Nokia - Q4 2005 results
Nokia reports fourth quarter 2005 net sales of EUR 10.3 billion, EPS of EUR 0.25
Nokia reports 2005 net sales of EUR 34.2 billion, EPS of EUR 0.83
Device market share gains in Q4 and 2005 drive 16% annual sales growth and 20% EPS growth
Nokia's Board of Directors will propose a dividend of EUR 0.37 per share for 2005 (EUR 0.33 per share for 2004)
SPECIAL ITEMS
Fourth quarter 2005 special items
- EUR 29 million charge for Enterprise Solutions restructuring (impacting operating profit)
- EUR 48 million tax refund (included in taxes)
(Excluding the net impact of these special items, EPS remains EUR 0.25)
2005 special items
The following items had a net positive impact of EUR 80 million on operating profit:
- EUR 45 million gain for real estate sales, booked in the group common other income
- EUR 61 million gain related to the divestiture of Nokia's Tetra business (EUR 42 million included in Networks and EUR 19 million included in Multimedia)
- EUR 18 million gain related to the partial sale of a minority investment (included in Networks)
- EUR 15 million negative impact for restructuring in Multimedia
- EUR 29 million charge for Enterprise Solutions restructuring
Other special items include:
- EUR 57 million gain for the sale of the France Telecom bond (included in financial income)
- EUR 48 million tax refund (included in taxes)
Fourth quarter 2004 special items
The following items had a net negative impact of EUR 12 million on operating profit:
- EUR 50 million one time positive item representing the premium return under our multi-line, multi-year insurance program, which expired during 2004
- EUR 50 million research and development impairment in Networks
- EUR 12 million loss from the divestiture of Nextrom
Other special items include:
- EUR 35 million gain for the sale of the France Telecom Bond (included in financial income)
2004 special items
The following items had a net positive impact of EUR 33 million on operating profit:
- EUR 160 million positive items representing premium returns under our multi-line, multi-year insurance program, which expired during 2004
- EUR 115 million for R&D impairments in Networks
- EUR 12 million loss from the divestiture of Nextrom
Other special items include:
- EUR 106 million gain for the sale of the France Telecom bond (included in financial income)
* New IFRS Standards
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) were subject to changes as of January 1, 2005. Nokia's financial accounts for the fourth quarter 2004 and full year 2004 now reflect the retrospective implementation of IFRS 2 and IAS 39R
FOURTH QUARTER 2005 HIGHLIGHTS
Mobile industry quarterly device volumes 244 million units, up 23% sequentially and 25% year on year
Nokia quarterly device volumes 84 million units, up 26% sequentially and 27% year on year
Nokia fourth quarter device market share 34%, up 1% sequentially and flat year on year
Nokia clear #1 in Europe, Asia-Pacific, China, and Middle East & Africa
Nokia bought back 121 million shares (315 million shares bought back in total in 2005)
JORMA OLLILA, CHAIRMAN AND CEO:
I am extremely pleased with Nokia's performance both during the fourth quarter and for the full year 2005. Our quarterly sales reached more than EUR 10 billion for the first time ever this quarter, and we achieved record breaking device volumes and healthy device market share gains during the full year. Nokia's sales grew 16% in 2005, the highest sales growth we have seen since 2000, while our EPS grew 20%.
For our industry, it was another year of strong growth in mobile device volumes. Nokia estimates that the global device market grew 24% in 2005, to 795 million units for the full year, with an estimated 2.2 billion mobile subscribers worldwide by year end.
Nokia's own mobile device volumes in 2005 increased 28%, reaching a record 265 million units. We also increased our full year global market share to an estimated 33%, driven by gains in China, Asia-Pacific, and Europe. At the same time we more than tripled our market share in WCDMA.
I am delighted with Mobile Phones overall performance. The business group's improved product portfolio and strong position in emerging markets contributed significantly to Nokia's growth and profitability in 2005. In our Multimedia business group, annual sales growth of 63% is a clear indication that our strategy to target new mobile communications market segments is working well.
During 2005, Nokia had operating cash flow of EUR 4.1 billion, and we returned a record EUR 5.8 billion in dividends and buybacks to our shareholders.
