Sun reports final results for Q1 FY2009
Today Sun announced its final results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, ending September 28, 2008.
Revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2009 were $2.990 billion, a decrease of 7.1 percent as compared with $3.219 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2008. Total gross margin as a percent of revenues was 40.2, a decrease of 8.3 percentage points, as compared with the first quarter of fiscal 2008.
Net loss for the first quarter of fiscal 2009 on a GAAP basis was $1.677 billion, or $(2.24) per share on a diluted basis, as compared with a net income of $89 million, or $0.10 per share, for the first quarter of fiscal 2008. GAAP net loss per share includes a $1.445 billion non-cash charge for goodwill impairment. It also includes a restructuring charge of approximately $63 million pursuant to the restructuring that commenced in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008.
On a non-GAAP basis, net loss for the first quarter of fiscal 2009 was $65 million, or $(0.09) per share on a diluted basis, as compared with a non-GAAP net income of $285 million, or $0.32 per share, for the first quarter of fiscal 2008. Non-GAAP net loss per share excludes amortization of acquisition-related intangibles, stock-based compensation, restructuring and related impairment of long-lived assets, the goodwill impairment charge, net gain on equity investments and the tax effect of these non-GAAP adjustments.
Sun ended the quarter with a cash and marketable debt securities balance of $3.121 billion and generated cash flow from operations for the first quarter of fiscal 2009 of $148 million.
Jonathan Schwartz has a weblog entry explaining the results.