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NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Third Quarter Fiscal 2025

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NVIDIA corporate headquarters in Silicon Valley
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  • Record quarterly revenue of $35.1 billion, up 17% from Q2 and up 94% from a year ago
  • Record quarterly Data Center revenue of $30.8 billion, up 17% from Q2 and up 112% from a year ago

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) today reported revenue for the third quarter ended October 27, 2024, of $35.1 billion, up 17% from the previous quarter and up 94% from a year ago.

For the quarter, GAAP earnings per diluted share was $0.78, up 16% from the previous quarter and up 111% from a year ago. Non-GAAP earnings per diluted share was $0.81, up 19% from the previous quarter and up 103% from a year ago.

“The age of AI is in full steam, propelling a global shift to NVIDIA computing,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “Demand for Hopper and anticipation for Blackwell — in full production — are incredible as foundation model makers scale pretraining, post-training and inference.

“AI is transforming every industry, company and country. Enterprises are adopting agentic AI to revolutionize workflows. Industrial robotics investments are surging with breakthroughs in physical AI. And countries have awakened to the importance of developing their national AI and infrastructure,” he said.

NVIDIA will pay its next quarterly cash dividend of $0.01 per share on December 27, 2024, to all shareholders of record on December 5, 2024.

Q3 Fiscal 2025 Summary

GAAP
($ in millions, except earnings
per share)
Q3 FY25Q2 FY25Q3 FY24Q/QY/Y
Revenue$35,082 $30,040 $18,120 Up 17%Up 94%
Gross margin 74.6% 75.1% 74.0%Down 0.5 ptsUp 0.6 pts
Operating expenses$4,287 $3,932 $2,983 Up 9%Up 44%
Operating income$21,869 $18,642 $10,417 Up 17%Up 110%
Net income$19,309 $16,599 $9,243 Up 16%Up 109%
Diluted earnings per share*$0.78 $0.67 $0.37 Up 16%Up 111%

Non-GAAP
($ in millions, except earnings
per share)
Q3 FY25Q2 FY25Q3 FY24Q/QY/Y
Revenue$35,082 $30,040 $18,120 Up 17%Up 94%
Gross margin 75.0% 75.7% 75.0%Down 0.7 pts
Operating expenses$3,046 $2,792 $2,026 Up 9%Up 50%
Operating income$23,276 $19,937 $11,557 Up 17%Up 101%
Net income$20,010 $16,952 $10,020 Up 18%Up 100%
Diluted earnings per share*$0.81 $0.68 $0.40 Up 19%Up 103%

*All per share amounts presented herein have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the ten-for-one stock split, which was effective June 7, 2024.

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

  • Revenue is expected to be $37.5 billion, plus or minus 2%.
  • GAAP and non-GAAP gross margins are expected to be 73.0% and 73.5%, respectively, plus or minus 50 basis points.
  • GAAP and non-GAAP operating expenses are expected to be approximately $4.8 billion and $3.4 billion, respectively.
  • GAAP and non-GAAP other income and expense are expected to be an income of approximately $400 million, excluding gains and losses from non-affiliated investments and publicly-held equity securities.
  • GAAP and non-GAAP tax rates are expected to be 16.5%, plus or minus 1%, excluding any discrete items.

Highlights

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

Data Center

  • Third-quarter revenue was a record $30.8 billion, up 17% from the previous quarter and up 112% from a year ago.
  • Announced the availability of NVIDIA Hopper H200-powered instances in several cloud services, including AWS, CoreWeave and Microsoft Azure, with Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure coming soon.
  • Launched Denmark’s largest sovereign AI supercomputer, an NVIDIA® DGX SuperPOD™ driven by 1,528 NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs and interconnected using NVIDIA Quantum-2 InfiniBand networking.
  • Introduced the NVIDIA AI Aerial platform for telecommunications providers and began working with T-Mobile, Ericsson and Nokia to accelerate the commercialization of AI-RAN.
  • Announced that SoftBank Corp. is building Japan’s most powerful AI supercomputer with the NVIDIA Blackwell platform and has successfully piloted the world’s first combined AI and 5G telecom network using NVIDIA AI Aerial.
  • Revealed that cloud leaders in India, Japan and Indonesia are building AI infrastructure with NVIDIA accelerated computing, while consulting leaders are helping speed AI adoption across industries with NVIDIA AI Enterprise software.
  • Accelerated xAI’s Colossus supercomputer cluster, using 100,000 NVIDIA Hopper GPUs, with the NVIDIA Spectrum-X™ Ethernet networking platform.
  • Unveiled a partnership with Foxconn to build Taiwan’s fastest AI supercomputer with NVIDIA Blackwell.
  • Announced that Blackwell debuted on MLPerf Training, completed all tests and delivered up to 2.2x performance gains on large language model benchmarks.
  • Contributed foundational elements of the NVIDIA Blackwell design to the Open Compute Project and broadened NVIDIA Spectrum-X support for OCP standards.
  • Revealed that U.S. technology companies including Accenture, Deloitte and Google Cloud are tapping NVIDIA AI software to create custom AI applications, transforming industries worldwide.
  • Announced the expansion of a partnership with Lenovo to launch new hybrid AI solutions and systems optimized to run NVIDIA AI Enterprise software.

