Fonte:
www.bythom.comFeb 6) Nikon announced its
third-quarter fiscal year results and estimates for the full financial year (ends March 31, 2008). As expected, the Imaging division continues to do well, and Nikon has once again upped their year-end estimates for the division. The basic numbers of interest:
* Fiscal year sales now estimated to be 570b yen,
with 80b profit.
* DSLR sales still expected to be 3m units in fiscal year (a bit over 50% increase from last year).
* Lens sales now expected to rise to 4.3m units (previous estimate was 4m, and also a 50%+ increase year-to-year).
* Coolpix sales now estimated to be 8.3m units (previous estimate was 8m).
I should point out that a 10% operating margin (57b yen) would be considered good, so Nikon
is still pushing very high profit numbers out of the division (14%). The only possible downside news is that inventories and accounts receivable showed a minor increase year-to-year, but since that's reported on a company-wide basis, you can't tell if that's in the camera business or other Nikon products. The inventory increase could also be build-up of products
not yet for sale (D60 and 16-85mm lens, for example).