SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWKS), an innovator of high reliability analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling a broad range of end markets, today reported fourth fiscal quarter and year end 2011 results. Revenue for the quarter was $402.3 million versus guidance of $400 million, and was up 28 percent year-over-year and 13 percent sequentially. For fiscal year 2011, revenue was $1.419 billion versus $1.072 billion in fiscal 2010, a 32 percent increase.

On a non-GAAP basis, operating income for the fourth fiscal quarter was $109.4 million, up from $81.8 million in the prior-year period, reflecting a 34 percent increase. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share for the fourth fiscal quarter was $0.54 compared to $0.43 for the same period a year ago, a 26 percent improvement. On a GAAP basis, operating income for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2011 was $77.7 million and diluted earnings per share was $0.34.

For fiscal 2011, operating income was $384.7 million on a non-GAAP basis, up 56 percent from $246.3 million in fiscal 2010, while non-GAAP diluted earnings per share for the year was $1.89 compared to $1.26 in fiscal 2010, a 50 percent improvement. On a GAAP basis, operating income for fiscal 2011 was $295.3 million and diluted earnings per share was $1.19.

“Skyworks’ solid performance demonstrates the strength of our diversified business model, continued share gains and operational leverage,” said David J. Aldrich, president and chief executive officer of Skyworks. “At a higher level, despite the current economic environment, we believe that long-term industry fundamentals remain strong as analog content and complexity continue to increase. Given our differentiated product portfolio, technology leadership, broad customer engagements and scale, Skyworks is strategically well positioned to capitalize on the growing number of platforms that are becoming wirelessly enabled and, in turn, to outperform our addressed markets.”

Q4 Business Highlights

• Expanded gross margin by 90 basis points year-over-year to 44.7 percent on a non-GAAP basis (43.4 percent GAAP)
• Improved operating margin by 110 basis points year-over-year to 27.2 percent on a non-GAAP basis (19.3 percent GAAP)
• Ramped 3G/LTE multimode, multiband solutions for Samsung’s next generation Galaxy S™ II smart phone platforms
• Supported ZTE’s launch of tablets and notebooks with EDGE and WCDMA/LTE front-end solutions
• Introduced a family of low noise amplifiers for wireless infrastructure and networking applications
• Shipped switch matrix solutions to Siemens Healthcare for deployment in their Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners
• Designed into a leading manufacturer’s platform for hearing aids using ultra low power amplifiers
• Commenced volume shipments of ZigBee®-enabled solutions to multiple ODMs in support of home security applications

First Fiscal Quarter 2012 Outlook

“We anticipate revenue in the first fiscal quarter of 2012 to be up 16 percent year-over-year in the $390 million range,” said Donald W. Palette, vice president and chief financial officer of Skyworks. “Our guidance reflects near term market weakness largely offset by new program ramps. Operationally, we expect to deliver non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.50. Note, our outlook excludes any contribution from Advanced Analogic Technologies.”

For further information regarding use of non-GAAP measures in this press release, please refer to the Discussion Regarding the Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures set forth below.

Skyworks’ Fourth Fiscal Quarter 2011 Conference Call

Skyworks will host a conference call with analysts to discuss its fourth fiscal quarter 2011 results and business outlook today at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. To listen to the conference call via the Internet, please visit the investor relations section of Skyworks’ Web site. To listen to the conference call via telephone, please call 888-312-3052 (domestic) or 719-325-2107 (international), confirmation code: 1214860.

Playback of the conference call will begin at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time on November 3, and end at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time on November 10. The replay will be available on Skyworks’ Web site or by calling 888-203-1112 (domestic) or 719-457-0820 (international), pass code: 1214860.

About Skyworks

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is an innovator of high reliability analog and mixed signal semiconductors. Leveraging core technologies, Skyworks offers diverse standard and custom linear products supporting automotive, broadband, cellular infrastructure, energy management, industrial, medical, military and mobile handset applications. The Company’s portfolio includes amplifiers, attenuators, circulators, detectors, diodes, directional couplers, front-end modules, hybrids, infrastructure RF subsystems, isolators, mixers/demodulators, optocouplers, optoisolators, phase shifters, PLLs/synthesizers/VCOs, power dividers/combiners, receivers, switches and technical ceramics.

