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Q1 2017 Earnings Call· Mon, May 8, 2017

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Operator

Operator

Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the ON Semiconductor First Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session and instructions will follow at that time. I would now like to introduce to your host for today's conference, Parag Agarwal, VP of Corporate Development and Investor Relations. Sir, please go ahead.

Parag Agarwal - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

Thank you, Michelle. Good morning and thank you for joining ON Semiconductor Corporation's first-quarter 2017 quarterly results conference call. I'm joined today by Keith Jackson, our President and CEO, and Bernard Gutmann, our CFO. This call is being webcast on the Investor Relations section of our website at www.onsemi.com. A replay of this broadcast, along with our earnings release for the first quarter of 2017 will be available on our website approximately one hour following this conference call and the recorded broadcast will be available for approximately 30 days following this conference call. The script for today's call and additional information related to our end-markets, business segments, geographies and channels are also posted on our website. Our earnings release and this presentation include certain non-GAAP financial measures. Reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to most directly comparable measures under GAAP are in our earnings release, which is posted separately on our website in the Investor Relations section. During the course of this conference call, we will make projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or future financial performance of the company. The words believe, estimate, project, anticipate, intend, may, expect, will, plan, should or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. We wish to caution that such statements are subject to risk and uncertainties that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from projections. Important factors, which can affect our business, including factors that could cause actual results to differ from our forward-looking statements are described in our Forms 10-Ks, Form 10-Qs and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Additional factors are described in our earnings release for the first quarter of 2017. Our estimates may change and the company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changed assumptions or other factors, except as required by the law. For all synergy-related discussion on this call, we have used Fairchild's 2015 results as a base for all comparisons. During the second quarter, we will be attending the Deutsche Bank AutoTech Conference in San Francisco on May 11, JPMorgan Technology Conference in Boston on May 24 and Bank of America Merrill Lynch Technology Conference in San Francisco on June 7. Now, let me turn it over to Bernard Gutmann, who will provide an overview of the first-quarter 2017 results. Bernard?

Bernard Gutmann - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

Thank you, Parag, and thank you, everyone, for joining us today. Our execution momentum remains strong and we once again delivered solid financial results, which exceeded our guidance and street consensus for all key metrics. Visibility into our business continues to strengthen, driven by strong demand for products in the automotive, industrial and communications end-markets. At the same time, we're making strong progress in integration of Fairchild and we remain on track to deliver the higher-targeted synergies from our acquisition of Fairchild as communicated during our recent Analyst Day. Our margin performance remained strong in the first quarter and we delivered operating leverage driven by strong performance on operations front. Our free cash flow more than tripled year-over-year during the first quarter. Furthermore, to reduce our cash outlay for interest expenses, we re-priced our term loan B debt at lower interest rate and issued new convertible notes. Before I discuss additional details regarding our first-quarter 2017 results, let me highlight a change to revenue recognition – related to revenue recognition. As we announced in our press release on April 4, starting from the first quarter of 2017, ON Semiconductor will recognize revenue from distributors using the sell-in method. As you are aware, prior to transitioning to the sell-in method, ON Semiconductor used the sell-through method to recognize revenue from distributors. As a result of the change, the company experienced a one-time benefit in various line items in its consolidated financial statements. To provide transparency and clarity in our financial results, we have provided quantitative impact to various line items associated with this change. Furthermore, in discussion of our non-GAAP results for the first quarter of 2017, we have excluded the benefit from this change and that benefit will not repeat. Our guidance for the second quarter of 2017 is not…

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

Thanks, Bernard. I am very pleased with our strong execution. Our results clearly demonstrate the progress that we have made in transforming ON into a highly diversified and broad-based supplier of power, analog and sensor solutions for automotive, industrial and communications end-markets. As we highlighted in our recent Analyst Day, ON Semiconductor has now established itself as a leader in the power semiconductor market. The company is now a provider of key enabling technologies for automotive, industrial and communications end-markets and our results are indicative of our strong momentum in key markets. We continue to expand our margins and generate strong free cash flow. We are making strong progress in integration of Fairchild and we are tracking significantly ahead of our planned synergy targets. We are on track to begin realizing manufacturing synergies from Fairchild towards the end of the year as we start insourcing Fairchild's backend operations. Recall that at our Analyst Day, we raised our synergy targets for Fairchild. We now expect to exit 2017 with annual synergies run rate of $180 million as compared to our prior target of $160 million. We raised annualized synergies run rate exiting 2018 to $220 million from $200 million. Total annual synergies from Fairchild are now expected to be $245 million, up from $225 million. We expect to achieve annual synergies run rate of $245 million by end of 2019. Performance of Fairchild continues to be strong. We had another record bookings quarter for Fairchild. During the first quarter, booking for Fairchild were at the highest level for the last three years. We continue to see high level of customer interest in Fairchild products and our design win pipeline for Fairchild products continue to expand at a rapid pace. We expect to see strong growth in revenue contribution from Fairchild in…

