MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (WFR, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2011-12-31.
Memc Elec Matrl has a market cap of $963.4 million; its shares were traded at around $3.93 with a P/E ratio of 13.1 and P/S ratio of 0.4.
Today's solar industry demand continues to be mainly driven by the availability and size of government and economic incentives related to the use of solar power, because today the cost of solar power exceeds the cost of power furnished by the electric utility grid in most locations. As a result, government bodies in many countries, most notably Canada, Germany, Italy, Spain, India and Japan, have historically provided incentives in the form of feed-in-tariffs to solar project developers to promote the use of solar energy in on-grid applications and to reduce dependency on other forms of energy. In addition, we rely upon income tax credits and other state incentives in the United States for solar energy systems. Most countries, including those listed above, have continued to regularly reduce the rates paid to solar power system owners for generating electricity under their respective feed-in-tariff programs, and these regular, scheduled reductions in feed-in tariff rates are expected to continue. Moreover, the value and pricing of PBIs and RECs, as well as the state PUC approved PPA rates for utilities (which are frequently higher than electricity rates for electricity generated from other energy sources), are likely to continue to decrease, further reducing the U.S. revenue stream from solar projects. These government economic incentives could be further reduced or eliminated altogether, especially in light of ongoing worldwide economic troubles and slow recovery. In addition, some of these solar program incentives expire, decline over time, are limited in total funding or require renewal of authority. Finally, some countries could alter their programs retroactively which would impact our systems currently in place. Reductions in, or eliminations or expirations of, governmental incentives could result in decreased demand for our wafers, our customers products and our solar energy systems, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
majority of our sales are denominated in the U.S. Dollar, if one or more competitors sells to our customers in a different currency than the U.S. Dollar, we are subject to the risk that the competitors' products will be relatively less expensive than our products due to exchange rate effects. For 2011, approximately 74% of our sales were denominated in U.S. Dollars, compared to approximately 88% in 2010.
Statements set forth in this Form 10-K or statements incorporated by reference from documents we have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission may contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not based on historical facts but instead reflect our expectations, estimates or projections concerning future results or events, including, without limitation, statements regarding demand and/or pricing of our products or the pricing environment in the future; our expectation that we will generate sufficient taxable income to realize the benefits of our net deferred tax assets; the appropriateness of our tax positions and the timing of our tax audits; the timing of completion of our consolidation of worldwide equipment to the Ipoh, Malaysia facility; the timing of our various manufacturing ramps or the cessation of production at certain facilities; the anticipated growth of our business in 2012 and beyond; our expectation that we will have the financial resources and capabilities needed to meet our business requirements throughout 2012; future amendments or termination of our agreements with our long-term solar wafer customers; our estimates of penalties associated with termination of certain of our long-term supply contracts with our vendors; the nature and extent of tax rebate programs or feed-in-tariffs in the future; our expectations regarding indemnification payments related to tax credits; the ultimate impact our legal proceedings may have on us; the charges we expect to incur, the timing of completion, the savings we expect to realize, the number of employees who will be affected and our execution of our announced restructurings; our expectations regarding our annual pre-tax operating benefits upon the completion of our restructuring activities; our expectations regarding our future cash flow generation; our expectations regarding solar wafer sales to external parties and sales of our solar energy systems; the amount of our contributions to our pension plans in 2012; the anticipated effect of certain accounting pronouncements on our results of operations and financial condition; the classification of our solar energy systems as direct sales, sale-leasebacks or held systems and the current and subsequent accounting treatment of such transactions; our expectations regarding the timing and amount of our investments in our joint ventures; the timing of completion of the construction, installation and testing of the equipment and the milestone payments related to the SMP JV; the requirements of and our compliance with the terms governing our indebtedness, including the indenture governing the 2019 Notes; the sources of funding and our ability to access funding for our SunEdison business; our expectation regarding SunEdison's purchase of RECs; our ability to compete effectively in the markets we serve; and our statements regarding our working capital and other capital requirements for the next 12 months.
unrelated party. In the Missouri Action, Semi-Materials also claimed that MEMC tortiously interfered with an expectancy for an on-going business relationship Semi-Materials claimed existed with the unrelated party. Upon MEMC's motions for summary judgment in the Missouri Action, the Court dismissed the claim that MEMC tortiously interfered with the purported sales agency agreements, and the claim that MEMC tortiously interfered with an alleged sales agency agreement between Semi-Materials and the unrelated party. The Court also granted MEMC partial summary judgment as to the scope of the sales transactions on which plaintiffs based their alleged damages for breach of contract. The remaining claims were tried before a jury between January 4 and January 12, 2010. At trial, the jury found in favor of Semi-Materials and SMC on their respective claims for breach of contract against MEMC Pasadena, awarding a verdict of $0.2 million, and found in favor of MEMC on Semi-Materials' claim for tortious interference with an expectancy of an ongoing business relationship with the unrelated party. Semi-Materials and SMC filed a notice of appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit concerning aspects of the Court's summary judgment rulings that pertained to the plaintiffs' alleged damages on their breach of contract claims. MEMC Pasadena filed a notice of cross-appeal concerning the Court's entry of judgment based upon the jury verdict. The Court of Appeals issued its decision on September 14, 2011 reversing the District Court's damages-related summary judgment ruling. The Court of Appeals also denied MEMC Pasadena's cross-appeal and remanded the case to the trial court for further proceedings. No activity was undertaken in the Texas Action, as it had been stayed.
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Memc Elec Matrl has a market cap of $963.4 million; its shares were traded at around $3.93 with a P/E ratio of 13.1 and P/S ratio of 0.4.
