Analog Devices, Inc. today announced financial results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2017, which ended January 28, 2017.
“We have started 2017 with strong and broad-based momentum in our business,” said Vincent Roche, President and CEO. “Our strategy to focus on sustainable and differentiated innovation helped drive 28% year-on-year revenue growth, and our laser focus on operational execution drove strong year-on-year margin expansion and cash generation in the first quarter.”
"In addition, we are pleased with the progress we are making to close the acquisition of Linear Technology, and expect the deal to close by the end of our second fiscal quarter. The combination with Linear Technology, we believe, will create an analog industry powerhouse, capable of creating tremendous value for our customers, employees, and shareholders.”
“Looking ahead to the April quarter, we are planning for revenue to be in the range of $870 million to $950 million, with sequential aggregate strength in our Business to Business (B2B) markets of industrial, automotive, and communications infrastructure being offset by seasonal patterns in the portable consumer market. At the mid-point of this range, we expect revenue to grow 17% over the prior year, which would represent the 4th consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue growth for ADI.”
ADI also announced that its Board of Directors has approved a 7% increase in its quarterly cash dividend to $0.45 from $0.42 per outstanding share of common stock, representing an annual dividend per share of $1.80. The quarterly dividend that was declared by the Board of Directors will be paid on March 7, 2017 to all shareholders of record at the close of business on February 24, 2017.
Results for the First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2017
- Revenue totaled $984 million, down 2% sequentially, and up 28% year-over-year
- Revenue in ADI’s B2B markets of industrial, automotive, and communications infrastructure totaled $714 million, up 1% sequentially, and up 11% year-over-year
- GAAP gross margin of 65.9% of revenue; Non-GAAP gross margin of 66.1% of revenue
- GAAP operating margin of 27% of revenue; Non-GAAP operating margin of 35% of revenue
- GAAP diluted EPS of $0.69; Non-GAAP diluted EPS of $0.94
Please refer to the schedules provided for a summary of revenue and earnings, selected balance sheet information, and the cash flow statement for the first quarter of fiscal year 2017, as well as the immediately prior and year-ago quarters. Additional information on revenue by end market is provided on Schedule D.
Outlook for the Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2017
The following statements are based on current expectations, and as indicated, and further explained below, are presented on a non-GAAP basis where the Company is unable without unreasonable efforts to forecast items that will be included in reported GAAP results. These statements are forward-looking and actual results may differ materially, as a result of, among other things, the important factors discussed at the end of this release. These statements supersede all prior statements regarding our business outlook set forth in prior ADI news releases, and ADI disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
- Revenue estimated to be in the range of $870 million to $950 million
- Non-GAAP gross margin expected to increase to between approximately 66.5% and approximately 67%
- Non-GAAP operating expenses expected to be down approximately 3% to up approximately 1% sequentially
- Non-GAAP interest and other expense expected to be approximately $30 million
- Non-GAAP tax rate expected to be approximately 8%
- Non-GAAP diluted EPS estimated to be $0.74 to $0.86 per share
With respect to the forward-looking information presented on a non-GAAP basis, the Company is unable to provide a quantitative reconciliation to GAAP because the items that would be included or excluded, other than those described below, are difficult to predict and estimate and are primarily dependent on future events, including costs relating to the consummation and planned integration of the Company’s pending acquisition of Linear Technology Corporation, which is expected to close by the end of the Company’s second fiscal 2017 quarter. Known reconciling items are:
- Non-GAAP gross margin excludes $2.7 million of amortization of purchased intangible assets and depreciation of step up value on purchased fixed assets;
- Non-GAAP operating expenses exclude $18.2 million of amortization of purchased intangible assets and depreciation of step up value on purchased fixed assets;
- Non-GAAP tax rate excludes $1.0 million provision for income taxes which represents the tax effects of the reconciling items noted in the two bullets above; and
- Non-GAAP earnings per share excludes $0.06, which represents the estimated impact of the amortization of purchased intangible assets and depreciation of step up value on purchased fixed assets, net of tax, associated with the non-GAAP adjustments noted above on a per share basis.
Conference Call Scheduled for Today, Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at 10:00 am ET
ADI will host a conference call to discuss first quarter fiscal 2017 results and short-term outlook today, beginning at 10:00 am ET. Investors may join via webcast, accessible at investor.analog.com, or by telephone (call 706-634-7193 ten minutes before the call begins and provide the password "ADI").