Bernard Gutmann - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

Thank you, Keith. Before I get into the details of our guidance for second quarter of 2017, let me remind you that the change in revenue recognition for distributors has no impact on our second quarter guidance. Based on product booking trends, backlog levels and estimated turns levels, we anticipate that total ON Semiconductor revenues will be approximately $1.285 billion to $1.335 billion in the second quarter of 2017. Backlog levels for the second quarter of 2017 represent approximately 80% to 85% of our anticipated second-quarter revenue. For the second quarter of 2017, we expect GAAP gross margin in the range of 34.5% and 36.4% and on a non-GAAP gross margin, ranges approximately 34.7% to 36.7%. Factory utilization in the second quarter is likely to be up sequentially. We expect total GAAP operating expenses of approximately $311 million to $332 million. Our GAAP operating expenses include the amortization of intangibles, restructuring, asset impairments and other changes, which are expected to be approximately $30 million to $37 million. We expect total non-GAAP operating expenses of approximately $281 million to $295 million. We anticipate second-quarter the net other income and expenses, including interest expense, will be approximately $35 million to $38 million, which include non-cash interest expense of approximately $8 million to $9 million. We anticipate our non-GAAP net other income and expenses, including interest expense, will be approximately $27 million to $29 million. Cash paid for income taxes in the second quarter of 2017 is expected to be approximately $12 million to $16 million. We expect full-year 2017 cash paid for income taxes to be approximately 10% of 2017 non-GAAP pre-tax income. We expect total capital expenditures of approximately $75 million to $85 million in the second quarter of 2017. We also expect share-based compensation of approximately $20 million to $22 million in the second quarter of 2017; of which, approximately $2 million is expected to be in cost of goods sold and the remaining amount is expected to be in operating expenses. This expense is included in our non-GAAP financial measures. Our diluted share count for the second quarter of 2017 is expected to be approximately 427 million shares based on our current stock price. Further details on share count and earnings per share calculations are provided regularly in our Quarterly and Annual Reports on Forms 10-Q and 10-K. With that, I would like to start the Q&A session. Thank you. And, Michelle, please open up the line for questions.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. Our first question comes from the line of Ross Seymore with Deutsche Bank. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Ross C. Seymore - Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

Analyst · Deutsche Bank. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Thanks, guys, for letting me ask a question. Keith, one question for you and it's about the cycle topic that you addressed in the automotive side and then overall in the semiconductor cycle. When you mentioned that shortages are a bigger concern for your customers, people oftentimes hear that and think double ordering is a pending risk. Can you talk a little bit about what you're seeing on either lead times, ASPs, any other indicators that make you feel comfortable that peaking (25:56) is not really the consideration that we should be focused on?

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

Yeah. A couple of comments there. Lead times are really not stretching quickly as they normally do when you get into a double order situation. ASPs are also not accelerating at the same kind of paces, although they are starting to stabilize and as we mentioned, lead times are pretty steady. So, that combination kind of indicates to us there's not quite double ordering. Also, as we look at the quality of the backlog, we do see significant growth in the backlog toward the summer time for all of the ramps in the communications industry and we see appropriate orders lead time wise for industrial and automotive. So, at this stage, it just looks like a good demand environment and not something where any type of panic has started.

Ross C. Seymore - Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

Analyst · Deutsche Bank. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Thanks for that. And then, I guess, my follow-up one for you, Bernard. I know that revenues came in at the high-end of the range and so OpEx being towards the higher-end of the range makes sense there, but it was a little higher than I expected in both the quarter and the guide. Can you just talk about the trajectory for OpEx for the rest of the year and how do we view the synergies that you're going to get from Fairchild on the OpEx line specifically going forward?

