Press Release
April 20, 2016
HOPKINTON, Mass. - April 20, 2016 -
EMC Corporation today reported first-quarter 2016 financial results. First-quarter consolidated revenue was $5.5 billion, down 2% year over year. GAAP net income attributable to EMC was $268 million in the first quarter, and GAAP earnings per weighted average diluted share was $0.14 in the first quarter, up 8% year over year. Non-GAAP1 net income attributable to EMC was $603 million in the first quarter, and non-GAAP1 earnings per weighted average diluted share in the first quarter was $0.31, flat year over year.
EMC generated $932 million in operating cash flow and $588 million in free cash flow3 in the first quarter, and ended the quarter with $15 billion in cash and investments. EMC returned $227 million to shareholders via a quarterly dividend.
Joe Tucci, EMC Chairman and CEO, said, “We had a solid first quarter, generally in-line with our expectations when adjusted for an excess of unfulfilled orders at the end of the quarter. The broad secular IT trends reshaping our industry continue playing out as we expected. Our investments in growth platforms are increasingly gaining momentum, and we are confident in the depth and breadth of our product portfolio.”
Tucci added, “We continue to make progress on our combination with Dell. Integration planning has accelerated to ensure we begin at full speed upon closing, the leadership team has been established, and we've received the vast majority of anti-trust approvals required. We expect the transaction to happen on the original terms and within the originally announced timeframe.”
Denis Cashman, EMC CFO, said, “While overall we executed well in the first quarter, we did experience a higher than expected build in unshipped storage product orders of approximately $75 million due to the timing of bookings within the quarter. We are pleased that EMC Information Infrastructure operating expenses were down 8 percent as our $850 million cost reduction and business transformation plans announced last year are on track.”
David Goulden, CEO of EMC Information Infrastructure, said, “IT and digital business transformation initiatives require a modern data center utilizing flash, scale-out, software-defined and cloud-enabled technologies that are protected and trusted. Anticipating this, we have been actively innovating to transform our portfolio, well ahead of our peers. We are very encouraged by the increasing customer adoption of these technologies and had an exciting start to the year with major converged infrastructure and storage product launches. Looking forward, the upcoming merger with Dell and the broader technology and solutions portfolio of the combined company will enable us to become an even more strategic partner for our customers and partners.”
Consolidated first-quarter revenue from North America was down 3% year over year. Consolidated first-quarter revenue in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region and in Latin America were down 1% and 14% year over year, respectively (up 2% and down 4% on a constant currency basis2, respectively). Asia Pacific and Japan first-quarter revenue was up 2% year over year (up 4% on a constant currency basis2).
Given the announcement made on October 12, 2015 regarding EMC's entry into a definitive merger agreement, the company will not be providing outlook for its 2016 financial results.
Details will be provided during today's 8:30 a.m. ET live webcast for investors, which is available on the EMC Investor Relations website (http://www.emc.com/ir).
EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset — information — in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at www.EMC.com.
Katryn McGaughey
508-293-7717
katryn.mcgaughey@emc.com