WILSONVILLE, Ore. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — November 19, 2015 — Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced financial results for the company’s fiscal third quarter ended October 31, 2015. The company reported revenues of $291 million, non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.28, and GAAP earnings per share of $0.12.
“Mentor achieved third-quarter guided results,” said Walden C. Rhines, chairman and CEO of Mentor Graphics. “Active evaluations of Mentor’s Veloce emulator increased in the third quarter, but the time required for completion of evaluations also increased. This, along with semiconductor industry consolidations, is having a negative impact on our business. However, demand for EDA software for system design, particularly in the transportation industry, remains robust. Embedded electronics in automotive and aerospace applications continues to show rapid growth.”
During the quarter Mentor Graphics acquired all remaining outstanding shares of its majority-owned subsidiary, Calypto Design Systems, Inc. Mentor also announced its new Tessent® ScanPro product, which achieves significant compression of test data volume and thereby reduces the cost and time required to test an integrated circuit. The company also introduced support for 25G, 50G and 100G Ethernet in the Veloce® VirtuaLAB environment, for emulation of leading-edge networking and other massive Ethernet-based designs.
Mentor announced two automotive offerings during the quarter. The Mentor Automotive Safety-Certifiable Digital Instrument Cluster solution displays safety-critical driver information simultaneously with rich 3D graphics on a single instrument cluster display. This enables compliance with safety standards without pushing up hardware or safety certification costs. The Mentor Automotive Connected OS™ software platform provides faster integration and connectivity with car network communication frameworks and consumer electronic devices.
“Semiconductor consolidation and delays in emulator decisions are now having an adverse impact on our ability to close business,” said Gregory K. Hinckley, president of Mentor Graphics. “Because we recognize revenue upfront on product sales, changes in market outlook and demand are reflected in real time in Mentor’s results. Nevertheless, with appropriate scaling of the business and continued attention to expenses, we expect to deliver FY16 non-GAAP operating margins consistent with our strategic objective.”
Outlook
For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, the company expects revenues of about $336 million, non-GAAP earnings per share of about $0.47 and GAAP earnings per share of approximately $0.32. For the full year fiscal 2016, the company expects revenues of about $1.18 billion, non-GAAP earnings per share of about $1.40, and GAAP earnings per share of approximately $0.63.
Dividend
The company announced a quarterly dividend of $0.055 per share. The dividend is payable on January 4, 2016 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 15, 2015.
Fiscal Year Definition
Mentor Graphics Corporation’s fiscal year runs from February 1 to January 31. The fiscal year is dated by the calendar year in which the fiscal year ends. As a result, the first three fiscal quarters of any fiscal year will be dated with the next calendar year, rather than the current calendar year.
Discussion of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Mentor Graphics’ management evaluates and makes operating decisions using various performance measures. In addition to our GAAP results, we also consider adjusted gross profit, operating income, operating margin, net income, and earnings per share which we refer to as non-GAAP gross profit, operating income, operating margin, net income, and earnings per share, respectively. These non-GAAP measures are derived from the revenues of our product, maintenance, and services business operations and the costs directly related to the generation of those revenues, such as cost of revenue, research and development, marketing and sales, and general and administrative expenses, that management considers in evaluating our ongoing core operating performance. These non-GAAP measures exclude amortization of intangible assets, special charges, equity plan-related compensation expenses, interest expense associated with the amortization of original issuance debt discount on convertible debt, the equity in earnings or losses of unconsolidated entities (except Frontline PCB Solutions Limited Partnership (Frontline)), and the impact on basic and diluted earnings per share of changes in the calculated redemption value of noncontrolling interests, which management does not consider reflective of our core operating business.
Management excludes from our non-GAAP measures certain recurring items
to facilitate its review of the comparability of our core operating
performance on a period-to-period basis because such items are not
related to our ongoing core operating performance as viewed by
management. Management considers our core operating performance to be
that which can be affected by our managers in any particular period
through their management of the resources that affect our underlying
revenue and profit generating operations during that period. Management
uses this view of our operating performance for purposes of comparison
with our business plan and individual operating budgets and allocation
of resources. Additionally, when evaluating potential acquisitions,
management excludes the items described above from its consideration of
target performance and valuation. More specifically, management adjusts
for the excluded items for the following reasons:
