On March 1, software maker Novell
- You might wonder what's up with the massive cash-flow surge in this quarter. It's simply the entire anticipated gain of about $348 million from the Microsoft
(NASDAQ:MSFT) cross-licensing, support, and co-marketing deal that got tagged as deferred revenue, and thus made it onto the cash flow sheet. - The product mix continues to shift away from the aging NetWare cash cow and onto the SUSE Linux platform. The faster, the better, if you ask me. That segment grew revenues by 46% over last year, but it's still small, with just $15 million of sales. Rival Linux vendor Red Hat
(NYSE:RHT) , for example, brought in $106 million of essentially all-Linux sales in its latest reported quarter. - Management says that GAAP profitability is in sight and has set a 5% to 7% operating margin target for the fourth quarter.
- It seems that Unix-like platforms don't impress our Motley Fool CAPS players very much. Novell is a one-star stock in that database, while most of its platform competition, including Red Hat, Sun Microsystems
(NASDAQ:SUNW) , and IBM(NYSE:IBM) , carries two stars each. Hewlett-Packard(NYSE:HPQ) , which just released a new version of its HP-UX operating system, owns a third star, but then again, HP and IBM do much more than just Unix systems.
(Figures in millions, except per-share data)
Income Statement Highlights
|
Q1 2007 |
Q1 2006 |
Change |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sales |
$229.6 |
$242.3 |
(5.2%) |
|
Net Profit |
-$19.9 |
$1.9 |
N/A |
|
EPS |
($0.06) |
$0.00 |
N/A |
|
Diluted Shares |
345.5 |
394.5 |
(12.4%) |
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Margin Checkup
|
Q1 2007 |
Q1 2006 |
Change* |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Gross Margin |
67.7% |
66.4% |
1.3 |
|
Operating Margin |
-13.6% |
0.5% |
(14.2) |
|
Net Margin |
-8.7% |
0.8% |
(9.4) |
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Balance Sheet Highlights
|
Assets |
Q1 2007 |
Q1 2006 |
Change |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cash + ST Invest. |
$1,815.5 |
$1,685.6 |
7.7% |
|
Accounts Rec. |
$146.3 |
$185.3 |
(21.0%) |
|
Liabilities |
Q1 2007 |
Q1 2006 |
Change |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Accounts Payable |
$41.6 |
$43.6 |
(4.6%) |
|
Long-Term Debt |
$600.0 |
$600.0 |
0.0% |
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Cash Flow Highlights
|
Q1 2007 |
Q1 2006 |
Change |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cash From Ops. |
$347.5 |
$25.1 |
1283% |
|
Capital Expenditures |
$5.0 |
$7.6 |
(34.8%) |
|
Free Cash Flow |
$342.6 |
$17.5 |
1855% |
|
-$1.4 |
$5.2 |
N/A |
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