ASML Q1 2014 sales in line with guidance, gross margin above guidance

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Overig advies 16/04/2014 08:02
VELDHOVEN, the Netherlands, 16 April 2014 - ASML Holding N.V. (ASML) today publishes 2014 first-quarter results.

Q1 2014 net sales as guided at around EUR 1.4 billion, with higher gross margin
H1 2014 net sales expected to be around EUR 3 billion (including EUV)
(Figures in millions of euros unless otherwise indicated)
Q1 2014 Q4 2013
Net sales 1,397 1,848
...of which service and field option sales 367 407
Other income (Co-Investment Program) 20 17
New systems sold (units) 35 53
Used systems sold (units) 5 3
Net bookings, excluding EUV 1,070 1,449
Net bookings, excluding EUV (units) 30 52
ASP of booked systems, excluding EUV 35.7 27.9
Systems backlog, excluding EUV 1,939 1,953
Systems backlog, excluding EUV (units) 47 56
Gross profit 610 806
Gross margin (%) 43.6 43.6
Net income 249 481
EPS (basic; in euro) 0.57 1.09
End-quarter cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments 2,998 3,011


CEO Statement

"We are pleased to report that our first-quarter sales came in as expected, largely driven by memory customers. Our gross margin was better than expected because of a favourable product mix compared with what we had forecasted and the contribution of our Holistic Lithography products. Sales in the second quarter are however expected to be affected by adjustments of system demand from some logic customers. This means first-half 2014 sales will be around EUR 3 billion including sales from Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) systems, versus earlier guidance of around EUR 3 billion which excluded EUV. For the remainder of the year, we see logic customers installing capacity for their 20/16/14 nanometer nodes but at the same time encountering timing uncertainties in next-generation device designs. In NAND memory, customers are expanding capacity and continuing their evaluation of vertical NAND and future-node planar technologies, resulting in uncertainties for system demand. Based on these recent developments, we currently estimate second and third quarter 2014 sales at a total of around EUR 3 billion. Independent of near-term fluctuations, our customers are still very focused on executing their technology roadmaps to support their fast innovation cycles. In this context, multiple customers are qualifying EUV for insertion at the 10 nanometer logic node. For process development purposes, customers typically require 100 wafers per day initially, increasing to 500 wafers per day on average for production qualification. We have provided customers with that initial capability and in 2016 we will provide our customers with the productivity needed for volume production. Our target is to recognize a total of eight EUV systems in revenue this year," said ASML President and Chief Executive Officer Peter Wennink.



Q1 2014 Product Highlights

Shipments of our most advanced immersion lithography system, the TWINSCAN NXT:1970Ci, continue to ramp, with 24 systems in the backlog at the end of Q1, underscoring rapid customer adoption.
We have expanded our TWINSCAN NXT portfolio to include the NXT:1965Ci, which will provide the optimum cost of ownership on a common platform and which will be upgradeable to the performance of the NXT:1970Ci and its successor.
Adoption of our YieldStar metrology system and the associated Holistic Lithography products is broadening at the 20 and 16/14 nanometer logic nodes, and is now also expanding to memory manufacturers.
We shipped the fourth NXE:3300B EUV system, to the fourth customer, and recognized one system in Q1 sales.


Outlook

For the second quarter of 2014, ASML expects net sales of around EUR 1.6 billion, including EUV sales, a gross margin of 44 to 45 percent, R&D costs of about EUR 270 million, other income of about EUR 20 million -- which consists of contributions from participants of the Customer Co-Investment Program -- and SG&A costs of about EUR 85 million.


Update Share Buy Back Program

As part of ASML's policy to return excess cash to shareholders through dividend and regularly timed share buy-backs, ASML has announced its intention to purchase up to EUR 1.0 billion of its shares in 2013-2014. Through 30 March 2014, ASML has acquired 6.9 million shares under this program for total consideration of EUR 447 million. The repurchased shares will be cancelled. All transactions under the buy-back programs are published on ASML's website (www.asml.com/investors). The share buy-back program may be suspended, modified or discontinued at any time.






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