SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OVTI), a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today reported financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2015 that ended on October 31, 2014.

Revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2015 were $394.0 million, as compared to $406.5 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2015, and $397.2 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2014. GAAP net income in the second quarter of fiscal 2015 was $28.0 million, or $0.47 per diluted share, as compared to net income of $45.3 million, or $0.78 per diluted share in the first quarter of fiscal 2015, and $26.3 million, or $0.47 per diluted share in the second quarter of fiscal 2014.

Non-GAAP net income in the second quarter of fiscal 2015 was $36.9 million, or $0.60 per diluted share. Non-GAAP net income in the first quarter of fiscal 2015 was $54.4 million, or $0.91 per diluted share. Non-GAAP net income in the second quarter of fiscal 2014 was $34.9 million, or $0.60 per diluted share. Non-GAAP net income excludes stock-based compensation expenses and the related tax effects. Please refer to the attached schedule for a reconciliation of GAAP net income to non-GAAP net income for the three and six months ended October 31, 2014 and 2013 and for the three months ended July 31, 2014.

GAAP gross margin for the second quarter of fiscal 2015 was 22.0%, as compared to 21.7% for the first quarter of fiscal 2015 and 18.8% for the second quarter of fiscal 2014. The sequential increase in second quarter gross margin reflected an increase in revenues recorded on the sale of previously written-down inventory and a continued mix shift towards our newer generation products.

The Company ended the period with cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments totaling $525.2 million, a slight increase of $1.0 million from the previous quarter.

"Our mobile phone and automotive products continue to be the drivers behind our strong results this quarter," said Shaw Hong, chief executive officer of OmniVision Technologies, Inc. "We are pleased with our execution in China, and with the emergence of India as a key geography for us. We are also excited about the launch of our high-performance stacked-die PureCel-S products, which demonstrates our technology leadership."

Outlook

Based on current trends, the Company expects revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2015 will be in the range of $275 million to $305 million and GAAP net income per share will be between $0.09 and $0.25 per diluted share. Excluding the estimated expense and related tax effects associated with stock-based compensation, the Company expects its non-GAAP net income per share will be between $0.22 and $0.38 per diluted share. Refer to the table below for a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP net income. The estimated GAAP and non-GAAP net income per share include an anticipated reduction in unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $3.0 million, resulting from the conclusion of a foreign jurisdiction tax examination.

Conference Call

OmniVision Technologies, Inc. will host a conference call today at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time to discuss these results further. This conference call can be accessed via a webcast at www.ovt.com. The call can also be accessed by dialing 877-299-4454 (domestic) or 617-597-5447 (international) and entering passcode 29096693.

A replay of the call will remain available at www.ovt.com for approximately twelve months. A replay of the call will also be available for one week beginning approximately one hour after the conclusion of the call. To access the replay, dial 888-286-8010 (domestic) or 617-801-6888 (international) and enter passcode 34461414.

About OmniVision

OmniVision Technologies, Inc. is a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions. Its CameraChip(TM) and CameraCubeChip(TM) products are highly integrated, single-chip CMOS image sensors for consumer and commercial applications, including mobile phones, tablets and entertainment devices, notebooks and webcams, security and surveillance systems, digital still and video cameras, automotive and medical imaging systems. Additional information is available at www.ovt.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

