Ralph
25.01.2001, 23:41
Atmel Matches Fourth-Quarter Estimates
By Eric Gillin
Staff Reporter
1/25/01 5:00 PM ET
Earnings Scorecard
Actual Estimated* Year-Ago
$0.18 $0.18 $0.08
Atmel (ATML:Nasdaq - news) a maker of specialty chips, like the ones found in digital cameras and inside smart credit cards, reported fourth-quarter earnings of 18 cents a share, matching the First Call/Thomson Financial consensus estimate.
Last year, the company made 8 cents a share.
This quarter, Atmel said sales rose 48% from the year-ago period, cruising in at $574.3 million. Revenue for the entire 2000 fiscal year topped $2 billion for the first time. Net income for the quarter rose to $86.28 million from $33.04 million.
Those are some pretty nice year-over-year numbers, but that was then, and now -- what about the future?
"We believe that our well-balanced product portfolio and leading edge manufacturing capacity will enable Atmel to deliver continued growth in revenues and profits throughout every quarter in 2001," George Perlegos, Atmel's president and CEO, said in a statement. "We enter 2001 with strong momentum and clearly established on a profitable growth path."
Nachbörslich kommt Atmel auch unter die Räder !
Ralph
By Eric Gillin
Staff Reporter
1/25/01 5:00 PM ET
Earnings Scorecard
Actual Estimated* Year-Ago
$0.18 $0.18 $0.08
Atmel (ATML:Nasdaq - news) a maker of specialty chips, like the ones found in digital cameras and inside smart credit cards, reported fourth-quarter earnings of 18 cents a share, matching the First Call/Thomson Financial consensus estimate.
Last year, the company made 8 cents a share.
This quarter, Atmel said sales rose 48% from the year-ago period, cruising in at $574.3 million. Revenue for the entire 2000 fiscal year topped $2 billion for the first time. Net income for the quarter rose to $86.28 million from $33.04 million.
Those are some pretty nice year-over-year numbers, but that was then, and now -- what about the future?
"We believe that our well-balanced product portfolio and leading edge manufacturing capacity will enable Atmel to deliver continued growth in revenues and profits throughout every quarter in 2001," George Perlegos, Atmel's president and CEO, said in a statement. "We enter 2001 with strong momentum and clearly established on a profitable growth path."
Nachbörslich kommt Atmel auch unter die Räder !
Ralph