Gaming and AI PC

  • Third-quarter Gaming revenue was $3.3 billion, up 14% from the previous quarter and up 15% from a year ago. 
  • Celebrated the 25th anniversary of GeForce® 256, the world’s first GPU, which marked a breakthrough for gaming and laid the foundation for an AI-driven future.
  • Demonstrated NVIDIA ACE and digital human technologies in Mecha BREAK, featuring the Minitron 4B model for better in-game character responses, at Gamescom.
  • Introduced 20 GeForce RTX and DLSS titles, including Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
  • Began shipping new RTX AI PCs with 321 AI trillion operations per second of performance from ASUS and MSI, with Microsoft Copilot+ capabilities anticipated next quarter.

Professional Visualization

  • Third-quarter revenue was $486 million, up 7% from the previous quarter and up 17% from a year ago.
  • Announced that Foxconn is using digital twins and industrial AI built on NVIDIA Omniverse™ to bring online faster three factories used to manufacture NVIDIA GB200 Grace Blackwell Superchips.
  • Revealed that leading industrial manufacturers in India, including Reliance and Ola Motors, and Japan, including Toyota, Yaskawa, and Seven and I Holdings, are using NVIDIA AI and Omniverse to automate workflows and drive more efficient operations.
  • Unveiled NVIDIA Holoscan for Media, an AI-enabled, software-defined platform that allows live media and video pipelines to run on the same infrastructure as AI, enhancing production delivery.

Automotive and Robotics

  • Third-quarter Automotive revenue was $449 million, up 30% from the previous quarter and up 72% from a year ago.
  • Revealed that Volvo is releasing a new electric SUV built on NVIDIA accelerated computing.
  • Introduced Project GR00T AI and simulation tools for robot learning and humanoid development, and new generative AI tools and perception workflows for robotics developers.
  • Announced that Japanese and Indian companies including Toyota and Ola Motors are using NVIDIA Isaac™ and Omniverse to build the next wave of physical AI.

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 third quarter fiscal 2025 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 fourth quarter and 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 operating income, 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 stock-based compensation expense, acquisition-related and other costs, other, gains and losses from non-affiliated investments and publicly-held equity securities, net, 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 Nine Months Ended
   October 27, October 29, October 27, October 29,
    2024   2023   2024   2023 
          
Revenue$35,082  $18,120  $91,166  $38,819 
Cost of revenue 8,926   4,720   22,031   11,309 
Gross profit 26,156   13,400   69,135   27,510 
          
Operating expenses       
 Research and development 3,390   2,294   9,200   6,210 
 Sales, general and administrative 897   689   2,516   1,942 
  Total operating expenses 4,287   2,983   11,716   8,152 
          
Operating Income 21,869   10,417   57,419   19,358 
 Interest income 472   234   1,275   572 
 Interest expense (61)  (63)  (186)  (194)
 Other, net 36   (66)  301   (24)
  Other income (expense), net 447   105   1,390   354 
          
Income before income tax 22,316   10,522   58,809   19,712 
Income tax expense 3,007   1,279   8,020   2,237 
Net income$ 19,309  $ 9,243  $ 50,789  $ 17,475 
          
Net income per share (A):       
 Basic$0.79  $0.37  $2.07  $0.71 
 Diluted$0.78  $0.37  $2.04  $0.70 
          
Weighted average shares used in per share computation (A):      
 Basic 24,533   24,680   24,577   24,700 
 Diluted 24,774   24,940   24,837   24,940 
          
          
(A) Reflects a ten-for-one stock split on June 7, 2024.       
          