Once again, in the true Nokia way, our team has risen to the challenge and performed very well in an increasingly competitive market.
OLLI-PEKKA KALLASVUO, PRESIDENT AND COO:
The fourth quarter 2005 was a period of great achievement for Nokia in many important markets. Our sequential device volumes and market share were up significantly in the US, and we continued to be number one in Europe, Asia-Pacific, China, and Middle East & Africa. Much of this success can be attributed to enhancements in our product portfolio, which at the end of 2005 featured a broad range of devices in a variety of form factors at all price points.
We will continue our efforts towards our goal of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of our R&D activities. During the year we made progress towards our target of reducing R&D expenditure as a percentage of net sales, with our R&D costs in 2005 falling to 11.2% of net sales from 12.9% in 2004.
Our Networks business group's fourth quarter performance was strong, driven by good execution and high seasonal sales. During the year our Enterprise Solutions business group took steps to better address the corporate market, including the pending acquisition of Intellisync, a leader in platform-independent wireless messaging and mobile software.
INDUSTRY AND NOKIA OUTLOOK FOR THE FIRST QUARTER 2006
Nokia expects overall mobile device market volumes in the first quarter 2006 to reflect normal industry seasonality following a strong fourth quarter selling period. We expect our own share of the device market in the first quarter to be flat to slightly up sequentially, and up year on year. We also expect Nokia device average selling prices (ASPs) in the first quarter to be flat to slightly down sequentially, driven by a regional mix shift. Sales in our Networks business are expected to experience a seasonal decline in the first quarter, but be up year on year.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FULL YEAR 2006
Nokia expects the mobile device market volume to grow more than 10% in 2006, from our preliminary estimate of approximately 795 million units in 2005. We also expect the device industry to experience value growth in 2006, but expect some decline in industry ASPs, primarily reflecting the increasing impact of the emerging markets. Nokia expects moderate growth in the mobile infrastructure market in euro terms in 2006. Nokia's goal is to increase its market share both in mobile devices and the infrastructure market, in order to build on its industry leading position.
FOURTH QUARTER 2005 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
(Comparisons are given to the fourth quarter 2004 revised results, unless otherwise indicated.)
Nokia Group
Nokia's fourth quarter 2005 net sales increased 9% to EUR 10.3 billion, compared to EUR 9.5 billion in the fourth quarter 2004. At constant currency, group net sales would have been up 13% year on year.
Nokia's fourth quarter 2005 operating profit declined 6% to EUR 1.4 billion, compared to EUR 1.5 billion in the fourth quarter 2004. Operating profit in the fourth quarter 2005 included a EUR 29 million restructuring charge in Enterprise Solutions, and in the same period of 2004 included special items with a net negative impact of EUR 12 million. Nokia's fourth quarter 2005 operating margin was 13.2% (15.3%).
Operating cash flow for the fourth quarter 2005 was EUR 1.1 billion, compared to EUR 0.8 billion for the fourth quarter 2004.
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Nokia 4Q Profit Slides to $1.32 Billion
Thursday January 26, 5:40 pm ET
By Matti Huuhtanen, Associated Press Writer
Nokia Fourth-Quarter Earnings Slip 1 Percent to $1.32 Billion, Meeting Analysts' Expectations
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) -- Nokia Corp., the world's leading mobile phone maker, posted a 1-percent drop in fourth-quarter earnings Thursday, as higher sales of low-end handsets pushed down the average selling price.
Net profit for the October-December period came to euro1.07 billion (US$1.32 billion), down from euro1.08 billion a year earlier. Net sales grew 9 percent to euro10.3 billion (US$12.66 billion), from 9.46 billion in the last quarter of 2004, Nokia said.
Analysts said the results were mostly in line with expectations, but Nokia shares fell 1.5 percent to close at euro14.90 (US$18.26) in Helsinki.
Nokia saw the average selling price, or ASP, of handsets, drop to euro99 in the quarter, down from euro102 in the third quarter and euro111 in the fourth quarter of 2004. The Finnish company expects ASP to be flat or slightly down in the first quarter of 2006, but Chief Executive Jorma Ollila said he was not concerned.
