- Fourth-quarter revenue was $307 million, up 30 percent from the previous quarter and down 7 percent from a year earlier. Full-year revenue was $1.05 billion, down 13 percent.
- Announced that NVIDIA Omniverse™ — a real-time simulation and collaboration platform for 3D production pipelines — is now in open beta.
Automotive
- Fourth-quarter revenue was $145 million, up 16 percent from the previous quarter and down 11 percent from a year earlier. Full-year revenue was $536 million, down 23 percent.
- Announced that NVIDIA DRIVE™ autonomous driving technology is powering a range of next-gen electric vehicles from carmakers SAIC and Nio; robotaxi-maker Zoox; and cabless truck-maker Einride.
- Announced that NVIDIA is powering the new Mercedes-Benz AI cockpit, featuring the MBUX Hyperscreen, which will debut in the all-electric Mercedes-Benz EQS in the first half of 2021.
- Expanded the NVIDIA DRIVE sensor ecosystem with new solutions from lidar makers Baraja, Hesai, Innoviz, Magna and Ouster.
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 2021 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 2022.
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 stock-based compensation expense, acquisition-related and other costs, IP-related costs, 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 of 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.
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME | ||||||||||||||||||
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Three Months Ended | Twelve Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||
January 31, | January 26, | January 31, | January 26, | |||||||||||||||
2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Revenue | $ | 5,003 | $ | 3,105 | $ | 16,675 | $ | 10,918 | ||||||||||
Cost of revenue | 1,846 | 1,090 | 6,279 | 4,150 | ||||||||||||||
Gross profit | 3,157 | 2,015 | 10,396 | 6,768 | ||||||||||||||
Operating expenses | ||||||||||||||||||
Research and development | 1,147 | 738 | 3,924 | 2,829 | ||||||||||||||
Sales, general and administrative | 503 | 287 | 1,940 | 1,093 | ||||||||||||||
Total operating expenses | 1,650 | 1,025 | 5,864 | 3,922 | ||||||||||||||
Income from operations | 1,507 | 990 | 4,532 | 2,846 | ||||||||||||||
Interest income | 6 | 41 | 57 | 178 | ||||||||||||||
Interest expense | (53 | ) | (12 | ) | (184 | ) | (52 | ) | ||||||||||
Other, net | 10 | (3 | ) | 4 | (2 | ) | ||||||||||||
Other income (expense), net | (37 | ) | 26 | (123 | ) | 124 | ||||||||||||
Income before income tax | 1,470 | 1,016 | 4,409 | 2,970 | ||||||||||||||
Income tax expense | 13 | 66 | 77 | 174 | ||||||||||||||
Net income | $ | 1,457 | $ | 950 | $ | 4,332 | $ | 2,796 | ||||||||||
Net income per share: | ||||||||||||||||||
Basic | $ | 2.35 | $ | 1.55 | $ | 7.02 | $ | 4.59 | ||||||||||
Diluted | $ | 2.31 | $ | 1.53 | $ | 6.90 | $ | 4.52 | ||||||||||
Weighted average shares used in per share computation: | ||||||||||||||||||
Basic | 619 | 612 | 617 | 609 | ||||||||||||||
Diluted | 631 | 621 | 628 | 618 | ||||||||||||||