December 2016 Book to Bill 1.06...the last BtB
<<North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts December 2016 Book-to-Bill Ratio of 1.06
MILPITAS, Calif. — January 24, 2017 — North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.99 billion in orders worldwide in December 2016 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.06, according to the December Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Book-to-Bill Report published today by SEMI. A book-to-bill of 1.06 means that $106 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month.
SEMI reports that the three-month average of worldwide bookings in December 2016 was $1.99 billion. The bookings figure is 28.3 percent higher than the final November 2016 level of $1.55 billion, and is 47.8 percent higher than the December 2015 order level of $1.34 billion.
The three-month average of worldwide billings in December 2016 was $1.87 billion. The billings figure is 15.7 percent higher than the final November 2016 level of $1.61 billion, and is 38.2 percent higher than the December 2015 billings level of $1.35 billion.
“2016 ended the year with bookings levels approaching $2 billion," said Denny McGuirk, president and CEO of SEMI. “This combined with a significant increase in billings puts 2016 equipment sales of North American manufacturers well above 2015 levels and well positioned for 2017.”
The SEMI book-to-bill is a ratio of three-month moving averages of worldwide bookings and billings for North American-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers. Billings and bookings figures are in millions of U.S. dollars.
| Billings
(3-mo. avg)
| Bookings
(3-mo. avg)
| Book-to-Bill
| July 2016
| $1,707.9
| $1,795.4
| 1.05
| August 2016
| $1,709.0
| $1,753.4
| 1.03
| September 2016
| $1,493.3
| $1,567.2
| 1.05
| October 2016
| $1,630.4
| $1,488.4
| 0.91
| November 2016 (final)
| $1,613.3
| $1,547.5
| 0.96
| December 2016 (prelim)
| $1,865.8
| $1,985.4
| 1.06
|
Source: SEMI ( www.semi.org), January 2017
SEMI will cease publishing the monthly North America Book-to-Bill report this year. The December 2016 report and press release is the last publication. The decision to discontinue the Book-to-Bill report is based on changes in reporting by some participants where the reporting of orders/bookings into the data collection program is no longer considered a necessary component of their industry analysis.>> |
