Symantec (SYMC) Informs Digital River (DRIV) That It Won't Extend E-commerce Contract Beyond Expiration; DRIV Guides Q3
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Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV) announced today that Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) has notified Digital River that Symantec will not extend its existing e-commerce agreement. The agreement, under which Digital River provides a variety of e-commerce-related services to Symantec, expires on June 30, 2010.
Symantec informed Digital River on Friday, October 9th that it expects to move all of the online traffic currently outsourced to Digital River to an internally developed Symantec e-commerce system before the current contract expires. Symantec has not yet informed Digital River regarding the timing of its migration plans or the nature of the support it will require from Digital River during the transition period.
"We are surprised and deeply disappointed that Symantec has chosen to move to an internally developed system, but we remain very confident in the future of our business," said Joel Ronning, Digital River's CEO. "While Symantec is still our largest customer, the proportion of Symantec revenues relative to our other customers has declined significantly over the past few years as our non-Symantec business has grown at an increasing rate. Our company is financially strong, our new business pipeline remains healthy, and sales activity in the software, consumer electronics and business-to-business sectors continues to grow. As more businesses move to online sales and distribution, Digital River is well positioned for future growth and we are confident in our ability to unlock potential in key markets."
In 2008, sales of products for Symantec accounted for 24.3% of Digital River revenue and sales derived from proprietary Digital River services sold to Symantec consumers accounted for 9.4% of Digital River revenue. For Digital River's quarter ended June 30, 2009, sales of Symantec products accounted for 22.5% of revenue and related services revenues accounted for 7.5% of revenue.
Sees Q3 results at or slightly above the top end of the guidance it provided on July 29, 2009. Q3 sales are expected to be $96.5-$98.5 million, versus the consensus of $97.75 million, and non-GAAP EPS of $0.38-$0.41, which compares to the Street estimate of $0.40.
Symantec informed Digital River on Friday, October 9th that it expects to move all of the online traffic currently outsourced to Digital River to an internally developed Symantec e-commerce system before the current contract expires. Symantec has not yet informed Digital River regarding the timing of its migration plans or the nature of the support it will require from Digital River during the transition period.
"We are surprised and deeply disappointed that Symantec has chosen to move to an internally developed system, but we remain very confident in the future of our business," said Joel Ronning, Digital River's CEO. "While Symantec is still our largest customer, the proportion of Symantec revenues relative to our other customers has declined significantly over the past few years as our non-Symantec business has grown at an increasing rate. Our company is financially strong, our new business pipeline remains healthy, and sales activity in the software, consumer electronics and business-to-business sectors continues to grow. As more businesses move to online sales and distribution, Digital River is well positioned for future growth and we are confident in our ability to unlock potential in key markets."
In 2008, sales of products for Symantec accounted for 24.3% of Digital River revenue and sales derived from proprietary Digital River services sold to Symantec consumers accounted for 9.4% of Digital River revenue. For Digital River's quarter ended June 30, 2009, sales of Symantec products accounted for 22.5% of revenue and related services revenues accounted for 7.5% of revenue.
Sees Q3 results at or slightly above the top end of the guidance it provided on July 29, 2009. Q3 sales are expected to be $96.5-$98.5 million, versus the consensus of $97.75 million, and non-GAAP EPS of $0.38-$0.41, which compares to the Street estimate of $0.40.
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