Bernard Gutmann - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

Thank you, Ross. So, as we mentioned, the variable comp definitely was higher than expected, because the results were better. We also mentioned that we made some investments in ADAS and radar. In general, we expect OpEx as a percent of revenue to subside in the second half of the quarter, getting closer to our target model. The synergies will continue coming in and we expect those to come in more towards the end of the year as we finalize the integration of our ERP systems for Fairchild.

Ross C. Seymore - Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

Analyst · Deutsche Bank. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Great. Thank you.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. And our next question comes from the line of Chris Danely with Citigroup. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Christopher Brett Danely - Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

Analyst · Chris Danely with Citigroup. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Thanks, guys. Just another question on the end-markets. Can you just talk about the linearity of bookings by end-markets and how they changed throughout the quarter? Did every single one grow? Was there any change particularly in the automotive end-market in terms of bookings?

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

Yeah. We did not see anything that was outside of seasonal in each of the markets. And so, there's really nothing to comment on.

Christopher Brett Danely - Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

Analyst · Chris Danely with Citigroup. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Great. And then, for my next question, sounds like you guys are taking advantage of the cash flow from the balance sheet. Bernard, maybe talk about with the increased cash flow going forward. Should we expect any further changes or what you'd like to do next to the balance sheet?

Bernard Gutmann - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

As we have mentioned in the past, our target is to pay down the debt in the short term. We intend to get to about 2 times net leverage. So, any excess free cash flow that we generate will be used to pay down the debt.

Christopher Brett Danely - Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

Analyst · Chris Danely with Citigroup. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Is there anything else callable in the next six months?

Bernard Gutmann - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

No, but the term loan that we have is pre-payable at any time.

Christopher Brett Danely - Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

Analyst · Chris Danely with Citigroup. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Got it. Okay. Great. Thanks, guys.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. And our next question comes from the line of Tristan Gerra with Baird. Your line is open. Please go ahead. Tristan Gerra - Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc.: Hi. Good morning. Could you quantify the utilization rates that you expect in Q2 and also if you could provide perhaps an initial outlook in terms of what you're seeing for Q3 in terms of order trends?

Bernard Gutmann - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

So, for utilization, we are in the middle-80%s in the first quarter and we expect Q2 to be slightly higher than that.

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

And Q3 orders, we're certainly looking at the handset market to be up more this year than it was last year in the same timeframe with two major guys ramping new platforms. So, it's definitely stronger than we saw last year. Tristan Gerra - Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc.: Great. Thank you.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. And our next question comes from the line of Vivek Arya with Bank of America. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Vivek Arya - Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Analyst · Vivek Arya with Bank of America. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Thanks for taking my question and good job on the execution. For my first question, maybe, Keith, back to this automotive business and the cycle question, if you look at prior cycles, how much of an early warning do you think the industry had when the cycle started to slow and why would it be different this time? I think you mentioned diversification and obviously, there is a secular content growth argument for automotive semis, but is there anything different now that gives you better visibility than you have had in the past if the cycle does start to turn?

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

I think the cycles' turning shows up in order patterns. There is traditionally good order placement by our automotive customers. They place more than they have to based on lead times. So, I would say we get something like a five to six-month warning if things are going to change. The primary difference this cycle versus any of them in the past is just the rapid adoption of advanced safety mechanisms, which use a lot of semiconductors. And so, as we mentioned in our Analyst Day, even with no growth at all in the SAAR, you can be expecting something in the mid to high-single digits growth for automotive revenues.

Vivek Arya - Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Analyst · Vivek Arya with Bank of America. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Thanks. And as my follow-up, a question on the stock and this is a very frequent question from investors, your stock continues to trade at a low multiple, around 11 times forward even though semi have reiterated (32:01) to 18 to 20 times, including your close comp, Infineon, what do you think can help expand ON to be multiple? Is it better gross margin? Is it more consistent top-line growth, debt reduction? What do you think people are missing and what can help to close this very large gap? Thank you.

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

So, we believe that focus on free cash flow is going to be a significant bolster to the stock and also there is significant indebtedness that, as we pay that down, gives you additional leverage. So, those two factors should be very significant in increasing that multiple.

Vivek Arya - Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Analyst · Vivek Arya with Bank of America. Your line is open. Please go ahead

One last quick one as a clarification. Maybe, Bernard, when I look at the Q2 outlook, it is above expectation, but I think it's about 2% to 3% sequential growth, somewhat different than what we have seen in the past? If you could just help us put that in the context of seasonality. Thank you.

