What is Atmel Retained Earnings?
Retained earnings is the accumulated portion of net income that is not distributed to shareholders. Atmel's retained earnings for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was $95 Mil.
Atmel's quarterly retained earnings
declined
from Jun. 2015 ($107 Mil) to Sep. 2015 ($90 Mil) but then
increased
from Sep. 2015 ($90 Mil) to Dec. 2015 ($95 Mil).
Atmel's annual retained earnings
increased
from Dec. 2013 ($86 Mil) to Dec. 2014 ($118 Mil) but then
declined
from Dec. 2014 ($118 Mil) to Dec. 2015 ($95 Mil).
Atmel Retained Earnings Calculation
Retained Earnings is the accumulated portion of net income that is not distributed to shareholders. Because the net income was not distributed to shareholders, shareholders' equity is increased by the same amount.
Of course, if a company loses, it is called retained losses, or accumulated losses.
Atmel (NAS:ATML) Retained Earnings Explanation
Historically profitable companies sometimes have negative retained earnings. This is because they have cumulatively paid out more to shareholders than they reported in profits.
For example, in 2011, Microsoft had negative retained earnings. This does not mean the company lost more money than it made over the years. It just means it paid out more money than it earned.
If a company has negative retained earnings, investors should check the 10-year financial results. They should not assume that negative retained earnings prove a company has generally lost money in the past.
Of course, many companies with negative retained earnings have indeed lost money in the past.
Retained Earnings: Warren Buffett's Secret.
One of the most important indicators of durable competitive advantage. Net earnings can be paid out as dividends, used to buy back shares or retained for growth.
If the company loses more than it has accumulated, retained earnings is negative.
If a company isn't adding to its retained earnings, it isn't growing its net worth.
Rate of growth of retained earnings is good indicator whether it's benefiting from a competitive advantage.
Microsoft is negative because it chose to buyback stock and pay dividends.
The more earnings retained, the faster it grows and increases growth rate for future earnings.
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Atmel Corp was originally incorporated in California on December 5, 1984 and was reincorporated in Delaware in October 1999. The Company designs, develops and supplies microcontrollers, which are self-contained computers-on-a-chip. It organizes its business into four reportable operating segments; Microcontrollers, Nonvolatile Memories, Radio Frequency, and Application Specific Integrated Circuits. Its Microcontrollers segment includes Atmel's maXTouch capacitive touch product families and its general purpose microcontroller and microprocessor families, AVR 8-bit and 32-bit products, ARM based products, Atmel's 8051 8-bit products, designated commercial wireless products, including low power radio and SOC products that meet Zigbee and Wi-Fi specifications and optimized products for mobile sensor hub, smart energy, touch button and LED lighting applications. Its Nonvolatile Memories segment includes electrically erasable programmable read-only "EEPROM" and erasable programmable read-only memory "EPROM" devices. Its Radio Frequency and Automotive segment includes automotive electronics, wireless and wired devices for industrial, consumer and automotive applications and foundry services. Its Application Specific Integrated Circuits segment includes custom application specific integrated circuits designed to meet specialized single-customer requirements for its high performance devices, including products that provide hardware security for embedded digital systems, products with military and aerospace applications and application specific standard products for space applications, power management and secure cryptographic memory products. The Company markets its products in various countries to a diverse base of OEMs serving commercial markets. It also sells its products to OEM accounts through its direct sales force, using manufacturers' representatives or through national and regional distributors. It sells its products in United States, Asia and Europe. Throughout its product line, the Company competes with a number of semiconductor manufacturers, such as Cypress, Freescale, Infineon, Intel, Microchip, NXP Semiconductors, ON Semiconductor, Renesas, Samsung, Silicon Labs, Spansion, STMicroelectronics, Synaptics, and Texas Instruments. The Company relies on patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets, as well as nondisclosure agreements and other methods to protect its proprietary technologies and processes.
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