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Jul 25 2006

Second quarter results release 2006

Second quarter financial highlights
Compared with Q2 2005
  • Revenue increased by 141% to € 277 million
  • 830,000 portable navigation devices (PNDs) shipped, up 216%
  • Stable gross and operating margins of 43% and 23% respectively
  • Net profit increased by 73% to € 38 million
  • Fully diluted EPS improved by 60% to € 0.32
Compared with Q1 2006
  • Revenue increased by 8%
  • Gross margin up by 8 percentage points
  • Operating margin increased by 3 percentage points
  • Net profit increased by 21%
Half year financial highlights
Compared with H1 2005
  • Revenue increased by 194% to € 533 million
  • 1,593,000 PNDs shipped, up 330%
  • Net profit increased by 92% to € 69 million
  • Fully diluted EPS improved by 84% to € 0.59
Second quarter operational highlights
  • PND market continues to grow strongly
  • Strong European market leadership continues
  • Production volumes of the new GO range now at planned levels, order book is strong
  • Number of outlets in North America increased by 2,500 to 11,000
  • Increased market share in North America to 27%
  • TomTom WORK’s European roll out is on track

Outlook 2006
Full year 2006 guidance reiterated: revenues expected to be in the range of €1.1 billion to €1.3 billion and PND unit shipments expected to be between 3.6 million and 3.9 million units. We are targeting a gross margin of around 40% of revenue for the full year.

Key figures

(unaudited) (in € millions) Q2‘06 Q1‘06 Q2‘05 H1‘06 H1‘05 change

Revenue 277 256 115 533 181 194%
Gross profit 118 89 48 207 79 162%
Gross margin 43% 35% 42% 39% 44%

Operating profit 64 50 27 114 45 153%
Operating margin 23% 20% 24% 21% 25%

Net profit 38 31 22 69 36 92%

EPS – fully diluted (€ per share) 0.32 0.27 0.20 0.59 0.32 84%

* percentages are based on amounts rounded to the nearest million

View the full Second quarter results release 2006 in PDF format (155KB)



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