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NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) reported the results of its fiscal 2022 first quarter (ended May 2, 2021), and the results were remarkable even by historical standards. Revenue of $5.66 billion soared 84% year over year, while its diluted earnings per share (EPS) climbed to a record $3.03,

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The graphic chip powerhouse is set to report first quarter fiscal 2021 earnings results after Wednesday’s closing bell.

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NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) is scheduled to report first-quarter Fiscal 2022 earnings on May 26 after the market closes. Over the past year, shares of the pioneer of GPU-accelerated computing have rallied over 79% and are currently trading at over $625. A strong set of numbers could continue to explode shares, so let’s take a closer look at what analysts on the Street are expecting.

Earnings Preview

NVIDIA is expected to report EPS of $3.28 on revenues of $5.38 billion, while the company guided for revenues of $5.3 billion (+/-2%).

At its annual Investor day in April, NVIDIA’s CFO Colette Kress said, “While our fiscal 2022 first quarter is not yet complete, Q1 total revenue is tracking above the $5.30 billion outlook provided during our fiscal year-end earnings call. We are experiencing broad-based strength, with all our market platforms driving upside to our initial outlook.”

Meanwhile, the Earnings Whisper number, or the Street’s unofficial view on earnings, stands at $3.49 per share.

Prior Period Results

In the previous quarter, the company reported adjusted earnings of $3.10, up 64% from the same quarter last year. That said, the result topped the consensus estimate of $2.81. In addition, revenue jumped 6% to $5 billion and outpaced analysts’ expectations of $4.82 billion. (See NVIDIA stock analysis on TipRanks)

Factors To Watch For

NVIDIA specializes in products and platforms for the growing markets of gaming, professional visualization, data center, and automotive, among which gaming and data center performed stupendously in 2020. NVIDIA RTX is witnessing a major upgrade cycle as gamers are attracted to ray tracing, DLSS, and AI.

Notably, the gaming and data center market platforms have witnessed strong demand due to the pandemic-induced work-from-home and online-learning trend. The increasing adaptation of cloud-based solutions has strengthened the data-center business. Additionally, continued strong uptrend in the A100 universal AI data center graphics processing units (GPUs) across hyperscale customers and vertical industries, for AI training and inference, are likely to have been catalysts during the to-be-reported quarter.

Furthermore, the gaming laptop market has skyrocketed in the past seven years and gaming revenue continues to benefit from a favorable mix shift.  That said, gamers and creators keep upgrading to higher-end GPUs, which are being benefited from the ramp of GeForce RTX 30 Series based on the NVIDIA Ampere architecture. The rising demand for the company’s new processor for crypto miners, known as the CMP, is also likely to be a favorable factor. Therefore, the company is expected to have grabbed a huge market share, the impact of which should be reflected in the to-be-reported quarter’s performance.

NVIDIA’s Professional Visualization and Automotive units recorded sequential growth last quarter, reflecting improved trends. Professional Visualization revenues surged 30% on a rise in demand for desktop workstations as consumers resumed their office posts and organizations recommenced purchases which had been postponed due to the pandemic.

Additionally, revenues at the Automotive segment jumped 16% sequentially during the last quarter of Fiscal 2021, driven by continued recovery in the global automotive production volumes and elevated sales of AI cockpit solutions.

The continuation of such trends is likely to have benefitted the first quarter of Fiscal 2022 as well.

Nevertheless, government-imposed lockdown and social-distancing measures to restrain the spread of coronavirus have disrupted retail channel sales. Therefore, this might have offset the gain from the strong demand for work-and-learn-from-home hardware infrastructure to some extent.

Management Comments

Last month, CFO Colette Kress said, “Within Data Center we have good visibility, and we expect another strong year. Industries are increasingly using AI to improve their products and services. We expect this will lead to increased consumption of our platform through cloud service providers, resulting in more purchases as we go through the year. Our EGX platform has strong momentum, and we expect this will drive increased revenue from enterprise and edge computing deployments in the second half of the year.”

“Overall demand remains very strong and continues to exceed supply while our channel inventories remain quite lean. We expect demand to continue to exceed supply for much of this year. We believe we will have sufficient supply to support sequential growth beyond Q1,” she added.

NVIDIA also lifted the first-quarter revenue estimate for its new CMP product for industrial-scale cryptocurrency mining to $150 million, up from the prior estimate of $50 million.

Recent Developments

Last week, NVIDIA announced a four-for-one split of its common stock in the form of a stock dividend. The plan awaits shareholders’ approval, as the split will increase the number of authorized shares to 4 billion.

On consummation of the approval, which is expected on June 3 at the company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, each shareholder is entitled to receive the dividend for three additional shares of common stock for every share held as of June 21, 2021. The dividend is likely to be paid on July 19, while the stock split-adjusted basis trading will begin the next day.

Recently, NVIDIA revealed a new wave of GeForce RTX laptops, which are delivering real-time ray tracing and AI-based DLSS to a huge number of gamers and creators.

The platforms, which are based on the new GeForce RTX 3050 Ti and 3050 Laptop GPUs, bring NVIDIA’s Ampere architecture with dedicated RT and Tensor Cores to the most mainstream audience yet, and expand the number of RTX 30 Series laptops to more than 140, the company said.