"The fall in the ASP ... will, of course, continue for a while, and that's a good thing because in the emerging markets a majority of handsets are being sold to people who have never conducted a single telephone conversation in their lives," Ollila said. "The price really has to come down so that we can serve the great majority of the world's population."
Gartner principal analyst Carolina Milanesi said the price drop was expected and part of an industrywide trend.
"It's the mixture of products with more basic phones being sold in emerging markets and that's gonna shift your ASP," Milanesi said.
Weakness in the enterprise solutions unit weighed on the performance. Sales at the division almost halved following delayed acceptance of its 9300 flagship model by some operators in the U.S. and falling sales of other products elsewhere.
In addition, the unit took a fourth-quarter restructuring charge of euro29 million (US$36 million).
Nokia predicted that the mobile market would grow by more than 10 percent in 2006, adding that its aim was to increase market share both in devices and in networks, but gave no figures. Nokia estimated its share of the mobile phone market at 34 percent, up 1 percent from the third quarter.
"I am extremely pleased with Nokia's performance, both during the fourth quarter and for the full year 2005," Ollila said at his last annual results conference for Nokia, before he joins Royal Dutch Shell PLC as its non-executive chairman in June.
Ollila, 55, has steered the small Finnish producer of cables, tires and consumer electronics for 13 years to surpass Motorola Inc. as the world's largest mobile phone maker. He will be replaced by Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, former head of the mobile phones unit, who took over as president and chief operating officer in October.
Ollila said Nokia had expanded the gap to Motorola in China, where the Finnish company sold 64 percent more phones in the fourth quarter, compared to 2004.
Last week, Motorola said its fourth-quarter earnings nearly doubled as its market share reached 19 percent.
In the full year, Nokia's net sales grew 16 percent to euro34.2 billion (US$42 billion) and net profit was up 13 percent at euro3.6 billion (US$4.4 billion). Sales of mobile devices in 2005 grew 28 percent, reaching a record 265 million units.
Nokia also said it would repeat a share buyback program and request authorization from the annual general meeting to buy back up to 10 percent of the outstanding shares, spending a maximum of euro6.5 billion (US$8 billion).
Based in Espoo, just outside the Finnish capital, Nokia has sales in 130 countries with some 59,000 employees
Nokia reports 2005 net sales of EUR 34.2 billion, EPS of EUR 0.83
Device market share gains in Q4 and 2005 drive 16% annual sales growth and 20% EPS growth
Nokia's Board of Directors will propose a dividend of EUR 0.37 per share for 2005 (EUR 0.33 per share for 2004)
SPECIAL ITEMS
Fourth quarter 2005 special items
- EUR 29 million charge for Enterprise Solutions restructuring (impacting operating profit)
- EUR 48 million tax refund (included in taxes)
(Excluding the net impact of these special items, EPS remains EUR 0.25)
2005 special items
The following items had a net positive impact of EUR 80 million on operating profit:
- EUR 45 million gain for real estate sales, booked in the group common other income
- EUR 61 million gain related to the divestiture of Nokia's Tetra business (EUR 42 million included in Networks and EUR 19 million included in Multimedia)
- EUR 18 million gain related to the partial sale of a minority investment (included in Networks)
- EUR 15 million negative impact for restructuring in Multimedia
- EUR 29 million charge for Enterprise Solutions restructuring
Other special items include:
- EUR 57 million gain for the sale of the France Telecom bond (included in financial income)
- EUR 48 million tax refund (included in taxes)
Fourth quarter 2004 special items
The following items had a net negative impact of EUR 12 million on operating profit:
- EUR 50 million one time positive item representing the premium return under our multi-line, multi-year insurance program, which expired during 2004
- EUR 50 million research and development impairment in Networks
- EUR 12 million loss from the divestiture of Nextrom
Other special items include:
- EUR 35 million gain for the sale of the France Telecom Bond (included in financial income)
2004 special items
The following items had a net positive impact of EUR 33 million on operating profit:
- EUR 160 million positive items representing premium returns under our multi-line, multi-year insurance program, which expired during 2004
- EUR 115 million for R&D impairments in Networks
- EUR 12 million loss from the divestiture of Nextrom
Other special items include:
- EUR 106 million gain for the sale of the France Telecom bond (included in financial income)
* New IFRS Standards
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) were subject to changes as of January 1, 2005. Nokia's financial accounts for the fourth quarter 2004 and full year 2004 now reflect the retrospective implementation of IFRS 2 and IAS 39R
FOURTH QUARTER 2005 HIGHLIGHTS
Mobile industry quarterly device volumes 244 million units, up 23% sequentially and 25% year on year
Nokia quarterly device volumes 84 million units, up 26% sequentially and 27% year on year
Nokia fourth quarter device market share 34%, up 1% sequentially and flat year on year
Nokia clear #1 in Europe, Asia-Pacific, China, and Middle East & Africa
Nokia bought back 121 million shares (315 million shares bought back in total in 2005)
JORMA OLLILA, CHAIRMAN AND CEO:
I am extremely pleased with Nokia's performance both during the fourth quarter and for the full year 2005. Our quarterly sales reached more than EUR 10 billion for the first time ever this quarter, and we achieved record breaking device volumes and healthy device market share gains during the full year. Nokia's sales grew 16% in 2005, the highest sales growth we have seen since 2000, while our EPS grew 20%.
