By Ben Glickman
Texas Instruments posted lower profit in the first quarter after revenue declined across the company's end markets.
The Dallas-based chipmaker reported a profit of $1.11 billion, or $1.20 a share, in the quarter ended March 31, compared with $1.71 billion, or $1.85 a share, a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected per-share earnings of $1.07.
Revenue fell 16% to $3.66 billion, beating the $3.61 billion expected by analysts polled by FactSet.
Chief Executive Haviv Ilan said revenue declined 10% sequentially and the company weakness across all of its end markets. Revenue in TI's analog segment was down 14%, while revenue in embedded processing was down 22% from a year earlier.
TI expects revenue of $3.65 billion to $3.95 billion in the second quarter, compared with $4.53 billion a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet are expecting $3.74 billion.
The company guided for a per-share profit of $1.05 to $1.25 in the second quarter, compared with the $1.15 expected by analysts.
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