MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Linear Technology Corporation (NASDAQ:LLTC), a leading, independent manufacturer of high performance linear integrated circuits, today reported financial results for the quarter ended October 2, 2011. Quarterly revenues of $329.9 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012 decreased $28.6 million or 8% from the previous quarter's revenue of $358.6 million and decreased $58.7 million or 15% from $388.6 million reported in the first quarter of fiscal year 2011. Net income of $108.4 million decreased $49.8 million or 32% from the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011 and decreased $28.8 million or 21% from the first quarter of fiscal year 2011. Net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011 benefited from a lower tax rate of 9.5% compared to the first quarter of fiscal year 2012 rate of 26.25%. Diluted earnings per share of $0.47 per share in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012 decreased $0.21 per share or 31% from the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011 and declined $0.12 per share or 20% from the first quarter of fiscal year 2011.
During the first quarter the Company's cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities increased by $45.1 million to $967.7 million, net of spending $25.2 million to purchase 884,600 shares of its common stock in the open market. A cash dividend of $0.24 per share will be paid on November 30, 2011 to stockholders of record on November 18, 2011.
According to Lothar Maier, CEO, “Revenue declined 8% in our first fiscal quarter compared to the preceding fourth quarter of fiscal 2011, in line with our guidance. In the beginning of the quarter, we noted that orders had slowed and that global economic sluggishness appeared to affect the ordering patterns of our customers as they continued to work down inventories. Although cautious given the current economic state, we were hopeful that this would be temporary and that orders would pick up in the latter half of the quarter as inventories and orders were balanced against end customer demand. This did occur in a few of our markets, notably the automotive market as the efforts we have invested in that business are having positive results. However, business in our core industrial and communications end-markets continued to soften through the quarter as it appears that end-demand has softened. Consequently, we are cautious and we expect many of our customers, particularly in the industrial and communications end-markets to have year-end shutdowns and thereby delay inventory procurement into the new year. Accordingly, we expect another difficult quarter of declining revenues and earnings, with revenues down 9%-13% sequentially in the second quarter. As is our custom during these difficult business cycles, the Company will take the necessary measures to curtail spending and limit the impact of lower revenues on profitability. We expect operating income as a percentage of sales to be in the mid to low-forty percent range depending on sales. As we have demonstrated in other periods of economic uncertainty at these levels we expect to maintain industry leading profitability.”
Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release are forward-looking statements. In particular, the statements regarding the demand for our products, our customers' ordering patterns and the anticipated trends in our sales and profits are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are dependent on certain risks and uncertainties, including such factors, among others, as the timing, volume and pricing of new orders received and shipped, the timely introduction of new processes and products, general and country specific conditions in the world economy and financial markets and other factors described in our 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 3, 2011.
Company officials will be discussing these results in greater detail in a conference call tomorrow, Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Coast Time. Those investors wishing to listen in may call (719) 325-2440, or toll free (888) 359-3612 before 8:15 a.m. to be included in the audience. There will be a live webcast of this conference call that can be accessed through www.linear.com or www.streetevents.com. A replay of the conference call will be available from October 19, 2011 through October 25, 2011.
You may access the archive by calling (719) 457-0820 or toll free (888) 203-1112 and entering reservation #6224890. An archive of the webcast will also be available at www.linear.com and www.streetevents.com as of October 19, 2011 until the first quarter earnings release next year.
Linear Technology Corporation, a member of the S&P 500, has been designing, manufacturing and marketing a broad line of high performance analog integrated circuits for major companies worldwide for three decades. The Company's products provide an essential bridge between our analog world and the digital electronics in communications, networking, industrial, automotive, computer, medical, instrumentation, consumer, and military and aerospace systems. Linear Technology produces power management, data conversion, signal conditioning, RF and interface ICs, and µModule subsystems. For more information, visit www.linear.com.
For further information contact Paul Coghlan at Linear Technology Corporation, 1630 McCarthy Blvd., Milpitas, California 95035-7417, (408) 432-1900.