For our industry, it was another year of strong growth in mobile device volumes. Nokia estimates that the global device market grew 24% in 2005, to 795 million units for the full year, with an estimated 2.2 billion mobile subscribers worldwide by year end.
Nokia's own mobile device volumes in 2005 increased 28%, reaching a record 265 million units. We also increased our full year global market share to an estimated 33%, driven by gains in China, Asia-Pacific, and Europe. At the same time we more than tripled our market share in WCDMA.
I am delighted with Mobile Phones overall performance. The business group's improved product portfolio and strong position in emerging markets contributed significantly to Nokia's growth and profitability in 2005. In our Multimedia business group, annual sales growth of 63% is a clear indication that our strategy to target new mobile communications market segments is working well.
During 2005, Nokia had operating cash flow of EUR 4.1 billion, and we returned a record EUR 5.8 billion in dividends and buybacks to our shareholders.
Once again, in the true Nokia way, our team has risen to the challenge and performed very well in an increasingly competitive market.
OLLI-PEKKA KALLASVUO, PRESIDENT AND COO:
The fourth quarter 2005 was a period of great achievement for Nokia in many important markets. Our sequential device volumes and market share were up significantly in the US, and we continued to be number one in Europe, Asia-Pacific, China, and Middle East & Africa. Much of this success can be attributed to enhancements in our product portfolio, which at the end of 2005 featured a broad range of devices in a variety of form factors at all price points.
We will continue our efforts towards our goal of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of our R&D activities. During the year we made progress towards our target of reducing R&D expenditure as a percentage of net sales, with our R&D costs in 2005 falling to 11.2% of net sales from 12.9% in 2004.
Our Networks business group's fourth quarter performance was strong, driven by good execution and high seasonal sales. During the year our Enterprise Solutions business group took steps to better address the corporate market, including the pending acquisition of Intellisync, a leader in platform-independent wireless messaging and mobile software.
INDUSTRY AND NOKIA OUTLOOK FOR THE FIRST QUARTER 2006
Nokia expects overall mobile device market volumes in the first quarter 2006 to reflect normal industry seasonality following a strong fourth quarter selling period. We expect our own share of the device market in the first quarter to be flat to slightly up sequentially, and up year on year. We also expect Nokia device average selling prices (ASPs) in the first quarter to be flat to slightly down sequentially, driven by a regional mix shift. Sales in our Networks business are expected to experience a seasonal decline in the first quarter, but be up year on year.
OUTLOOK FOR THE FULL YEAR 2006
Nokia expects the mobile device market volume to grow more than 10% in 2006, from our preliminary estimate of approximately 795 million units in 2005. We also expect the device industry to experience value growth in 2006, but expect some decline in industry ASPs, primarily reflecting the increasing impact of the emerging markets. Nokia expects moderate growth in the mobile infrastructure market in euro terms in 2006. Nokia's goal is to increase its market share both in mobile devices and the infrastructure market, in order to build on its industry leading position.
FOURTH QUARTER 2005 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
(Comparisons are given to the fourth quarter 2004 revised results, unless otherwise indicated.)