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Seasonality. Our quarterly revenue and operating results for solar energy system installations are difficult to predict and have in the past and may in the future fluctuate from quarter to quarter due to changes in subsidies, as well as weather, economic trends and other factors. For example, in European countries with feed-in tariffs, the construction of solar power systems may be concentrated during the second half of the calendar year, largely due to periodic reductions of the applicable minimum feed-in tariff and the fact that the coldest winter months are January through March, which impacts the extent (or amount) of construction that occurs. In the United States, customers or investors will sometimes make purchasing decisions towards the end of the year in order to take advantage of tax credits or for other budgetary reasons.Today's solar industry demand continues to be mainly driven by the availability and size of government and economic incentives related to the use of solar power, because today the cost of solar power exceeds the cost of power furnished by the electric utility grid in most locations. As a result, government bodies in many countries, most notably Canada, Germany, Italy, Spain, India and Japan, have historically provided incentives in the form of feed-in-tariffs to solar project developers to promote the use of solar energy in on-grid applications and to reduce dependency on other forms of energy. In addition, we rely upon income tax credits and other state incentives in the United States for solar energy systems. Most countries, including those listed above, have continued to regularly reduce the rates paid to solar power system owners for generating electricity under their respective feed-in-tariff programs, and these regular, scheduled reductions in feed-in tariff rates are expected to continue. Moreover, the value and pricing of PBIs and RECs, as well as the state PUC approved PPA rates for utilities (which are frequently higher than electricity rates for electricity generated from other energy sources), are likely to continue to decrease, further reducing the U.S. revenue stream from solar projects. These government economic incentives could be further reduced or eliminated altogether, especially in light of ongoing worldwide economic troubles and slow recovery. In addition, some of these solar program incentives expire, decline over time, are limited in total funding or require renewal of authority. Finally, some countries could alter their programs retroactively which would impact our systems currently in place. Reductions in, or eliminations or expirations of, governmental incentives could result in decreased demand for our wafers, our customers products and our solar energy systems, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
majority of our sales are denominated in the U.S. Dollar, if one or more competitors sells to our customers in a different currency than the U.S. Dollar, we are subject to the risk that the competitors' products will be relatively less expensive than our products due to exchange rate effects. For 2011, approximately 74% of our sales were denominated in U.S. Dollars, compared to approximately 88% in 2010.
Statements set forth in this Form 10-K or statements incorporated by reference from documents we have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission may contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not based on historical facts but instead reflect our expectations, estimates or projections concerning future results or events, including, without limitation, statements regarding demand and/or pricing of our products or the pricing environment in the future; our expectation that we will generate sufficient taxable income to realize the benefits of our net deferred tax assets; the appropriateness of our tax positions and the timing of our tax audits; the timing of completion of our consolidation of worldwide equipment to the Ipoh, Malaysia facility; the timing of our various manufacturing ramps or the cessation of production at certain facilities; the anticipated growth of our business in 2012 and beyond; our expectation that we will have the financial resources and capabilities needed to meet our business requirements throughout 2012; future amendments or termination of our agreements with our long-term solar wafer customers; our estimates of penalties associated with termination of certain of our long-term supply contracts with our vendors; the nature and extent of tax rebate programs or feed-in-tariffs in the future; our expectations regarding indemnification payments related to tax credits; the ultimate impact our legal proceedings may have on us; the charges we expect to incur, the timing of completion, the savings we expect to realize, the number of employees who will be affected and our execution of our announced restructurings; our expectations regarding our annual pre-tax operating benefits upon the completion of our restructuring activities; our expectations regarding our future cash flow generation; our expectations regarding solar wafer sales to external parties and sales of our solar energy systems; the amount of our contributions to our pension plans in 2012; the anticipated effect of certain accounting pronouncements on our results of operations and financial condition; the classification of our solar energy systems as direct sales, sale-leasebacks or held systems and the current and subsequent accounting treatment of such transactions; our expectations regarding the timing and amount of our investments in our joint ventures; the timing of completion of the construction, installation and testing of the equipment and the milestone payments related to the SMP JV; the requirements of and our compliance with the terms governing our indebtedness, including the indenture governing the 2019 Notes; the sources of funding and our ability to access funding for our SunEdison business; our expectation regarding SunEdison's purchase of RECs; our ability to compete effectively in the markets we serve; and our statements regarding our working capital and other capital requirements for the next 12 months.
unrelated party. In the Missouri Action, Semi-Materials also claimed that MEMC tortiously interfered with an expectancy for an on-going business relationship Semi-Materials claimed existed with the unrelated party. Upon MEMC's motions for summary judgment in the Missouri Action, the Court dismissed the claim that MEMC tortiously interfered with the purported sales agency agreements, and the claim that MEMC tortiously interfered with an alleged sales agency agreement between Semi-Materials and the unrelated party. The Court also granted MEMC partial summary judgment as to the scope of the sales transactions on which plaintiffs based their alleged damages for breach of contract. The remaining claims were tried before a jury between January 4 and January 12, 2010. At trial, the jury found in favor of Semi-Materials and SMC on their respective claims for breach of contract against MEMC Pasadena, awarding a verdict of $0.2 million, and found in favor of MEMC on Semi-Materials' claim for tortious interference with an expectancy of an ongoing business relationship with the unrelated party. Semi-Materials and SMC filed a notice of appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit concerning aspects of the Court's summary judgment rulings that pertained to the plaintiffs' alleged damages on their breach of contract claims. MEMC Pasadena filed a notice of cross-appeal concerning the Court's entry of judgment based upon the jury verdict. The Court of Appeals issued its decision on September 14, 2011 reversing the District Court's damages-related summary judgment ruling. The Court of Appeals also denied MEMC Pasadena's cross-appeal and remanded the case to the trial court for further proceedings. No activity was undertaken in the Texas Action, as it had been stayed.
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