Certain statements in this press release, including statements regarding our mobile phone and automotive products continuing to be drivers for our business, the emergence of India as a key geography for us, the launch of our high-performance stacked-die PureCel?S products, and statements regarding our expectations regarding revenues and earnings per share for the three months ending January 31, 2015 are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations, and certain factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These factors include, without limitation, our ability to maintain or increase sales to current key customers and end-users of our products; competition in current and emerging markets for image sensor products, including pricing pressures that could result from competition; our ability to increase the average selling prices or lower the costs associated with the development and manufacture of our new, complex products and technologies; the potential for a slowdown in sales in the near term due to an inventory build by our customers in the earlier part of the year; fluctuations of wafer manufacturing costs, manufacturing yields, manufacturing capacity and other manufacturing processes and the impact on gross margins; the continued growth and development of current markets and the emergence of new markets in which we sell, or may sell, our products; fluctuations in sales mix and average selling prices; our ability to timely complete the product development cycle for new sensors; our ability to obtain design wins from various image sensor device manufacturers including manufacturers of mobile phones, tablets and entertainment devices, notebooks and webcams, security and surveillance systems, digital still and video cameras, automotive and medical imaging systems; our dependence on third party wafer foundries and their ability to manufacture our wafers in the required quantities, at acceptable quality, yields and costs, and in a timely manner; our ability to accurately forecast customer demand for our products; the impact of general economic conditions on orders from the end-user customers of our products; the market acceptance of products into which our products are designed; the development, production, introduction and marketing of new products and technology; the occurrence of litigation regarding intellectual property or indemnification claims from our suppliers or customers relating to our intellectual property; our strategic investments and relationships, and other risks detailed from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but not limited to, our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. We expressly disclaim any obligation to update information contained in any forward-looking statement.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

To supplement the reader's overall understanding of both its reported results presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and its outlook, the Company also presents non-GAAP measures of net income and net income per share which are adjusted from results based on GAAP. In particular, the Company excludes stock-based compensation expenses and the related tax effects. The non-GAAP financial measures which the Company discloses also exclude the effects of stock-based compensation on the number of basic and diluted common shares used in calculating non-GAAP basic and diluted net income per share. The Company provides these non-GAAP financial measures to enhance an investor's overall understanding of its current financial performance and to assess its prospects for the future. These non-GAAP financial measures reflect an additional way of viewing aspects of the Company's operations that, when viewed with its GAAP results and the accompanying reconciliations to the corresponding GAAP financial measures, provide a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting the Company's business. The economic basis for the Company's decision to use non-GAAP financial measures is that the adjustments to net income did not reflect the on-going relative strength of the Company's performance. The Company's objective is to minimize any confusion in the financial markets by providing non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per share measurements and disclosing the related components. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered as a supplement to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, the financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.

The Company uses non-GAAP financial measures for internal management purposes to conduct and evaluate its business, when publicly providing its business outlook and to facilitate period-to-period comparisons. The Company views non-GAAP net income per share as a primary indicator of the profitability of its underlying business. In addition, because stock-based compensation is a non-cash expense and is offset in full by a credit to additional paid-in capital, it has no effect on total stockholders' equity. As the calculation of non-GAAP financial measures differs between companies, the non-GAAP financial measures used by the Company may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. Other than stock-based compensation and the related tax effects, these differences may cause the Company's non-GAAP measures to not be directly comparable to other companies' non-GAAP measures. Although these non-GAAP financial measures adjust cost, expenses and basic and diluted share items to exclude the accounting treatment of stock-based compensation, they should not be viewed as a non-GAAP presentation reflecting the elimination of the underlying stock-based compensation programs. Thus, the Company's non-GAAP presentations are not intended to present, and should not be used, as a basis for assessing what its operating results might be if it were to eliminate its stock-based compensation programs. The Company compensates for these limitations by providing full disclosure of the net income and net income per share on a basis prepared in accordance with GAAP to enable investors to consider net income and net income per share determined under GAAP as well as on an adjusted basis, and perform their own analysis, as appropriate. As a result of the foregoing limitations, the Company does not use, nor does the Company intend to use, the non-GAAP financial measures when assessing the Company's performance against that of other companies.

Estimating stock-based compensation expenses and the related tax effects for a future period is subject to inherent risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to the price of the Company's stock, stock market volatility, expected option life, risk-free interest rates, and the number of option exercises and sales during the quarter.