Bernard Gutmann - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

So, in general terms, we did have a very strong first quarter. So, on the heels of that first quarter, maybe the numbers are a little bit lighter than a normal seasonality. And, I'd say, we have a little bit of conservatism in our approach. Seasonality with Fairchild, I don't think it's changing too much, except it makes Q4 a little bit more pronounced on the down, since Fairchild was typically seasonally first more down, offset by the little bit better Q1, but Q2 and Q3 should not be too different.

Vivek Arya - Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Analyst · Vivek Arya with Bank of America. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Okay. Thank you.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. And our next question comes from the line of Mark Delaney with Goldman Sachs. Your line is open. Please go ahead. Mark Delaney - Goldman Sachs & Co.: Yes. Good morning. Thanks very much for taking the questions. First question is on the handset market. Keith, you talked about you've seen a little bit of weakness in the handset market in the first quarter. I think you'd originally been looking for seasonal or even better than seasonal in the first quarter. So, any more color on what gives you the confidence that's starting to turn? And then, as you think about the handset market for later this year, if you could help us think about how much content is increasing on a net basis maybe year-over-year, I'd be interested in any sort of color on the content gain, would be interesting, too.

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

Yeah. So, seasonally, we dug pretty deep, talked with our customers. Clearly, in China, there was some supply chain tightening that some of our customers were employing is down a little more than seasonal. But as we look at the uptake here in Q2 and their expectations they've set with us, we're expecting a significant growth back to a more normal second half of the year. Secondly, as far as content; content, there are two different ways. One way of looking that is just exposure geographically. About half of our sales go into China and the other half are to the major OEMs that are not in China. You're seeing some very strong ramps. And so, we've gotten better content in all of the ramps there. So, I think you're looking at 20% to 30% more content in each of those. And then, hopefully, with the specific exposure on the ramps, you should see very significant growth in the second half for handsets. Mark Delaney - Goldman Sachs & Co.: That's helpful. And then the follow-up question was on auto. You talked about the strength you're seeing in growth in ADAS applications. Maybe you can help us understand just of your auto revenue, how much, at this point, is tied to ADAS?

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

Well, total safety is about a quarter. ADAS, specifically, I don't know that I've got those figures. Mark Delaney - Goldman Sachs & Co.: Okay. Thank you very much.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. And our next question comes from the line of Christopher Rolland with Susquehanna. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Christopher Rolland - Susquehanna Financial Group LLLP

Analyst · Christopher Rolland with Susquehanna. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Hey, guys. Thanks for the question. Perhaps, you guys can talk about new Aptina capacity, both front-end and back-end. I think, SNIC (36:11) was putting some more online from you – for you guys. Is that up and running now? And if not, where are we with capacity? What kind of utilization do we have for Aptina specifically?

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

We're in a very good situation with capacity for image sensing business, running less than 70% full globally on a overall basis.

Christopher Rolland - Susquehanna Financial Group LLLP

Analyst · Christopher Rolland with Susquehanna. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Okay. Great. And perhaps, in your commentary, you talked about repurposing some products from consumer and moving them to industrial? I'm wondering what products you were talking about there and what kind of margin improvements we might see from those kind of actions?

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

Yeah. So, those are basically the power modules that were going into white goods. They provide a variable speed motor control capabilities and basically with slightly different current and voltage targets, you can use them for industrial modules. And the margins go up somewhere around 150 basis points to 300 basis points, very significant change.

Christopher Rolland - Susquehanna Financial Group LLLP

Analyst · Christopher Rolland with Susquehanna. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Great. Thanks so much.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. And our next question comes from the line of Harsh Kumar with Stephens. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Harsh V. Kumar - Stephens, Inc.

Analyst · Harsh Kumar with Stephens. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Yeah. Hey, guys. First of all, congratulations on strong commentary. Bernard and Keith, quick question for you. Almost every end-market that you participate and then 2Q is going to grow. I was wondering if you could rank order or give us some color on how you feel about the different end-markets in terms of growth prospects just near term, mid-term, any color would be helpful. And then, I got another follow-up.

Bernard Gutmann - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

So, in the near term, in general terms, all of them are going to grow and obviously, our guidance is in that 2% to 3% range, though it's not a huge amount. So, pretty much all of them are about the same pace, not anything spectacular on one end-market. Remember, we're coming off of a very strong Q1. In the longer term, we have – as we talked in the Analyst Day, the area of focus is the same, is industrial, automotive and smartphones.

