Forbes Alexander
Analyst · Longbow Research
Thank you, Beth. Good afternoon, everyone. I’d like to ask you to turn to Slides 3 and 4, where I’ll review our fourth quarter and fiscal year 2015 results. Net revenue for the fourth quarter was $4.7 billion, an increase of 15% on a year-over-year basis. GAAP operating income was $150 million, while GAAP net income was $88 million. GAAP net diluted earnings per share were $0.45 for the quarter. Core operating income, excluding the amortization of intangibles, stock-based compensation, restructuring charges, and other income was above our estimates at $163 million, and represented 3.5% of revenue. Core diluted earnings per share was $0.53. Revenue, core operating income, and core earnings per share exceeded the midpoint of our previous guidance, due largely to strength in demand within our DMS mobility and lifestyle businesses, supported by operational efficiencies across a number of product ramps during the quarter. For the full fiscal year, net revenue was $17.9 billion, an increase of 14% GAAP operating income was $555 million, while GAAP net income was $284 million. GAAP net diluted earnings per share were $1.45 for the year. Core operating income, excluding amortization of intangibles, stock-based compensation, restructuring charges, and other income was $670 million, and represented 3.7% of revenue. Core diluted earnings per share were $2.07. Turning to Slides 5 and 6, I’ll discuss our fourth quarter and fiscal year segments. In the fourth quarter, revenue for our Diversified Manufacturing Services segment was $1.9 billion, an increase of 47% on a year-over-year basis, and represented 41% of total company revenue. Operating income was 4.1%, reflective of ongoing investments in the quarter, associated with multiple product ramps within our Green Point division. Our Electronics Manufacturing Services segment revenue was $2.8 billion, an increase of 1% on a year-over-year basis, representing 59% of total company revenue. Operating income for this segment was 3% midpoint of our long-term range. Now, turning to the year. Our Diversified Manufacturing Services segment, revenue was $7.1 billion, an increase of approximately $2 billion, or 39% on a year-over-year basis, and represents 40% of total company revenue. Operating income for this segment was 5.2%. Our Electronic Manufacturing Services segment, revenue was $10.8 billion, an increase of 1% on a year-over-year basis, and represents 60% of total company revenue. Operating income for this segment was 2.8%, an improvement of 50 basis points over fiscal 2014. For the full fiscal year, we had one customer with revenues in excess of 10%, this being Apple, the 24%. I’d now like to review some of our cash and balance sheet metrics and ask you to turn to Slide 7. We ended the fiscal year with cash balances of $914 million. For the full-year, cash flows from operations were $1.24 billion. Net capital expenditures for the fiscal year totaled $947 million, supporting our previously planned capacity and capability expansions, thus resulting cash flows after capital expenditures totaled approximately $300 million. During the fourth fiscal quarter, we repurchased approximately 2.4 million shares, at a total cost of $46 million. Repurchases for the full fiscal year totaled 4.4 million shares, at a total cost of $86 million, or an average price of $19.46, while dividends paid in the year totaled $63 million. Share repurchases continued during the month of September and approximately $2 million remains outstanding under our current repurchase authorization of $100 million. Core EBITDA for the year was approximately $1.175 billion and represents 6.6% of revenue. Total debt to EBITDA levels at year-end were 1.8 times. Finally, core return on invested capital for the full fiscal year was 17.8%. In addition, during the fourth fiscal quarter, I’m pleased to note that we acquired Plasticos Castella for approximately $110 million. Established in 1974 and headquartered in Spain with operations in both Spain and Hungary, Plasticos Castella complements a growing Nypro rigid packaging business, bringing both new capabilities and market expansion opportunities across Europe. I’d now like to discuss our first fiscal quarter and full fiscal 2016 outlook and ask you to turn to Slide 9 and 10. For the first fiscal quarter, we expect revenue to be in the range of $5.1 billion $5.3 billion, an increase of 14% at its midpoint on a year-over-year basis. Core operating income is expected to be in the range of $220 million to $260 million with core operating margin in the range of 4.3% to 4.9%. Core earnings per share are estimated to be in the range of $0.72 to $0.88 per diluted share. And GAAP earnings per share are expected to be in the range of $0.56 to $0.74 per diluted share. Turning to our segment outlook for the quarter, Diversified Manufacturing Services segment is expected to increase approximately 33% on a year-over-year basis with revenues estimated to be approximately $2.55 billion. The Electronic Manufacturing Services segment is expected to remain consistent at $2.65 billion. Turning to the full fiscal year, the investments in infrastructure and capabilities we have made in fiscal 2015 positions us extremely well as we move into the new fiscal year. We expect to add approximately $2 billion in revenue with the full fiscal year revenue targeted to be approximately $20 billion. Core earnings per diluted share are expected to grow 25% over fiscal 2015 to $2.60. Our growth strategy continues as we enter the new fiscal year. We see continued opportunities for expansion in revenue, income, returns on invested capital and cash flows beyond those of 2016. And as such, we expect capital expenditure levels to be relatively consistent with those of fiscal 2015. Details of our expected investments can be found on Slide 12, the appendix of our presentation. These capital investments shall continue to be funded via cash flow from operations for their expectation of another very strong year in operational cash flow metrics, which will provide an opportunity for free cash flow in the range of $350 million to $450 million. I now like to hand the call over to Mark.