Headquartered in Woburn, Mass., Skyworks is worldwide with engineering, manufacturing, sales and service facilities throughout Asia, Europe and North America. For more information, please visit Skyworks’ Web site at: www.skyworksinc.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

This news release includes “forward-looking statements” intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include without limitation information relating to future results and expectations of Skyworks (including without limitation certain projections and business trends). Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as “anticipates,” “expects,” “forecasts,” “intends,” “believes,” “plans,” “may,” “will,” or “continue,” and similar expressions and variations or negatives of these words. All such statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those projected, and may affect our future operating results, financial position and cash flows.

These risks, uncertainties and other important factors include, but are not limited to: whether, as a result of the outcome of an arbitration proceeding in Delaware chancery court scheduled for the end of November 2011, we are required to close the acquisition of Advanced Analogic Technologies; whether we are able to successfully integrate Advanced Analogic Technologies’ operations if we are required to close such acquisition; uncertainty regarding global economic and financial market conditions; the susceptibility of the wireless semiconductor industry and the markets addressed by our, and our customers’, products to economic downturns; the timing, rescheduling or cancellation of significant customer orders and our ability, as well as the ability of our customers, to manage inventory; losses or curtailments of purchases or payments from key customers, or the timing of customer inventory adjustments; the availability and pricing of third party semiconductor foundry, assembly and test capacity, raw materials and supplier components; changes in laws, regulations and/or policies in the United States that could adversely affect financial markets and our ability to raise capital; our ability to develop, manufacture and market innovative products in a highly price competitive and rapidly changing technological environment; economic, social and political conditions in the countries in which we, our customers or our suppliers operate, including security and health risks, possible disruptions in transportation networks and fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; fluctuations in our manufacturing yields due to our complex and specialized manufacturing processes; delays or disruptions in production due to equipment maintenance, repairs and/or upgrades; our reliance on several key customers for a large percentage of our sales; fluctuations in the manufacturing yields of our third party semiconductor foundries and other problems or delays in the fabrication, assembly, testing or delivery of our products; our ability to timely and accurately predict market requirements and evolving industry standards, and to identify opportunities in new markets; uncertainties of litigation, including potential disputes over intellectual property infringement and rights, as well as payments related to the licensing and/or sale of such rights; our ability to rapidly develop new products and avoid product obsolescence; our ability to retain, recruit and hire key executives, technical personnel and other employees in the positions and numbers, with the experience and capabilities, and at the compensation levels needed to implement our business and product plans; lengthy product development cycles that impact the timing of new product introductions; unfavorable changes in product mix; the quality of our products and any remediation costs; shorter than expected product life cycles; problems or delays that we may face in shifting our products to smaller geometry process technologies and in achieving higher levels of design integration; and our ability to continue to grow and maintain an intellectual property portfolio and obtain needed licenses from third parties, as well as other risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Note to Editors: Skyworks and Skyworks Solutions are trademarks or registered trademarks of Skyworks Solutions, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and in other countries. All other brands and names listed are trademarks of their respective companies.

  SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS           Three Months Ended Year Ended     Sept. 30, Oct. 1, Sept. 30, Oct. 1, (in thousands, except per share amounts) 2011 2010 2011 2010   Net revenue $ 402,316 $ 313,283 $ 1,418,922 $ 1,071,849 Cost of goods sold   227,756     177,124     798,618     615,016   Gross profit 174,560 136,159 620,304 456,833   Operating expenses: Research and development 47,409 35,409 168,637 134,140 Selling, general and administrative 39,071 33,689 137,238 117,853

Restructuring and other charges (credits)

