Exar: Fiscal 1Q12 Financial Results

Exar Corporation reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2012 ending July 3, 2011.

Net sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2012 were $37.0 million compared to net sales of $33.8 million for the prior quarter and $39.6 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2011.

The GAAP gross margin for the first quarter of fiscal 2012 was 45.5% compared to 35.0 % for the prior quarter and 47.5% in the first quarter of fiscal 2011.

On a non-GAAP basis, the gross margin for the first quarter of fiscal 2012 was 48.6% compared to 46.1% for the prior quarter and 52.1% in the first quarter of fiscal 2011.

The GAAP net loss for the first quarter of fiscal 2012 was $1.4 million, or $0.03 net loss per share, compared to a net loss of $18.8 million, or $0.42 net loss per share in the prior quarter, and a net loss of $7.4 million, or $0.17 net loss per share, for the first quarter of fiscal 2011.

On a non-GAAP basis, the net income was $0.7 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2012 or $0.02 diluted earnings per share, compared to the net loss of $4.6 million in the prior quarter, or $0.10 net loss per share, and a net loss of $0.8 million, or $0.02 net loss per share, in the first quarter of fiscal 2011.

The company generated $2.0 million in cash from operations during the first quarter of fiscal 2012 and ended with $202.4 million of cash, cash equivalents and short-term marketable securities.

"We are focused on accelerating profitable growth starting with the current quarter, after having just attained our initial goal of non-GAAP operating profitability," said Pete Rodriguez, the Company’s president and chief executive officer. "This quarter we shipped samples of MXP2, critical to value creation, for the fast growing OTN space. This solution, the company’s most complex design ever, is the industry’s first ODU0/ODU flex OTN Muxponder, supporting the broadest range of client ports with the lowest power consumption."

For the second quarter of fiscal 2012 ending October 2, 2011, the company projects that net sales will be between $37 million and $39 million. The non-GAAP gross margin is currently expected to be between 49% and 51%. Operating expenses are currently expected to be between $17 million and $18 million on a non-GAAP basis. On a GAAP basis, gross margin is currently expected to be between 46.5% and 48.5% and operating expenses are currently expected to be between $18.5 million and $20.5 million.