Avnet Reports First Quarter 2027 Financial Results

Avnet, Inc. (AVT) today announced results for its first quarter ended October 3, 2026.

“We began fiscal 2027 by delivering another record quarter, reflecting stronger demand and solid execution across all of our businesses,” said Avnet Chief Executive Officer Phil Gallagher. “The fundamental backdrop for our industry remains positive, with continued growth across our core verticals such as industrial, aerospace and defense, transportation and AI and data center applications. Our team is diligently managing expenses and working capital while supporting significant and sustained demand. With momentum across our business, our outlook is robust, and we remain focused on executing our strategy, driving profitable growth and creating long-term value for our shareholders.”

Fiscal First Quarter Key Financial Highlights:

• Record quarterly sales of $10.7 billion, an increase of 82% year over year and 29% sequentially.
  
  • Sequential and year-over-year sales growth across all EC regions and Farnell.
    
    
  • Excluding the extra week of sales in the fiscal first quarter of 2027, sales growth was 71% year over year and 21% sequentially.
    
    
  
  
  
• Diluted earnings per share of $3.28, compared with $0.61 in the prior-year quarter.
  
  • Record adjusted diluted earnings per share of $3.63 increased 332% year over year.
    
    
  • Adjusted diluted earnings per share grew 4 times greater than sales year over year.
    
    
  
  
  
• Operating income margin of 4.4% expanded 202 basis points year over year.
  
  • Adjusted operating income margin of 4.7% expanded 210 basis points year over year.
    
    
  • Adjusted operating income grew approximately 3 times greater than sales year over year.
    
    
  • Electronic Components operating margin of 4.8% improved 189 basis points year over year.
    
    
  • Farnell operating margin of 10.1% improved 576 basis points year over year.
    
    
  
  
  
• Return on working capital improved to 25% compared to 19% last quarter and 10% a year ago.
  
  
• Inventory days of 72 were relatively flat quarter over quarter.
  
  • Net working capital days declined 5 days to 64 days quarter over quarter.
    
    
  
  
  
• Returned $30 million to shareholders in dividends.
  
  

Key Financial Metrics

Guidance for the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2027 Ending on January 2, 2027

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• A reconciliation of non-GAAP guidance to GAAP guidance is presented in the “Non-GAAP Financial Information” section of this press release.

  
  
  

The second quarter guidance implies sequential sales growth of approximately 5% at the midpoint and 12% when adjusting for the impact of the extra week of sales in the first quarter. Guidance for the second quarter assumes similar supply of electronic components from Avnet’s suppliers compared to the first quarter.

The second quarter guidance also excludes restructuring, integration and other expenses, foreign currency gains and losses, and certain income tax adjustments. The second quarter guidance assumes similar interest expense to the first quarter of fiscal 2027 and an adjusted effective tax rate of between 21% and 25%. The second quarter guidance assumes 87 million average diluted shares outstanding. The average currency exchange rates assumed for second quarter guidance are shown in the table below:

Today’s Conference Call and Webcast Details

Avnet will host a conference call and webcast today at 8:00 a.m. PT / 11:00 a.m. ET to discuss its financial results, provide a business update and answer questions.

• Live conference call: 877-407-8112 (domestic) or 201-689-8840 (international)
  
  
• Live webcast along with slides can be accessed via Avnet’s Investor Relations website at https://ir.avnet.com or by accessing the webcast directly at https://avt-q1-2027.open-exchange.net
  
  
• An audio replay of the webcast will be available after the completion of the call and archived on the website for one year
  
  

Forward-Looking Statements

This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to the financial condition, results of operations, and business of the Company. You can find many of these statements by looking for words like “believes,” “projected,” “plans,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “should,” “will,” “may,” “estimates,” or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks, and uncertainties. The following important factors, in addition to those discussed elsewhere in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 27, 2026 and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, could affect the Company’s future results of operations, and could cause those results or other outcomes to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements: geopolitical events and military conflicts; pandemics and other health-related crises; competitive pressures among distributors of electronic components; an industry down-cycle in semiconductors; relationships with key suppliers and allocations of products by suppliers; accounts receivable defaults; risks relating to the Company’s international sales and operations, including risks relating to repatriating cash, foreign currency fluctuations, inflation, duties and taxes, tariffs, sanctions and trade restrictions, and compliance with international and U.S. laws; risks relating to acquisitions, divestitures, and investments; adverse effects on the Company’s supply chain, operations of its distribution centers, shipping costs, third-party service providers, customers, and suppliers, including as a result of issues caused by military conflicts, terrorist attacks, natural and weather-related disasters, pandemics and health related crises, warehouse modernization, and relocation efforts; risks related to cyber security attacks, other privacy and security incidents, and information systems failures, including related to current or future implementations, integrations, and upgrades; general economic and business conditions (domestic, foreign, and global) affecting the Company’s operations and financial performance and, indirectly, the Company’s credit ratings, debt covenant compliance, liquidity, and access to financing; constraints on employee retention and hiring; and legislative or regulatory changes.

Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which that statement is made. Except as required by law, the Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the date on which the statement is made.

About Avnet

As a leading global technology distributor and solutions provider, Avnet has served customers’ evolving needs for more than a century. Through regional and specialized businesses around the world, we support customers and suppliers at every stage of the product lifecycle. We help companies adapt to change and accelerate the design and supply stages of product development. With a unique viewpoint from the center of the technology supply chain, Avnet is a trusted partner that solves complex design and supply chain issues so customers can realize revenue faster. Learn more about Avnet at www.avnet.com. (AVT_IR)

Non-GAAP Financial Information

In addition to disclosing financial results that are determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”), the Company also discloses certain non-GAAP financial information including (i) adjusted operating income, (ii) adjusted other income (expense), (iii) adjusted income before income taxes, (iv) adjusted income tax expense (benefit), and (v) adjusted diluted earnings per share.

There are also references to the impact of foreign currency in the discussion of the Company’s results of operations. When the U.S. Dollar strengthens and the stronger exchange rates of the current year are used to translate the results of operations of Avnet’s subsidiaries denominated in foreign currencies, the resulting impact is a decrease in U.S. Dollars of reported results. Conversely, when the U.S. Dollar weakens and the weaker exchange rates of the current year are used to translate the results of operations of Avnet’s subsidiaries denominated in foreign currencies, the resulting impact is an increase in U.S. Dollars of reported results. In the discussion of the Company’s results of operations, results excluding this impact are referred to as “constant currency.” Management believes sales in constant currency is a useful measure for evaluating current period performance as compared with prior periods and for understanding underlying trends. In order to determine the translation impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on sales, income or expense items for subsidiaries reporting in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar, the Company adjusts the average exchange rates used in current periods to be consistent with the average exchange rates in effect during the comparative period.

Management believes that operating income adjusted for restructuring, integration and other expenses, and amortization of acquired intangible assets, is a useful measure to help investors better assess and understand the Company’s operating performance. This is especially the case when comparing results with previous periods or forecasting performance for future periods, primarily because management views the excluded items to be outside of Avnet’s normal operating results or non-cash in nature. Management analyzes operating income without the impact of these items as an indicator of ongoing margin performance and underlying trends in the business. Management also uses these non-GAAP measures to establish operational goals and, in most cases, for measuring performance for compensation purposes. Management measures operating income for its reportable segments excluding restructuring, integration and other expenses, and amortization of acquired intangible assets.

Management also believes income tax expense (benefit), net income and diluted earnings per share adjusted for the impact of the items described above, foreign currency gains and losses and certain items impacting income tax expense (benefit) are useful to investors because they provide a measure of the Company’s net profitability on a more comparable basis to historical periods and provide a more meaningful basis for forecasting future performance. Adjustments to income tax expense (benefit) and the effective income tax rate include the effect of changes in tax laws, certain changes in valuation allowances and unrecognized tax benefits, income tax audit settlements and adjustments to the effective tax rate based upon the expected long-term adjusted effective tax rate. Additionally, because of management’s focus on generating shareholder value, of which net profitability is a primary driver, management believes net income and diluted earnings per share excluding the impact of these items provides an important measure of the Company’s net profitability for the investing public.

Additional non-GAAP metrics management uses are adjusted operating income margin, which is defined as adjusted operating income divided by sales and the adjusted effective income tax rate, which is defined as adjusted income tax expense divided by adjusted income before income taxes.

Additionally, Return on Working Capital (ROWC) is calculated by taking adjusted operating income and annualizing the amount, then dividing by the average working capital for the quarter. Any analysis of results and outlook on a non-GAAP basis should be used as a complement to, and in conjunction with, results presented in accordance with GAAP.

Organic Sales

Organic sales is defined as sales adjusted for the estimated impact of the extra week of sales in the first quarter of fiscal 2027 due to the 14-week fiscal first quarter and the 53-week fiscal year. Organic sales in constant currency is defined as organic sales (as defined above) excluding the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

The following table presents the reconciliation of reported sales to organic sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2027.