Chipmaker Nvidia Corp. NVDA is among three chipmakers that are set to release their quarterly results this week, and an analyst at KeyBanc Capital Markets is upbeat about the company's performance.
Nvidia's fiscal year 2024 second-quarter report will drop in on Wednesday after the market close and a conference call to discuss the earnings is scheduled for 5 p.m. EDT.
The Nvidia Analyst: John Vinh reiterated an “overweight” rating and gave a $620 price target for Nvidia. Wall Street sentiment toward the stock is positive, given its unique and “unmatched position in preemptively monetizing generative AI trends,” and the risk/reward is also positive, the analyst said.
Nvidia's second half will likely show continued growth even off the massive second-quarter levels, given the still-limited industry capacity near term, said analyst Vinh.
The analyst noted accelerating AI demand trends and increased supply for chip-on-wafer-on-substrate, a high-density packaging technology for high-performance chips.
There is likely to be limited near-term impact from potential extended China export restrictions on data center GPUs as China demand will likely be backfilled with other customers' demand, the analyst said.
Vinh sees the upcoming non-CoWoS-based L40S ramp addressing the pent-up demand from China, given the competitive performance versus the A100 chip, attractive pricing, and being non-subject to export restrictions.
See Also: Best Artificial Intelligence Stocks
“NVDA remains uniquely positioned to benefit from AI/ML secular data center growth within the industry,” the analyst said.
“With significant barriers to entry created by its CUDA software stack, we see limited competitive risks and expect NVDA to continue to dominate one of the fastest growing workloads in cloud and enterprise.”
Q2, Forward Expectations: KeyBanc models second-quarter revenue and earnings per share of $12.7 billion and $2.49 per share, respectively. The current consensus calls for revenue and EPS of $2.07 and $11.17 billion, respectively.
For the third quarter, Vinh expects revenue of $14.8 billion, ahead of the consensus estimate of $12.5 billion. The bottom line will likely come in at $3, also ahead of the Street estimate of $2.35, he added.
Investors' Focus: KeyBanc expects investors to focus on the following:
- Ramp and uptake of the H100 chips, which is its high-performance AI chip announced in 2022
- Color on initial views into 2024 order and visibility
- Updates on AI GPU capacity and the ability to meet demand
Nvidia Price Action: Nvidia shares ended Friday's session down 0.10% at $432.99, according to Benzinga Pro data. The stock has gained over 196% year-to-date and is the top-performing S&P stock this year. In comparison, the iShares Semiconductor ETF SOXX has gained a little over 38%.
© 2024 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.
Comments
Trade confidently with insights and alerts from analyst ratings, free reports and breaking news that affects the stocks you care about.
