- Following a Q1 revenue beat, EMC has slightly upped its full-year revenue guidance to $24.575B from a prior $24.5B. But EPS guidance has been lowered by $0.05 to $1.90. The consensus is at $24.51B and $1.94.
- After rising 11% Y/Y in Q4, product revenue fell 3% in Q1 to $3.01B. Services revenue (driven by product revenue) rose 9% to $2.47B, after growing 10% in Q4.
- EMC's core Information Storage ops (67% of revenue) saw sales fall 3% Y/Y (product sales -7%) after growing 10% in Q4, thanks largely to a 22% drop in high-end storage sales (a high-margin business) to $940M. Unified storage and backup/recovery sales +4% to $1.44B, other storage -12% to $830M.
- Emerging Storage (inc. Atmos, Isilon, and flash storage) remains a bright spot, with sales growing 81% to $81% to $470M. RSA Security +5% to $244M, Pivotal (still waiting for its IPO) +41% to $49M.
- North American sales were flat at $2.99B, and EMEA grew 8% to $1.59B. But Asia-Pac fell 2% to $720M, and Latin America 11% to $180M.
- Gross margin -30 bps Y/Y to 62.8%, higher SG&A spend contributed to a 270 bps drop in op. margin to 20.5%. $390M was spent on buybacks in Q1; EMC still expects to repurchase $2B worth of shares in 2014.
- EMC is off thanks to its EPS guidance cut and VMware's (VMW -6.8%) soft bookings. VMware blames delays in closing enterprise license agreements (ELAs) as it holds "deeper conversations" about expanded deals.
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