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

And I would expect a significant wireless growth Q3 and Q4.

Bernard Gutmann - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

In Q3 and Q4.

Harsh V. Kumar - Stephens, Inc.

Analyst · Harsh Kumar with Stephens. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Got it. Understood. And then, as a follow-up, you're doing better on Fairchild on every metric in terms of synergies. I was wondering if you could give us an idea of what you feel at this time about the timing of cross-sells, if there's any change that you want to communicate at this time.

Bernard Gutmann - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

Harsh, can you repeat that please?

Harsh V. Kumar - Stephens, Inc.

Analyst · Harsh Kumar with Stephens. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Yeah. Yeah. Cross-sells from Fairchild.

Bernard Gutmann - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

I see.

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

Cross-selling, that has been going on since day one. I think you've heard us set now two records since we've owned them. Not records just because they've added on, but records in their bookings levels going back in their history as a standalone company. So, we're actually getting a lot of pull already.

Harsh V. Kumar - Stephens, Inc.

Analyst · Harsh Kumar with Stephens. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Thanks, guys.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. And our next question comes from the line of Craig Ellis with B. Riley. Your line is open. Please go ahead. Craig A. Ellis - B. Riley & Co. LLC: Yeah. Thanks for taking the question and nice job on the execution. Keith, just going back to some of the commentary on the pricing environment, we've got a much more consolidated industry than we have at any time in the past when there's been good growth. So, my question is, to what extent do you think there's potential for more structural improvement in pricing? And if that were to occur, what would be the signs that it is in fact playing out?

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

Well, there's two, I guess, main factors that go into that. One is perception, if you will, of availability. We've been watching that carefully with capital expenditures, which have been, I think, in good control for several years. So, I'm expecting that to contribute to some stabilization on the pricing side. And I guess, the second thing to look at is part of the cycle. Certainly, we've indicated we're seeing continued growth there. That hasn't reached any type of double ordering levels yet, but that would certainly be a sign that you're going to see pricing movement. And then, lastly, just in consolidation of the industry, I think it's still a lot of consolidation to go before that would have a meaningful impact. Craig A. Ellis - B. Riley & Co. LLC: Okay. Thank you. And then, Bernard, just following up on some of the expense commentary. To what extent are the ADAS investments more of a structural impact to R&D intensity or are they more temporal where we would see a step-down in OpEx at some future quarter? And can you break out the magnitude of the impact to expenses ADAS versus the performance base accrual for the first quarter? Thank you.

Bernard Gutmann - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

So, in general terms, we're not changing our long-term target for OpEx. It's in our model. We have stated 21%. This is more repurposing some expenses. And as we said, we're going to get some synergies that will help reduce the number. So, in general terms, I don't expect a structural change. This is in the low-single digit in terms of impact by quarter.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. And our next question comes from the line of Vijay Rakesh with Mizuho. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Vijay Raghavan Rakesh - Mizuho Securities USA, Inc.

Analyst · Vijay Rakesh with Mizuho. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Hi. Thanks, guys. Great execution here. Just a couple of questions back on the automotive side. Keith and Bernard, so if you look at autos, I was wondering what the book-to-bill was and also how channel inventories looked in the different geographies.

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

So, we don't give book-to-bills out, but it was certainly greater than 1, which is why we predict continued increase sequentially. Relative to inventories from a component perspective, we think they are in very good shape. From an in-car perspective, I know you've read all the reports we have, which says North America is slightly elevated, but we're in reasonable shape elsewhere.

Vijay Raghavan Rakesh - Mizuho Securities USA, Inc.

Analyst · Vijay Rakesh with Mizuho. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Great. And just on the EV/HEV side, I know you guys with Fairchild got some exposure there. What percent of your automotive is exposed to EV/HEV and if you can give us some growth expectations there as you look at this year, next year?

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

Yeah. It's very small right now. We're looking at adding up to $300 a car on the EV basis, but those ramps won't be occurring till late of 2018 or 2019.

Vijay Raghavan Rakesh - Mizuho Securities USA, Inc.

