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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

 
NVIDIA Reports Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2011
 
 
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Revenue increased 5.0 percent to $886.4 million from the third quarter.
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We believe some analyst estimates may have recorded the Intel settlement as revenue, rather than as a credit to operating expenses, artificially raising revenue consensus.
 
·  
GAAP net income grew to $171.7 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, from the third quarter’s $84.9 million, or $0.15 per diluted share.
 
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GAAP gross margin increased to a record 48.1 percent from the third quarter’s 46.5 percent.
 
 
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Feb. 16, 2011—NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) today reported revenue of $886.4 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 ended Jan. 30, 2011, up 5.0 percent from the prior quarter and down 9.8 percent from $982.5 million from the same period a year earlier.
 
 
On a GAAP basis, the company recorded net income of $171.7 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, compared with $84.9 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, in the previous quarter and GAAP net income of $131.1 million, or $0.23 per diluted share, in the same period a year earlier.   GAAP gross margin was a record 48.1 percent compared with 46.5 percent in the previous quarter and 44.7 percent in the same period a year earlier.
 
   
Quarterly Highlights
   
Fiscal Year Highlights
 
($ in millions except per share data)
 
Q4 FY2011
   
Q3 FY2011
   
Q4 FY2010
   
FY2011
   
FY2010
 
Revenue
  $ 886.4     $ 843.9     $ 982.5     $ 3,543     $ 3,326  
GAAP:
                                       
 Gross margin
    48.1 %     46.5 %     44.7 %     39.8 %     35.4 %
 Net income (loss)
  171.7     $ 84.9     $ 131.1     $ 253.1     $ (68.0 )
 Income (loss) per share
  $ 0.29     $ 0.15     $ 0.23     $ 0.43     $ (0.12 )
 
The company’s fourth quarter results include a $57.0 million credit to operating expenses, $37.1 million after tax, as a result of a legal settlement in connection with a new licensing agreement entered into with Intel.
 
“These strong results underscore the larger story of NVIDIA’s transformation,” said Jen-Hsun Huang, NVIDIA president and chief executive officer. “Even as we are extending our leadership in visual computing, our investment in mobile computing and parallel computing is now driving our growth".
 
“Tegra is positioned center stage in the revolution in super phones and tablets, while Tesla is becoming an essential processor for supercomputing.  I have never been more excited about NVIDIA’s prospects.”
 
 
 

 
Outlook
 
The outlook for the first quarter of fiscal 2012 is as follows:
 
·  
Revenue is expected to be up 6 to 8 percent from the fourth quarter.
 
·  
GAAP gross margin is expected to be 48.5 to 49.5 percent.
 
·  
GAAP operating expenses are expected to be approximately $327 million.
 
·  
GAAP tax rate is expected to be 16 to 18 percent.
 

Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2011 and Recent Highlights:
 
·  
NVIDIA demonstrated its next-generation mobile processor, the world’s first quad-core mobile processor, at Mobile World Congress.  The company is sampling to customers now, putting it at least a year ahead of the competition.  NVIDIA expects to see tablets and phones later this year.
 
·  
Customers announced a number of products incorporating the Tegra® 2 mobile processor, including Acer, with its EeePad Slider, EeePad Transformer and Iconia A500 tablets; Dell, with the Dell Streak; LG Electronics, with the LG Optimus 2X phone and the Optimus Pad; and Motorola, with the Atrix and Droid Bionic phones, the Xoom tablet for Verizon and an unnamed tablet for AT&T. After quarter end, Samsung announced the Galaxy Tab 10.1, and revealed it was working with NVIDIA on a Tegra-powered superphone and Toshiba announced an unnamed 10” tablet.
 
·  
NVIDIA announced that it is developing a custom CPU that will use the ARM instruction set, known internally as Project Denver. The Denver CPU cores will be integrated into future generation processors for PCs, servers, and supercomputers.  Separately, Microsoft announced that its next generation Windows will include native support for ARM SOCs such as Tegra.
 
