Originally published July 26, 2007 at 12:00 AM | Page modified July 26, 2007 at 2:02 AM
NW corporate results | Cascade Financial, drugstore.com
Nw corporate results | Dollar figures in thousands, except per share; parentheses denote losses. Cascade Financial Financial services June...
| Dollar figures in thousands, except per share; parentheses denote losses. | |||
| Cascade Financial | |||
| Financial services | |||
| June 30 | % | ||
| 2nd QTR | 2007 | 2006 | CHG. |
| Profit | $3,983 | $3,327 | +19.7 |
| Per share | 0.32 | 0.27 | +18.5 |
| 1st HALF | 2007 | 2006 | CHG. |
| Profit | $7,748 | $6,500 | +19.2 |
| Per share | 0.63 | 0.53 | +18.9 |
| Assets | 1,344,987 | 1,294,369 | +3.9 |
| COMMENT: The parent company of Everett-based Cascade Bank said it wrote $166 million in new loans during the second quarter, a 44 percent increase from a year ago. Deposits rose 6 percent to $898 million at the end of June, compared with $846 million a year ago. | |||
| drugstore.com | |||
| Online retailer | |||
| July 1 | July 2 | % | |
| 2nd QTR | 2007 | 2006 | CHG. |
| Profit | ($3,015) | ($2,193) | -37.5 |
| Per share | (0.03) | (0.02) | -50.0 |
| Sales | 110,412 | 102,436 | +7.8 |
| 1st HALF | 2007 | 2006 | CHG. |
| Profit | ($6,793) | ($7,486) | +9.3 |
| Per share | (0.07) | (0.08) | +12.5 |
| Sales | 220,177 | 206,545 | +6.6 |
| COMMENT: The Bellevue company experienced an increase in over-the-counter sales this quarter. It expects a net loss between $3 million and $3.5 million in the third quarter and a loss between $8.5 million and $11 million for 2007. | |||
| F5 Networks | |||
| Networking equipment | |||
| June 30 | % | ||
| 3rd QTR | 2007 | 2006 | CHG. |
| Profit | $21,809 | $16,965 | +28.6 |
| Per share | 0.51 | 0.41 | +24.4 |
| Sales | 132,425 | 100,129 | +32.3 |
| 9 MOS | 2007 | 2006 | CHG. |
| Profit | $64,118 | $48,253 | +32.9 |
| Per share | 1.51 | 1.16 | +30.2 |
| Sales | 380,060 | 282,332 | +34.6 |
| COMMENT: For the fourth quarter, the Seattle company has set a revenue goal between $142 million and $144 million with an earnings target of 53 cents to 55 cents per diluted share. | |||
| Frontier Financial | |||
| Financial services | |||
| June 30 | June 30 | % | |
| 2nd QTR | 2007 | 2006 | CHG. |
| Profit | $18,171 | $17,405 | +4.4 |
| Per share | 0.40 | 0.38 | +5.3 |
| 1st HALF | 2007 | 2006 | CHG. |
| Profit | $35,694 | $32,833 | +8.7 |
| Per share | 0.78 | 0.73 | +6.8 |
| Assets | 3,578,969 | 3,099,500 | +15.5 |
| COMMENT: The Everett company had an increase in pre-tax net interest income and growth in loans and deposits. Frontier expects to open three new branches in the second half of 2007. | |||
| Seattle Genetics | |||
| Biotechnology | |||
| June 30 | % | ||
| 2nd QTR | 2007 | 2006 | CHG. |
| Profit | ($10,550) | ($8,643) | -22.1 |
| Per share | (0.18) | (0.17) | -5.9 |
| Revenue | 5,611 | 2,840 | +97.6 |
| 1st HALF | 2007 | 2006 | CHG. |
| Profit | ($19,378) | ($17,346) | -11.7 |
| Per share | (0.35) | (0.37) | +5.4 |
| Revenue | 9,947 | 4,981 | +99.7 |
| COMMENT: Operating costs increased on higher expenses for clinical trials, manufacturing and labor. Revenue increased as well, driven by income from research partnerships — but not enough to offset expenses. First-half per-share figures don't track the direction of the first-half loss because there were about 20 percent more shares outstanding in the latest period. | |||
| Washington Banking | |||
| Financial services | |||
| June 30 | % | ||
| 2nd QTR | 2007 | 2006 | CHG. |
| Profit | $2,460 | $2,486 | -1.0 |
| Per share | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0 |
| 1st HALF | 2007 | 2006 | CHG. |
| Profit | $4,728 | $5,038 | -6.2 |
| Per share | 0.50 | 0.53 | -5.7 |
| Assets | 852,056 | 768,020 | +10.9 |
| COMMENT: The Oak Harbor holding company for Whidbey Island Bank said total loans increased 11 percent to $764 million from $686 million a year ago. It said loan growth helped boost net interest income 2 percent to $9.4 million in the second quarter. | |||
Copyright © 2007 The Seattle Times Company
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