Axcelis Technologies Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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Aug 07, 2012
Axcelis Technologies Inc. (ACLS, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2012-06-30.

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. has a market cap of $96 million; its shares were traded at around $0.9358 with and P/S ratio of 0.3.

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For the three months ended June 30, 2012, three customers accounted for approximately 23.4%, 15.7%, and 10.2% of consolidated revenue, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2012, two customers accounted for approximately 24.0% and 15.0% of consolidated revenue. For the three months ended June 30, 2011, three customers accounted for approximately 19.2%, 13.0% and 11.4% of consolidated revenue. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, three customers accounted for approximately 19.2%, 13.0% and 13.0% of consolidated revenue.

Product revenue, which includes systems sales, sales of spare parts and product upgrades, was $51.5 million, or 87.1% of revenue, for the three months ended June 30, 2012, compared with $84.3 million, or 90.3% of revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2011. Product revenue was $99.0 million, or 86.8% of revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2012, compared with $170.9 million, or 91.6% of revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2011. System sales were $26.2 million, or 44.3% of revenue, for the three months ended June 30, 2012, compared with $53.7 million, or 57.5% of revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2011. System sales were $49.2 million, or 43.1 % of revenue, for the six months ended June 30, 2012, compared with $108.5 million, or 58.2% of revenue, for the six months ended June 30, 2011. The decrease in product revenue in the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 is attributable to the weakening of the semiconductor market and a related decrease in capital spending by semiconductor manufacturers.

Service revenue, which includes the labor component of maintenance and service contracts and fees for service hours provided by on-site service personnel, was $7.6 million, or 12.9% of revenue, for the three months ended June 30, 2012, compared with $9.0 million, or 9.7% of revenue, for the three months ended June 30, 2011. Service revenue was $15.1 million, or 13.2% of revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2012, compared with $15.6 million, or 8.4% of revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2011. Service revenue is affected by the expansion of the installed base of off-warranty systems and can fluctuate from period to period based on capacity utilization at customers manufacturing facilities. The decrease in service revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the comparable period one year ago was due to lower service contracts and time and material engagements.

Included in total revenue of $59.1 million for the three month period ended June 30, 2012 is revenue from sales of ion implantation products and service of $50.6 million, or 85.6% of total revenue, compared with $72.1 million, or 77.2% of total revenue, for the three months ended June 30, 2011. Revenue from sales of ion implantation products and service accounted for $90.9 million, or 79.7% of total revenue, for the six months ended June 30, 2012, compared to $136.7 million, or 73.3% of revenue, in the six months ended June 30, 2011. The dollar decrease was due to the factors discussed above for product revenues.

Sales and marketing expense was $6.2 million in the three months ended June 30, 2012, a decrease of $1.5 million, or 19.5%, compared with $7.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011. The decrease was primarily due to decreased payroll related costs ($1.2 million), with significant reductions in commission costs ($0.4 million) due to lower system sales, bonuses ($0.2 million), and salary costs ($0.3 million). Additionally, there was a significant decrease in travel costs ($0.3 million). Sales and marketing expense was $12.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012, a decrease of $2.7 million, or 17.4%, compared with $15.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011. The decrease was primarily due to decreased payroll related costs ($2.3 million), with significant reductions in salary costs ($0.3 million), bonuses ($0.4 million), and commission costs ($1.0 million) due to lower system sales. Additionally, there was a significant decrease in travel costs ($0.3 million), as well as utilities charges ($0.1 million).

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