Kopin Corp. Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Mar 10, 2011
Kopin Corp. (KOPN, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2010-12-25.

Kopin Corp. has a market cap of $269.4 million; its shares were traded at around $4.15 with a P/E ratio of 37.8 and P/S ratio of 2.3.

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This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, without limitation, statements made relating to our expectation that sales to Skyworks Solutions and the customers who use our displays for military applications will represent a significant portion of our revenues for 2011; our expectation that we will continue developing HBT transistor wafers and other gallium arsenide products for advanced integrated circuit applications from other compound materials; our expectation that we will continue to pursue other U.S. government development contracts for applications that relate to our commercial product applications; our expectation that sales of our III-V products for wireless handset applications and our display products for consumer electronic applications will decline; our belief that products using HBT transistor wafers are easier to design, which can translate into reduced component costs and smaller equipment; our expectation that we will prosecute and defend our proprietary technology aggressively; our belief that it is important to invest in research and development to remain profitable even during periods when we are not profitable; our belief that we are a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced semiconductor materials and miniature displays; our belief that our products enable our customers to develop and market an improved generation of products; our belief that there will be increased sales of 3G and smart phones in 2011; our statement that we may make equity investments in companies engaged in certain aspects of display and electronics industries; our expectation that sales of our CyberDisplay products to customers who use them in digital still camera and camcorder applications will significantly decline; our expectation that KoBrite will incur additional losses in the near term; our belief that sales of our display products may decline such that Kowon may have a loss in 2011; our expectation that revenue will be between $130 million and $140 million for 2011; our expectation that 2011 revenues will primarily be to customers located in the U.S.; our belief that a strengthening of the U.S. dollar could increase the price of our products in foreign markets; our belief that interest income will decline in 2011; our expectation that we will sell Golden-i developer kits in 2011 and launch a product with a manufacturing/distribution partner in 2012; our expectation that we will not receive additional amounts from the sale of patents; our expectation to have a state tax provision for financial reporting purposes in 2011; our expectation that our CyberDisplay products will benefit from further general technological advances in the design and production of integrated circuits and active matrix LCDs, resulting in further improvements in resolution and miniaturization; our expectation that a significant reduction or delay in orders from any of our significant military customers could result in us not being able to achieve profitability in 2011; our belief that our HBT transistor wafers offer greater power efficiency, improved signal quality and less complexity over gallium arsenide field effect transistors; our belief that our manufacturing process offers greater miniaturization, reduced cost, higher pixel density, full color capability and lower power consumption compared to conventional active matrix LCD manufacturing approaches; our expectation not to pay cash dividends for the foreseeable future and to retain earnings for the development of our businesses; our expectation, based on current negotiations with our customers and certain contractual obligations, that the sales prices of certain products will decline in fiscal year 2011; our expectation that sales prices of our displays for military applications will remain relatively flat in 2011 and sales prices of our III-V products will decline; our plan to obtain profitability in 2011 and beyond is to sell CyberDisplay products for use in higher margin military applications; our plan to base production and inventory levels based on internal forecasts of customer demands; our belief that the overall increase or decrease in the average sales price of our display products will be dependent on the sales mix of commercial and military display sales; our belief that we may have impairment charges on Kowons long-lived assets; our expectation that we will expend between $5.0 and $8.0 million on capital expenditures over the next twelve months; our intent to reduce our per unit production costs primarily through increasing manufacturing yield, lowering fixed costs per unit through increased sales volume, and increasing productivity and efficiency; our plan to increase productivity and efficiency by migrating the CyberDisplay production line to 8 inch wafers, and migrating the III-V production to 6 inch wafers; our expectation that the market for display products for military applications will not be seasonal; our expectation that prices of our HBT transistor and display products sold for consumer electronic applications will decline by approximately 5 percent during fiscal year 2011, but may decline more depending on final

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