(AVT) Avnet Incorporated – Surprised By 29.41% in the Fiscal First Quarter
Avnet, Inc. (AVT) recently saw quarter over quarter growth as the global recession eased. The company is trading with a forward P/E of 13.2.
Company Description
Avnet distributes electronic components and computer products to customers in 70 countries worldwide. It also provides services such as supply-chain and design-chain services, logistics solutions, product assembly, device programming, computer system configuration and integration and technical seminars to allow its customers to operate efficiently.
Avnet Surprised By 29.41% in the Fiscal First Quarter
On Oct 29, Avnet reported better than expected fiscal first quarter 2010 results. It beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 10 cents. Earnings per share were 44 cents compared to the consensus of 34 cents. This was under the year ago period, however, which saw 67 cents.
Revenue fell 3.1% to $4.36 billion compared to the year ago period. The Electronics Marketing segment was the weaker segment with revenue falling 9.8% to $2.44 billion from the fiscal first quarter of 2009.
The Technology Solutions segment saw improvement as revenues rose 6.9% compared to last year.
Like every business, the company is still being impacted by the global recession but it saw growth rates rise sequentially which is improving confidence.
Second Quarter Guidance
Sales are expected to be between $4.1 billion and $4.7 billion in the second quarter with normal seasonality in the Technologies Segment and slightly better than normal in the Electronics Marketing segment.
Earnings per share are expected in the range of 52 cents to 60 cents per share assuming the average Euro to U.S. Dollar currency rate is $1.48 to 1.00 euro.
Zacks Consensus Estimates Rise
In the last month, analysts have raised both the second quarter and fiscal 2010 estimates. The second quarter Zacks Consensus Estimate jumped 6 cents to 56 cents.
The 2010 Zacks Consensus rose 13.7% to $2.08 from $1.83 with 10 out of the 11 covering analysts raising during the last 30 days.
Value Fundamentals
Avnet is a Zacks #1 Rank (strong buy) stock. It is trading with a price-to-book of 1.43. The company has a solid 5-year return on equity (ROE) of 10.82%.
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