·  
NVIDIA extended its licensing agreement with Intel for $1.5 billion over the agreement’s six-year lifespan. Revenue and costs from the license portion of this agreement will commence April 1, 2011; see the CFO Commentary posted on our website for further details.
 
·  
In addition to its long partnership with the Volkswagen Audi Group, NVIDIA announced that BMW will also use NVIDIA GPUs for infotainment systems in next-generation cars worldwide. Tesla™ Motors will also incorporate Tegra processors to power the infotainment, navigation and instrument cluster in its Roadster Model S.
 
·  
NVIDIA launched the GeForce® GTX 570 and GTX 560 Ti, the most advanced GPUs for gamers.
 
·  
NVIDIA announced that PC manufacturers are expected to launch 200 new PCs that use NVIDIA® GeForce GPUs paired with the new generation of Sandy Bridge CPUs.
 

 
 

 
CFO Commentary
 
Commentary on the quarter by David White, NVIDIA chief financial officer and executive vice president, is available at www.nvidia.com/investor.

Conference Call and webcast Information
 
NVIDIA will conduct a conference call with analysts and investors to discuss its fourth quarter fiscal 2011 financial results and current financial prospects today at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time).  To listen to the call, please dial (706) 679 2572.  A live webcast (listen-only mode) of the conference call will be accessible at the NVIDIA investor relations Web site www.nvidia.com/ir and at www.streetevents.com.  The Web cast will be recorded and available for replay until the company's conference call to discuss its financial results for its first quarter fiscal 2012.
 
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 net income, non-GAAP net income 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 a charge related to the weak die/packaging material set that was used in certain versions of NVIDIA’s previous generation MCP and GPU products, net of insurance reimbursements, a non-recurring charge related to a tender offer purchase, a non-recurring benefit from a legal settlement, and the associated tax impact of these items, where applicable.  Free cash flow is calculated as GAAP net cash provided by or used in 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.
 
 
About NVIDIA
 
NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) awakened the world to the power of computer graphics when it invented the GPU in 1999. Since then, it has consistently set new standards in visual computing with breathtaking, interactive graphics available on devices ranging from tablets and portable media players to notebooks and workstations. NVIDIA's expertise in programmable GPUs has led to breakthroughs in parallel processing which make supercomputing inexpensive and widely accessible. The Company holds more than 1,700 patents worldwide, including ones covering designs and insights that are essential to modern computing. For more information, see www.nvidia.com.
 

Certain statements in this press release including, but not limited to statements as to: the company’s financial outlook for the first quarter of fiscal 2012; the company’s expectations with respect to the number of new products to be introduced by PC manufacturers that use the company’s graphics; the company’s expectations with respect to the use of its products by customers, including Audi, Samsung, BMW and Tesla Motors; the company’s development plans for a custom CPU that will use the ARM instruction set; the company’s transformation; the company’s extension of leadership in visual computing; the company’s investment in mobile and parallel computing driving growth; Tegra’s position in revolutionizing super phones and tablets; the company’s prospects; the company’s quad-core mobile processor being ahead of the competition; timing of release of tablets and phones; and the effects of the company's patents on modern computing 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 faster or more efficient technology; 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-Q for the fiscal period ended October 31, 2010. 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.

© 2011 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, GeForce, Tegra and Tesla are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. Features, pricing, availability, and specifications are subject to change without notice.

ARM, AMBA and ARM Powered are registered trademarks of ARM Limited. Cortex, MPCore and Mali are trademarks of ARM Limited. All other brands or product names are the property of their respective holders. "ARM" is used to represent ARM Holdings plc; its operating company ARM Limited; and the regional subsidiaries ARM Inc.; ARM KK; ARM Korea Limited.; ARM Taiwan Limited; ARM France SAS; ARM Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.; ARM Germany GmbH; ARM Embedded Technologies Pvt. Ltd.; ARM Norway, AS and ARM Sweden AB.


