Semiconductor market downturn Microcontroller plant Freescale said unfavorable for the quarter

Cellular chip/microcontroller plant Freescale Semiconductor Holdings (Freescale Semiconductor Holdings, Ltd.) announced its Q3 earnings report after the US stocks on the 20th: Revenue decreased by 1% to US$1.14 billion compared to US$1.15 billion in the same period last year (quarter decrease 7 (%); The industry's earnings per share (EPS) rose to US$0.29 (previous quarter: US$0.33) from US$0.06 in the same period of last year; the industry’s gross margin reached 46.1%. The company provided the latest financial results on September 26. The revenue will be reduced by 6-8% (approximately US$1.12-11.5 billion) in the quarter. The original target was unchanged or 3%. The gross margin is expected to be slightly higher than that of the previous quarter. increase. According to the Thomson Reuters survey, analysts generally estimate revenue and industry EPS to reach US$1.13 billion and US$0.23 respectively.

Rich Beyer, chief executive of Freescale, said that despite the overall environmental turmoil, the company's gross profit margin and overall profitability are still good. Looking ahead to this quarter, the weakness of the semiconductor market will still have an adverse effect on operations.

Sales of the Freescale Q3's Microcontroller Division decreased 6% to US$395 million (8% in quarter), and radio frequency (RF)/analog/sensor revenues increased 13% to US$306 million. %). Network and multimedia revenues decreased by 14% to US$292 million per year (+6% in quarter), and mobile phone revenue increased by 8% to US$97 million in the quarter (20% in quarter).

Freescale's normal trading period rose by 2.45 percent to close at $12.15 on the 20th; after-hours trading fell by 1.15% to $12.01.

Freescale was independent from Motorola in July 2004 and listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol "FSL" on May 26, 2011. Its competitors include Analog Devices and STMicroelectronics. OKI Semiconductor, MediaTek (2454), digital video IC designer Zoran Corporation, Renesas Electronics Corp. Freescale is the largest automotive wafer supplier in the United States and is also the Amazon com Kindle chip supplier for e-book readers.