Weak iPhone 需要・要求する 誘発するs AMS to 一時停止する (株主への)配当, 避ける 十分な-year 見通し

By Kirsti Knolle and Michael 保護物,者s

VIENNA/ZURICH, Feb 5 (Reuters) - AMS, which 供給(する)s Apple with sensors for its 直面する ID 科学(工学)技術, disappointed 投資家s with a 58 パーセント 拒絶する/低下する in fourth 4半期/4分の1 核心 利益(をあげる), its 指導/手引 and the 中断 of a (株主への)配当 支払い(額) for 2018.

The Austrian group shied away on Tuesday from a 十分な-year 収入s 予測(する) after a 下降 in 2018 results, 説 shorter order cycles 減ずるd visibility in a difficult market 環境.

投資家s punished the スイスの-名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)d 会社/堅い's already 乱打するd 株 also for its 決定/判定勝ち(する) to no longer 供給する a 中央の-称する,呼ぶ/期間/用語 指導/手引 人物/姿/数字, sending the 在庫/株 負かす/撃墜する 15 パーセント.

The 株 宙返り/暴落するd 75 パーセント last year while the European 部門 索引 lost 11 パーセント and Apple 株 9 パーセント.

"Given a market we are seeing that is very volatile and hard to read and also 需要・要求する that is smaller than we had 想像するd, we see first 4半期/4分の1 sales of $350-390 million," 大統領 Alexander Everke said at a news 会議/協議会 in Zurich.

That is a 落ちる of more than 20 パーセント compared to last year's period and to the fourth-4半期/4分の1.

"Certainly we see the second half of the year 2019 better than the first half," Everke said on an 投資家 call, when asked about 収入s prospects but did not give 詳細(に述べる)s.

AMS' 声明 追加するd to a 荒涼とした 収入s season for 半導体 companies and その上の stoked 恐れるs of an 産業 減産/沈滞 after sales 警告s from Apple, Samsung and Taiwan 半導体 last month pointed to stagnating smartphone 需要・要求する and a 冷静な/正味のing Chinese economy.

German chipmaker Infineon 科学(工学)技術s on Tuesday 改訂するd 負かす/撃墜する its 指導/手引 for 十分な-year 歳入 growth.

APPLE DEPENDENCY

AMS 供給するs Apple with 光学の sensors for 3D facial 承認 features on its newest iPhones and has been 攻撃する,衝突する by slow sales of the 装置s. 科学技術の challenges have made it hard for AMS to 減ずる its dependency on Apple, which 分析家 s 見積(る) accounts for 45 パーセント of sales.

管理/経営 was, however, 楽観的な in this regard.

"We do have a 意味ありげに better pipeline for the Android 動きやすい 商売/仕事 for the first 4半期/4分の1 and also second 4半期/4分の1 and the 4半期/4分の1s to come. This is a big difference to last year," Everke said on the 投資家 call.

So far, 中国's Xiaomi is the only 製造者 of Android-based smartphones that AMS has 公表する/暴露するd as a 顧客. 分析家s say Huawei's Mate20 プロの/賛成の phones also use AMS's sensors.

分析家s pointed to another challenge for the 会社/堅い after AMS 報告(する)/憶測d a 38 パーセント 増加する in 逮捕する 負債 end-December and a 46 パーセント 落ちる in its order backlog.

"Market 焦点(を合わせる) is going to be on the cash 世代 (and) 負債 管理/経営 before 焦点(を合わせる) 転換s to any new 勝利,勝つs that will 援助(する) 2020 開発 given the difficult 2019 環境," JP Morgan 分析家s said.

The group is still considering 選択s for its 商売/仕事 with 環境の sensors but has already switched staff from that 部隊 to new 事業/計画(する)s, Everke said.

After a 戦略の review, AMS in October decided to 減ずる its 焦点(を合わせる) on 環境の sensors, which (悪事,秘密などを)発見する 気温 or moisture.

Asked about market 憶測 that 競争相手s might be 利益/興味d in buying AMS, he said: "Our 戦略 is to stay 独立した・無所属." (報告(する)/憶測ing by Kirsti Knolle in Vienna and Michael 保護物,者s in Zurich; Editing by Susan Fenton and Emelia Sithole-Matarise)

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