120   $6,051   Up 22% Up 265%
Gross margin   76.7%     75.0%     66.1%   Up 1.7 pts Up 10.6 pts
Operating expenses $2,210   $2,026   $1,775   Up 9% Up 25%
Operating income $14,749   $11,557   $2,224   Up 28% Up 563%
Net income $12,839   $10,020   $2,174   Up 28% Up 491%
Diluted earnings per share $5.16   $4.02   $0.88   Up 28% Up 486%
                 

Fiscal 2024 Summary

GAAP
($ in millions, except earnings
per share)
  FY24     FY23   Y/Y
Revenue $60,922   $26,974   Up 126%
Gross margin   72.7%     56.9%   Up 15.8 pts
Operating expenses $11,329   $11,132   Up 2%
Operating income $32,972   $4,224   Up 681%
Net income $29,760   $4,368   Up 581%
Diluted earnings per share $11.93   $1.74   Up 586%
Non-GAAP
($ in millions, except earnings
per share)
  FY24     FY23   Y/Y
Revenue $60,922   $26,974   Up 126%
Gross margin   73.8%     59.2%   Up 14.6 pts
Operating expenses $7,825   $6,925   Up 13%
Operating income $37,134   $9,040   Up 311%
Net income $32,312   $8,366   Up 286%
Diluted earnings per share $12.96   $3.34   Up 288%
           

Outlook
NVIDIA’s outlook for the first quarter of fiscal 2025 is as follows:

  • Revenue is expected to be $24.0 billion, plus or minus 2%.
  • GAAP and non-GAAP gross margins are expected to be 76.3% and 77.0%, respectively, plus or minus 50 basis points.
  • GAAP and non-GAAP operating expenses are expected to be approximately $3.5 billion and $2.5 billion, respectively.
  • GAAP and non-GAAP other income and expense are expected to be an income of approximately $250 million, excluding gains and losses from non-affiliated investments.
  • GAAP and non-GAAP tax rates are expected to be 17.0%, plus or minus 1%, excluding any discrete items.

Highlights

NVIDIA achieved progress since its previous earnings announcement in these areas: 

Data Center

Gaming

  • Fourth-quarter revenue was $2.9 billion, flat from the previous quarter and up 56% from a year ago. Full-year revenue rose 15% to $10.4 billion.
  • Launched GeForce RTX™ 40 SUPER Series GPUs, starting at $599, which support the latest NVIDIA RTX™ technologies, including DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction and NVIDIA Reflex.
  • Announced generative AI capabilities for its installed base of over 100 million RTX AI PCs, including Tensor-RT™ LLM to accelerate inference on large language models, and Chat with RTX, a tech demo that lets users personalize a chatbot with their own content.
  • Introduced microservices for the NVIDIA Avatar Cloud Engine, allowing game and application developers to integrate state-of-the-art generative AI models into non-playable characters.
  • Reached the milestone of 500 AI-powered RTX games and applications utilizing NVIDIA DLSS, ray tracing and other NVIDIA RTX technologies.

Professional Visualization

  • Fourth-quarter revenue was $463 million, up 11% from the previous quarter and up 105% from a year ago. Full-year revenue rose 1% to $1.6 billion.
  • Announced adoption of NVIDIA Omniverse™ by the global automotive-configurator ecosystem.
  • Announced the NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation GPU, bringing the latest AI, graphics and compute technology to compact workstations.

Automotive

  • Fourth-quarter revenue was $281 million, up 8% from the previous quarter and down 4% from a year ago. Full-year revenue rose 21% to $1.1 billion.
  • Announced further adoption of its NVIDIA DRIVE® platform, with Great Wall Motors, ZEEKR and Xiaomi using DRIVE Orin™ to power intelligent automated-driving systems and Li Auto selecting DRIVE Thor™ as its centralized car computer.

