Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAOI), a
leading provider of fiber-optic access network products for the
internet datacenter, cable broadband, telecom and fiber-to-the-home
(FTTH) markets, today announced financial results for its fourth
quarter and full year ended December 31, 2021.
“This quarter saw continued elevated demand in our CATV market,
which we believe will continue to remain favorable into 2023,
improved conditions in the datacenter market and ongoing volatility
in the telecom market,” said Dr. Thompson Lin, Applied
Optoelectronics Inc. Founder, President and Chief Executive
Officer. “We are very pleased to report that we have also received
our first volume orders for 400G products, from two different
datacenter customers.”
“For the fourth quarter, our revenue and non-GAAP EPS came in
in-line with our expectations but our gross margin came in below
our expectations due to an unfavorable product mix coupled with
unanticipated supply chain and logistics costs,” said Stefan Murry,
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer. “We are very
focused on margin and believe that we can achieve gross margin
improvements as we move through the year, driven by newer product
rollouts, like our 400G transceivers, cost reduction efforts in our
CATV business combined with a more favorable product mix.”
Fourth Quarter 2021 Financial Summary
- GAAP revenue was $54.4 million,
compared with $52.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2020 and $53.3
million in the third quarter of 2021.
- GAAP gross margin was 14.9%,
compared with 21.6% in the fourth quarter of 2020 and 15.3% in the
third quarter of 2021. Non-GAAP gross margin was 17.6%, compared
with 27.5% in the fourth quarter of 2020 and 19.9% in the third
quarter of 2021.
- GAAP net loss was $14.5 million, or
$0.54 per basic share, compared with net loss of $13.4 million,
or $0.57 per basic share, in the fourth quarter of 2020,
and a net loss of $15.8 million, or $0.58 per basic share, in the
third quarter of 2021.
- Non-GAAP net loss was $5.5 million,
or $0.20 per basic share, compared with non-GAAP net loss of $4.8
million, or $0.20 per basic share in the fourth quarter
of 2020, and a non-GAAP net loss of $5.3 million, or $0.20 per
basic share in the third quarter of 2021.
Full Year 2021 Financial Summary
- GAAP revenue was $211.6
million, compared with $234.6 million in 2020.
- GAAP gross margin was 17.8%,
compared with 21.5% in 2020. Non-GAAP gross margin was 21.7%
compared to 24.9% in 2020.
- GAAP net loss was $54.2
million, or $2.01 per basic share, compared with net loss
of $58.5 million, or $2.67 per basic share in
2020.
- Non-GAAP net loss was $20.4
million, or $0.76 per basic share, compared with non-GAAP
net loss of $20.0 million, or $0.92 per basic share
in 2020.
A reconciliation between all GAAP and non-GAAP information
referenced above for the fourth quarters of 2021 and 2020 and full
year 2021 and 2020 is contained in the tables below. Please also
refer to “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below for a description of
these non-GAAP financial measures.
First Quarter 2022 Business Outlook
(+)
For the first quarter of 2022, the company currently
expects:
- Revenue in the range of $51 million
to $54 million.
- Non-GAAP gross margin in the range
of 15.5% to 17.5%.
- Non-GAAP net loss in the range of
$8.3 million to $9.5 million, and non-GAAP loss per share in the
range of $0.30 to $0.35 using approximately 27.5 million
shares.
(+) Please refer to the note below on
forward-looking statements and the risks involved with such
statements as well as the note on non-GAAP financial measures.
Conference Call Information
The company will host a conference call and webcast for analysts
and investors on February 24, 2022 to discuss its fourth quarter
and full year 2021 results and outlook for its first quarter 2022
at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time / 3:30 p.m. Central time. Open to the
public, investors may access the call by dialing 844-890-1794
(domestic) or 412-717-9586 (international). A live audio webcast of
the conference call along with supplemental financial information
will also be accessible on the company's website at
investors.ao-inc.com. Following the webcast, an archived version
will be available on the website for one year. A telephonic replay
of the call will be available one hour after the call and will run
for five business days and may be accessed by dialing 877-344-7529
(domestic) or 412-317-0088 (international) and entering passcode
2670179.
