Amphenol Corporation (APH) posted a net income of $ 0.72 per share in the first quarter of 2011, compared to $ 0.56 in the year-ago quarter, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny. Net income jumped 30.1% year over year to $ 127.9 million.
Based in Connecticut, Amphenol designs, manufactures and markets electronic and fiber optic connectors, cable and interconnect systems.
Sales came in at $ 941 million, up 22.0% year over year but down 0.9% sequentially. The results beat management’s guidance range of $ 925 – $ 940 million and the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $ 937 million.
The favorable movement in foreign currency exchange rates positively impacted sales by approximately $ 6 million in the first quarter of 2011 compared with the year-earlier quarter.
The growth in sales in the reported quarter was attributable to strong demand for interconnect products, which was partially offset by a moderation in demand of broadband cable products.
Product-wise, Interconnect products generated sales of $ 891 million, up 24.7% year over year. Cable products generated sales of $ 63.1 million, down 6.4% year over year.
In terms of end-markets, Amphenol experienced strength across nearly all of its served markets primarily led by Mobile Devices, Industrial, Automotive and Military/Aerospace.
Gross margin came in at 32.4%, flat on a year-over-year basis but slightly down on a sequential basis. Operating margin improved to 19.8% in the quarter from 18.8% in the year-earlier quarter.
During the quarter, Amphenol generated $ 107.8 million of cash from operating activities and used $ 23.2 million in capital expenditures.
Amphenol ended the quarter with cash and cash equivalents of $ 592.9 million, up from $ 525.9 million, at the end of the previous quarter. Debt at the end of the quarter increased to $ 949.4 million from $ 799.6 million at the end of the previous quarter.
Guidance
On the basis of the improvement in global demand coupled with stabilization of demand patterns, Amphenol projects sales between $ 985 million and $ 1,000 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2011. Earnings per share are forecasted between $ 0.76 and $ 0.78.
For fiscal 2011, management now projected revenues between $ 3,955 million and $ 4,000 million, up from the previous estimate of $ 3,885 million and $ 3,960 million. EPS is expected between $ 3.05 and $ 3.11, up from the previous estimate of $ 3.00 – $ 3.10.
The better-than-expected results and upgraded guidance should boost the stock price.
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