Item 2. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
Overview
We are one of the leading providers of worldwide manufacturing services and solutions. We provide comprehensive electronics design, production and product management services to companies in various industries and end markets. Our services enable our customers to reduce manufacturing costs, improve supply-chain management, reduce inventory obsolescence, lower transportation costs and reduce product fulfillment time. Our manufacturing and supply chain management services and solutions include innovation, design, planning, fabrication and assembly, delivery and managing the flow of resources and products. We derive substantially all of our revenue from production and product management services (collectively referred to as “manufacturing services”), which encompasses the act of producing tangible products that are built to customer specifications, which are then provided to the customer.
We serve our customers primarily through dedicated business units that combine highly automated, continuous flow manufacturing with advanced electronic design and design for manufacturability. We depend, and expect to continue to depend, upon a relatively small number of customers for a significant percentage of our net revenue, which in turn depends upon their growth, viability and financial stability. Based on net revenue for the six months ended February 28, 2019, our largest customers include Amazon.com, Inc., Apple, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., GoPro, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, Keysight Technologies, LM Ericsson Telephone Company, NetApp, Inc., Nokia Networks, and Zebra Technologies Corporation.
We conduct our operations in facilities that are located worldwide, including but not limited to, China, Hungary, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore and the United States. We derived a substantial majority, 88.2% and 90.6%, of net revenue from our international operations for the three months and six months ended February 28, 2019. Our global manufacturing production sites allow customers to manufacture products simultaneously in the optimal locations for their products. Our global presence is key to assessing and executing on our business opportunities.
We have two reporting segments: Electronics Manufacturing Services (“EMS”) and Diversified Manufacturing Services (“DMS”), which are organized based on the economic profiles of the services performed, including manufacturing capabilities, market strategy, margins, return on capital and risk profiles. Our EMS segment is focused around leveraging IT, supply chain design and engineering, technologies largely centered on core electronics, utilizing our large scale manufacturing infrastructure and our ability to serve a broad range of end markets. Our EMS segment is typically a lower-margin but high volume business that produces product at a quicker rate (i.e. cycle time) and in larger quantities and includes customers primarily in the automotive and transportation, capital equipment, cloud, computing and storage, defense and aerospace, industrial and energy, networking and telecommunications, print and retail, and smart home and appliances. Our DMS segment is focused on providing engineering solutions, with an emphasis on material sciences and technologies. Our DMS segment is typically a higher-margin business and includes customers primarily in the edge devices and accessories, healthcare, mobility and packaging industries.
We monitor the current economic environment and its potential impact on both the customers we serve as well as ourend-markets and closely manage our costs and capital resources so that we can respond appropriately as circumstances change.
Summary of Results
The following table sets forth, for the three months and six months ended February 28, 2019 and 2018, certain key operating results and other financial information (in thousands, except per share data):
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| | Three months ended | | | Six months ended | |
| | February 28, 2019 | | | February 28, 2018 | | | February 28, 2019 | | | February 28, 2018 | |
Net revenue | | $ | 6,066,990 | | | $ | 5,301,101 | | | $ | 12,573,265 | | | $ | 10,886,633 | |
Gross profit | | $ | 454,874 | | | $ | 397,133 | | | $ | 974,524 | | | $ | 866,418 | |
Operating income | | $ | 153,983 | | | $ | 129,532 | | | $ | 370,693 | | | $ | 275,286 | |
Net income attributable to Jabil Inc. | | $ | 67,354 | | | $ | 37,308 | | | $ | 190,954 | | | $ | 101,103 | |
Earnings per share—basic | | $ | 0.44 | | | $ | 0.21 | | | $ | 1.21 | | | $ | 0.58 | |
Earnings per share—diluted | | $ | 0.43 | | | $ | 0.21 | | | $ | 1.19 | | | $ | 0.57 | |
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