Forward-Looking Information
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by
terminology such as "believe," "may," "estimate," "continue,"
"anticipate," "intend," "should," "could," "would," "target,"
"seek," "aim," "predicts," "think," "objectives," "optimistic,"
"new," "goal," "strategy," "potential," "is likely," "will,"
"expect," "plan" "project," "permit" or by other similar
expressions that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes.
These statements include management’s beliefs and expectations
related to our outlook for the first quarter of 2022. Such
forward-looking statements reflect the views of management at the
time such statements are made. These forward-looking statements
involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions and current
expectations, which could cause the company's actual results to
differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking
statements. These risks and uncertainties include but are not
limited to: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business and
financial results; reduction in the size or quantity of customer
orders; change in demand for the company's products due to industry
conditions; changes in manufacturing operations; volatility in
manufacturing costs; delays in shipments of products; disruptions
in the supply chain; change in the rate of design wins or the rate
of customer acceptance of new products; the company's reliance on a
small number of customers for a substantial portion of its
revenues; potential pricing pressure; a decline in demand for our
customers' products or their rate of deployment of their products;
general conditions in the internet datacenter, cable television
(CATV) broadband, telecom, or fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) markets;
changes in the world economy (particularly in the United States and
China); changes in the regulation and taxation of international
trade, including the imposition of tariffs; changes in currency
exchange rates; the negative effects of seasonality; and other
risks and uncertainties described more fully in the company's
documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2020 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended March 31, 2021, June 30, 2021 and September 30,
2021. More information about these and other risks that may impact
the company's business are set forth in the "Risk Factors" section
of the company's quarterly and annual reports on file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. You should not rely on
forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. All
forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon
information available to us as of the date hereof, and qualified in
their entirety by this cautionary statement. Except as required by
law, we assume no obligation to update forward-looking statements
for any reason after the date of this press release to conform
these statements to actual results or to changes in the company's
expectations.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We provide non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP net income (loss),
and non-GAAP earnings per share to eliminate the impact of items
that we do not consider indicative of our overall operating
performance. To arrive at our non-GAAP gross margin, we exclude
stock-based compensation expense, expenses associated with
discontinued products, and non-recurring (income) expenses, if any,
from our GAAP gross margin. To arrive at our non-GAAP net income
(loss), we exclude all amortization of intangible assets,
stock-based compensation expense, non-recurring expenses,
unrealized foreign exchange gain (loss), losses from the disposal
of idle assets, if any, non-GAAP tax expenses (benefits), and
expenses associated with discontinued products, if any, from our
GAAP net income (loss). Included in our non-recurring adjustments
to revenue in Q4 2020 and CY2020, but not in 2021, is a
non-recurring customer credit. Included in our non-recurring
expenses in Q4 2021 and Q4 2020 are certain one-time legal (if any)
and consulting fees (if any) and employee severance expenses (if
any). Also included in our non-recurring (income) expense in the
year ended December 2021, but not in 2020, were the effect of
forgiveness of our PPP loan and the non-recurring sale and use tax
expenses on various Research and Development purchases. And
included in our non-recurring (income) expenses in the year ended
December 31, 2020, but not in 2021, were a one-time customer
reimbursement of certain incurred expenses, and non-recurring
government subsidy income in our Taiwan subsidiary due to COVID-19.
In computing our non-GAAP income tax expense (benefit), we have
applied an estimate of our annual effective income tax rate and
applied it to our net income before income taxes. Our non-GAAP
earnings per share is calculated by dividing our non-GAAP net
income by the fully diluted share count (for periods in which
non-GAAP net income is positive) or basic share count (for periods
in which our non-GAAP net income is negative). We
believe that our non-GAAP measures are useful to investors in
evaluating our operating performance for the following reasons:
- We believe that elimination of
items such as amortization of intangible assets, stock-based
compensation expense, non-recurring revenue and expenses, losses
from the disposal of idle assets, unrealized foreign exchange gain
or loss, unamortized debt issuance costs associated with the
extinguishment of debt, and depreciation on certain equipment
undergoing reconfiguration is appropriate because treatment of
these items may vary for reasons unrelated to our overall operating
performance;
- We believe that elimination of
expenses associated with discontinued products, including
depreciation and inventory obsolescence is appropriate because
these expenses are not indicative of our ongoing operations;
- We believe that estimating non-GAAP
income taxes allows comparison with prior periods and provides
additional information regarding the generation of potential future
deferred tax assets;
- We believe that non-GAAP measures
provide better comparability with our past financial performance,
period-to-period results and with our peer companies, many of which
also use similar non-GAAP financial measures; and
- We anticipate that investors and
securities analysts will utilize non-GAAP measures as a supplement
to GAAP measures to evaluate our overall operating
performance.