 
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For further information, contact:
 
Michael Hara                                                                                                  Robert Sherbin
Investor Relations                                                                                      Corporate Communications
NVIDIA Corporation                                                                                     NVIDIA Corporation
(408) 486-2511                                                                                      (408) 566-5150
mhara@nvidia.com                                 rsherbin@nvidia.com


 
 

 


NVIDIA CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
 
   
 Three Months Ended
   
Twelve Months Ended
   
January 30,
   
January 31,
   
January 30,
 
January 31,
   
2011
   
2010
   
2011
   
2010
                       
Revenue
$
          886,376
  $
           982,488
  $
3,543,309
  $
 $ 3,326,445
Cost of revenue
 
             460,017
   
             543,767
   
       2,134,219
   
    2,149,522
Gross profit
 
             426,359
   
             438,721
   
       1,409,090
   
    1,176,923
Operating expenses
                     
    Research and development
 
             215,563
   
             216,251
   
          848,830
   
       908,851
    Sales, general and administrative
 
               88,018
   
               88,188
   
          361,513
   
       367,017
    Legal settlement
 
             (57,000)
(A)
 
                         -
   
          (57,000)
(A)
 
                   -
  Total operating expenses
 
             246,581
   
             304,439
   
       1,153,343
   
    1,275,868
Operating income (loss)
 
             179,778
   
             134,282
   
          255,747
   
        (98,945)
Interest and other income, net
 
                 6,128
   
                 5,139
   
            15,422
   
         16,651
Income (loss) before income tax expense
 
             185,906
   
             139,421
   
          271,169
   
        (82,294)
Income tax expense (benefit)
 
               14,255
   
                 8,345
   
            18,023
   
        (14,307)
Net income (loss)
$
          171,651
  $
          131,076
  $
253,146
  $
      (67,987)
                       
Basic net income (loss) per share
$
           0.29
  $
                0.24
  $
0.44
  $
         (0.12)
Diluted net income (loss) per share
$
                0.29
  $
                0.23
  $
0.43
  $
        (0.12)
                       
Shares used in basic per share computation
 
             583,439
   
             557,479
   
          575,177
   
       549,574
Shares used in diluted per share computation
 
             601,559
   
             582,081
   
          588,684
   
       549,574
 
(A) On January 10, 2011, the Company and Intel entered into a new six-year cross licensing agreement and both parties also agreed to settle all outstanding legal disputes. For accounting purposes, the fair valued benefit prescribed to the settlement portion was $57.0 million.
 

 

NVIDIA CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

   
January 30,
   
January 31,
 
   
2011
   
2010
 
ASSETS
           
Current assets:
           
Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities
  $ 2,490,563     $ 1,728,227  
Accounts receivable, net
    348,770       374,963  
Inventories
    345,525       330,674  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    42,092       46,966  
  Total current assets
    3,226,950       2,480,830  
                 
Property and equipment, net
    614,431       571,858  
Goodwill
    369,844       369,844  
Intangible assets, net
    243,171       120,458  
Deposits and other assets
    40,850       42,928  
  Total assets
  $ 4,495,246     $ 3,585,918  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
               
Current liabilities:
               
Accounts payable
  $ 286,138     $ 344,527  
Accrued liabilities and other current liabilities
    656,544       439,851  
  Total current liabilities
    942,682       784,378  
                 
Other long-term liabilities
    347,713       111,950  
Capital lease obligations, long term
    23,389       24,450  
Stockholders' equity
    3,181,462       2,665,140  
  Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
  $ 4,495,246     $ 3,585,918  


 
 

 
                                     
NVIDIA CORPORATION
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
                                     
     Three months ended      Twelve months ended    
   
January 30,
     
October 31,
   
January 31,
   
January 30,
     
January 31,
   
   
2011
     
2010
   
2010
   
2011
     
2010
   
                                     
GAAP gross profit
  $ 426,359       $ 392,062     $ 438,721     $ 1,409,090       $ 1,176,923    
  GAAP gross margin
    48.1 %       46.5 %     44.7 %     39.8 %       35.4 %  
                                               
Net charge against cost of revenue arising from a weak die/packaging material set
    -         -       -       181,193  
(A)
    95,878  
(A)
Stock option purchase charge related to cost of revenue
    -         -       -       -         11,412  
(B)
Non-GAAP gross profit
  $ 426,359       $ 392,062     $ 438,721     $ 1,590,283       $ 1,284,213    
  Non-GAAP gross margin
    48.1 %       46.5 %     44.7 %     44.9 %       38.6 %  
                                               
GAAP operating expenses
  $ 246,581       $ 288,279     $ 304,439     $ 1,153,343       1,275,868    
Net charge against operating expenses arising from a weak die/packaging material set
    -         -       -       (12,705 )
 (A)
    1,929  
(A)
Stock option purchase charge related to operating expenses
    -         -       -       -         (128,829 )
(B)
Legal settlement
    57,000  
 (C)
    -       -       57,000  
 (C)
    -    
Non-GAAP operating expenses
  $ 303,581       $ 288,279     $ 304,439     $ 1,197,638       $ 1,148,968    
                                               
GAAP net income (loss)
  $ 171,651       $ 84,862     $ 131,076     $ 253,146       (67,987 )  
Total pre-tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments
    (57,000 )       -       -       136,898         234,190    
Income tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments
    24,359  
 (D)
    -       -       (8,469 )
 (D)
    (24,820 )
(D)
Non-GAAP net income
  $ 139,010       $ 84,862     $ 131,076     $ 381,575       $ 141,383    
                                               
Diluted net income (loss) per share
                                             
GAAP
  $ 0.29       $ 0.15     $ 0.23     $ 0.43       $ (0.12 )  
Non-GAAP
  $ 0.23       $ 0.15     $ 0.23     $ 0.65       $ 0.25    
                                               
Shares used in GAAP diluted net income (loss) per share computation
    601,559         582,648       582,081       588,684         549,574    
         Cumulative impact of non-GAAP adjustments
    -         -       -       -         18,488  
(E)
Shares used in non-GAAP diluted net income (loss) per share computation
    601,559         582,648       582,081       588,684         568,062    
                                               
Metrics:
                                             
GAAP net cash flow provided by operating activities
  $ 434,674       $ 212,177     $ 69,245     $ 675,797       $ 487,807    
Purchase of property and equipment and intangible assets
    (21,344 )       (21,823 )     (22,575 )     (97,890 )       (77,601 )  
Free cash flow
  $ 413,330       $ 190,354     $ 46,670     $ 577,907       $ 410,206    
 

(A) Excludes a charge related to the weak die/packaging material set that was used in certain versions of our previous generation chips, net of insurance reimbursement.
 
(B) During the three months ended April 26, 2009, the Company completed a tender offer to purchase outstanding stock options which resulted in a charge of $140.2 million, $11.4 million of which was associated with cost of revenue and $128.8 million with operating expenses.
 
(C) On January 10, 2011, the Company and Intel entered into a new six-year cross licensing agreement and both parties also agreed to settle all outstanding legal disputes.  For accounting purposes, the fair valued benefit prescribed to the settlement portion was $57.0 million.
 
(D) The income tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments has only been reported during fiscal quarters that include other GAAP to non-GAAP reconciling items, as well as in the full fiscal year results during which the GAAP to non-GAAP reconciling items occur. As such, any effective tax rate differences between GAAP and non-GAAP results that result from such adjustments have not been reported separately in the non-GAAP results for a fiscal quarter that does not contain other GAAP to non-GAAP reconciling items.
 
(E) Reflects an adjustment to diluted shares to reflect a non-GAAP net income versus a GAAP net loss.