ASM International NV (ASMI) is a leading supplier of semiconductor wafer processing equipment and process solutions. Our customers include all of the top semiconductor device manufacturers in the world. Semiconductor chips sit at the heart of almost every electronic device we use today. They run programs, apps, and operating systems. They connect your television to your wireless internet. Without them, today’s society would simply disconnect. And our technology is the first step towards making it all possible. Our semiconductor process tools enable chip manufacturers to make higher capacity, more powerful, and faster logic processor and memory chips. Our R&D investments lead to new device architectures, new materials, and new processes, together advancing nanotechnology that help us all make connections.
ASMI has two operating segments, Front-end (wafer processing) and Back-end (assembly and packaging).
EUR(million, except per share data and employees) | 2013 3 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |||||
Operations: | ||||||||||
Net sales | ||||||||||
Front-end | 452 | 546 | 670 | 598 | 737 | |||||
Back-end | 160 | – | – | – | – | |||||
Result from operations: | ||||||||||
Front-end | 45 | 93 | 111 | 82 | 113 | |||||
Back-end | (4) | – | – | – | – | |||||
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations | (343) | 138 | 157 | 135 | 452 | |||||
Net earnings (loss) from discontinued operations | 1,405 | 3 | – | – | – | |||||
Net earnings (loss) from operations | 1,062 | 141 | 157 | 135 | 452 | |||||
Balance sheet: | ||||||||||
Net working capital 1 | 109 | 108 | 114 | 157 | 180 | |||||
Total assets | 1,608 | 1,889 | 2,076 | 2,131 | 2,177 | |||||
Net cash 2 | 312 | 386 | 447 | 378 | 836 | |||||
Backlog: | ||||||||||
Front-end | 115 | 176 | 128 | 157 | 180 | |||||
Back-end | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
Number of staff: | ||||||||||
Employees | ||||||||||
Front-end | 1,502 | 1,635 | 1,597 | 1,670 | 1,900 | |||||
Back-end | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
Per share data: | ||||||||||
Net earnings (loss) on operations per share | ||||||||||
Basic net earnings (loss) | 16.81 | 2.23 | 2.53 | 2.23 | 7.72 | |||||
Diluted net earnings (loss) | 16.55 | 2.20 | 2.50 | 2.21 | 7.63 | |||||
Weighted average number of shares used in | ||||||||||
computing per share amounts (in thousands): | ||||||||||
Basic | 63,202 | 63,558 | 62,114 | 60,616 | 58,573 | |||||
Diluted | 64,196 | 64,707 | 62,928 | 61,253 | 59,325 |