NVIDIA CORPORATION 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS 
(In millions) 
(Unaudited) 
        
        
    October 27, January 28, 
     2024  2024 
ASSETS     
        
Current assets:     
 Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities $38,487 $25,984 
 Accounts receivable, net  17,693  9,999 
 Inventories  7,654  5,282 
 Prepaid expenses and other current assets  3,806  3,080 
  Total current assets  67,640  44,345 
        
Property and equipment, net  5,343  3,914 
Operating lease assets  1,755  1,346 
Goodwill  4,724  4,430 
Intangible assets, net  838  1,112 
Deferred income tax assets  10,276  6,081 
Other assets  5,437  4,500 
  Total assets $ 96,013 $ 65,728 
        
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY 
        
Current liabilities:     
 Accounts payable $5,353 $2,699 
 Accrued and other current liabilities  11,126  6,682 
 Short-term debt    1,250 
  Total current liabilities  16,479  10,631 
        
Long-term debt  8,462  8,459 
Long-term operating lease liabilities  1,490  1,119 
Other long-term liabilities  3,683  2,541 
  Total liabilities  30,114  22,750 
        
Shareholders’ equity  65,899  42,978 
  Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity $ 96,013 $ 65,728 
        
NVIDIA CORPORATION 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS 
(In millions) 
(Unaudited) 
           
           
   Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
   October 27, October 29, October 27, October 29, 
    2024   2023   2024   2023  
           
Cash flows from operating activities:        
Net income$19,309  $9,243  $50,789  $17,475  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash        
provided by operating activities:        
 Stock-based compensation expense 1,252   979   3,416   2,555  
 Depreciation and amortization 478   372   1,321   1,121  
 (Gains) losses on investments in non-affiliated entities and publicly-held equity securities, net (37)  69   (302)  24  
 Deferred income taxes (602)  (529)  (3,879)  (2,411) 
 Other (79)  (66)  (365)  (170) 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:        
 Accounts receivable (3,561)  (1,243)  (7,694)  (4,482) 
 Inventories (978)  (457)  (2,357)  405  
 Prepaid expenses and other assets (714)  254   (726)  (337) 
 Accounts payable 1,689   461   2,490   1,250  
 Accrued and other current liabilities 606   (1,722)  3,918   953  
 Other long-term liabilities 266   (28)  849   208  
Net cash provided by operating activities 17,629   7,333   47,460   16,591  
           
Cash flows from investing activities:        
 Proceeds from maturities of marketable securities 1,386   2,891   9,485   8,001  
 Proceeds from sales of marketable securities 154      318     
 Purchases of marketable securities (4,518)  (5,345)  (19,565)  (10,688) 
 Purchase related to property and equipment and intangible assets (813)  (278)  (2,159)  (815) 
 Acquisitions, net of cash acquired (147)     (465)  (83) 
 Purchases of investments in non-affiliated entities (473)  (441)  (1,008)  (897) 
 Proceeds from sales of investments in non-affiliated entities 66      171     
 Other    4      25  
Net cash used in investing activities (4,345)  (3,169)  (13,223)  (4,457) 
           
Cash flows from financing activities:        
 Proceeds related to employee stock plans 204   156   489   403  
 Payments related to repurchases of common stock (10,998)  (3,806)  (25,895)  (6,874) 
 Repayment of debt       (1,250)  (1,250) 
 Payments related to tax on restricted stock units (1,680)  (764)  (5,068)  (1,942) 
 Dividends paid (245)  (99)  (589)  (296) 
 Principal payments on property and equipment and intangible assets (29)  (13)  (97)  (44) 
 Other    (1)     (1) 
Net cash used in financing activities (12,748)  (4,527)  (32,410)  (10,004) 
           
Change in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash 536   (363)  1,827   2,130  
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period 8,571   5,882   7,280   3,389  
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period$ 9,107  $ 5,519  $ 9,107  $ 5,519  
           
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:        
Cash paid for income taxes, net$3,540  $4,348  $10,989  $4,676  
           
 NVIDIA CORPORATION
 RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
 (In millions, except per share data)
 (Unaudited)
           
    Three Months Ended  Nine Months Ended
    October 27, July 28, October 29, October 27, October 29,
     2024   2024   2023   2024   2023 
             
 GAAP gross profit$26,156  $22,574  $13,400  $69,135  $27,510 
   GAAP gross margin 74.6%  75.1%  74.0%  75.8%  70.9%
  Acquisition-related and other costs (A) 116   118   119   355   358 
  Stock-based compensation expense (B) 50   40   38   125   96 
  Other (C)     (3)  26   (4)  36 
 Non-GAAP gross profit$ 26,322  $ 22,729  $ 13,583  $ 69,611  $ 28,000 
   Non-GAAP gross margin 75.0%  75.7%  75.0%  76.4%  72.1%
             
