Zoran, When Beating Earnings Isn’t Anywhere Near Enough (ZRAN)

Posted: January 28, 2008 at 5:15 pm

Zoran Corp. (NASDAQ: ZRAN) shares are getting hit hard in after-hours trading.  The company posted earnings of $0.34 EPS, $0.02 better than the First Call estimate of $0.32.  Unfortunately the good news stops there. 

Revenues did rise some 34% from Q4-2006 to $129.4 million, but First Call had estimates at $130.8 million.  It got worse too after it issued guidance to the downside for Q1-2008 with EPS of $0.05 to $0.09 and it sees Q1-2008 revenues of $104 to $109 million.  First Call was at a $0.24 EPS and $122.35 million in revenues. Gross margins will be in the range of 50% to 51%.

The company develops and markets integrated circuits and products used in digital versatile disc players, movie and home theater systems, digital cameras, professional and consumer video editing systems, and digital speakers and audio systems. 

Its shares are down some 22% to $11.65 in an active after-hours trading session. The 52-week trading range is %13.72 to $27.45, so treat this one as a new 52-week low for Tuesday.

Jon C. Ogg
January 28, 2008

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