Daily Market Reports | May 23 2024
| World Overnight | |||
| SPI Overnight | 7796.00 | – 74.00 | – 0.94% |
| S&P ASX 200 | 7848.10 | – 3.60 | – 0.05% |
| S&P500 | 5307.01 | – 14.40 | – 0.27% |
| Nasdaq Comp | 16801.54 | – 31.08 | – 0.18% |
| DJIA | 39671.04 | – 201.95 | – 0.51% |
| S&P500 VIX | 12.29 | + 0.43 | 3.63% |
| US 10-year yield | 4.43 | + 0.02 | 0.45% |
| USD Index | 104.91 | + 0.29 | 0.28% |
| FTSE100 | 8370.33 | – 46.12 | – 0.55% |
| DAX30 | 18680.20 | – 46.56 | – 0.25% |
By Chris Weston, Head of Research, Pepperstone
Good morning,
Nvidia has pulled out the big guns yet again, with a strong set of results that has clearly hit the mark.
The main concern going into the numbers was that given recent capex guidance from the hyperscale businesses, detailing strong demand for Nvidia’s products, and its next-gen product range (Blackwell), expectations were hugely elevated.
We can also add to the mix the fact that Nvidia is a core holding for almost all investment funds, so it is well-owned and rightly so, AI is the biggest theme to hit the tech world in 20-odd years, and it's only getting bigger as we look to price futures earnings based on where this could evolve to in 5-10 years.
Nvidia's Q1 sales printed US$26bn, which was well ahead of its own prior guidance and where the consensus had modelled sales numbers, and they guided to US$28bn in Q225, give or take 2% – the key issue here is the revenue numbers were exactly where the market was positioned, as we know that they always beat.
Data centre sales grew 23% q/q vs 16% expected, with gaming down -8%, which was somewhat disappointing. China's revenue was lower, although that won't surprise given the regulations.
Gross margins were spectacular at 78.9% and nicely ahead of consensus, although they are expected to moderate towards 75% in Q2, where they should hold that level for the quarters ahead. The announced 10-for-1 stock split was a surprise to some and may entice a new wave of smaller shareholders into the mix, but it also means the 10c dividend as a sweetener will be 1c.
Shares have responded well, currently sitting up 6% in the post-market session, having been as high as US$1023 and modestly below the implied move in options pricing of -/+7.7% on earnings. There has been some spillover into other AI names, with AMD +1.6%, Marvell +2.4%, Broadcom +2%, and the numbers have lifted NAS100 futures +0.5% since reporting.
The real kicker though has come from the outlook and guidance from CFO Colette Kress and CEO Jensen Huang, and once again we see that when Jensen Huang speaks on the business you simply don’t bet against him.
The narrative has been predictably positive on all facets of the business – be it demand for its H200 GPU, while importantly Huang stated that the Blackwell platform – the future of GPU architecture – is seeing big demand, a factor recently pushed by AWS, who will be enthused by Huang’s comments that Blackwell is in “full production” with products due to be shipped this quarter, for a full ramp up in Q3 and into data centres by Q4 – a timeline that will also sit well with investors.
Either way, the high-level story remains one where demand significantly outpaces supply. Where the company is pushing into the next phase of growth, and where there is massive opportunity in the pipeline and Nvidia is pushing the AI scene and evolving it from the front.
If some felt there was a catalyst missing for Nvidia, that debate may be put on ice for now, and investors will be fully revitalised. The question now is whether we see a similar run as we did in February with traders chasing price.
| Spot Metals,Minerals & Energy Futures | |||
| Gold (oz) | 2378.20 | – 42.70 | – 1.76% |
| Silver (oz) | 30.67 | – 1.33 | – 4.16% |
| Copper (lb) | 4.85 | – 0.06 | – 1.26% |
| Aluminium (lb) | 1.24 | + 0.04 | 3.70% |
| Nickel (lb) | 9.67 | + 0.00 | 0.00% |
| Zinc (lb) | 1.41 | + 0.00 | 0.22% |
| West Texas Crude | 77.19 | – 0.98 | – 1.25% |
| Brent Crude | 81.72 | – 0.82 | – 0.99% |
| Iron Ore (t) | 117.64 | + 0.40 | 0.34% |
The Australian share market over the past thirty days…
| Index | 22 May 2024 | Week To Date | Month To Date (May) | Quarter To Date (Apr-Jun) | Year To Date (2024) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S&P ASX 200 (ex-div) | 7848.10 | 0.43% | 2.40% | -0.62% | 3.39% |
| BROKER RECOMMENDATION CHANGES PAST THREE TRADING DAYS | |||
| ALL | Aristocrat Leisure | Upgrade to Add from Hold | Morgans |
| BRG | Breville Group | Upgrade to Outperform from Neutral | Macquarie |
| DDR | Dicker Data | Downgrade to Equal-weight from Overweight | Morgan Stanley |
| DGL | DGL Group | Downgrade to Hold from Add | Morgans |
| ELD | Elders | Downgrade to Neutral from Outperform | Macquarie |
| FBU | Fletcher Building | Downgrade to Hold from Buy | Ord Minnett |
| HVN | Harvey Norman | Upgrade to Outperform from Neutral | Macquarie |
| JBH | JB Hi-Fi | Upgrade to Outperform from Neutral | Macquarie |
| JHX | James Hardie Industries | Upgrade to Outperform from Neutral | Macquarie |
| MHJ | Michael Hill | Downgrade to Neutral from Buy | Citi |
| RIO | Rio Tinto | Downgrade to Neutral from Buy | Citi |
| SCG | Scentre Group | Upgrade to Outperform from Neutral | Macquarie |
| SIQ | Smartgroup Corp | Upgrade to Outperform from Neutral | Macquarie |
| TLS | Telstra Group | Downgrade to Neutral from Outperform | Macquarie |
| Downgrade to Reduce from Hold | Morgans | ||
| TNE | TechnologyOne | Upgrade to Outperform from Neutral | Macquarie |
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