Warszawa, 8 stycznia 2013 - Seagate Technology (NASDAQ: STX) podał wstępne wyniki za kwartał zakończony 28 grudnia 2012 roku.
Seagate oczekuje, że w czasie drugiego kwartału przychód wyniesie 3,6 mld dolarów, marża brutto ponad 27%, sprzedaż dysków wyniesie ok. 58 mln sztuk a firma utrzyma swoje udziały w rynku pamięci masowych. Wcześniejsze oczekiwania zakładały, że w drugim kwartale 2013 przychód wyniesie 3,5 mld dolarów, marża brutto nienotowana na zasadach GAAP wyniesie między 27 a 32 %.
W kwartale zakończonym w grudniu 2012 Seagate odkupił akcje zwykłe oraz wypłacił dywidendy o łącznej wartości 1,1 mld dolarów. Po odkupieniu około 30 milionów akcji zwykłych, na koniec kwartału pozostało w obrocie około 358 milionów akcji. Gotówka, równoważne gotówce oraz inwestycje krótkoterminowe wyniosły 2 miliardy dolarów na dzień 28 grudnia 2012.
Pełne wyniki finansowe za drugi kwartał 2013
Seagate przedstawi pełne wyniki finansowe w poniedziałek, 28 stycznia 2013 po zamknięciu rynku. Zapis telekonferencji będzie dostępny pod adresem www.seagate.com/investors
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Seagate jest światowym liderem w dziedzinie dysków twardych i rozwiązań pamięci masowych. Więcej informacji znajduje się na http://www.seagate.com
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