Research In Motion公司(RIM)日前發(fā)布2013財年第一季財報出現(xiàn)虧損。而真正讓分析師們感到震驚的是RIM同時宣布其下一代新產品── BlackBerry 10 智能手機將延遲到明年才會推出。
RIM公司發(fā)布第一季營收為28億美元，較上一季的42億美元以及去年同期的49億美元下滑。RIM在2013年第一季的凈虧損達5.18億美元，相形之下，上一季凈虧損為1.25億美元，而去年同期的凈利則有6.95億美元。
RIM還告訴分析師們，由于軟件整合的問題，原本指望能扭轉該公司命運的 BlackBerry 10 將延遲至2013年才發(fā)布。RIM在其財報新聞稿中說：
“過去幾周以來，RIM公司的軟件開發(fā)團隊在開發(fā) BlackBerry 10 平臺方面已經取得了重大進展；然而，這些功能的整合以及整合于平臺中所需的大量程序代碼比預期的更耗費時間。因此，公司預期要在2013年第一季才能推出首款 BlackBerry 10 智能手機?！?/I>
據(jù)業(yè)界媒體報導，分析師們已調降RIM公司股票的目標價，并預期RIM公司的現(xiàn)金儲備可能會在幾年內消耗殆盡。
“在RIM發(fā)布第一季財報數(shù)字遠遠不如預期以及延遲至2013年初才發(fā)布新一代產品后，至少已有10家證券商下修RIM股票的目標價格，有些甚至調降高達50%。”
RIM公司的股價在納斯達克(Nasdaq)盤前交易中一度下跌16%。野村證券指出：“如果RIM持續(xù)如此運作下去的話，我們認為這家公司最終將會失敗。”
“我們預期RIM將難以成功地扭轉其財務狀況，即使在明年推出 BlackBerry 10 后也一樣，”這家證券經紀公司預期RIM將逐漸衰退，甚至可能在2020年以前宣告失敗退場。
為了節(jié)省現(xiàn)金支出，RIM還表示將裁員5,000名員工。
編譯：Susan Hong
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RIM's Loss Widens; BlackBerry 10 Delayed
Barbara Jorgensen
It was no surprise that Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; Toronto: RIM) reported a loss for its first fiscal quarter of 2013. What did surprise analysts was RIM's announcement that its next product, the BlackBerry 10, will be delayed until next year.
RIM announced on Thursday revenue of $2.8 billion for the quarter, down from $4.2 billion the prior quarter and $4.9 billion in the comparable year-ago period. The company reported a net loss of $518 million for Q1 2013, compared with a net loss of $125 million the prior quarter and net income of $695 million in the year-ago period.
RIM also told analysts that BlackBerry 10, the product slated to reverse the company's fortunes, would be delayed due to software integration snags. In its earnings press release, RIM said:
Over the past several weeks, RIM’s software development teams have made major progress in the development of key features for the BlackBerry 10 platform; however, the integration of these features and the associated large volume of code into the platform has proven to be more time consuming than anticipated. As a result, the Company now expects to launch the first BlackBerry 10 smartphones in market in Q1 of calendar 2013.
According to Reuters and other media reports, analysts cut their price targets on RIM's stock and speculate that RIM could actually run out of cash:
At least 10 brokerages cut their price targets on the stock, some by as much as 50 percent, a day after the company reported worse-than expected quarterly results and said it would delay the launch of its next-generation device to early 2013 from late this year.
RIM shares were down 16 percent in pre-market trading on the Nasdaq. "If RIM continues to be run as it is, we believe that the company will eventually fail," Nomura Equity Research said.
"We do not expect RIM to successfully drive a turnaround of its financials, even with the launch of BB10 next year," the brokerage said in a note to clients, adding that its model assumes that RIM disappears by 2020 in a gradual decline.
RIM also said it would be cutting 5,000 workers in an effort to save cash.
責編：Quentin
