15.02.2011 22:04
Dell Delivers Record Results in Fiscal-Year 2011 Fourth Quarter and
Full Year
* Record earnings per share in fiscal fourth quarter
* Enterprise solutions and services revenue up 27 percent for full
year
* Revenue increase of $8.6 billion in FY11 - largest single-year
increase in company history
Dell's expanding strength as an enterprise solutions provider and
continued strong execution during the fiscal fourth quarter drove
record results and one of the company's most successful financial
quarters ever.
Results
* Revenue in the quarter was $15.7 billion and totaled $61.5
billion for the fiscal year, an $8.6 billion or 16 percent increase
from the previous fiscal year, including the impact of
acquisitions.
* The company had its highest operating income in five years. GAAP
operating income was $1.1 billion, or 7.3 percent of revenue.
Non-GAAP operating income was $1.3 billion, or 8.2 percent of
revenue.
* GAAP earnings per share was a record 48 cents; non-GAAP EPS
was 53 cents. 
* GAAP gross margin in the quarter was 21 percent and 18.5 percent
for the year. Non-GAAP gross margin was 21.5 percent in the
quarter and 19.1 percent for the year, the result of record
profitability in the enterprise solutions and services business,
lower component costs and strong commercial execution.
* Cash flow from operations was $1.5 billion, and Dell ended the
quarter with $15 billion in cash and investments.
Fiscal-Year 2011 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Highlights
Fourth Quarter
Fiscal Year
(in millions)
FY11
FY10
Change
FY11
FY10
Change
Revenue $ 15,692 $ 14,900 5 % $ 61,494 $ 52,902 16 %
Operating Income (GAAP) $ 1,145 $ 510 124 % $ 3,433 $ 2,172 58
%
Net Income (GAAP) $ 927 $ 334 177 % $ 2,635 $ 1,433 84 %
EPS (GAAP) $ 0.48 $ 0.17 182 % $ 1.35 $ 0.73 85 %
Operating Income (non-GAAP) $ 1,286 $ 798 61 % $ 4,149 $ 2,974 40
%
Net Income (non-GAAP) $ 1,018 $ 544 87 % $ 3,106 $ 2,054 51 %
EPS (non-GAAP) $ 0.53 $ 0.28 89 % $ 1.59 $ 1.05 51 %
Information about Dell's use of non-GAAP financial information is
provided under "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below. Non-GAAP
financial information excludes costs related primarily to the
amortization of purchased intangibles, severance and
facility-action costs, a merger termination fee, certain settlement
costs and acquisition-related charges. All comparisons in this
press release are year over year unless otherwise noted.
Strategic Highlights:
* Revenue for enterprise solutions and services grew 7 percent to
$4.6 billion in the quarter and now represents 29 percent of the
company's consolidated revenue. Server revenue increased 16
percent. EqualLogic sales grew 49 percent and, combined with Dell
PowerVault sales, accounted for almost two-thirds of the company's
storage revenue and more than 80 percent of the company's storage
gross margin dollars. Revenue for the combined Large Enterprise,
Public and SMB businesses was up 9 percent to $12.4 billion in the
quarter, with revenue for commercial laptop and desktop computers
growing 10 percent.
* Strong demand and profitability across all commercial business
segments drove consolidated GAAP operating income of $1.1 billion,
or 7.3 percent of revenue. Non-GAAP operating income was $1.3
billion, a 61 percent increase and 8.2 percent of revenue.
* Client profitability improved notably in the second half of the
year driven by solid supply-chain performance, lower input costs
and improved product quality. The company's product availability
improved 37 percent and order-to-delivery times improved 33 percent
over the previous year. For the full year, client revenue grew 14
percent to $33.7 billion driven by a continuing corporate refresh
cycle.
* Dell Services revenue grew one percent to $1.9 billion as the
company delivered on its first-year revenue and cost-synergy
targets associated with the successful integration of Perot
Systems. The services organization now has annual revenue of $7.7
billion.
* Dell extended its core capabilities in the quarter and exited the
year with a significantly enhanced enterprise solutions and
services portfolio. The company is making sustained organic and
inorganic investments to build its intellectual property and
provide customers optimal, open and affordable solutions. Among
these investments are the recently completed acquisitions of
SecureWorks Inc., a provider of information-security services;
Boomi, which offers a Software-as-a-Service platform to ease data
exchange between cloud-based and on-premise applications; and
Insite One, a leader in cloud-based medical archiving
solutions.
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