CTS Corp. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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Jul 27, 2010
CTS Corp. (CTS, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2010-07-04.

Cts Corp. has a market cap of $361.2 million; its shares were traded at around $10.63 with a P/E ratio of 20.8 and P/S ratio of 0.7. The dividend yield of Cts Corp. stocks is 1.1%.CTS is in the portfolios of Chuck Royce of Royce& Associates, Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC.

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Sales in the Components and Sensors segment increased $22.6 million, or 45.6% from the second quarter of 2009, primarily attributable to an increase in automotive market sales of $13.1 million, reflecting strong growth in global light vehicle production, and higher electronic component sales of $9.6 million primarily as a result of generally improved economic trends.

The Components and Sensors segment operating earnings were $7.9 million in the second quarter of 2010 versus $2.1 million in the second quarter of 2009. The favorable earnings change resulted primarily from the impact of higher sales of approximately $7.0 million, partially offset by higher R&D costs of $0.9 million to develop and launch new growth initiatives.

Sales in the EMS segment decreased $4.2 million, or 5.9%, in the second quarter of 2010 from the second quarter of 2009. The decrease in sales was primarily attributable to $5.8 million lower sales to our customer Hewlett-Packard due to a product that essentially reached end-of-life in the second quarter of 2009. End-of-life typically means that the product is no longer required by the customer due to a design change or technological advancement. Further, EMS sales were negatively impacted by $7.0 million in the defense and aerospace market and by $1.8 million in the medical market due to lower customer demand while sales were positively impacted by $7.4 million in the communications market and by $2.6 million to other customers due to generally improved economic conditions.

Sales of $138.9 million in the second quarter of 2010 increased $18.5 million, or 15.3%, from the second quarter of 2009. The increase was attributable to the Components and Sensors segment, with higher sales of $22.6 million primarily in the automotive market. EMS segment sales decreased $4.2 million from lower sales to our customer Hewlett-Packard due to a product that essentially reached end-of-life in the second quarter of 2009. End-of-life typically means that the product is no longer required by the customer due to a design change or technological advancement. Further, EMS sales were negatively impacted by $7.0 million in the defense and aerospace market and by $1.8 million in the medical market due to lower customer demand while sales were positively impacted by $7.4 million in the communications market and by $2.6 million to other customers due to generally improved economic conditions.

SG&A expenses were $18.3 million, or 13.2% of sales, in the second quarter of 2010 versus $15.2 million, or 12.7% of sales, in the second quarter of 2009. This increase of $3.1 million reflects increased spending of approximately $2.5 million related to higher sales and approximately $0.6 million resulting from the reinstatement of certain compensation-related items that were temporarily suspended during the second quarter of 2009 due to the recessionary economic environment.

Net earnings were $5.9 million, or $0.17 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2010 compared with a loss of $7.0 million, or $0.21 per share, in the second quarter of 2009 which included a tax expense of $0.27 per share related to cash repatriation.

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