Bangkok--2 Aug--Pr Plus Two
Full-Year Revenue Totals US$9.53 Billion, Net Income of US$3.09 Per Share
Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) today reported financial results for its fiscal year 2011 and fourth quarter ended Jul. 1, 2011.
For the quarter, revenue totaled US$2.4 billion, net income was US$158 million, or US$0.67 per share, and hard-drive unit shipments were 54 million. The quarterly results included total expenses of US$35 million associated with the planned acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) announced Mar. 7, 2011, and for unrelated litigation accruals. Excluding these expenses, non-GAAP net income was US$193 million or US$0.81 per share.1
In the year-ago quarter, the company reported revenue of US$2.38 billion, net income of US$265 million, or US$1.13 per share, and shipped 50 million hard drives. The 2010 results included US$27 million of expenses related to litigation accruals. Excluding these expenses, the year-ago quarter non-GAAP net income was US$292 million, or US$1.24 per share.2
The company generated US$447 million in cash from operations during the June quarter, ending with total cash and cash equivalents of US$3.5 billion.
For fiscal year 2011, the company posted revenue of US$9.53 billion and net income of US$726 million, or US$3.09 per share, compared to fiscal 2010 revenue of US$9.85 billion and net income of US$1.38 billion, or US$5.93 per share. The 2011 net income included total expenses of US$44 million associated with the planned acquisition of Hitachi GST and unrelated litigation accruals. Excluding these expenses, fiscal 2011 non-GAAP net income was US$770 million or US$3.28 per share.1 The 2010 net income included US$27 million of expenses related to litigation accruals. Excluding these expenses, fiscal 2010 non-GAAP net income was US$1.41 billion, or US$6.05 per share.2
"In the June quarter, we were able to meet stronger than anticipated demand, especially from our OEM customers," said John Coyne, president and chief executive officer. "We believe the stronger demand was driven by increased use of sea freight in advance of the second half of the calendar year as well as supply continuity concerns in the aftermath of the Japan earthquake.
"In a challenging HDD market environment in fiscal 2011, the industry saw unit volume growth of four percent while WD achieved growth of six percent as customers demonstrated a continued preference for the WD value proposition.
"We remain focused on completing our strategic acquisition of Hitachi GST. We are continuing to engage in the approval process with all the appropriate regulatory agencies and thus far we have received clearance from Brazil, Taiwan and Turkey. We continue to work closely with the remaining agencies which are reviewing our transaction. As previously announced, we now expect that the transaction will close in the fourth calendar quarter of 2011, and our integration planning activities continue on schedule."