Analyst · Vijay Rakesh with Mizuho. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Got it. Thanks.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. And our next question comes from the line of Shawn Harrison with Longbow Research. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Shawn M. Harrison - Longbow Research LLC

Analyst · Shawn Harrison with Longbow Research. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Hi. Good morning. Congrats on the results. Two questions, if I may. Sorry, if I missed this, but was there an update to the free cash flow expectation for the year? It looks like if you continue this run rate, you'll be well above $600 million. And then, second, just on maybe beating the double ordering concern into the ground, are you seeing any increased order activity because of lead times of, let's say, competitive products? For example, let's take MOSFETs, are way up at some of your peers. And so, are you seeing distribution add more inventory, maybe when they don't need to of your product?

Bernard Gutmann - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

So, on the free cash flow, we haven't said anything, but we expect to still be in that $500 million to $600 million, maybe moving a little bit closer to the higher-end. We did have a fairly low amount of CapEx and that some of it is timing. It's a little bit lumpy. So, we expect some of that to catch up, but we're definitely still targeting to be in that $500 million to $600 million range.

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

On the distribution, double ordering, again, we really have not seen a lot of that. Our inventories there and our order patterns are still well within our models.

Shawn M. Harrison - Longbow Research LLC

Analyst · Shawn Harrison with Longbow Research. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Thank you.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. And our next question comes from the line of Rajvindra Gill with Needham & Company. Your line is open. Please go ahead. Rajvindra S. Gill - Needham & Co. LLC: Thank you and congratulations on solid execution. Question on the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and the transition to advanced safety. Can you talk about your view of the number of camera sensors or radar sensors or LiDAR sensors that you expect happen over the next several years and how you're positioned competitively to benefit on that trend as you're clearly seeing it on your numbers today?

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

So, we believe on the ADAS side, we've been winning about 70% of the new model platforms, which bodes very well for growth going forward. It's really the number of cameras varies as you would guess dramatically model-to-model and country-to-country. But in all cases, you're looking at something that's going to be in the five to eight range – moving from five to eight over the next couple of years. So, overall we're saying that that has about a 20%-plus CAGR attached to that. Rajvindra S. Gill - Needham & Co. LLC: Now, within your auto business, would you say that the sensor business is growing the fastest or how would you rank in terms of LED lighting or power management modules?

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

Yeah. So, I would say the ADAS would be the fastest growing, the LED lighting following that and then the various power applications being in third place. Rajvindra S. Gill - Needham & Co. LLC: And last question on the USB-C ramp. That clearly is happening. Can you also talk about the competitive landscape there and do you see potential future competitors as USB-C interface starts to get more pervasive? And are there other end-markets outside of smartphones that you're seeing growth, such as fast chargers or other things?

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

Yeah. You see USB-C growth in the entire infrastructure on the handset side and shortly on the notebook side. The competitive landscape there is fairly well established and I wouldn't expect surprises going forward. Rajvindra S. Gill - Needham & Co. LLC: Okay. Thank you.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. And our next question comes from the line of Harlan Sur with JPMorgan. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Harlan Sur - JPMorgan Securities LLC

Analyst · Harlan Sur with JPMorgan. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Good morning and nice job on the continued great execution here. On your server-based and cloud-based platforms, I think you guys mentioned on the call, you see some tailwinds in the second half. That's a $30 in content. I think you guys mentioned could be as high as maybe $50 at Analyst Day. Is that being driven by the Purley, Skylake ramp in the second half? And can you help us understand the design win momentum? Is that more Fairchild-driven or your core business or a combination of both?

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

So, the cloud computing really came from Fairchild. And Purley certainly will advance that cause there and it really amounts to how fast these specific wins, the specific customers will be coming on, but all of that, we expect to see good strength with Purley.

Harlan Sur - JPMorgan Securities LLC

Analyst · Harlan Sur with JPMorgan. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Yes. Thanks for the insights there. And then, with the move to sell-in rev rec at disti, obviously, inventories will be sort of a key focus metric here. So, I think disti inventories for you guys were 10 to 11 weeks, I think, in the December quarter. That's below your target. Where were they in the March quarter? What's your expectation for the June quarter? Thank you.

Bernard Gutmann - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

So, in general terms, we think a good level of inventory is 11 to 13 weeks. And we have been operating – as you said, in the fourth quarter, we're at the lower end of that and we have operating within that range for the last few quarters.

Harlan Sur - JPMorgan Securities LLC

Analyst · Harlan Sur with JPMorgan. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Thank you.

