Supply chain applications provider JDA Software today announced its 2010 sales guidance, the first financial outlook JDA has issued since the company closed its acquisition of rival i2 Technologies in January.
Revenue for the year ending Dec. 31, 2010, will be $590 million to $625 million, JDA executives told financial analysts on a conference call. Of that total, the company expects software licenses to range from $125 million to $135 million. That performance should translate into EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) of $160 million to $170 million, and earnings per share of $1.85 to $2.00, JDA said. i2 will contribute 11 months’ sales to the full-year total.
The outlook combines, in nearly straight-line fashion, the revenue totals of two supply chain software notables, which now operate under one banner. In 2009, JDA brought in $385.8 million in revenue. Although i2 did not report its 2009 fourth quarter due to the acquisition, a projection based on its nine-month performance revealed that it was on pace to report approximately $220 million to $230 million for the full year.
Some of the challenges facing JDA, according to CEO Hamish Brewer, include bringing i2 customers into the JDA fold, integrating the best of both technology suites, and exploiting the operational and financial synergies produced by the merger.