A reconciliation of our GAAP net income (loss) and GAAP earnings
(loss) per share for the Q4 2021 to our non-GAAP net income (loss)
and earnings (loss) per share is provided below, together with
corresponding reconciliations for the annual period
ended December 31, 2021.
Non-GAAP measures should not be considered as an alternative to
net income (loss), earnings (loss) per share, or any other measure
of financial performance calculated and presented in accordance
with GAAP. Our non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to similarly
titled measures of other organizations because other organizations
may not calculate such other non-GAAP measures in the same manner.
We have not reconciled the non-GAAP measures included in our
guidance to the appropriate GAAP financial measures because the
GAAP measures are not readily determinable on a forward-looking
basis. GAAP measures that impact our non-GAAP financial measures
may include stock-based compensation expense, non-recurring
expenses, amortization of intangible assets, unrealized exchange
loss (gain), asset impairment charges, and loss (gain) from
disposal of idle assets. These GAAP measures cannot be reasonably
predicted and may directly impact our non-GAAP gross margin, our
non-GAAP net income and our non-GAAP fully-diluted earnings per
share, although changes with respect to certain of these measures
may offset other changes. In addition, certain of these measures
are out of our control. Accordingly, a reconciliation of the
non-GAAP financial measure guidance to the corresponding GAAP
measures is not available without unreasonable effort.
About Applied Optoelectronics
Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (AOI) is a leading developer and
manufacturer of advanced optical products, including components,
modules and equipment. AOI's products are the building blocks for
broadband fiber access networks around the world, where they are
used in the internet datacenter, CATV broadband, telecom and FTTH
markets. AOI supplies optical networking lasers, components and
equipment to tier-1 customers in all four of these markets. In
addition to its corporate headquarters, wafer fab and advanced
engineering and production facilities in Sugar Land, TX, AOI has
engineering and manufacturing facilities in Taipei, Taiwan and
Ningbo, China. For additional information, visit
www.ao-inc.com.
Investor Relations Contacts:
The Blueshirt Group, Investor RelationsMonica
Gould+1-212-871-3927 ir@ao-inc.com
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. |
Preliminary Condensed Consolidated Balance
Sheets |
(In thousands) |
(Unaudited) |
|
December 31, 2021 |
December 31, 2020 |
|
|
|
ASSETS |
|
|
CURRENT
ASSETS |
|
|
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash |
$ |
41,136 |
$ |
50,114 |
Accounts Receivable, Net |
|
47,944 |
|
43,042 |
Notes receivable |
|
8,148 |
|
401 |
Inventories |
|
92,516 |
|
110,397 |
Prepaid Income Tax |
|
1 |
|
2 |
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets |
|
4,334 |
|
5,213 |
Total Current Assets |
|
194,079 |
|
209,169 |
|
|
|
Property, Plant And Equipment, Net |
|
243,035 |
|
252,984 |
Land Use Rights, Net |
|
5,856 |
|
5,854 |
Right of Use Asset |
|
7,135 |
|
7,817 |
Intangible Assets, Net |
|
3,836 |
|
3,999 |
Other Assets |
|
518 |
|
982 |
TOTAL
ASSETS |
$ |
454,459 |
$ |
480,805 |
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT
LIABILITIES |
|
|
Accounts Payable |
$ |
34,402 |
$ |
29,482 |
Accrued Expenses |