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

Conference Call and Webcast Information
NVIDIA will conduct a conference call with analysts and investors to discuss its fourth quarter and fiscal 2024 financial results and current financial prospects today at 2 p.m. Pacific time (5 p.m. Eastern time). A live webcast (listen-only mode) of the conference call will be accessible at NVIDIA’s investor relations website, https://investor.nvidia.com. The webcast will be recorded and available for replay until NVIDIA’s conference call to discuss its financial results for its first quarter of fiscal 2025.

Non-GAAP Measures
To supplement NVIDIA’s condensed consolidated financial statements 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 income from operations, non-GAAP other income (expense), net, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP net income, or earnings, per diluted share, and free cash flow. 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 acquisition termination costs, stock-based compensation expense, acquisition-related and other costs, IP-related costs, other, gains and losses from non-affiliated investments, interest expense related to 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 both purchases related to property and equipment and intangible assets and principal payments on 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 the company’s non-GAAP measures may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies.

 

NVIDIA CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In millions, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
                   
                   
      Three Months Ended   Twelve Months Ended
      January 28,   January 29,   January 28,   January 29,
        2024       2023       2024       2023  
                   
Revenue $ 22,103     $ 6,051     $ 60,922     $ 26,974  
Cost of revenue   5,312       2,218       16,621       11,618  
Gross profit   16,791       3,833       44,301       15,356  
                   
Operating expenses              
  Research and development   2,465       1,951       8,675       7,339  
  Sales, general and administrative   711       625       2,654       2,440  
  Acquisition termination cost                     1,353  
    Total operating expenses   3,176       2,576       11,329       11,132  
                   
Operating Income   13,615       1,257       32,972       4,224  
  Interest income   294       115       866       267  
  Interest expense   (63 )     (65 )     (257 )     (262 )
  Other, net   260       (18 )     237       (48 )
    Other income (expense), net   491       32       846       (43 )
                   
Income before income tax   14,106       1,289       33,818       4,181  
Income tax expense (benefit)   1,821       (125 )     4,058       (187 )
Net income $ 12,285     $ 1,414     $ 29,760     $ 4,368  
                   
Net income per share:              
  Basic $ 4.98     $ 0.57     $ 12.05     $ 1.76  
  Diluted $ 4.93     $ 0.57     $ 11.93     $ 1.74  
                   
Weighted average shares used in per share computation:              
  Basic   2,466       2,464       2,469       2,487  
  Diluted   2,490       2,477       2,494       2,507  
NVIDIA CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In millions)
(Unaudited)
               
               
      January 28,   January 29,
      2024   2023
ASSETS          
               
Current assets:          
  Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities $ 25,984     $ 13,296  
  Accounts receivable, net   9,999       3,827  
  Inventories   5,282       5,159  
  Prepaid expenses and other current assets   3,080       791  
    Total current assets   44,345       23,073  
               
Property and equipment, net   3,914       3,807  
Operating lease assets   1,346       1,038  
Goodwill   4,430       4,372  
Intangible assets, net   1,112       1,676  
Deferred income tax assets   6,081       3,396  
Other assets   4,500       3,820  
    Total assets $ 65,728     $ 41,182  
               
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY  
               
Current liabilities:          
  Accounts payable $ 2,699     $ 1,193  
  Accrued and other current liabilities   6,682       4,120  
  Short-term debt   1,250       1,250  
    Total current liabilities   10,631       6,563  
               
Long-term debt   8,459       9,703  
Long-term operating lease liabilities   1,119       902  
Other long-term liabilities   2,541       1,913  
    Total liabilities   22,750       19,081  
               
Shareholders’ equity   42,978       22,101  
    Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity $ 65,728     $ 41,182  

 

NVIDIA CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In millions)
(Unaudited)
                   
                   
      Three Months Ended   Twelve Months Ended
      January 28, January 29, January 28,   January 29,
        2024       2023       2024       2023  
                   
