Sun Microsystems Narrows 1Q Loss
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Sun Microsystems Inc. on Thursday posted a narrowed first-quarter loss on a second consecutive quarter of sales growth. Sun released its results after the closing bell and shares rose 7 cents, or 1.8 percent, to $4.
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PalmSource cuts its losses in the first quarter, but lost business from Sony leaves the outlook uncertain.
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XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. , which has agreed to be acquired by rival Sirius Satellite Radio , posted a narrower quarterly loss as it trimmed costs, sending shares up 3 percent on Monday.
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(InfoWorld) - Sun Microsystems, buoyed by its first profitable quarter in more than a year and a half, said Tuesday it has a goal of generating an operating margin of 10 percent by its 2009 fiscal year. Sun executives set the goal, though they cautioned that a lot of things have to happen in order to reach it, during a conference with analysts Tuesday in San Francisco. Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz said increased adoption of Sun's freely-distributed Solaris operating system,Â its recently announced partnership with Intel, and other strategic moves, will help it grow revenue. At the same time, said Sun CFO Michael Lehman, the company will continue to reduce its cost structure using a number of levers, though not employee layoffs. "Our cost structure is still too high," Lehman said, "but we do not intend to have a big layoff and just lower the numbers." The company is going to reduce general and administrative expenses and research and development spending as a percentage of revenue so that those expenses provide a better return, he said. For example, Sun is converting its own business software infrastructure to standardize on Oracle's 11i bundle of enterprise resource planning software, including general ledger, payroll, andÂ CRM software. The conversion is expected to cost more than $200 million, Lehman said, but it will save Sun the expense of having to manage 1,000 different types of software throughout its company. "We have put a stake in the ground, and we are on a journey," Lehman said. Sun posted net income of $126 million, or $0.03 per share, on $3.566 billion in revenue, in its fiscal 2007 second quarter ended Dec. 31, 2006. It was Sun's first profitable quarter after five successive quarterly losses. Sun recorded an operating margin of 2.9 percent in the second quarter and forecasts a 4 percent operating margin in its fourth quarter. On the revenue side, Schwartz said the company's decision to give away its Solaris operating system and open source its Java software create opportunities for Sun to sell hardware and services to those users. Sun's recently announced deal with Intel to install Intel processors in its servers, while Intel markets Solaris, will also create new sales opportunities. "We are now fully outfitted to pursue 100 percent of the market. There is no opportunity that we are precluded from bidding on. There is no customer that we cannot serve," Schwartz said. Sun's turnaround strategy is finally showing up in its financials, said Nathan Brookwood, an industry analyst with Insight 64, a research firm. "You had to take it on faith a year ago." Sun previously only sold servers and workstations running its Sparc processors. Now, because it also uses Intel and AMD processors, it can appeal to broader markets, said Brookwood. "Three years ago if you wanted to buy hardware from Sun, you had to sign up for the Sparc religion. Some people believe in other religions, and they didn't want to have to do a religious conversion to buy from Sun," he said. Sun's operating margin goals seem "conservative" to Sun financial analyst Andrew Neff of Bear Stearns & Co. In a research note to investors, Neff, who also attended the conference, said "Sun has more work to do on costs, [but] we believe its outlook can further improve."
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Network computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc. on Thursday posted a narrower quarterly loss as revenue rose for the second consecutive quarter on higher sales of servers after three years of declines.
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The German maker of semiconductors said that a downturn at its Qimonda computer memory chip subsidiary pushed it to a loss in the first quarter as chip prices fell.
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Sun Microsystems Inc. SUNW.O on  Thursday reported a small quarterly net profit, after a  year-earlier loss, but a new range of products has so far  failed to ignite sales at the maker of computer servers and  storage equipment.
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XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.  , which is planning to merge with rival Sirius  Satellite Radio , on Monday said its quarterly loss  narrowed as it trimmed costs related to growing its base of  subscribers.
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Sirius Satellite Radio, which has proposed to merge with its pay-radio rival, XM Satellite Radio, posted a narrower quarterly loss Tuesday.
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As it struggled to increase sales and cut costs, Sun Microsystems managed to reduce its net loss in the first quarter to $174 million.
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In financial documents filed with the SEC, Sun Microsoystems said its net income for the quarter that ended June 30 had been revised downward by $12 million and 1 cent per share.
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The company said its net loss in the fiscal third quarter ended Dec. 1 was $84.8 million, or 12 cents a share, compared with a net profit of $1.1 million.
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Micron Technology Inc. , the No. 3 computer memory chip maker, on Wednesday reported a quarterly profit on stronger pricing, reversing a year-earlier loss.
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Sun Microsystems (nasdaq: SUNW - news - people ) saw its first-quarter loss reduced on Friday, as it cemented the accounting for its $92 million patent settlement with Eastman Kodak (nyse: EK - news - people ).
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Sun Microsystems Inc. returned to a loss in its fiscal first quarter as the server and software maker paid for its recent restructuring efforts and a settlement with Eastman Kodak Co.
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Sun Microsystems Inc.  on Thursday reported a small quarterly net profit, reversing a year-earlier loss, as narrower costs offset a slight revenue decline.
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Network computer maker Sun  Microsystems Inc. SUNW.O on Thursday posted a narrower  quarterly loss as revenue rose year over year for the second  consecutive quarter after three years of declines, sending  shares slightly higher.