Texas Instruments Posts Quarterly Revenue Declines Amid Downturn
January 23 2019 - 4:41PM
Dow Jones News
By Maria Armental
Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN), feeling the strains of a
semiconductor downturn, on Wednesday reported lower revenue in the
latest period.
It was the first quarterly revenue decline since the March 2016
quarter, as the company recovered from a similar downturn.
Analysts expect the Dallas-based chip maker to post lower
revenue for much of the current year. On Wednesday, TI said this
quarter it expects to make $1.03 to $1.21 a share with revenue
falling to a range of $3.34 billion to $3.62 billion, compared with
the consensus forecast of $1.20 a share on $3.6 billion in revenue,
according to FactSet.
Fourth-quarter profit surged to $1.24 billion, or $1.27 a share,
from $344 million, or 34 cents a share, a year earlier.
Revenue fell 0.9% to $3.72 billion.
The results were roughly in line with both internal and Wall
Street expectations, thought the revenue decline was steeper than
analysts' projected, according to FactSet data.
Gross profit margin for the quarter narrowed to 64.8% from
65.1%.
Free cash flow, cash flow from operations less capital
expenditures, reached $6.1 billion.
Write to Maria Armental at maria.armental@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 23, 2019 16:26 ET (21:26 GMT)
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