Qualcomm Inc., a wireless communications technology provider, on Monday said quarterly earnings would exceed prior estimates on stronger-than-expected shipments of its phone chipsets.
For the fiscal second quarter ending March 28, the San Diego company said it now expects net earnings of 47 cents to 49 cents per share, including an estimated 1 cent per share loss from its investment arm.
Previously it had forecast earnings of 34 cents to 37 cents per share, with an estimated 4 cents per share of investment losses. A year earlier the company posted a profit of 13 cents a share, including 26 cents per share of investment losses.
Excluding investment losses, it expects its second-quarter profit to total 48 cents to 50 cents a share, excluding investment losses. The average Wall Street estimate was 40 cents a share, with a range of 36 cents to 43 cents, as compiled by Reuters Research.
The company owns most of the patents to the code division multiple access (CDMA) wireless transmission standard, the leading wireless technology in the United States and Asia.
The company said it expects to ship 31 million of its advanced MSM phone chips during the quarter, compared with its earlier estimate 29 million to 31 million chips.