888 - 2,363 (1,040 ) Amortization of intangibles   9,496     1,634     16,742     6,136   Total operating expenses 96,864 70,732 324,980 257,089   Operating income 77,696 65,427 295,324 199,744   Interest expense (473 ) (627 ) (1,936 ) (4,246 ) Loss on early retirement of convertible debt - - - (79 ) Other income (loss), net   683     (45 )   498     (345 ) Income before income taxes 77,906 64,755 293,886 195,074 Provision for income taxes   13,697     17,951     67,301     57,780   Net income $ 64,209   $ 46,804   $ 226,585   $ 137,294     Earnings per share: Basic $ 0.35 $ 0.26 $ 1.24 $ 0.78 Diluted $ 0.34 $ 0.25 $ 1.19 $ 0.75 Weighted average shares: Basic 183,591 177,418 182,879 175,020 Diluted 190,786 184,734 190,667 182,738     SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES         Three Months Ended Year Ended     Sept. 30, Oct. 1, Sept. 30, Oct. 1, (in thousands) 2011 2010 2011 2010   GAAP gross profit $ 174,560 $ 136,159 $ 620,304 $ 456,833 Share-based compensation expense [a] 2,160 1,105 7,557 3,857 Acquisition-related expense [b]   2,955     -     4,572     -   Non-GAAP gross profit $ 179,675   $ 137,264   $ 632,433   $ 460,690     Non-GAAP gross margin % 44.7 % 43.8 % 44.6 % 43.0 %     Three Months Ended Year Ended   Sept. 30, Oct. 1, Sept. 30, Oct. 1, (in thousands) 2011 2010 2011 2010   GAAP operating income $ 77,696 $ 65,427 $ 295,324 $ 199,744 Share-based compensation expense [a] 15,650 14,503 58,338 40,742 Acquisition-related expense [b] 5,509 - 9,014 - Litigation settlement gains and losses [c] - - 2,300 - Amortization of intangible assets 9,496 1,634 16,742 6,136 Restructuring & other charges (credits) [d] 888 - 2,363 (1,040 ) Deferred executive compensation 143 233 594 752         Non-GAAP operating income $ 109,382   $ 81,797   $ 384,675   $ 246,334     Non-GAAP operating margin % 27.2 % 26.1 % 27.1 % 23.0 %     Three Months Ended Year Ended   Sept. 30, Oct. 1, Sept. 30, Oct. 1, (in thousands) 2011 2010 2011 2010   GAAP net income $ 64,209 $ 46,804 $ 226,585 $ 137,294 Share-based compensation expense [a] 15,650 14,503 58,338 40,742 Acquisition-related expense [b] 5,509 - 9,014 - Litigation settlement gains and losses [c] - - 2,300 - Amortization of intangible assets 9,496 1,634 16,742 6,136 Restructuring & other charges (credits) [d] 888 - 2,363 (1,040 ) Deferred executive compensation 143 233 594 752 Loss on early retirement of convertible debt [e] - - - 79 Amortization of discount on convertible debt [f] 345 322 1,345 2,502 Tax adjustments [g]   7,581     15,287     43,004     42,982   Non-GAAP net income $ 103,821   $ 78,783   $ 360,285   $ 229,447       Three Months Ended Year Ended   Sept. 30, Oct. 1, Sept. 30, Oct. 1, 2011 2010 2011 2010   GAAP net income per share, diluted $ 0.34 $ 0.25 $ 1.19 $ 0.75 Share-based compensation expense [a] 0.08 0.08 0.31 0.22 Acquisition-related expense [b] 0.03 - 0.05 - Litigation settlement gains and losses [c] - - 0.01 - Amortization of intangible assets 0.05 0.01 0.09 0.04 Restructuring & other charges (credits) [d] - - 0.01 - Amortization of discount on convertible debt [f] - - - 0.01 Tax adjustments [g]   0.04     0.09     0.23     0.24   Non-GAAP net income per share, diluted $ 0.54   $ 0.43   $ 1.89   $ 1.26    

SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.DISCUSSION REGARDING THE USE OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

Our earnings release contains some or all of the following financial measures which have not been calculated in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP): (i) non-GAAP gross profit and gross margin, (ii) non-GAAP operating income and operating margin, (iii) non-GAAP net income, and (iv) non-GAAP net income per share (diluted). As set forth in the “Unaudited Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” table found above, we derive such non-GAAP financial measures by excluding certain expenses and other items from the respective GAAP financial measure that is most directly comparable to each non-GAAP financial measure. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate our operating performance and compare it against past periods, make operating decisions, forecast for future periods, compare operating performance against peer companies and determine payments under certain compensation programs. These non-GAAP financial measures provide management with additional means to understand and evaluate the operating results and trends in our ongoing business by eliminating certain non-recurring expenses (which may not occur in each period presented) and other items that management believes might otherwise make comparisons of our ongoing business with prior periods and competitors more difficult, obscure trends in ongoing operations or reduce management’s ability to make useful forecasts.

We provide investors with non-GAAP gross profit and gross margin, non-GAAP operating income and operating margin and non-GAAP net income because we believe it is important for investors to be able to closely monitor and understand changes in our ability to generate income from ongoing business operations. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures give investors an additional method to evaluate historical operating performance and identify trends, additional means of evaluating period-over-period operating performance and a method to facilitate certain comparisons of operating results to peer companies. We also believe that providing non-GAAP operating income and operating margin allows investors to assess the extent to which ongoing operations impact our overall financial performance. We further believe that providing non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per share (diluted) allows investors to assess the overall financial performance of ongoing operations by eliminating the impact of certain financing decisions related to our convertible debt and certain tax items which may not occur in each period for which financial information is presented and which represent gains or losses unrelated to our ongoing operations. We believe that disclosing these non-GAAP financial measures contributes to enhanced financial reporting transparency and provides investors with added clarity about complex financial performance measures.