Cash flows from operating activities:              
Net income $ 12,285     $ 1,414     $ 29,760     $ 4,368  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash              
provided by operating activities:              
  Stock-based compensation expense   993       738       3,549       2,709  
  Depreciation and amortization   387       426       1,508       1,544  
  Deferred income taxes   (78 )     (647 )     (2,489 )     (2,164 )
  (Gains) losses on investments in non-affiliated entities, net   (260 )     10       (238 )     45  
  Acquisition termination cost                     1,353  
  Other   (109 )     20       (278 )     (7 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:              
  Accounts receivable   (1,690 )     1,081       (6,172 )     822  
  Inventories   (503 )     (706 )     (98 )     (2,554 )
  Prepaid expenses and other assets   (1,184 )     (210 )     (1,522 )     (1,517 )
  Accounts payable   281       (193 )     1,531       (551 )
  Accrued and other current liabilities   1,072       166       2,025       1,341  
  Other long-term liabilities   305       150       514       252  
Net cash provided by operating activities   11,499       2,249       28,090       5,641  
Cash flows from investing activities:              
  Proceeds from maturities of marketable securities   1,731       2,633       9,732       19,425  
  Proceeds from sales of marketable securities   50             50       1,806  
  Purchases of marketable securities   (7,524 )     (2,133 )     (18,211 )     (11,897 )
  Purchase related to property and equipment and intangible assets   (253 )     (509 )     (1,069 )     (1,833 )
  Acquisitions, net of cash acquired               (83 )     (49 )
  Investments in non-affiliated entities and other, net   (113 )     5       (985 )     (77 )
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities   (6,109 )     (4 )     (10,566 )     7,375  
Cash flows from financing activities:              
  Proceeds related to employee stock plans         5       403       355  
  Payments related to repurchases of common stock   (2,660 )     (1,212 )     (9,533 )     (10,039 )
  Payments related to tax on restricted stock units   (841 )     (344 )     (2,783 )     (1,475 )
  Repayment of debt               (1,250 )      
  Dividends paid   (99 )     (98 )     (395 )     (398 )
  Principal payments on property and equipment and intangible assets   (29 )     (4 )     (74 )     (58 )
  Other         (3 )     (1 )     (2 )
Net cash used in financing activities   (3,629 )     (1,656 )     (13,633 )     (11,617 )
Change in cash and cash equivalents   1,761       589       3,891       1,399  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period   5,519       2,800       3,389       1,990  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 7,280     $ 3,389     $ 7,280     $ 3,389  
                   
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:              
  Cash paid for income taxes, net   $ 1,874     $ 32     $ 6,549     $ 1,404  
  Cash paid for interest   $ 26     $ 28     $ 252     $ 254  
NVIDIA CORPORATION
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
(In millions, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
                   
      Three Months Ended   Twelve Months Ended
      January 28,   October 29,   January 29,   January 28,   January 29,
        2024       2023       2023       2024       2023  
                       
GAAP gross profit $ 16,791     $ 13,400     $ 3,833     $ 44,301     $ 15,356  
GAAP gross margin   76.0 %     74.0 %     63.3 %     72.7 %     56.9 %
  Acquisition-related and other costs (A)   119       119       120       477       455  
  Stock-based compensation expense (B)   45       38       30       141       138  
  IP-related costs     4       26       16       40       16  
Non-GAAP gross profit $ 16,959     $ 13,583     $ 3,999     $ 44,959     $ 15,965  
Non-GAAP gross margin   76.7 %     75.0 %     66.1 %     73.8 %     59.2 %
                       
GAAP operating expenses $ 3,176     $ 2,983     $ 2,576     $ 11,329     $ 11,132  
  Stock-based compensation expense (B)     (948 )     (941 )     (709 )     (3,408 )     (2,572 )
  Acquisition-related and other costs (A)   (18 )     (16 )     (54 )     (106 )     (219 )
  Acquisition termination cost                           (1,353 )
  Other (C)                 (38 )     10       (63 )
Non-GAAP operating expenses $ 2,210     $ 2,026     $ 1,775     $ 7,825     $ 6,925  
                       
