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NVIDIA FY25 free cash flow walk

By Oliver Wakefield-Smith, Founder, Digital Signet. Verified against primary filings; see /sources.
NVDANVIDIAFY25Investor relationsSEC EDGAR 10-K index

The walk (FY25 reported figures)

Net cash provided by operating activities$64,089
Less: purchases of property and equipment, intangibles($3,236)
FCF (Standard)$60,853

SBC relative to FCF

SBC was approximately $4.7B in FY25, about 8% of FCF. Damodaran-school analysts would mark down FCF by this amount before applying P/FCF multiples.

Conversion ratio

Net income FY25 ~$72.9B; FCF / NI = 60.9 / 72.9 = 84%. Below 100% because of working-capital build (inventory ramping with AI-system shipments).

Concentration caveat

Hyperscaler customers represented an outsized share of FY25 revenue. The FCF margin trajectory is sustainable only if hyperscaler CapEx commitments hold; treat the current margin as a peak-cycle reading, not a trend.

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