Company Overview
MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS), headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, is the world's leading developer of enterprise applications serving the hospitality and specialty retail industries. MICROS serves table service and quick service restaurants, hotels, the leisure and entertainment industry, and specialty retail stores, with complete information management solutions including software, hardware, enterprise systems integration, consulting and support. MICROS's distributes its products through subsidiaries, independent dealers/distributors, and company-owned sales and service offices around the world. This global network consists of over 4,300 employees, 45 subsidiaries in major markets and 111 distributors in 45 countries.
MICROS is the global leader in the restaurant industry with more than 310,000 installations worldwide. MICROS is the only full systems solutions provider for all market segments with a global distribution and service network in place for major chains, regional chains, local independents, table service, and the quick service market. MICROS provides restaurant information systems comprising hardware and software for point-of-sale (POS) and operational applications, as well as a suite of back office applications that include inventory, labor and financial management, and other centrally hosted enterprise applications. For large enterprises MICROS provides a scalable solution to manage the very large and very complex operational requirements associated with hotels, casinos, airports, theme parks, stadiums and cruise lines. MICROS’s restaurant client base includes HMS Host, Ruby Tuesday's, Burger King, Auntie Anne’s, Whitbread, the Wynn Casino and Resort, Hilton Hotels, and M & T Bank Stadium, to name a few.
Through its global markets subsidiary, MICROS-Fidelio International, MICROS continues to strengthen its worldwide position as the premier provider of enterprise-wide integrated information technologies for the hotel industry. MICROS-Fidelio has become "the standard" in the industry with over 21,000 installations worldwide. Its enterprise solutions include multi-property, fully integrated hotel systems encompassing property management systems, sales and catering systems, central reservation systems, customer information systems, revenue management systems, an Internet/global distribution system-based hotel reservation service called myfidelio.net, and installation and support services associated with the various software products. Through its global distribution and service network, MICROS-Fidelio serves all segments of the market including luxury, upscale, mid-price, economy, budget, full service, specialized service, and limited service hotels. MICROS’s hotel client base includes InterContinental Hotels Group, Shangri-La Hotels, Best Western, Four Seasons, Fairmont Hotels, Le Meridien Hotels, MGM Mirage, and Travelodge to name a few.
MICROS-Retail (the new retail solutions division of MICROS Systems Inc. which includes its subsidiary companies Datavantage, CommercialWare, eOne Group, and Redsky IT), is the leading provider of comprehensive, best in class solutions for the worldwide retail and direct markets, enabling retailers to deliver on the customer experience while optimizing operational efficiency across all channels. MICROS-Retail offers a full suite of solutions in a choice of deployment options. Java technology, rich functionality, support flexibility and successful experience in demanding environments explain why hundreds of retailers around the world rely on MICROS-Retail to strengthen their businesses and deliver results. MICROS-Retail solutions are installed in over 33,000 stores in 10 countries. MICROS-Retail analytic solutions process data at a corporate level for an additional 60,000 stores. MICROS-Retail customers include over 340 premier companies such as Aeropostale, Barney's New York, Bed Bath & Beyond, The Finish Line, Ritz Camera, IKEA, The Limited, Nike Retail, Payless ShoeSource, Polo Ralph Lauren, The Sharper Image, Staples, Starbucks Coffee, Talbots, and Timberland.
MICROS continues to add to its portfolio with the strategic acquisitions of Hospitality Solutions International, Indatec, JTECH Communications, OPUS 2 Revenue Technologies, RedSky IT, Tangent POS, and several large distributors of the MICROS product line. MICROS's longevity, financial stability, consistent profitability, product innovation and service, are leading contributors to its success in the hospitality and retail technology industries.
Financials
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, MICROS’s revenue was $785.7 million, an increase of $106.8 million, or 15.7%, over the same period last year. Net income before the share-based payment charge, was $91.1 million, an increase of $20.5 million, or 29.0% over the previous fiscal year. EPS for the fiscal year, per diluted share, before the share-based payment charge, was $2.21, an increase of $0.47, or 27.0% over the previous fiscal year. The fiscal year revenue, net income and earnings per share are Company records.
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