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The Gory Details on STEC's Double Miss

By Seth Jayson, The Motley Fool

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STEC (NAS: STEC) reported earnings on March 14. Here are the numbers you need to know.

The 10-second takeaway
For the quarter ended Dec. 31 (Q4), STEC missed estimates on revenues and missed expectations on earnings per share.

Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue dropped significantly. Non-GAAP loss per share grew. GAAP loss per share grew.

Margins shrank across the board.

Revenue details
STEC logged revenue of $35.1 million. The seven analysts polled by S&P Capital IQ expected sales of $38.0 million on the same basis. GAAP reported sales were 40% lower than the prior-year quarter’s $58.1 million.

Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Dollar amounts in millions. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.

EPS details
EPS came in at -$0.35. The six earnings estimates compiled by S&P Capital IQ predicted -$0.32 per share. Non-GAAP EPS were -$0.35 for Q4 against -$0.02 per share for the prior-year quarter. GAAP EPS were -$0.50 for Q4 versus -$0.08 per share for the prior-year quarter.

Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.

Margin details
For the quarter, gross margin was 32.2%, 890 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. Operating margin was -68.3%, much worse than the prior-year quarter. Net margin was -65.9%, much worse than the prior-year quarter. (Margins calculated in GAAP terms.)

Looking ahead
Next quarter’s average estimate for revenue is $21.8 million. On the bottom line, the average EPS estimate is -$0.43.

Next year’s average estimate for revenue is $120.0 million. The average EPS estimate is -$1.50.

Investor sentiment

Of Wall Street recommendations tracked by S&P Capital IQ, the average opinion on STEC is hold, with an average price target of $5.35.

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STEC Misses on Q4 Revenue, EPS

By Eric Volkman, The Motley Fool

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STEC has reported its Q4 and 2012 results. For the quarter, net revenues were just over $35 million, a 40% decline from the $58 million in the same period the previous year. Non-GAAP net loss deepened considerably, to $16 million ($0.35 per diluted share), from Q4 2011’s loss of $863,000 ($0.02).

Analysts had been projecting revenue of $38 million, and a narrower per-share loss of $0.31.

For the full year, top line was $168 million, or nearly half the 2011 figure of $308 million. Net loss came in at $48 million ($1.03 per diluted share) for the year, against 2011’s profit of $35 million ($0.70).

STEC also provided guidance for its current quarter. It believes its revenue will total $21 million-$23 million, with per-share loss of $0.40-$0.42. The average analyst estimates were for $38 million and $0.31, respectively.

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Solid-state storage hits 2TB

Flash storage vendor STEC is super-sizing the kind of flash storage used in smartphones and portable music players, coming out on Monday with 2TB SSDs in configurations for equipment vendors.

The SSDs (solid-state drives) being announced Monday can match many spinning hard disks for capacity, while their flash technology excels at speed and efficiency. Manufacturers will be able to build the drives into storage arrays or put them right into servers, depending on which type of interface they choose.

STEC ssd

Flash is moving closer to the mainstream of enterprise storage, with IT shops adopting it where they need fast access to data. The capacities of flash components are steadily growing, while some shortcomings that held the technology back are being overcome. STEC‘s new SSDs are made using MLC (multilevel cell) flash, the type used in consumer products, which is less expensive than earlier enterprise flash technologies.

STEC says its 2TB s840 SAS SSD and its 2TB s1120 PCIe Accelerator SSD make up the first family of 2TB flash parts with products for both types of interfaces. SAS is the typical interface for high-capacity hard drives in storage arrays, while PCIe is used in a growing number of flash components that attach directly to servers for fast access to heavily used data. STEC‘s new drives have roughly twice the capacity of its previous generation. They are being evaluated by system makers and will be available in February, the company said.

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