Bernard Gutmann - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

And there was not a significant change in Q1.

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

Yes.

Harlan Sur - JPMorgan Securities LLC

Analyst · Harlan Sur with JPMorgan. Your line is open. Please go ahead

Great. Thank you.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. And our next question comes from the line of Kevin Cassidy with Stifel. Your line is open. Please go ahead. John J. Donnelly - Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc.: Hi. This is John Donnelly on for Kevin. What drove the better white goods demand in the quarter? And was there any particular geography that was better than expected?

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

It's really all China and we had a couple of major customers there both which had depleted their inventories and needed to replenish. John J. Donnelly - Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc.: Great. And then, for the growth in ADAS, could you maybe break down a little bit how much of that is due to an increase in the number of vehicles adopting the system versus increase in the average number of sensors per vehicle?

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

Well, they're both going to yield the same results and we don't have any studies that give me a weighting on either of those. John J. Donnelly - Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc.: All right. Great. Thank you very much.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. And our next question comes from the line of Craig Hettenbach with Morgan Stanley. Your line is open. Please go ahead. Craig M. Hettenbach - Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC: Yes. Thanks. Question on the industrial market. Can you just talk about kind of the trends you're seeing through the distribution market and as well as just kind of key growth drivers for you in industrial this year?

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

So, key growth drivers really are the power portion of industrial plus some of the new communication standards for wireless that you have in building automation and factory automation. We're seeing good growth there. The Fairchild acquisition did help us with some pull-through or cross-sell as was talked about earlier there with the ON products. So, in general, we're looking for our power business and our communications businesses to benefit. Craig M. Hettenbach - Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC: Got it. Thanks. And then, just a follow-up on the commentary about increased handset content. Can you provide some color there in terms of maybe some key applications that should help you drive the content higher into the back half?

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

So, a couple of – I think, first order of magnitude, rapid charging adds dollar content and that's being adopted more quickly here in the second half. And then, the rest of it is just next generation of all the things we've been participating in. Craig M. Hettenbach - Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC: Okay. Thank you.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of John Pitzer with Credit Suisse. Your line is open. Please go ahead. John William Pitzer - Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC: Yeah. Good morning, guys. Thanks for letting me ask a question. Congratulations on the solid results. Keith, I was wondering if you could talk a little bit about the Fairchild portfolio. Your Fairchild outgrew peers by about 400 basis points in the December quarter. You didn't give us a revenue number for Q1, but if you kind of back in to your bookings comment, it looks like they probably outgrew peers by a similar amount in Q1. And typically, as you know, Fairchild tends to outgrow early in the cycle, but that doesn't always seem to be sustainable. So, I guess, from your estimation, what's different about their portfolio or as being a part of ON that this outperformance can continue?

Keith D. Jackson - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

So, I think there's two things here, John. One is they had some new technologies on the power side that actually we're ramping. So, the design wins were won in the second half of last year and they're ramping now and that's a nice tailwind for us. But secondly, just part of the ON sales network and our distribution network, I think, has had a positive pull-through based on ON (52:24) service levels, et cetera. That's gotten us an extra kicker (52:27). John William Pitzer - Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC: Great. And then, Bernard, can you help us understand kind of the incremental margin leverage from here? I think you implied in your 2020 target of $2 of earnings power is somewhere around a 40% incremental op margin. You came in about 34% this quarter, which was well ahead of what we've seen for, I think, like six or seven quarters, but still not up to that 40% level. So, how do we think about incremental drop-through from here?

Bernard Gutmann - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

So, it is basically the same as we communicated in the Analyst Day. We have about a 50% fall-through on incremental revenue. We have also the impact of mix shift and Keith mentioned some of it as we move stuff out of consumer into industrial. We do have also the Fairchild synergies that are a significant incremental component and as we also talked, some additional manufacturing footprint consolidations. So, it is basically the same as we communicated in the Analyst Day. John William Pitzer - Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC: All right. Thanks, guys.

Operator

Operator

Thank you. And I'm showing no further questions. And I'd like to turn the conference back over to Parag Agarwal for any further remarks.

Parag Agarwal - ON Semiconductor Corp.

Management

Thank you, everyone, for joining the call today. We look forward to seeing you at various conferences during the quarter. Good-bye.

Operator

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for participating in today's conference. This does conclude the program and you may all disconnect. Everyone, have a great day.