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🚀 Nvidia's Rocketship
1) Nvidia’s Q3 Earnings Visualized 2) Data Center Race, 3) Black Friday Retail Showdown, and more!
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Some key data bites from this week that you should know:
Binance's CEO CZ stepped down and pleaded guilty to U.S. anti-money-laundering violations, resulting in a fine of $50M.
In October, sales of previously owned homes fell 4.1% from September, reaching a 13-year low.
McDonald's $MCD has increased its minority stake in its China business from 20% to 48% by purchasing Carlyle's share.
Lowe's revised guidance downward for the fiscal year to around $86B in sales, below the expected $87B - $89B.
In today’s newsletter:
🦾 Nvidia’s Q3 Earnings Visualized
💾 Data Center Race
🛍️ Black Friday Retail Showdown
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🦾 Nvidia’s Q3 Earnings Visualized
Nvidia's fiscal Q3 results exceeded expectations, with earnings of $4.02 per share against the predicted $3.37, and revenue reaching $18.12B, surpassing the anticipated $16.18B. Despite this strong performance, the company anticipates a significant sales decline in Q4 in China and other regions due to export restrictions. However, Nvidia expects this decline to be offset by robust growth in other areas and is working on developing new data center products compliant with government policies.
The company continues to ramp up production of its in-demand H100 chip, leading to a forecasted $20B in overall company sales for the fourth quarter, exceeding analysts' expectations of just under $18B. Despite strong competition and new AI-focused chips introduced by companies like Microsoft, Nvidia's long-standing partnership with Microsoft continues to strengthen, exemplified by a recent deal to offer Nvidia's AI software through Microsoft's cloud service.
💾 Data Center Race
In Q3, we saw once again that Nvidia continues to retain and expand its position as the leader in the AI chip market. Data center revenue rocketed by a whopping 279% year-over-year! Despite incredible growth, the company continues to innovate with the announcement of the H200 GPU, the successor to the H100 chip, with an expected release in Q2 2024.
While Nvidia is growing rapidly, Intel and AMD aren’t seeing the same trend. Intel saw its data center revenue drop -10% and AMD saw its data center revenue remain flat. In Intel’s Q3 earnings call, CEO Pat Gelsinger said
Intel plans to advance its AI position by focusing on local AI inferencing, offering products like AI-accelerated Xeon chips and OpenVino tools. This approach aims to integrate AI across a range of platforms, from cloud and enterprise servers to edge devices.
On the other hand, AMD’s data center growth was flat but the company saw nearly 100 new cloud instances powered by their processors launched by major companies like Google, Microsoft, Oracle, and others. AMD is set to begin production shipments of their MI300A and MI300X GPUs during this quarter.
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🛍️ Black Friday Retail Showdown
Today is Black Friday. Shoppers will flock to popular retail stores like Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, and Macy’s, drawn by attractive deals. However, despite their popularity, these retailers have overall experienced slow revenue growth yearly. Walmart, Target, and Best Buy have only seen a slight increase in the low single digits, while Macy’s has been facing a yearly revenue decline of 1.5% on average.
Ahead of the holiday shopping season, many retailers expressed caution due to changing consumer behavior. Walmart reported a 5% rise in sales focusing more on essentials than discretionary items, and Target observed a decline in sales with consumers shifting away from big-ticket purchases towards more affordable items. The overall U.S. retail sales slightly declined in October, influenced by higher interest rates and inflation, leading to expectations of lower holiday sales growth.
🚙 Cruise CPO Steps Down. Daniel Kan, co-founder and chief product officer of GM's $GM Cruise, has resigned amid a safety review and leadership changes. [R]
🐐 Buffett Gives Back. Warren Buffett $BRKB is donating approximately $870M in shares to four family-run foundations, continuing his tradition of wealth distribution. [CNN]
🎥 Director Gamble. Carl Erik Rinsch was given $55.3M by Netflix $NFLX for a sci-fi series, which he instead used for stock and cryptocurrency trading. [BI]
Notable Companies Reporting Earnings Next Week:
Monday:
Zscaler $ZS
Tuesday:
Intuit $INTU, PDD Holdings $PDD, Workday $WDAY, CrowdStrike $CRWD, Splunk $SPLK
Wednesday:
Salesforce $CRM, Synopsis $SNPS, Snowflake $SNOW, Dollar Tree $DLTR, Okta $OKTA, Pure Storage $PSTG, Foot Locker $FL, Victoria’s Secret $VSCO
Thursday:
Dell $DELL, Marvell Technology $MRVL, Kroger $KR, Ulta Beauty $ULTA, UiPath $PATH
Friday:
Genesco $GCO
All of the companies that are reporting earnings next week can be viewed here.
Major Trades Published 11/20 - 11/23
Buys
Sells
Walmart ($WMT)
Palantir ($PLTR)
Insider: Alex Karp (CEO)
# of Shares Sold: 562,194
$ Amount: $11,976,710
SEC Forms: [1]
Meta Platforms ($META)
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