Citrix Systems Beats, Ups Guidance - Analyst Blog
July 28 2011 - 4:00AM
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Yesterday, after market close,
Citrix Systems Inc. (CTXS) declared strong
financial results for the second quarter of 2011. Global trends
toward virtualization and cloud computing are facilitating the
company to post impressive results. Management raised its financial
forecast for full fiscal 2011.
Quarterly net revenue was $530.8
million, up 16% year over year, beating the Zacks Consensus
Estimate of $522 million. GAAP net income was $82 million or 43
cents per share compared with a net income of $47.6 million or 25
cents per share in the prior-year quarter. However, quarterly
adjusted EPS of 49 cents was well above the Zacks Consensus
Estimate of 46 cents.
Gross margin in the second quarter
of 2011 was 87% compared with 88.3% in the year-ago quarter.
Operating expenses in the reported quarter were around $366.3
million compared with $331.1 million in the prior-year quarter.
However, quarterly operating margin was 18% compared with 16.1% in
the prior-year
quarter.
During the second quarter of 2011,
Citrix repurchased 1.2 million of its common outstanding shares for
around $99.3 million. At the end of the reported quarter, deferred
revenue was $830 million, up 21% year over year.
During the second quarter of 2011,
Citrix generated over $161.9 million of cash from operations and
free cash flow (cash flow from operations less capital
expenditures) during the reported quarter was approximately $129.3
million. At the end of the second quarter of 2011, the company had
nearly $1,699.1 million of cash and marketable securities compared
with $1,685.6 billion at the end of fiscal 2010. Balance sheet
remains free of any debt obligations.
Revenue by Product
Mix
Product Licenses revenue was $171.3
million, up 15% year over year. License updates revenue was $183.9
million, up 9% year over year. Online Services revenue was $106.5
million, an increase of 19% over the prior-year quarter, and
Technical Services revenue was $69.1 million, up 33% year over
year.
Revenue by Reportable
Segment
Enterprise Division revenue was
$424.3 million, up 8.5% sequentially. Online Services Division
revenue was $106.5 million, up 6.7% sequentially.
Revenue by Product
Grouping
Desktop solutions revenue was
$304.7 million, up 8.9% year over year. Data Center and Cloud
Solutions revenue was $93.3 million, up 32% year over year. Online
Services revenue was $106.5 million, up 19% year over year. Revenue
from Other Products was $26.4 million, up 41.2% year over year.
Revenue by
Geography
Revenue in the Americas (North
& Latin America) region was $325.66 million. Revenue in Europe,
Africa, and the Middle East region was $149.4 million. Revenue in
the Asia Pacific region was $55.8 million.
Third Quarter of 2011
Financial Outlook
Management forecasted that the
company’s third-quarter 2011 revenue will be within the range of
$540 million - $547 million. GAAP EPS will be within the range of
39 cents - 41 cents and non-GAAP EPS will be between 56 cents – 58
cents. Stock-based compensation expenses will be 14 cents per
share.
Full Fiscal 2011 Financial
Outlook
Management forecasted that the
company’s fiscal 2011 revenue will be within the range of $2.16
billion - $2.19 billion. GAAP EPS will be within the range of $1.80
- $1.84 and non-GAAP EPS will be within the range of $2.38 - $2.41.
Stock-based compensation expenses will be 48 cents per share.
Our
Recommendation
We believe the virtualization
market will continue to flourish with desktop virtualization as its
core theme. This trend is expected to sustain future growth of both
Citrix and its major competitor VMware Inc. (VMW).
We maintain our long-term Neutral recommendation on Citrix Systems.
Currently, it holds a short-term Zacks #3 Rank (Hold) on the
stock.
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