NVIDIA Beats Q1 EPS Expectations

NVIDIA Corporation NVDA reported financial results for the first quarter ended April 26, 2015.

Revenue came in at $1.15 billion, up 4 percent from $1.10 billion a year earlier.

Non-GAAP earnings per diluted share were $0.33, up 14 percent from $0.29 a year earlier and down 23 percent from $0.43 in the previous quarter.
 
The Estimize consensus was for EPS of $0.31 on revenue of $1.178 billion.

The Wall Street consensus was for EPS of $0.26 on revenue of $1.162 billion.

The company reported a record GAAP gross margin of 56.7 percent, up from 54.8 percent in the year-ago period.

GAAP earnings per diluted share for the quarter were $0.24, unchanged from $0.24 a year earlier and down 31 percent from $0.35 in the previous quarter.

"The importance of visual computing is evident all around us," said Jen-Hsun Huang, president and chief executive officer of NVIDIA. "Our expertise in this field enables us to take a leading position to advance deep learning, virtual reality and self-driving cars.

NVIDIA announced on May 5, 2015, that it will wind-down its Icera modem operations in the second quarter of fiscal 2016. It was open to a sale of the technology or operations and estimated that it will recognize restructuring charges in the range of $100 million to $125 million, primarily during fiscal 2016.


NVIDIA's outlook for the second quarter of fiscal 2016 included revenue of $1.01 billion, plus or minus two percent.


Q2 GAAP and non-GAAP gross margins were expected to be 55.7 percent and 56.0 percent, respectively, plus or minus 50 basis points.


Q2 GAAP operating expenses were expected to be approximately $474 million; non-GAAP operating expenses are expected to be approximately $425 million.


The above GAAP outlook amounts excluded restructuring charges, which were expected to be in the range of $100 million to $125 million, primarily during fiscal 2016.

NVIDIA Corporation traded at $22.20 in the after hours session, down 1.29 percent.