Prima resultaten voor Navteq (Nokia). Let op volgende zinnetje:
- The year-on-year and sequential increase in reported net sales was primarily driven by improved sales of map licenses to mobile device customers as well as higher navigation uptake rates in the automotive industry.
RESULTS NAVTEQ
Net Sales. Fourth quarter 2010 NAVTEQ reported net sales increased 37% year-on-year to EUR 309 million, compared with EUR 225 million in the fourth quarter 2009, and increased 23% compared to EUR 252 million in the third quarter 2010. The year-on-year and sequential increase in reported net sales was primarily driven by improved sales of map licenses to mobile device customers as well as higher navigation uptake rates in the automotive industry. Sequentially, net sales also benefited from a stronger market for personal navigation devices (PNDs). At constant currency, NAVTEQ net sales would have increased 33% year-on-year and 27% sequentially.
Profitability. In the fourth quarter 2010, NAVTEQ’s gross profit (reported and non-IFRS) increased 37% to EUR 271 million, compared with EUR 195 million in the fourth quarter 2009, and increased 27% compared with EUR 213 million in the third quarter 2010. NAVTEQ’s gross margin (reported and non-IFRS) increased to 87.7%, compared to a reported gross margin of 86.7% and a non-IFRS gross margin of 87.1% in the fourth quarter 2009, and 84.5% (reported and non-IFRS) in the third quarter 2010.
In the fourth quarter 2010, NAVTEQ’s reported operating loss decreased to EUR 19 million, compared with a EUR 56 million loss in the fourth quarter 2009 and a EUR 48 million loss in the third quarter 2010. The reported operating margin was -6.1% in the fourth quarter 2010, compared with -24.9% in the fourth quarter 2009 and -19.0% in the third quarter 2010. NAVTEQ’s non-IFRS operating profit was EUR 100 million, compared with EUR 54 million in the fourth quarter 2009 and EUR 74 million in the third quarter 2010. The non-IFRS operating margin was 32.4% in the fourth quarter 2010, compared with 24.0% in the fourth quarter 2009 and 29.4% in the third quarter 2010. The year-on-year and sequential increase in NAVTEQ’s non-IFRS operating margin was primarily due to higher net sales, offset to some extent by higher operating expenses.