Nokia Group
Nokia's fourth quarter 2005 net sales increased 9% to EUR 10.3 billion, compared to EUR 9.5 billion in the fourth quarter 2004. At constant currency, group net sales would have been up 13% year on year.
Nokia's fourth quarter 2005 operating profit declined 6% to EUR 1.4 billion, compared to EUR 1.5 billion in the fourth quarter 2004. Operating profit in the fourth quarter 2005 included a EUR 29 million restructuring charge in Enterprise Solutions, and in the same period of 2004 included special items with a net negative impact of EUR 12 million. Nokia's fourth quarter 2005 operating margin was 13.2% (15.3%).
Operating cash flow for the fourth quarter 2005 was EUR 1.1 billion, compared to EUR 0.8 billion for the fourth quarter 2004.
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Nokia 4Q Profit Slides to $1.32 Billion
Thursday January 26, 5:40 pm ET
By Matti Huuhtanen, Associated Press Writer
Nokia Fourth-Quarter Earnings Slip 1 Percent to $1.32 Billion, Meeting Analysts' Expectations
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) -- Nokia Corp., the world's leading mobile phone maker, posted a 1-percent drop in fourth-quarter earnings Thursday, as higher sales of low-end handsets pushed down the average selling price.
Net profit for the October-December period came to euro1.07 billion (US$1.32 billion), down from euro1.08 billion a year earlier. Net sales grew 9 percent to euro10.3 billion (US$12.66 billion), from 9.46 billion in the last quarter of 2004, Nokia said.
Analysts said the results were mostly in line with expectations, but Nokia shares fell 1.5 percent to close at euro14.90 (US$18.26) in Helsinki.
Nokia saw the average selling price, or ASP, of handsets, drop to euro99 in the quarter, down from euro102 in the third quarter and euro111 in the fourth quarter of 2004. The Finnish company expects ASP to be flat or slightly down in the first quarter of 2006, but Chief Executive Jorma Ollila said he was not concerned.
"The fall in the ASP ... will, of course, continue for a while, and that's a good thing because in the emerging markets a majority of handsets are being sold to people who have never conducted a single telephone conversation in their lives," Ollila said. "The price really has to come down so that we can serve the great majority of the world's population."
Gartner principal analyst Carolina Milanesi said the price drop was expected and part of an industrywide trend.
"It's the mixture of products with more basic phones being sold in emerging markets and that's gonna shift your ASP," Milanesi said.
Weakness in the enterprise solutions unit weighed on the performance. Sales at the division almost halved following delayed acceptance of its 9300 flagship model by some operators in the U.S. and falling sales of other products elsewhere.
In addition, the unit took a fourth-quarter restructuring charge of euro29 million (US$36 million).
Nokia predicted that the mobile market would grow by more than 10 percent in 2006, adding that its aim was to increase market share both in devices and in networks, but gave no figures. Nokia estimated its share of the mobile phone market at 34 percent, up 1 percent from the third quarter.
"I am extremely pleased with Nokia's performance, both during the fourth quarter and for the full year 2005," Ollila said at his last annual results conference for Nokia, before he joins Royal Dutch Shell PLC as its non-executive chairman in June.
Ollila, 55, has steered the small Finnish producer of cables, tires and consumer electronics for 13 years to surpass Motorola Inc. as the world's largest mobile phone maker. He will be replaced by Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, former head of the mobile phones unit, who took over as president and chief operating officer in October.
Ollila said Nokia had expanded the gap to Motorola in China, where the Finnish company sold 64 percent more phones in the fourth quarter, compared to 2004.
Last week, Motorola said its fourth-quarter earnings nearly doubled as its market share reached 19 percent.
In the full year, Nokia's net sales grew 16 percent to euro34.2 billion (US$42 billion) and net profit was up 13 percent at euro3.6 billion (US$4.4 billion). Sales of mobile devices in 2005 grew 28 percent, reaching a record 265 million units.
Nokia also said it would repeat a share buyback program and request authorization from the annual general meeting to buy back up to 10 percent of the outstanding shares, spending a maximum of euro6.5 billion (US$8 billion).
Based in Espoo, just outside the Finnish capital, Nokia has sales in 130 countries with some 59,000 employees
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