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2010 Annual Report

Six-Year Financial Overview


FISCAL YEAR ENDED DEC. 31, 2010
 2010 2009 2008200720062005
OPERATING RESULTS
Net revenue $873 $677 $821$740$660$572
Gross margin $673 $507 $613 $555$490$423
Operating income $128 $47 $96$102$88$78
Net income $109 $17 $85$107$73$62
Income per common share(1)        
Basic $1.40 $0.22 $1.08$1.35$0.91$0.78
Diluted $1.38 $0.22 $1.07$1.32$0.89$0.76
PERCENT OF REVENUE
Gross margin 77.1% 74.9% 74.8%75%74.2%73.9%
Operating income 14.7% 6.9% 11.7%13.8%13.3%13.7%
Net income 12.5% 2.5% 10.3%14.5%11.0%10.8%
Income tax rate 14.8% 66.0% 13.6% 5.6% 23.7% 23.8%
Net revenue, by region
Americas 41% 43% 43%45%48%48%
Europe 30% 31% 33%31%29%30%
Asia/ROW 29% 26% 24%24%23%22%
FINANCIAL POSITION
Total current assets $651 $532 529$545$477$362
Property, plant and equipment, net $160 $153 154$151$145$144
Working capital $484 $414 398$420$380$275
Total assets $960 $813 833$819$721$608
Total current liabilities $166 $118 131$125$97$88
Long-term debt - -----
Stockholders’ equity $745 $654 664$661$597$504
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $960 $813 833$819$721$608
KEY RATIOS
Current ratio 3.9 4.5 4.04.3 4.94.1
Quick ratio 2.9 3.3 2.73.4 3.83.1
OTHER DATA
Employees 5,280 5,120 5,1574,6474,1493,812
Investment in R&D $158 $133 $143$127$113$88
Cash flow from operations $145 $136 $122$147$98$88
Weighted average shares outstanding(1)
Basic 78.0 77.5 78.679.579.578.6
Diluted 79.0 78.0 79.58181.580.9
Common shares outstanding (year-end)(1) 78.6 77.4 77.279.479.979.3
Closing stock price (Nasdaq: NATI) $37.64 $29.45 24.36 $33.33 $27.24 $30.05

(Dollars in millions, except per-share, per-employee data)

(1) Share and per-share information had been restated to reflect 3-for-2 splits of the common stock in February 2004 and August 1999.