Nvidia宣布股息上调13％ 预计PC市场下降10％

元器件交易网讯 11月8日消息，据外媒Barrons报道，美国知名图形芯片制造商Nvidia宣布股息上调13％至8.5美分，这源于其2013年第三季度在整体PC电脑市场预期萎缩的大背景下，依然取得了不错的盈利预期。

NVIDIA(英伟达)日前发布了截至2012年10月28日的2013财年第三季度财务报告，第三季度收入达12亿美元，比上一季度增长15.3%，比去年同期增长12.9%，达到预期最大值。

NVIDIA图形芯片主要应用于个人电脑、移动设备和超级计算机，此部分纯收入为1.187亿美元，超出分析师预期。 每股收益20美分，符合分析师预期。

此外，NVIDIA将季度股息从7.5美分上调13％至8.5美分，使得当前股票收率增加2％。在随后的盘后交易中，Nvidia股价又上涨0.27美元，涨幅1.9％，涨至14.82美元。

NVIDIA首席执行官兼联合创始人黄仁勋在周四尾盘接受Barron记者采访时指出，“Nvidia素以图形芯片终端产品而著称，智能手机并不能威胁到游戏应用程序、高端汽车应用、以及高性能计算。我们专注于专业PC行业，我们高度重视细分市场。去年第一季度，NVIDIA的Tegra移动处理器单元业务实现翻番，并且预期它将从低谷中恢复过来，对此好前景，我们感到很高兴。”

至于个人电脑市场，黄仁勋预计，“ 在2013年，整体PC市场将主流下降约10％，Nvidia正努力在下个季度继续于本季度持平。而Nvidia的Tegra移动处理器单元业务预期将继续增长，继续保持强劲GPU业务。”(元器件交易网龙燕 译)

外媒原文：

The personal computer market may be shrinking, but Nvidia met profitability expectations in its latest quarter and raised its dividend.

The maker of graphics chips used in personal computers, mobile devices and supercomputers reported net income of $118.7 million for its third quarter, better than analysts expected. Revenue of $1.05 billion also topped estimates. Earnings per share of 20 cents were in line with analyst expectations, according to Thomson I/B/E/S data.

As part of its earnings announcement, Nvidia also raised its quarterly dividend 13% from 7.5 cents to 8.5 cents per quarter. The stock’s current yield, before the increase, is 2%.

Shares of Nvidia (NVDA) rallied 27 cents, or 1.9%, to $14.82 in after-hours trading after sinking 2.4% earlier in the day.

In an interview with Barrons.com late Thursday, CEO and co-founder Jen-Hsun Huang pointed to Nvidia’s specialty end markets for its graphics processing units (GPUs), saying the smartphone is not taking away demand for applications in gaming, high-end automobiles, and high-performance computing.

“We are focused on specialty parts of the PC industry and our segment of the market is highly valued,” Huang said, adding that Nvidia’s Tegra mobile processor unit business doubled since last quarter. “We expected it to recover from the trough and we are excited about that,” he said.

As for the PC market, Huang tells Barrons.com that he expects the overall mainstream PC market to decline about 10% in 2013, and Nvidia is looking for the next quarter to be flat. But he said Nvidia expects “Tegra to continue to grow, and we expect our GPU business to continue to be robust.”