We calculate non-GAAP gross profit by excluding from GAAP gross profit, stock compensation expense, restructuring-related charges and acquisition-related expenses. We calculate non-GAAP operating income by excluding from GAAP operating income, stock compensation expense, restructuring-related charges, acquisition-related expenses, litigation settlement gains and losses and certain deferred executive compensation. We calculate non-GAAP net income and net income per share (diluted) by excluding from GAAP net income and net income per share (diluted), stock compensation expense, restructuring-related charges, acquisition-related expenses, litigation settlement gains and losses, amortization of discount on convertible debt, and certain deferred executive compensation, as well as certain items related to the retirement of convertible debt, and certain tax items, which may not occur in all periods for which financial information is presented. We exclude the items identified above from the respective non-GAAP financial measure referenced above for the reasons set forth with respect to each such excluded item below:

Stock Compensation - because (1) the total amount of expense is partially outside of our control because it is based on factors such as stock price volatility and interest rates, which may be unrelated to our performance during the period in which the expense is incurred, (2) it is an expense based upon a valuation methodology premised on assumptions that vary over time, and (3) the amount of the expense can vary significantly between companies due to factors that can be outside of the control of such companies.

Acquisition-Related Expenses - including such items as, when applicable, amortization of acquired intangible assets, fair value adjustments to contingent consideration, fair value charges incurred upon the sale of acquired inventory, acquisition-related professional fees and deemed compensation expenses, because they are not considered by management in making operating decisions and we believe that such expenses do not have a direct correlation to future business operations and thereby including such charges does not accurately reflect the performance of our ongoing operations for the period in which such charges are incurred.

Litigation Settlement Gains and Losses - including gains and losses related to the resolution of other than ordinary course threatened and actually filed lawsuits and other than ordinary course contractual disputes, because (1) they are not considered by management in making operating decisions, (2) such gains and losses tend to be infrequent in nature, (3) such gains and losses are generally not directly controlled by management, (4) we believe such gains and losses do not necessarily reflect the performance of our ongoing operations for the period in which such charges are recognized and (5) the amount of such gains or losses can vary significantly between companies and make comparisons difficult.

Restructuring-Related Charges - because, to the extent such charges impact a period presented, we believe that they have no direct correlation to future business operations and including such charges does not necessarily reflect the performance of our ongoing operations for the period in which such charges are incurred.

Deferred Executive Compensation - including charges related to any contingent obligation pursuant to an executive severance agreement because we believe the period over which the obligation is amortized may not reflect the period of benefit and that such expense has no direct correlation with our recurring business operations and including such expenses does not accurately reflect the compensation expense for the period in which incurred.

Amortization of Discount on Convertible Debt - comprised of the amortization of the debt discount recorded at inception of the convertible debt borrowing related to the adoption of ASC 470-20, because the expense is dependent on fair value assessments and is not considered by management when making operating decisions.

Gains and Losses on Retirement of Convertible Debt - because, to the extent that gains or losses from such repurchases impact a period presented, we do not believe that they reflect the underlying performance of ongoing business operations for such period.

Certain Income Tax Items - including certain deferred tax charges and benefits which do not result in a current tax payment or tax refund and other adjustments which are not indicative of ongoing business operations.

The non-GAAP financial measures presented in the table above should not be considered in isolation and are not an alternative for, the respective GAAP financial measure that is most directly comparable to each such non-GAAP financial measure. Investors are cautioned against placing undue reliance on these non-GAAP financial measures and are urged to review and consider carefully the adjustments made by management to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures to arrive at these non-GAAP financial measures. Non-GAAP financial measures may have limited value as analytical tools because they may exclude certain expenses that some investors consider important in evaluating operating performance or ongoing business. Further, non-GAAP financial measures are likely to have limited value for purposes of drawing comparisons between companies because different companies may calculate similarly titled non-GAAP financial measures in different ways because non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles.

