Hittite Microwave Corp. (HITT, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2011-12-31.
Hittite Microwv has a market cap of $1.85 billion; its shares were traded at around $58.69 with a P/E ratio of 22.9 and P/S ratio of 7. Hittite Microwv had an annual average earning growth of 21.2% over the past 5 years.
We recorded expense of $2.0 million, $1.5 million and $2.0 million in 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively, to reduce inventory to its net realizable value. Once we have written down inventory to its estimated net realizable value, we establish a new cost basis for that inventory and do not increase its carrying value due to subsequent changes in demand forecasts. Accordingly, if inventory previously written down is subsequently sold, we may realize improved gross profit margins on these transactions.
Need to continue to expand the diversity of our product lines, customer base, markets and target applications. The semiconductor industry in general, and specific segments of the markets that we serve, are highly cyclical and have historically experienced significant fluctuations in demand, including periods of rapid growth as well as periods of product overcapacity and weak demand, which occur even during periods of growth in the broader economy. Revenue derived from our three largest markets, cellular infrastructure, microwave and millimeterwave communications and military, represented 76.8%, 81.1% and 79.3% of our annual revenue in 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively. An important objective of our management is to reduce our exposure to fluctuations in demand from any particular customer or industry segment by continuing to broaden our customer base and markets and the range of applications that our products address.
We believe that our cash, cash equivalents and cash generated from operations will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash requirements for at least the next 12 months. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our rate of revenue growth, the timing and extent of spending to support product development efforts, the expansion of our sales and marketing activities, the timing and introduction of new products, the costs to ensure access to adequate manufacturing capacity and the continuing market acceptance of our products. There is no assurance that additional financing, if required or desired, will be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all.
We typically do not enter into long-term purchase contracts with our customers, and our revenue in any period is dependent to a significant extent on orders for standard products booked and shipped in that period. Our customers' requested delivery lead times have in general become shorter. Additionally, despite the existence of contractual penalties, our customers from time to time cancel or delay scheduled purchases. As a result, we use backlog for purposes of scheduling production but do not consider it to be an accurate indicator of sales for any future period. Generally, we include in our backlog all accepted purchase orders for which the customer has specified a delivery date within the next 12 months, as well as long-term production contracts that require longer than 12 months to perform and for which funding is committed. At December 31, 2011, our backlog was $67.4 million, compared to $74.5 million at December 31, 2010.
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Hittite Microwv has a market cap of $1.85 billion; its shares were traded at around $58.69 with a P/E ratio of 22.9 and P/S ratio of 7. Hittite Microwv had an annual average earning growth of 21.2% over the past 5 years.
Highlight of Business Operations:
Our sales cycle varies substantially, ranging from a period of a month or less when a customer selects a standard product from our selection guide or website, to as long as two years or more for custom products. In the sales process, our sales and application engineers work closely with the OEM customer to analyze the customer's system requirements and select an appropriate standard product or establish a technical specification for a custom product. In the case of a custom product, we also select a semiconductor process and foundry, and evaluate test wafers and finished components before manufacturing in commercial quantities can begin. Volume purchases of our products by an OEM customer, or its contract manufacturer, generally do not occur until the OEM customer has made the decision to begin production of the system incorporating our product. Our receipt of substantial revenue from sales of a product to an OEM customer depends on that customer's commercial success in manufacturing and selling its system incorporating our product. It may take several years for a newly introduced standard product to generate substantial revenue, if ever. However, the life cycles of our standard products tend to be lengthy.We recorded expense of $2.0 million, $1.5 million and $2.0 million in 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively, to reduce inventory to its net realizable value. Once we have written down inventory to its estimated net realizable value, we establish a new cost basis for that inventory and do not increase its carrying value due to subsequent changes in demand forecasts. Accordingly, if inventory previously written down is subsequently sold, we may realize improved gross profit margins on these transactions.
Need to continue to expand the diversity of our product lines, customer base, markets and target applications. The semiconductor industry in general, and specific segments of the markets that we serve, are highly cyclical and have historically experienced significant fluctuations in demand, including periods of rapid growth as well as periods of product overcapacity and weak demand, which occur even during periods of growth in the broader economy. Revenue derived from our three largest markets, cellular infrastructure, microwave and millimeterwave communications and military, represented 76.8%, 81.1% and 79.3% of our annual revenue in 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively. An important objective of our management is to reduce our exposure to fluctuations in demand from any particular customer or industry segment by continuing to broaden our customer base and markets and the range of applications that our products address.
We believe that our cash, cash equivalents and cash generated from operations will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash requirements for at least the next 12 months. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our rate of revenue growth, the timing and extent of spending to support product development efforts, the expansion of our sales and marketing activities, the timing and introduction of new products, the costs to ensure access to adequate manufacturing capacity and the continuing market acceptance of our products. There is no assurance that additional financing, if required or desired, will be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all.
We typically do not enter into long-term purchase contracts with our customers, and our revenue in any period is dependent to a significant extent on orders for standard products booked and shipped in that period. Our customers' requested delivery lead times have in general become shorter. Additionally, despite the existence of contractual penalties, our customers from time to time cancel or delay scheduled purchases. As a result, we use backlog for purposes of scheduling production but do not consider it to be an accurate indicator of sales for any future period. Generally, we include in our backlog all accepted purchase orders for which the customer has specified a delivery date within the next 12 months, as well as long-term production contracts that require longer than 12 months to perform and for which funding is committed. At December 31, 2011, our backlog was $67.4 million, compared to $74.5 million at December 31, 2010.
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