Lasertec Corporation Reports Consolidated Earnings Results for the First Quarter Ended September 30, 2018; Provides Earnings Guidance for the Six Months Ending December 31, 2018 and Full Year Ending June 30, 2019
October 29, 2018 at 12:30 pm IST
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Lasertec Corporation reported consolidated earnings results for the first quarter ended September 30, 2018. For the period, the company reported net sales were ¥6,181,214,000 against ¥2,719,622,000 a year ago. Operating income was ¥921,460,000 against ¥247,227,000 a year ago. Net income was ¥783,222,000 or ¥17.37 per share against ¥197,630,000 or ¥4.38 per share a year ago. Net income per share, fully diluted was ¥17.36 against ¥4.38 a year ago.
For the full year ending June 30, 2019, the company expects net sales to be ¥28,000 million, operating income to be ¥6,500 million and net income attributable to owners of parent to be ¥5,000 million or ¥110.89 per share.
For the six months ending December 31, 2018, the company expects net sales to be ¥14,300 million, operating income to be ¥3,300 million, ordinary income to be ¥3,300 million, net income attributable to owners of parent to be ¥2,600 million or ¥57.66 per share.
Lasertec Corporation specializes in the design, manufacture and marketing of high-precision inspection and measurement equipment and systems, using optical technology. Net sales break down by family of products and services as follows:
- inspection and measurement equipment used in semiconductor manufacturing processes (85.5%): inspection systems for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) blank masks, photomask arrays and silicon carbide wafers;
- services (13%);
- other (2.1%): laser scanning microscopes and inspection and measurement systems used in the liquid crystal, biochemical, medical, metals research, precision components and high-density recording industries, etc.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Japan (10.5%), South Korea (14.2%), Taiwan (31.9%), Asia (10%), the United States (27.8%) and Europe (5.6%).
Lasertec Corporation Reports Consolidated Earnings Results for the First Quarter Ended September 30, 2018; Provides Earnings Guidance for the Six Months Ending December 31, 2018 and Full Year Ending June 30, 2019