Analyst Recommendations

Recently, Susquehanna analyst Christopher Rolland reiterated a Buy rating and a price target of $700 (11.8% upside potential) on the stock.

Rolland said, “From a high level, we expect another beat-and-raise as continued stay-at-home dynamics, Ampere gaming ramp, and crypto-mining drove GPU demand to all-time highs. Having said that, we expect the pace of demand to slow moving beyond the April quarter (estimated up +75% YOY), as reopenings continue across the US and physical activities resume.”

On May 25, Needham analyst Rajvindra Gill assigned a Buy rating and a price target of $800 (27.8% upside potential) on the stock.

For Q1, Gill expects “a strong quarter and guide driven by unprecedented demand for GeForce 3000 series (Ampere) and rapid adoption of RDX/ray-tracing enabled cards, and continued upside from CMP and data center inference and training sales.”

“Demand has continued to be robust across the board and with NVIDIA products in short supply, there remains a possibility of upside to these numbers on even firmer pricing,” the analyst added.

Consensus among analysts is a Strong Buy based on 16 Buys versus 1 Hold. The average analyst price target stands at $705 and implies upside potential of 12.6% to current levels.

Bloggers Weigh In

Furthermore, TipRanks data shows that financial blogger opinions are 92% Bullish on NVDA, compared to a sector average of 69%.

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Stay-at-home trends, a rise in crypto mining, and the in-demand Ampere gaming card have joined forces to help propel expectations on the Nvidia Corp. (NVDA) Q2 results and guidance. They will be released Wednesday, May 26, after market hours. (See Nvidia stock analysis on TipRanks)  

Christopher Rolland of the Susquehanna Financial Group published a report arguing that while the graphics processing unit (GPU) market was “white hot” in the past quarter, it will inevitably have to cool off. The powerful momentum that brought GPU demand up 75% year-over-year to an all-time high, will surely slow down following the April quarter.  

Rolland maintained a Buy rating on the stock, and assigned a price target of $700. This represents 11.84% potential upside.

Additionally, Rolland noted that supply side difficulties with the popular Nintendo Switch hardware and Ampere gaming cards would put a ceiling on NVDIA’s possible upside. Global semiconductor shortages are no doubt a concern, but Rolland believes Nvidia is poised to weather through it because it manufactures with both TSMC and Samsung.  

TipRanks currently ranks Rolland as a Top Analyst with a five-star rating.

NVDA maintains a Strong Buy according to TipRanks' analyst rating consensus, based on 1 Hold and 16 Buy ratings. The stock currently has an average analyst price target of $705, representing a 12.64% potential upside. NVDA closed Tuesday at a price of $625.91 per share.

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the featured analyst. The content is intended to be used for informational purposes only. It is very important to do your own analysis before making any investment.

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Wednesday will see Nvidia (NVDA) step up to the earnings plate, when the chip giant will release its April quarter’s (F1Q) financials. Ahead of the anticipated print, Oppenheimer’s Rick Schafer has made a list of what to look out for.

Led by gaming, Schafer sees “broad upside vs. original $5.3B outlook,” and thinks results will be better than the Street’s forecast of $5.4 billion in sales and EPS of $3.28, while guidance for the July quarter should also improve on the $5.5 billion/$3.28, revenue and EPS estimates, respectively.

“Supply tightness,” however, will put a cap on the upside, and Schaffer also believes that until the end of the year, “constraints likely persist, though gradual supply improvement supports continued Q/Q growth.”

Looking at the company’s main revenue sources, Schafer expects the Gaming division to grow by more than 100% year-over-year, compared to the 67% year-over-year uptick in F4Q, “led by robust GeForce RTX demand, which continues to outstrip supply.”

Although the company has aggressively pushed to boost supply, channel inventories “remain lean,” and the analyst notes that Nvidia remains the leader in high-performance PC gaming where “content/performance/console are driving outsized demand.”

Additionally, the crypto boom and its impact on GPU sales alone will drive an extra $100 million of upside – sales are expected to come in now at $150 million vs. $50 million originally.

The other main breadwinner, Data Center, is expected to build on the A100’s momentum, and with the addition of Mellanox should increase by 85% year-over-year.

“We see hyperscaler spending accelerating into 2Q/2H and up 15% for CY21,” the 5-star analyst said. “NVDA share gains, particularly in AI inference, lead above-market growth.”

Elsewhere, while Nvidia’s Automotive segment showed a 1% drop in F4Q, Schafer estimates 6% growth in the quarter. The analyst has high hopes for the segment and calls it the “next major growth pillar.”

Inflection is anticipated by 2023/2024, and by 2027, the company expects the segment to generate revenue of $8 billion. The analyst also believes last year’s revenue sharing subscription deal with Mercedes will lead to similar deals with other auto OEMs.

All in all, Schaffer rates NVDA an Outperform (i.e. Buy) along with a $700 price target. The implication for investors? Upside of 12%. (To watch Schafer’s track record, click here)

It’s safe to say Nvidia remains a Wall Street favorite. Based on 22 Buys vs. 2 Holds, the stock boasts a Strong Buy consensus rating. Given the average price target stands at $685.43, the shares are anticipated to appreciate ~10% over the coming months. (See NVDA stock analysis on TipRanks)

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