 GAAP operating expenses$4,287  $3,932  $2,983  $11,716  $8,152 
  Stock-based compensation expense (B) (1,202)  (1,114)  (941)  (3,291)  (2,459)
  Acquisition-related and other costs (A) (39)  (26)  (16)  (86)  (88)
  Other (C)              10 
 Non-GAAP operating expenses$ 3,046  $ 2,792  $ 2,026  $ 8,339  $ 5,615 
             
 GAAP operating income$21,869  $18,642  $10,417  $57,419  $19,358 
  Total impact of non-GAAP adjustments to operating income 1,407   1,295   1,140   3,853   3,027 
 Non-GAAP operating income$ 23,276  $ 19,937  $ 11,557  $ 61,272  $ 22,385 
             
 GAAP other income (expense), net$447  $572  $105  $1,390  $354 
  (Gains) losses from non-affiliated investments and publicly-held equity securities, net (37)  (193)  69   (302)  23 
  Interest expense related to amortization of debt discount 1   1   1   3   3 
 Non-GAAP other income (expense), net$ 411  $ 380  $ 175  $ 1,091  $ 380 
             
 GAAP net income$19,309  $16,599  $9,243  $50,789  $17,475 
  Total pre-tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments 1,371   1,103   1,210   3,554   3,053 
  Income tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments (D) (670)  (750)  (433)  (2,144)  (1,055)
 Non-GAAP net income $ 20,010  $ 16,952  $ 10,020  $ 52,199  $ 19,473 
             
 Diluted net income per share (E)         
  GAAP $0.78  $0.67  $0.37  $2.04  $0.70 
  Non-GAAP $0.81  $0.68  $0.40  $2.10  $0.78 
             
 Weighted average shares used in diluted net income per share computation (E) 24,774   24,848   24,940   24,837   24,940 
             
 GAAP net cash provided by operating activities$17,629  $14,489  $7,333  $47,460  $16,591 
  Purchases related to property and equipment and intangible assets (813)  (977)  (278)  (2,159)  (815)
  Principal payments on property and equipment and intangible assets (29)  (29)  (13)  (97)  (44)
 Free cash flow $ 16,787  $ 13,483  $ 7,042  $ 45,204  $ 15,732 
             
  
             
 (A) Acquisition-related and other costs are comprised of amortization of intangible assets, transaction costs, and certain compensation charges and are included in the following line items:
    Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
    October 27, July 28, October 29, October 27, October 29,
     2024   2024   2023   2024   2023 
  Cost of revenue$116  $118  $119  $355  $358 
  Research and development$23  $17  $12  $52  $37 
  Sales, general and administrative$16  $9  $4  $34  $51 
             
 (B) Stock-based compensation consists of the following:   
    Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
    October 27, July 28, October 29, October 27, October 29,
     2024   2024   2023   2024   2023 
  Cost of revenue$50  $40  $38  $125  $96 
  Research and development$910  $832  $701  $2,469  $1,826 
  Sales, general and administrative$292  $282  $240  $822  $633 
             
 (C) Other consists of IP-related costs and assets held for sale related adjustments
             
 (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).
             
 (E) Reflects a ten-for-one stock split on June 7, 2024
     
             
NVIDIA CORPORATION  
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP OUTLOOK  
     
   
  Q4 FY2025
Outlook
  
  ($ in millions) 
     
GAAP gross margin 73.0%  
 Impact of stock-based compensation expense, acquisition-related costs, and other costs 0.5%  
Non-GAAP gross margin 73.5%  
     
GAAP operating expenses$4,750   
 Stock-based compensation expense, acquisition-related costs, and other costs (1,350)  
Non-GAAP operating expenses$ 3,400   
     

About NVIDIA
NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) is the world leader in accelerated computing.

For further information, contact: 
  
Stewart Stecker
Investor Relations
NVIDIA Corporation
sstecker@nvidia.com 
Mylene Mangalindan
Corporate Communications
NVIDIA Corporation
mmangalindan@nvidia.com

Certain statements in this press release including, but not limited to, statements as to: the age of AI in full steam, propelling a global shift to NVIDIA computing; demand for Hopper and anticipation for Blackwell — in full production — being incredible as foundation model makers scale pretraining, post-training and inference; AI transforming every industry, company and country; enterprises adopting agentic AI to revolutionize workflows; industrial robotics investments surging with breakthroughs in physical AI; countries awakening to the importance of developing their national AI and infrastructure; NVIDIA’s next quarterly cash dividend; and NVIDIA’s financial outlook and expected tax rates for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 are 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; and 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 most recent reports NVIDIA files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, including, but not limited to, its annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. 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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