|
15,587 |
|
18,511 |
Current Lease Liability |
|
1,081 |
|
1,030 |
Bank Acceptance Payable |
|
8,198 |
|
15,860 |
Current Portion of Notes Payable and Long Term Debt |
|
49,689 |
|
38,265 |
Total Current Liabilities |
|
108,957 |
|
103,148 |
|
|
|
Notes Payable and Long Term Debt |
|
5,000 |
|
13,904 |
Convertible Senior Notes |
|
78,680 |
|
77,854 |
Other Long-Term Liabilities |
|
7,252 |
|
8,008 |
TOTAL
LIABILITIES |
|
199,889 |
|
202,914 |
|
|
|
STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY |
|
|
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY |
|
254,570 |
|
277,891 |
|
|
|
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY |
$ |
454,459 |
$ |
480,805 |
|
|
|
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. |
Preliminary Condensed Consolidated Statements of
Operations |
(In thousands, except per share data) |
(Unaudited) |
|
|
Three Months EndedDecember
31, |
|
Twelve Months EndedDecember
31, |
Revenue |
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
Datacenter |
$ |
24,928 |
|
$ |
32,305 |
|
|
$ |
97,188 |
|
$ |
173,437 |
|
CATV |
|
25,200 |
|
|
15,937 |
|
|
|
94,538 |
|
|
37,944 |
|
Telecom |
|
3,288 |
|
|
3,492 |
|
|
|
16,248 |
|
|
21,092 |
|
FTTH |
|
173 |
|
|
42 |
|
|
|
956 |
|
|
110 |
|
Other |
|
819 |
|
|
550 |
|
|
|
2,635 |
|
|
2,040 |
|
Total Revenue |
|
54,408 |
|
|
52,326 |
|
|
|
211,565 |
|
|
234,623 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Cost of Goods Sold |
|
46,314 |
|
|
41,049 |
|
|
|
173,850 |
|
|
184,082 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Gross Profit |
|
8,094 |
|
|
11,277 |
|
|
|
37,715 |
|
|
50,541 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
Research and Development |
|
9,229 |
|
|
10,826 |
|
|
|
41,220 |
|
|
43,393 |
|
Sales and Marketing |
|
2,324 |
|
|
3,230 |
|
|
|
10,899 |
|
|
14,087 |
|
General and Administrative |
|
10,167 |
|
|
10,382 |
|
|
|
42,362 |
|
|
41,903 |
|
Total Operating Expenses |
|
21,720 |
|
|
24,438 |
|
|
|
94,481 |
|
|
99,383 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Loss |
|
(13,626 |
) |
|
(13,161 |
) |
|
|
(56,766 |
) |
|
(48,842 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Income (Expense): |
|
|
|
|
|
Interest Income |
|
21 |
|
|
35 |
|
|
|
70 |
|
|
255 |
|
Interest Expense |
|
(1,462 |
) |
|
(1,211 |
) |
|
|
(5,619 |
) |
|
(5,635 |
) |
Other Income |
|
292 |
|
|
883 |
|
|
|
7,700 |
|
|
2,997 |
|
Foreign Exchange Gain (Loss) |
|
237 |
|
|
19 |
|
|
|
455 |
|
|
1 |
|
Total Other Expense: |
|
(912 |
) |
|
(274 |
) |
|
|
2,606 |
|
|
(2,382 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss before Income Taxes |
|
(14,538 |
) |
|
(13,435 |
) |
|
|
(54,160 |
) |
|
(51,224 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income Tax Expense |
|
(2 |
) |
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
(7,228 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
(14,540 |
) |
|
(13,439 |
) |
|
|
(54,162 |
) |
|
(58,452 |
) |
Net loss
per share attributable to common stockholders |
basic |
$ |
(0.54 |
) |
$ |
(0.57 |
) |
|
$ |
(2.01 |
) |
$ |
(2.67 |
) |
diluted |
$ |
(0.54 |
) |
$ |
(0.57 |
) |
|
$ |
(2.01 |
) |
$ |
(2.67 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average shares
used to compute net loss per share attributable
to common stockholders |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
basic |
|
27,173 |
|
|
23,626 |
|
|
|
26,912 |
|
|
21,867 |
|
diluted |
|
27,173 |
|
|
23,626 |
|
|
|
26,912 |
|
|
21,867 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. |
