BANGKOK, Nov. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fabrinet (NYSE:FN), a leading provider of advanced optical packaging and precision optical, electro-mechanical and electronic manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers of complex products, today announced its financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended September 26, 2025.
Seamus Grady, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fabrinet, said, "We had an outstanding first quarter with revenue of $978 million dollars, which was above our guidance range. This record result was driven by another strong telecom performance, an early contribution from new High-Performance Computing revenue, and a smaller than anticipated sequential decline in datacom revenue. With continued strong execution, our revenue upside flowed directly to the bottom line, resulting in record earnings per share that also exceeded our guidance. With multiple tailwinds, we are optimistic that we will see our growth further accelerate in the second quarter."
First Quarter Fiscal Year 2026 Financial Highlights
GAAP Results
Revenue for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026 was $978.1 million, compared to $804.2 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025.
GAAP net income for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026 was $95.9 million, compared to $77.4 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025.
GAAP net income per diluted share for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026 was $2.66, compared to $2.13 for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025.
Non-GAAP Results
Non-GAAP net income for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026 was $105.3 million, compared to $86.9 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025.
Non-GAAP net income per diluted share for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026 was $2.92, compared to $2.39 for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025.
Business Outlook
Based on information available as of November 3, 2025, Fabrinet is issuing guidance for its second fiscal quarter ending December 26, 2025, as follows:
Fabrinet expects second quarter revenue to be in the range of $1.05 billion to $1.10 billion.
GAAP net income per diluted share is expected to be in the range of $2.91 to $3.06, based on approximately 36.2 million fully diluted shares outstanding.
Non-GAAP net income per diluted share is expected to be in the range of $3.15 to $3.30, based on approximately 36.2 million fully diluted shares outstanding.
Guidance for non-GAAP net income per diluted share excludes share-based compensation expenses and certain non-recurring items. A reconciliation of non-GAAP net income per diluted share to the corresponding GAAP measure is available at the end of this press release.
Conference Call Information
What:
Fabrinet First Quarter Fiscal Year 2026 Financial Results Call
When:
November 3, 2025
Time:
5:00 p.m. ET
Live Call and Replay:
https://investor.fabrinet.com/events-and-presentations/events
A recorded version of this webcast will be available approximately two hours after the call and accessible at http://investor.fabrinet.com. The webcast will be archived on Fabrinet's website for a period of one year.
About Fabrinet
Fabrinet is a leading provider of advanced optical packaging and precision optical, electro-mechanical, and electronic manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers of complex products, such as optical communication components, modules and subsystems, automotive components, medical devices, industrial lasers and sensors. Fabrinet offers a broad range of advanced optical and electro-mechanical capabilities across the entire manufacturing process, including process design and engineering, supply chain management, manufacturing, advanced packaging, integration, final assembly and testing. Fabrinet focuses on production of high complexity products in any mix and any volume. Fabrinet maintains engineering and manufacturing resources and facilities in Thailand, the United States of America, the People's Republic of China, and Israel. For more information visit: www.fabrinet.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include: (1) our optimism and confidence in our ability to deliver strong execution in the second fiscal quarter; and (2) all of the statements under the "Business Outlook" section regarding our expected revenue, GAAP and non-GAAP net income per share, and fully diluted shares outstanding for the second quarter of fiscal year 2026. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results could vary materially from these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: changes in general economic conditions, either globally or in our markets, and the risk of recession or an economic downturn; disruption to our supply chain, which could increase our costs and affect our ability to procure parts and materials; less customer demand for our products and services than forecasted; less growth in the optical communications, automotive, industrial lasers and sensors markets than we forecast; difficulties expanding into additional markets, such as the semiconductor processing, biotechnology, metrology and materials processing markets; increased competition in the optical manufacturing services markets; difficulties in delivering products and services that compete effectively from a price and performance perspective; our reliance on a small number of customers and suppliers; difficulties in managing our operating costs; difficulties in managing and operating our business across multiple countries (including Thailand, the People's Republic of China, Israel and the U.S.); and other important factors as described in reports and documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the factors described under the section captioned "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on August 19, 2025. We disclaim any obligation to update information contained in these forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with GAAP, we provide investors with certain non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures are in addition to, and not a substitute for or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures provide investors with useful supplemental information to: (1) measure company performance against historical results, (2) facilitate comparisons to our competitors' operating results, and (3) allow greater transparency with respect to information used by management in making financial and operational decisions. In addition, we use some of these non-GAAP financial measures to measure company performance for the purposes of determining employee incentive plan compensation.
Non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP operating profit, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per diluted share exclude: share-based compensation expenses; severance payment and others; restructuring and other related costs; and legal and litigation costs. We have excluded these items in order to enhance investors' understanding of our underlying operations.
Non-GAAP free cash flow is net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, minus capital expenditures (purchase of property, plant and equipment). We use free cash flow to measure our ability to generate additional cash from our business operations.
There are a number of limitations related to the use of these non-GAAP financial measures versus their nearest GAAP equivalents. For example, other companies may calculate non-GAAP financial measures differently or may use other measures to evaluate their performance, all of which could reduce the usefulness of our non-GAAP financial measures as tools for comparison. We urge you to review the reconciliations of our non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business.
Investor Contact:Garo
FABRINETCONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands of U.S. dollars, except share data and par value)
September 26, 2025
June 27, 2025
(unaudited)
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents
$
305,001
$
306,425
Short-term investments
663,771
627,819
Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for expected credit losses of $1,299 and $1,344, respectively
706,935
758,894
Inventories
722,194
581,015
Prepaid expenses
36,548
38,476
Other current assets
124,512
116,210
Total current assets
2,558,961
2,428,839
Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment, net
419,481
380,640
Intangibles, net
2,111
2,156
Operating right-of-use assets
5,263
5,768
Deferred tax assets
13,790
13,406
Other non-current assets
9,157
623
Total non-current assets
449,802
402,593
Total Assets
$
3,008,763
$
2,831,432
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Current liabilities
Trade accounts payable
695,552
637,417
Fixed assets payable
50,941
40,781
Operating lease liabilities, current portion
1,860
1,792
Income tax payable
10,932
7,939
Accrued payroll, bonus and related expenses
26,298
24,566
Accrued expenses
28,952
30,630
Severance liabilities, current portion
2,019
—
Other payables
88,979
66,717
Total current liabilities
905,533
809,842
Non-current liabilities
Deferred tax liability
1,710
1,595
Operating lease liability, non-current portion
3,304
3,679
Severance liabilities
30,330
31,225
Other non-current liabilities
6,718
3,279
Total non-current liabilities
42,062
39,778
Total Liabilities
947,595
849,620
Shareholders' equity
Preferred shares (5,000,000 shares authorized, $0.01 par value; no shares issued and outstanding as of September 26, 2025 and June 27, 2025)
—
—
Ordinary shares (500,000,000 shares authorized, $0.01 par value; 39,701,363 shares and 39,602,152 shares issued as of September 26, 2025 and June 27, 2025, respectively; and 35,826,315 shares and 35,728,074 shares outstanding as of September 26, 2025 and June 27, 2025, respectively)
397
396
Additional paid-in capital
224,540
237,881
Less: Treasury shares (3,875,048 shares and 3,874,078 shares as of September 26, 2025 and June 27, 2025, respectively)
(360,324
)
(360,056
)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
7,332
10,294
Retained earnings
2,189,223
2,093,297
Total Shareholders' Equity
