On April 19, health-care IT provider Cerner (NASDAQ:CERN) released first-quarter earnings for the period ended March 31.

•  First-quarter bookings rose 35% year over year to a Q1 record of $353 million.

•  Management forecasts revenues in the range of $370 million-$380 million and $1.54 billion-$1.57 billion for the second quarter and fiscal year 2007, respectively.

•  For the second quarter, the company expects diluted earnings per share between $0.36 and $0.37.

•  In Motley Fool CAPS, the stock has achieved a solid four-star rating.

(Figures in millions, except per-share data)

Income Statement Highlights

Q1 2007

Q1 2006

Change

Sales

$365.9

$321.2

13.9%

Net Profit

$27.6

$20.1

36.9%

EPS

$0.33

$0.25

32.0%

Diluted Shares

82.6

81.4

1.5%

Get back to basics with a look at the income statement.

Margin Checkup

Q1 2007

Q1 2006

Change*

Gross Margin

37.2%

35.4%

1.9

Operating Margin

12.0%

10.0%

2.1

Net Margin

7.5%

6.3%

1.3

*Expressed in percentage points.

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Balance Sheet Highlights

Assets

Q1 2007

Q1 2006

Change

Cash + ST Invest.

$276.8

$278.8

(0.7%)

Accounts Rec.

$358.3

$320.4

11.8%

Inventory

$13.0

$12.3

5.7%

Liabilities

Q1 2007

Q1 2006

Change

Accounts Payable

$80.1

$58.1

38.0%

Long-Term Debt

$188.0

$191.6

(1.9%)

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Cash Flow Highlights

No cash flow statement. What were they thinking?

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