Pericom Semiconductor:
Enabling Serial Connectivity
(Nasdaq: PSEM)
Fiscal 4Q08 Earnings
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Recent Earnings Overview
Quarterly:
Quarterly revenue of $43.4 M
Up 5% Q-to-Q and up 38 % vs. Q4 FY07
End market shipments as % of revenues
Computer at 41%, communication at 34%, consumer at 19%,
other 6%
Geographic distribution as % of revenues
US at 8%, Asia at 89%, Europe at 3%
Channel sales as % of revenues
Domestic distribution at 4%, foreign distribution at 45%,
contract manufacturers at 30%, OEMs at 21%
Annual:
Annual revenue of $163.7 M
Up 32.7% from the prior year period
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Recent Earnings Overview
Quarterly:
Gross margin of 36.0%
Q4 gross margin down 160 bps sequentially, and down 50 bps vs. Q4 FY07
Operating expense of $10.6 M vs. $10.2 M last Q
Included stock base compensation expenses of $0.6M
Operating income of $5.0 M vs. $5.3 M last Q
Operating margin of 11.6%
Net income of $4.6 M vs. $4.1 M last Q
Net profit margin of 10.6%
GAAP EPS of 17 cents vs. 16 cents last Q
Tax Rate of 32.3%
Annual:
Gross margin of 36.7%
FY08 gross margin up 200 bps compared to FY07
Net income of $17.0 M vs. $8.6 M last year
Net profit margin of 10.4%
GAAP EPS of 64 cents vs. 32 cents last year
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Strong Balance Sheet
Cash & Investments $124M
Working Capital $149M
Total Assets $232M
Total Liabilities $24M
Shareholders’ Equity $207M
Book Value/Share $8.14
Cash & Investments/Share $4.86
June 2008
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Q4 FY08 vs. Q4 FY07
115%
$4.6M
$2.1M
Net income
199%
$5.0M
$1.7M
Operating Income
8%
$10.6M
$9.8M
Expenses
36%
$15.6M
$11.5M
Gross Profit
38%
$43.4M
$31.5M
Revenue
% Change
Q4 FY08
Q4 FY07
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Product Mix and Key Customers
Product mix as % of revenues
IC at 57%
Included analog switch at 24%, digital switch at 11%, silicon clocks
at 8%, connect at 7%, interface at 7%
FCP at 43%
Top five end customers: Dell, Cisco, Gigabyte, HPQ, Asustek
Accounted for 24% of total revenue, no 10% customer
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New Products
Signal Conditioning:
Four Industry First 'ReDriver' products aimed at PCIe Gen2,
SATA2, and SAS applications
Targets volume Notebook, Desktop PC, Server, Storage, and
Networking platforms
Timing:
A family of 'industry first' PCIe Gen2 very low jitter clock
oscillator/buffers
Targets Server, SetTop, Wireless, and Networking platforms
Connectivity:
Three Industry First PCIe bridge and packet switches
Targets volume Computing and Networking platforms
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Growth via Enabling Serial Connectivity
Migration of system connectivity from PARALLEL interface to
high-speed SERIAL interface
Billion dollar market opportunity with broad applications in
Computer, Communication and Consumer segments
Pericom is reaping the benefits of being an early enabler of serial
connectivity with key IPs and broad solutions
Shipment into Ethernet, PCIe Gen I, Gen II, HDMI and USB
applications now
Production ramp with DisplayPort, eSATA solutions in 2H
CY2008
Legacy Parallel, Single-Ended Interface:
(ISA, PCI, PCI-X, RS 232, ATA, SCSI…)
Serial Differential Interface:
(1Gb / 10Gb Ethernet, USB, PCI Express, HDMI,
DisplayPort, Fiber Channel, SAS, SATA…)
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Q1 FY09 Business Outlook
Revenue in the range of $44.0 M to $46.0 M
Gross margin in the 36.0% to 37.0% range
Operating expenses in the range of $11.0 M to $11.5 M
Include stock-based compensation expenses of approximately
$0.6 M
Higher G&A expenses for fiscal year end audit and SOX
activities
Other income of approximately $1.1 M
Tax rate of approximately 33.0%
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Pericom Semiconductor:
Enabling Serial Connectivity
(Nasdaq: PSEM)
Fiscal 4Q08 Earnings
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