HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — June 28, 2010 — SMSC (NASDAQ: SMSC) today announced financial results for its first quarter of fiscal 2011, ended May 31, 2010.

Highlights

“We are pleased to report another strong quarter in which sales grew by 17 percent sequentially, non-GAAP gross margins reached an all-time record and we delivered strong bottom-line profit with non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.33,” said Christine King, President & Chief Executive Officer. “Both SMSC’s Automotive and Analog product lines achieved record revenue levels, and we also saw strength in PC, PC peripheral and industrial sales during the first quarter of fiscal 2011. We currently expect second quarter sales to grow by 4 to 7 percent sequentially and anticipate approaching our goal of 16 percent non-GAAP operating margin, in line with the Company’s target mid-term operating model.”

Total revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2011 was $97.2 million, an increase of 17 percent sequentially, or an increase of 56 percent when compared to the same period in the prior year. Non-GAAP gross margin was 55.3 percent and the GAAP gross margin was 53.3 percent. GAAP net income for the first quarter of fiscal 2011 was $0.6 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, compared to a GAAP net loss of $9.2 million or $0.42 per diluted share for the same period in the prior year. Non-GAAP net income for the first quarter of fiscal 2011 was $7.6 million or $0.33 per diluted share, compared to non-GAAP net loss of $3.3 million or $0.15 per diluted share in the first quarter of fiscal 2010.

During the first quarter of fiscal 2011, the Company generated $12.1 million in cash from operations, and the sum of cash and investments increased by $10.2 million from $182.6 million at February 2010 to $192.8 million. For the three months ended May 31, 2010, $6.4 million of auction rate securities were redeemed at par, as well as an additional $0.7 million to date in the second quarter of fiscal 2011.

Business Outlook

Looking ahead to the second quarter of fiscal 2011, the Company expects:

The unaudited non-GAAP financial measures in this release, including the business outlook, exclude charges and credits for stock appreciation rights (SARs), restricted stock units and stock options associated with the accounting pursuant to FASB ASC 718, the amortization of acquired intangible assets, restructuring charges and related accelerated depreciation on certain test equipment, executive transition costs, costs associated with business acquisition related activities including the impact of writing up the cost of acquired inventory and litigation settlement expenses.

Conference Call and Webcast Information

Christine King, President and Chief Executive Officer of SMSC, will host a conference call and webcast on June 28, 2010 at 5 P.M. ET, to discuss the Company’s first quarter fiscal 2011 financial results and its business outlook. The teleconference may be accessed by dialing 877-548-7901 in the U.S. or 719-325-4831 from outside of the U.S. A replay of the call will also be available. The live call and replay teleconference confirmation code is 7214516. A webcast and replay will be available under the investor relations section of the Company’s web site at www.smsc.com.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

Included within the press release are non-GAAP financial measures that supplement the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Income Statements prepared under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). These non-GAAP financial measures adjust the Company's actual results prepared under GAAP to exclude certain charges. In the schedules attached to this press release, the non-GAAP measures have been reconciled to and should be considered together with the Condensed Consolidated Income Statements.

These non-GAAP measures are not meant as a substitute for GAAP, but are included solely for informational and comparative purposes. The Company's management believes that this information assists in evaluating operational trends, financial performance, and cash generating capacity. Management believes these non-GAAP measures allow investors to evaluate SMSC’s financial performance using some of the same measures as management. However, the non-GAAP financial measures should not be regarded as a replacement for corresponding, similarly captioned, GAAP measures. SMSC also presents unaudited non-GAAP supplemental vertical market information to provide additional insight into underlying operating performance on a comparable basis. Guidance is presented on a non-GAAP basis only, given that the GAAP basis charges for equity-based compensation related to SARs cannot be projected reasonably. 1 | 2 | 3  Next Page »  Be the first to review this article