SUNNYVALE, CA — (Marketwire) — 03/07/13 — Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR), a global technology leader for subsystems and components for fiber optic communications, today announced financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended January 27, 2013.
“I am pleased to report fiscal third quarter revenues of $238.4 million, which is $6.3 million, or 2.7%, greater than the prior quarter. Our growth in revenues came primarily from sales of 10G and 100G transceivers and transponders for datacom applications,” said Jerry Rawls, Finisar-s executive Chairman of the Board.
“During the quarter, we continued to invest significantly in technology and product development and made substantial progress on a number of new products for our datacom and telecom products lines. We are planning several compelling product announcements at the OFC show during the week of March 18th in Anaheim, California,” said Eitan Gertel, Finisar-s Chief Executive Officer.
Revenues increased to $238.4 million, an increase of $6.3 million, or 2.7%, from $232.0 million in the preceding quarter, primarily driven by growth in revenues from 10G and 100G transceivers and transponders for datacom applications.
Compared to the preceding quarter, the sale of products for datacom applications increased by $7.8 million, or 5.6%, and the sale of products for telecom applications decreased by $1.5 million, or (1.6)%, as the result of the impact of approximately one month of the annual telecom price reductions that typically go into effect on approximately January 1st, partially offset in the increase in unit sales including tunable XFP transceivers.
Gross margin increased to 28.5% on a GAAP basis and 30.7% on a non-GAAP basis, from 27.5% and 30.5%, respectively, in the preceding quarter, primarily as a result of higher revenue levels, partially offset by the impact of one month of the annual telecom price reductions that typically go into effect on approximately January 1st.
GAAP operating loss increased $0.8 million to $0.8 million, or (0.3) % of revenues, compared to an operating gain of $0.05 million, or 0.0% of revenues, in the preceding quarter.
Non-GAAP operating income increased $1.5 million to $17.4 million, or 7.3% of revenues, compared to $15.8 million, or 6.8% of revenues, in the preceding quarter as the Company was able to hold non-GAAP operating expenses relatively flat while revenues grew.
Non-GAAP EBITDA increased $2.4 million to $31.1 million, or 13.1% of revenues, compared to $28.7 million, or 12.4% of revenues, in the preceding quarter.
Cash and cash equivalents totaled $265.5 million at the end of the third quarter, compared to $262.4 million at the end of the preceding quarter.
At the end of the third quarter, Finisar had approximately $40.0 million in principal amount of convertible notes outstanding with a conversion price of $10.675 per share.
The Company currently expects revenues for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 to be in the range of $235 to $250 million; GAAP operating margin to be approximately 2%; non-GAAP operating margin to be approximately 7%; and non-GAAP earnings per diluted share to be in the range of approximately $0.15 to $0.19.
Finisar will discuss its financial results for the third quarter and current business outlook during its regular quarterly conference call scheduled for Thursday, March 7, 2013, at 2:00 pm PST (5:00 pm EST). To listen to the call you may connect through the Finisar investor relations page at or dial 1-888-417-8533 (domestic) or (719) 457-2697 (international) and enter conference ID 4484284.
An audio replay will be available for two weeks following the call by dialing 1-888-203-1112 (domestic) or (719) 457-0820 and then following the prompts: enter conference ID 4484284 and provide your name, affiliation, and contact number. A replay of the webcast will be available shortly after the conclusion of the call on the Company-s website until the next regularly scheduled earnings conference call.
The statements contained in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are based upon information available to Finisar as of the date hereof, and Finisar assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Examples of such risks include those associated with: the uncertainty of customer demand for Finisar-s products; the rapidly evolving markets for Finisar-s products and uncertainty regarding the development of these markets; Finisar-s historical dependence on sales to a limited number of customers and fluctuations in the mix of products and customers in any period; ongoing new product development and introduction of new and enhanced products; challenges related to the integration of the recently completed RED-C acquisition; the challenges of rapid growth followed by periods of contraction; and intensive competition. Further information regarding these and other risks relating to Finisar-s business is set forth in Finisar-s annual report on Form 10-K (filed June 29, 2012) and quarterly SEC filings.
Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR) is a global technology leader for fiber optic subsystems and components that enable high-speed voice, video and data communications for telecommunications, networking, storage, wireless, and cable TV applications. For more than 20 years, Finisar has provided critical optics technologies to system manufacturers to meet the increasing demands for network bandwidth and storage. Finisar is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA with R&D, manufacturing sites, and sales offices worldwide. For additional information, visit .
The following financial tables are presented in accordance with GAAP.
In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, Finisar provides supplemental information regarding the Company-s operating performance on a non-GAAP basis that excludes certain gains, losses and charges of a non-cash nature or which occur relatively infrequently and which management considers to be outside our core operating results. Some of these non-GAAP measures also exclude the ongoing impact of historical business decisions made in different business and economic environments. Management believes that tracking non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per share provides management and the investment community with valuable insight into our current operations, our ability to generate cash and the underlying business trends which are affecting our performance. These non-GAAP measures are used by both management and our Board of Directors, along with the comparable GAAP information, in evaluating our current performance and planning our future business activities. In particular, management finds it useful to exclude non-cash charges in order to better correlate our operating activities with our ability to generate cash from operations and to exclude certain cash charges as a means of more accurately predicting our liquidity requirements. We believe that these non-GAAP measures, when used in conjunction with our GAAP financial information, also allow investors to better evaluate our financial performance in comparison to other periods and to other companies in our industry.
In calculating non-GAAP gross profit in this release, we have excluded the following items from cost of revenues in applicable periods:
Changes in excess and obsolete inventory reserve (predominantly non-cash charges or non-cash benefits);
Amortization of acquired technology (non-cash charges related to technology obtained in acquisitions);
Stock-based compensation expense (non-cash charges);
Acquisition method accounting adjustment for sale of acquired inventory (non-cash charges);
Reduction in force costs (non-recurring cash charges); and
Acquisition related retention payments (non-recurring charges).
In calculating non-GAAP operating income in this release, we have excluded the same items to the extent they are classified as operating expenses, and have also excluded the following items in applicable periods:
Gain or loss on litigation settlements and resolutions and related costs (non-recurring cash charges or benefits);
Shareholder class action and derivative litigation costs (non-recurring cash expenses associated with the derivative litigation related to our historical stock option granting practices and related to the class action and derivative litigation related to our March 8, 2011 earnings announcement);
Impairment of long-lived assets (non-cash charges)
Acquisition related costs (non-recurring cash charges);
Amortization of purchased intangibles (non-cash charges); and
Restructuring costs and recoveries (non-recurring charges and benefits).
In calculating non-GAAP income and non-GAAP income per share in this release, we have also excluded the following items in applicable periods:
Imputed interest related to restructuring (non-cash charges);
Gains and losses on sales of assets (non-recurring or non-cash losses and cash gains related to the periodic disposal of assets no longer required for current activities);
Loss related to minority and equity method investments (non-cash charges);
Dollar denominated foreign exchange transaction losses (gains) (non-cash charges or benefits);
Other miscellaneous expenses (income) (non-recurring charges or benefits);
Debt extinguishment loss (non-recurring charges);
Fair value re-measurement of equity investment (non-cash gain from re-measurement of value of prior investment in an investee); and
Differences between cash payable for income taxes and the provision for income taxes in accordance with GAAP, less discrete items.
In calculating non-GAAP income per share in this release, we have included the shares issuable upon conversion of our outstanding convertible notes and excluded the interest expenses associated with such notes in such periods where such treatment is dilutive to non-GAAP income (loss) per share.
A reconciliation of this non-GAAP financial information to the corresponding GAAP information is set forth below:
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