Our earnings release contains a forward looking estimate of non-GAAP diluted earnings per share for the first quarter of our 2012 fiscal year (“Q1 2012”). We provide this non-GAAP measure to investors on a prospective basis for the same reasons (set forth above) that we provide them to investors on a historical basis. We are unable to provide a reconciliation of our forward looking estimate of Q1 2012 non-GAAP diluted earnings per share to a forward looking estimate of Q1 2012 GAAP diluted earnings per share because certain information needed to make a reasonable forward looking estimate of GAAP diluted earnings per share for Q1 2012 (other than estimated stock compensation expense of $0.09 per diluted share, certain tax items of $0.06 per diluted share, estimated acquisition related expense of $0.04 per diluted share and estimated deferred executive compensation expense and restructuring and other charges with a de minimis impact per diluted share) is difficult to predict and estimate and is often dependent on future events which may be uncertain or outside of our control. Such events may include unanticipated gains and losses on retirement of convertible debt, unanticipated one time charges related to asset impairments (fixed assets, intangibles or goodwill), unanticipated acquisition related costs, unanticipated litigation settlement gains and losses and other unanticipated non-recurring items not reflective of ongoing operations. We believe the probable significance of these unknown items, in aggregate, to be in the range of $0.00 to $0.05 in quarterly earnings per diluted share on a GAAP basis. Our forward looking estimates of both GAAP and non-GAAP measures of our financial performance may differ materially from our actual results and should not be relied upon as statements of fact.

[a]

These charges represent expense recognized in accordance with ASC 718 - Compensation, Stock Compensation.

Approximately $2.2 million, $5.0 million and $8.4 million were included in cost of goods sold, research and development expense and selling, general and administrative expense, respectively, for the three months ended September 30, 2011.

Approximately $7.6 million, $18.1 million and $32.6 million were included in cost of goods sold, research and development expense and selling, general and administrative expense, respectively, for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2011.

 

For the three months ended October 1, 2010, approximately $1.1 million, $1.9 million and $11.5 million were included in costs of goods sold, research and development expense and selling, general and administrative expense, respectively.

For the fiscal year ended October 1, 2010, approximately $3.9 million, $7.4 million and $29.4 million were included in costs of goods sold, research and development expense and selling, general and administrative expense, respectively.

  [b]

The acquisition-related expense recognized during the three months and fiscal year ended September 30, 2011 includes a $2.9 million and $4.6 million charge, respectively, to cost of sales related to the sale of acquired inventory. Also included in acquisition-related expense is $2.6 million and $4.4 million, respectively, in transaction costs associated with acquisitions completed or contemplated during the three months and fiscal year ended September 30, 2011.

  [c]

During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2011, the Company recognized a $2.3 million charge related to the resolution of a contractual dispute.

  [d]

During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2011, the Company implemented a restructuring plan to reduce the headcount associated with its acquisition of SiGe Semiconductor, Inc. Approximately $0.9 million and $2.4 million in restructuring related charges were recorded during the three months and fiscal year ended September 30, 2011, respectively.

 

For the fiscal year ended October 1, 2010, the Company recorded a $1.0 million credit to restructuring and other charges related to the sale of an impaired long-lived asset.

  [e]

The net loss recorded during the fiscal year ended October 1, 2010 relates to a loss on the retirement of $32.6 million of the Company's 1.25% convertible subordinated notes due on March 1, 2010 offset by a gain on the retirement of $20.4 million of the Company's 1.50% convertible subordinated notes due on March 1, 2012.

  [f]

These charges represent the amortization expense recognized in accordance with ASC 470-20. Approximately $0.3 million and $1.3 million, respectively, of amortization expense was recognized during the three months and fiscal year ended September 30, 2011.

 

Approximately $0.3 million and $2.5 million, respectively, of amortization expense was recognized during the three months and fiscal year ended October 1, 2010.

  [g]

During the three months and fiscal year ended September 30, 2011, these amounts primarily represent deferred tax expense not affecting taxes payable and non-cash expense related to uncertain tax positions.

 

During the three months and fiscal year ended October 1, 2010, these amounts primarily represent the utilization of net operating loss and research and development credit carryforwards.

    SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET     Sept. 30,   Oct. 1, (in thousands) 2011 2010 Assets Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $ 410,799 $ 459,385 Accounts receivable, net 177,940 175,232 Inventories 198,183 125,059 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 29,412 30,189 Property, plant and equipment, net 251,365 204,363 Goodwill and intangible assets, net 749,849 498,096 Other assets   72,841   71,728 Total assets $ 1,890,389 $ 1,564,052   Liabilities and Equity Current liabilities: Credit facility $ - $ 50,000 Convertible notes 26,089 - Accounts payable 115,290 111,967 Accrued liabilities and other current liabilities 105,717 42,357 Long-term debt - 24,743 Other long-term liabilities 34,198 18,389 Stockholders' equity   1,609,095   1,316,596 Total liabilities and equity $ 1,890,389 $ 1,564,052