                                      OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                    RECONCILIATION OF GUIDANCE FOR GAAP NET INCOME PER DILUTED SHARE
                           TO PROJECTED NON-GAAP NET INCOME PER DILUTED SHARE
                                               (unaudited)


               Three Months Ending January 31, 2015
               ------------------------------------

                     GAAP                                        Non-GAAP

                   Range of                                      Range of
                   Estimates                                     Estimates
                  ---------                                     ---------

                     From                 To                    Adjustment            From       To

    Net income
     per share            $0.09                $0.25                         $0.13(1)      $0.22    $0.38
                          =====                =====                          =======      =====    =====

    ________________

    (1) Reflects estimated adjustment for expenses
     and related tax effects associated with stock-
     based compensation.

                                                   OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                                               CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                                             (in thousands, except per share amounts)
                                                            (unaudited)


                                                                        October 31,            April 30,

                                                                                          2014                 2014
                                                                                          ----                 ----

    ASSETS

    Current assets:

          Cash and cash equivalents                                                   $313,995             $297,952

          Short-term investments                                                       211,170              152,993

          Accounts receivable, net                                                     171,805              172,472

          Inventories                                                                  340,036              270,935

          Deferred income taxes                                                          3,415                4,973

          Prepaid expenses and other current
           assets                                                                       14,854                6,576
                                                                                        ------                -----

                Total current assets                                                 1,055,275              905,901

    Property, plant and equipment, net                                                 149,482              153,792

    Long-term investments                                                              143,149              154,409

    Goodwill                                                                            10,227               10,227

    Intangibles, net                                                                    59,232               66,217

    Other long-term assets                                                              24,669               32,529
                                                                                        ------               ------

                      Total assets                                                  $1,442,034           $1,323,075
                                                                                    ==========           ==========


    LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

    Current liabilities:

          Accounts payable                                                            $181,960             $142,012

          Accrued expenses and other current
           liabilities                                                                  33,574               31,959

          Income taxes payable                                                           7,364                2,316

          Deferred revenues, less cost of
           revenues                                                                     20,368               25,783

          Current portion of long-term debt                                              3,808                3,802
                                                                                         -----                -----

                Total current liabilities                                              247,074              205,872
                                                                                       -------              -------

    Long-term liabilities:

          Long-term income taxes payable                                                56,699               86,498

          Non-current portion of long-term
           debt                                                                         31,771               32,030

          Other long-term liabilities                                                   23,819               11,818
                                                                                        ------               ------

                Total long-term liabilities                                            112,289              130,346
                                                                                       -------              -------

                Total liabilities                                                      359,363              336,218
                                                                                       -------              -------


    Stockholders' equity:

                Common stock, $0.001 par value;
                 100,000 shares authorized; 78,261
                 shares issued and 57,662
                 outstanding at October 31, 2014
                 and 76,681 shares issued and
                 56,082 outstanding at April 30,
                 2014, respectively                                                         78                   77

                Additional paid-in capital                                             687,070              664,602

                Accumulated other comprehensive
                 income                                                                  2,352                2,378

                Treasury stock, 20,599 at October
                 31, 2014 and April 30, 2014,
                 respectively                                                        (278,683)           (278,683)

                Retained earnings                                                      671,854              598,483
                                                                                       -------              -------

                      Total stockholders' equity                                     1,082,671              986,857
                                                                                     ---------              -------

                      Total liabilities and stockholders'
                       equity                                                       $1,442,034           $1,323,075
                                                                                    ==========           ==========

                              OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                       CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
                        (in thousands, except per share amounts)
                                       (unaudited)


                                                   Three Months Ended       Six Months Ended
                                                   ------------------       ----------------

                                                     October 31,          October 31,
                                                     -----------          -----------

                                                      2014           2013      2014           2013
                                                      ----           ----      ----           ----

    Revenues                                      $394,045       $397,249  $800,581       $770,937

    Cost of
     revenues                                      307,548        322,383   625,664        630,910
                                                   -------        -------   -------        -------

          Gross
           profit                                   86,497         74,866   174,917        140,027
                                                    ------         ------   -------        -------


    Operating expenses:

           Research,
           development
           and
           related                                  34,186         29,123    68,918         56,825

           Selling,
           general
           and
           administrative                           20,229         18,456    39,439         36,656

           Amortization
           of
           acquired
           patent
           portfolio                                 2,322          2,322     4,643          4,643
                                                     -----          -----     -----          -----

                Total
                 operating
                 expenses                           56,737         49,901   113,000         98,124
                                                    ------         ------   -------         ------


    Income
     from
     operations                                     29,760         24,965    61,917         41,903

    Equity
     in
     earnings
     of
     investee                                        1,034          1,317     1,969          2,427

     Interest
     expense,
     net                                             (397)         (535)    (852)       (1,076)

    Other
     income,
     net                                               219          2,345     1,264          1,168
                                                       ---          -----     -----          -----

    Income
     before
     income
     taxes                                          30,616         28,092    64,298         44,422


     Provision
     for
     (benefit
     from)
     income
     taxes                                           2,572          1,789   (9,073)       (4,942)
                                                     -----          -----    ------         ------

    Net
     income                                        $28,044        $26,303   $73,371        $49,364
                                                   =======        =======   =======        =======


    Net income per share:

          Basic                                      $0.49          $0.47     $1.28          $0.90
                                                     =====          =====     =====          =====

          Diluted                                    $0.47          $0.47     $1.25          $0.89
                                                     =====          =====     =====          =====


    Shares used in computing net income
     per share:

          Basic                                     57,617         55,584    57,100         55,098
                                                    ======         ======    ======         ======

          Diluted.                                  59,423         55,732    58,790         55,453
                                                    ======         ======    ======         ======

                                     OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                        RECONCILIATION OF GAAP NET INCOME TO NON-GAAP NET INCOME
                                (in thousands, except per share amounts)
                                              (unaudited)


                                                            Three Months Ended       Six Months Ended      Three Months Ended

                                                                October 31,             October 31,              July 31,
                                                              -----------          -----------

                                                               2014           2013      2014          2013                 2014
                                                               ----           ----      ----          ----                 ----

    GAAP net income                                         $28,044        $26,303   $73,371       $49,364              $45,327

    Add:

          Stock-based
           compensation in cost
           of revenues                                        1,166            985     2,151         1,957                  985

          Stock-based
           compensation in
           research, development
           and related expenses                               4,209          3,936     8,469         7,730                4,260

          Stock-based
           compensation in
           selling, general and
           administrative
           expenses                                           3,280          3,552     6,484         7,282                3,204

    Decrease in provision
     for (benefit from)
     income taxes without
     the effect of stock-
     based compensation                                         232            159       834           329                  602
                                                                ---            ---       ---           ---                  ---

    Non-GAAP net income                                     $36,931        $34,935   $91,309       $66,662              $54,378
                                                            =======        =======   =======       =======              =======


    GAAP provision for
     (benefit from) income
     taxes                                                   $2,572         $1,789  $(9,073)     $(4,942)           $(11,645)

    Decrease in provision
     for (benefit from)
     income taxes without
     the effect of stock-
     based compensation                                         232            159       834           329                  602
                                                                ---            ---       ---           ---                  ---

    Non-GAAP provision
     for (benefit from)
     income taxes                                            $2,340         $1,630  $(9,907)     $(5,271)           $(12,247)
                                                             ======         ======   =======       =======             ========


    Non-GAAP net income per share:

                Basic                                         $0.64          $0.63     $1.60         $1.21                $0.96
                                                              =====          =====     =====         =====                =====

                Diluted                                       $0.60          $0.60     $1.50         $1.15                $0.91
                                                              =====          =====     =====         =====                =====


    Shares used in computing non-GAAP net income per
     share:

                Basic                                        57,617         55,584    57,100        55,098               56,583
                                                             ======         ======    ======        ======               ======

                Diluted                                      61,730         58,649    60,905        58,083               60,081
                                                             ======         ======    ======        ======               ======

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