What does the company do?
NVIDIA Corporation (NVIDIA) is a provider of visual computing technologies and the inventor of the graphic processing unit (GPU), a processor, which generates graphics on workstations, personal computers, game consoles and mobile devices. The Company’s products are designed to generate realistic, interactive graphics on consumer and professional computing devices. It serves the entertainment and consumer market with its GeForce graphics products, the professional design and visualization market with its Quadro graphics products, the computing market with its Tesla computing solutions products, and the handheld computing market with its Tegra computer-on-a-chip products. It has four product-line segments: the GPU Business, the professional solutions business (PSB), the media and communications processor (MCP) business, and the consumer products business (CPB). On February 10, 2008, NVIDIA acquired Ageia Technologies, Inc.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- NVIDIA one-year sales: 2.83 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Semiconductor - Specialized group: 110.44% - NVIDIA one-year income: -346.73 Mil.
| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales | 2.83 Bil | 1.34 Bil | | Income | -346.73 Mil | 122.74 Mil |
How fast is the company growing?
- NVIDIA one-year sales growth: -27.50%.
Difference from the average for the Semiconductor - Specialized group: -24.40 pct. pts.| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales Growth | -27.50% | -3.10% | | Income Growth | NA | 1.00% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- NVIDIA one-year net profit margin: -12.3%
| Net profit margins (%) |
|---|
| Company | -12.3% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 10.7% | | Industry | 11.1% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- NVIDIA debt/equity ratio: 0.01.
Difference from the average for the Semiconductor - Specialized group: -94.74%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 0.01 | 0.19 |
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