Mentor Graphics Corp. - SWOT Analysis

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Mentor Graphics Corporation (Mentor Graphics) is an electronic design automation (EDA) solutions company offering electronic hardware and software design solutions for the semiconductor companies. The company also offers education and consulting services for customers. Its offerings are targeted at companies in the military, aerospace, communications, computer, consumer electronics, semiconductors, networking, multimedia and transportation markets. The company operates in North America, Europe, Japan and the Pacific Rim. It is headquartered in Wilsonville, Oregon and employs about 4,360 people. The company recorded revenues of $879.7 million in the fiscal year (FY) ended January 2008, an increase of 9.6% over fiscal year ended December 2006. The company's revenue growth was due to higher sales of 'IC Design to silicon', and 'new and emerging products' segments. Growth in 'IC design to silicon' was led by Calibre product family as well as new Olympus-SoC place and route product. 'New and emerging markets products growth was attributed to the 'Design for Test' family of products. The operating profit of the company was $71 million during FY 2008, an increase of 17.4% over 2006. Its net profit was $28.8 million in FY 2008, an increase of 5.8% over 2006. Note: The company changed its fiscal year ending to January 31 from December 31 with effective for the year ended January 31, 2008. According to the company, the twelve months ended December 31, 2006 financials provide a meaningful comparison to the twelve months ended January 31, 2008 financials, as there are no factors that would impact the comparability of information. Further, references in this document to 2008 represent the twelve months ended January 31, 2008, and references to 2006 and prior years represent the respective twelve months ended December 31 results. http://www.mentor.com/company/news/upload/MGCEARNINGSQ4FY08.pdf

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