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| CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME | ||||||||||||
| (In thousands, except per share amounts) | ||||||||||||
| U.S. GAAP (unaudited) | ||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||
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October 2, 2011 |
July 3, 2011 |
September 26, 2010 |
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| Revenues | $ | 329,920 | $ | 358,557 | $ | 388,592 | ||||||
| Cost of sales (1) | 79,793 | 79,011 | 83,731 | |||||||||
| Gross profit | 250,127 | 279,546 | 304,861 | |||||||||
| Expenses: | ||||||||||||
| Research & development (1) | 54,889 | 55,950 | 56,202 | |||||||||
| Selling, general & administrative (1) | 37,672 | 40,958 | 44,082 | |||||||||
| 92,561 | 96,908 | 100,284 | ||||||||||
| Operating income | 157,566 | 182,638 | 204,577 | |||||||||
| Interest expense | (6,941 | ) | (6,968 | ) | (10,417 | ) | ||||||
| Amortization of debt discount(2) | (4,862 | ) | (4,793 | ) | (6,766 | ) | ||||||
| Interest and other income(3) | 1,221 | 3,965 | 1,916 | |||||||||
| Income before income taxes | 146,984 | 174,842 | 189,310 | |||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | 38,583 | 16,610 | 52,060 | |||||||||
| Net income | $ | 108,401 | $ | 158,232 | $ | 137,250 | ||||||
| Earnings per share: | ||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 0.47 | $ | 0.68 | $ | 0.60 | ||||||
| Diluted | $ | 0.47 | $ | 0.68 | $ | 0.59 | ||||||
| Shares used in determining earnings per share: | ||||||||||||
| Basic | 231,863 | 231,771 | 229,367 | |||||||||
| Diluted | 232,985 | 233,598 | 231,073 | |||||||||
| Includes the following non-cash charges: | ||||||||||||
| (1) Stock-based compensation | ||||||||||||
| Cost of sales | $ | 1,904 | $ | 2,062 | $ | 2,183 | ||||||
| Research & development | 8,887 | 9,192 | 9,767 | |||||||||
| Selling, general & administrative | 4,586 | 4,940 | 5,241 | |||||||||
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(2) Amortization of debt discount (non-cash interest expense) |
4,862 | 4,793 | 6,766 | |||||||||
| Includes the following: | ||||||||||||
| (3) Gain on legal settlement | — | 2,500 | — | |||||||||
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| CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS | ||||||||
| (in thousands) | ||||||||
| U.S. GAAP (unaudited) | ||||||||
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October 2, 2011 |
July 3, 2011 |
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| ASSETS: | ||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||
| Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities |
$ |
967,672 |
$ |
922,537 |
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| Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful | ||||||||
| accounts of $2,041 ($2,043 at July 3, 2011) | 161,920 | 169,637 | ||||||
| Inventories | 74,601 | 72,195 | ||||||
| Deferred tax assets and other current assets | 64,220 | 81,921 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 1,268,413 | 1,246,290 | ||||||
| Property, plant & equipment, net | 340,416 | 332,969 | ||||||
| Other noncurrent assets | 50,512 | 51,907 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 1,659,341 | $ | 1,631,166 | ||||
| LIABILITIES & STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY: | ||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 8,429 | $ | 11,606 | ||||
| Accrued income taxes, payroll & other accrued liabilities | 118,406 | 123,613 | ||||||
| Deferred income on shipments to distributors | 42,171 | 47,587 | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 169,006 | 182,806 | ||||||
| Convertible senior notes | 790,593 | 785,732 | ||||||
| Deferred tax and other noncurrent liabilities | 156,543 | 157,017 | ||||||
| Stockholders’ equity: | ||||||||
| Common stock | 1,475,218 | 1,466,098 | ||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (932,530 | ) | (961,617 | ) | ||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive income | 511 | 1,130 | ||||||
| Total stockholders’ equity | 543,199 | 505,611 | ||||||
| $ | 1,659,341 | $ | 1,631,166 | |||||
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| RECONCILIATION OF U.S. GAAP NET INCOME TO NON-GAAP NET INCOME | |||||||||||
| (In thousands, except per share amounts) | |||||||||||
| (unaudited) | |||||||||||
| Three Months Ended | |||||||||||
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October 2, 2011 |
July 3, 2011 |
September 26, 2010 |
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| Reported net income | |||||||||||
| (GAAP basis) | $ | 108,401 | $ | 158,232 | $ | 137,250 | |||||
| Stock-based compensation | 15,377 | 16,194 | 17,191 | ||||||||
| Amortization of debt | |||||||||||
| discount(1) | 4,862 | 4,793 | 6,766 | ||||||||
| Income tax effect of | |||||||||||
| non-GAAP adjustments | (5,313 | ) | (1,994 | ) | (6,588 | ) | |||||
| Non-GAAP net income | $ | 123,327 | $ | 177,225 | $ | 154,619 | |||||
| Non-GAAP earnings per share | |||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 0.53 | $ | 0.76 | $ | 0.67 | |||||
| Diluted | $ | 0.53 | $ | 0.76 | $ | 0.67 | |||||
1) Amortization of debt discount is non-cash interest expense related to the Company’s Convertible Senior Notes.
The Company’s non-GAAP measures set forth above exclude charges related to stock-based compensation, the amortization of the Company’s debt discount which is a non-cash interest expense and the non-cash charge on early retirement of convertible senior notes. The Company’s management uses non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP earnings per share to evaluate the Company’s current operating results and financial results and to compare them against historical financial results. The Company excludes stock-based compensation and non-cash interest expenses and the related tax effects primarily because they are significant non-cash expense estimates, which management separates for consideration when evaluating and managing business operations. In addition management believes it is useful to investors because it is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in evaluating the Company and provides further clarity on its profitability.
In addition, the Company believes that providing investors with these non-GAAP measurements enhances their ability to compare the Company’s business against that of its many competitors who employ and disclose similar non-GAAP measures. This financial measure may be different from non-GAAP methods of accounting and reporting used by the Company’s competitors to the extent their non-GAAP measures include other items. The presentation of this additional information should not be considered a substitute for net income or net income per diluted share prepared in accordance with GAAP.