A replay will be available two hours after the completion of the call. The replay may be accessed for up to two weeks by dialing 855-859-2056 (replay only) and providing the conference ID: 51678306, or by visiting investor.analog.com.
Non-GAAP Financial Information
This release includes non-GAAP financial measures that are not in accordance with, nor an alternative to, generally accepted accounting principles and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. In addition, these non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles.
Schedules E and F of this press release provides the reconciliation of the Company’s historical non-GAAP measures to their most comparable GAAP measures.
Management uses non-GAAP measures internally to evaluate the Company’s operating performance from continuing operations against past periods and to budget and allocate resources in future periods. These non-GAAP measures also assist management in evaluating the Company’s core business and trends across different reporting periods on a consistent basis. Management also uses these non-GAAP measures as the primary performance measurement when communicating with analysts and investors regarding the Company’s earnings results and outlook and believes that the presentation of these non-GAAP measures is useful to investors because it provides investors with the operating results that management uses to manage the Company and enables investors and analysts to evaluate the Company’s core business. Management also believes that the non-GAAP liquidity measure free cash flow is useful both internally and to investors because it provides information about the amount of cash generated after capital expenditures that is then available to repay debt obligations, make investments and fund acquisitions, and for certain other activities.
The following items are excluded from our non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating margin, and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share:
Acquisition-Related Expenses: Expenses incurred as a result of prior period acquisitions primarily include expenses associated with the fair value adjustments to property, plant and equipment and amortization of acquisition related intangibles, which include acquired intangibles such as purchased technology and customer relationships. We excluded these costs from our non-GAAP measures because they relate to a specific transaction and are not reflective of our ongoing financial performance.
The following items are excluded from our non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating margin, and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share:
Acquisition-Related Transaction Costs: Costs incurred as a result of the Hittite acquisition and the proposed Linear Technology acquisition, including legal, accounting and other professional fees directly related to these acquisitions. We excluded these costs from our non-GAAP measures because they relate to specific transactions and are not reflective of our ongoing financial performance.
Restructuring-Related Expenses: These expenses are incurred in connection with facility closures, consolidation of manufacturing facilities, severance, and other cost reduction efforts. We excluded these expenses from our non-GAAP measures because apart from ongoing expense savings as a result of such items, these expenses and the related tax effects have no direct correlation to the operation of our business in the future.
The following items are excluded from our non-GAAP other expense and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share:
Loss on Extinguishment of Debt: In the first quarter of fiscal 2016, the Company redeemed its outstanding 3.0% senior unsecured notes due April 15, 2016. The Company recognized a net loss on debt extinguishment of approximately $3.3 million, which was comprised of a make-whole premium and the write off of unamortized debt issuance and discount costs. We excluded these costs from our non-GAAP measures because they are not reflective of our ongoing financial performance.
Amortization of Deferred Financing Costs: In the third quarter of fiscal 2016, in connection with the proposed Linear Technology acquisition, the Company obtained bridge financing commitments and incurred financing fees which will be amortized into interest expense over the term of the bridge financing commitments. In the first quarter of fiscal 2017, the Company replaced a portion of the bridge financing commitments with $2.1 billion of senior unsecured notes. As a result, the Company accelerated $7.2 million of the unamortized bridge financing commitment fees into interest expense. We excluded these costs from our non-GAAP measures because they are not reflective of our ongoing financial performance.
The following items are excluded from our non-GAAP diluted earnings per share:
Tax-Related Items: Tax adjustments associated with the non-GAAP items discussed above. In addition, in the first quarter of 2016, the Company recorded a $7.5 million tax benefit related to the reinstatement of the R&D tax credit in December 2015, retroactive to January 1, 2015. We excluded these tax-related items from our non-GAAP measures because they are not associated with the tax expense on our current operating results.
Analog Devices believes that these non-GAAP measures have material limitations in that they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with our results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP and that these measures should only be used to evaluate our results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures. In addition, our non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to the non-GAAP measures reported by other companies. The Company’s use of non-GAAP measures, and the underlying methodology when excluding certain items, is not necessarily an indication of the results of operations that may be expected in the future, or that the Company will not, in fact, record such items in future periods.
Investors should consider our non-GAAP financial measures in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures.
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