GAAP operating income $ 13,615     $ 10,417     $ 1,257     $ 32,972     $ 4,224  
  Total impact of non-GAAP adjustments to operating income   1,134       1,140       967       4,162       4,816  
Non-GAAP operating income $ 14,749     $ 11,557     $ 2,224     $ 37,134     $ 9,040  
                       
GAAP other income (expense), net $ 491     $ 105     $ 32     $ 846     $ (43 )
  (Gains) losses from non-affiliated investments   (260 )     69       10       (238 )     45  
  Interest expense related to amortization of debt discount   1       1       1       4       5  
Non-GAAP other income (expense), net $ 232     $ 175     $ 43     $ 612     $ 7  
                       
GAAP net income $ 12,285     $ 9,243     $ 1,414     $ 29,760     $ 4,368  
  Total pre-tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments   875       1,210       978       3,928       4,865  
  Income tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments (D)   (321 )     (433 )     (218 )     (1,376 )     (867 )
Non-GAAP net income $ 12,839     $ 10,020     $ 2,174     $ 32,312     $ 8,366  
                       
Diluted net income per share                  
  GAAP   $ 4.93     $ 3.71     $ 0.57     $ 11.93     $ 1.74  
  Non-GAAP   $ 5.16     $ 4.02     $ 0.88     $ 12.96     $ 3.34  
                       
Weighted average shares used in diluted net income per share computation   2,490       2,494       2,477       2,494       2,507  
                       
GAAP net cash provided by operating activities $ 11,499     $ 7,333     $ 2,249     $ 28,090     $ 5,641  
  Purchases related to property and equipment and intangible assets   (253 )     (278 )     (509 )     (1,069 )     (1,833 )
  Principal payments on property and equipment and intangible assets   (29 )     (13 )     (4 )     (74 )     (58 )
Free cash flow   $ 11,217     $ 7,042     $ 1,736     $ 26,947     $ 3,750  
                       
 
                       
(A) Acquisition-related and other costs are comprised of amortization of intangible assets and transaction costs, and are included in the following line items:
      Three Months Ended   Twelve Months Ended
      January 28,   October 29,   January 29,   January 28,   January 29,
        2024       2023       2023       2024       2023  
  Cost of revenue   $ 119     $ 119     $ 120     $ 477     $ 455  
  Research and development   $ 12     $ 12     $ 10     $ 49     $ 39  
  Sales, general and administrative   $ 6     $ 4     $ 44     $ 57     $ 180  
                       
(B) Stock-based compensation consists of the following:      
      Three Months Ended   Twelve Months Ended
      January 28,   October 29,   January 29,   January 28,   January 29,
        2024       2023       2023       2024       2023  
  Cost of revenue   $ 45     $ 38     $ 30     $ 141     $ 138  
  Research and development   $ 706     $ 701     $ 527     $ 2,532     $ 1,892  
  Sales, general and administrative   $ 242     $ 240     $ 182     $ 876     $ 680  
                       
(C) Other consists of costs related to Russia branch office closure, assets held for sale related adjustments, legal settlement costs, and contributions.
                       
(D) Income tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments, including the recognition of excess tax benefits or deficiencies related to stock-based compensation under GAAP accounting standard (ASU 2016-09).
                                           
NVIDIA CORPORATION
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP OUTLOOK
     
 
    Q1 FY2025 Outlook
    ($ in millions)
     
GAAP gross margin   76.3 %
  Impact of stock-based compensation expense, acquisition-related costs, and other costs   0.7 %
Non-GAAP gross margin   77.0 %
     
GAAP operating expenses $ 3,480  
  Stock-based compensation expense, acquisition-related costs, and other costs   (980 )
Non-GAAP operating expenses $ 2,500  
     

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