Reconciliation of Statements of Operations under GAAP and
Non-GAAP |
(In thousands, except per share data) |
(Unaudited) |
|
Three Months EndedDecember
31, |
|
Twelve Months EndedDecember
31, |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
GAAP revenue |
$ |
54,408 |
|
|
52,326 |
|
|
$ |
211,565 |
|
$ |
234,623 |
|
Non-recurring customer credit |
|
- |
|
|
449 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
449 |
|
Non-GAAP revenue |
|
54,408 |
|
|
52,775 |
|
|
|
211,565 |
|
|
235,072 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GAAP total gross profit (a) |
$ |
8,094 |
|
$ |
11,277 |
|
|
$ |
37,715 |
|
$ |
50,541 |
|
Non-recurring customer credit |
|
- |
|
|
449 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
449 |
|
Share-based compensation expense |
|
196 |
|
|
225 |
|
|
|
886 |
|
|
937 |
|
Non-recurring expense |
|
32 |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
118 |
|
|
971 |
|
Expenses associated with discontinued products |
|
1,242 |
|
|
2,585 |
|
|
|
7,212 |
|
|
5,582 |
|
Non-GAAP total gross profit (a) |
|
9,564 |
|
|
14,536 |
|
|
|
45,931 |
|
|
58,480 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GAAP net loss |
|
(14,540 |
) |
|
(13,439 |
) |
|
|
(54,162 |
) |
|
(58,452 |
) |
Non-recurring customer credit |
|
- |
|
|
449 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
449 |
|
Amortization of intangible assets |
|
151 |
|
|
149 |
|
|
|
600 |
|
|
579 |
|
Share-based compensation expense |
|
3,199 |
|
|
3,242 |
|
|
|
12,123 |
|
|
13,046 |
|
Non-recurring (income) expense |
|
531 |
|
|
(95 |
) |
|
|
(5,174 |
) |
|
(90 |
) |
Expenses associated with discontinued products |
|
1,242 |
|
|
2,585 |
|
|
|
7,212 |
|
|
5,583 |
|
Non-cash expenses associated with discontinued products |
|
1,173 |
|
|
661 |
|
|
|
4,811 |
|
|
3,133 |
|
Unrealized exchange loss (gain) |
|
(339 |
) |
|
(669 |
) |
|
|
703 |
|
|
(856 |
) |
Non-GAAP tax benefit |
|
3,101 |
|
|
2,276 |
|
|
|
13,466 |
|
|
16,572 |
|
Non-GAAP net loss |
|
(5,482 |
) |
|
(4,841 |
) |
|
|
(20,421 |
) |
|
(20,036 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
GAAP diluted net loss per share |
$ |
(0.54 |
) |
$ |
(0.57 |
) |
|
$ |
(2.01 |
) |
$ |
(2.67 |
) |
Non-recurring customer credit |
|
- |
|
|
0.02 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
0.02 |
|
Amortization of intangible assets |
|
0.01 |
|
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
0.02 |
|
|
0.03 |
|
Share-based compensation expense |
|
0.12 |
|
|
0.14 |
|
|
|
0.45 |
|
|
0.60 |
|
Non-recurring (income) expense |
|
0.02 |
|
|
(0.01 |
) |
|
|
(0.19 |
) |
|
(0.01 |
) |
Expenses associated with discontinued products |
|
0.05 |
|
|
0.11 |
|
|
|
0.27 |
|
|
0.26 |
|
Non-cash expenses associated with discontinued products |
|
0.04 |
|
|
0.03 |
|
|
|
0.18 |
|
|
0.13 |
|
Unrealized exchange loss (gain) |
|
(0.01 |
) |
|
(0.03 |
) |
|
|
0.02 |
|
|
(0.04 |
) |
Non-GAAP tax benefit |
|
0.11 |
|
|
0.10 |
|
|
|
0.50 |
|
|
0.76 |
|
Non-GAAP diluted net loss per share |
$ |
(0.20 |
) |
$ |
(0.20 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.76 |
) |
$ |
(0.92 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares used to compute diluted
loss per share |
|
27,173 |
|
|
23,626 |
|
|
|
26,912 |
|
|
21,867 |
|
Shares used to compute diluted
earnings per share |
|
27,173 |
|
|
23,626 |
|
|
|
26,912 |
|
|
21,867 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) Provided for
the purpose of calculating gross profit as a percentage of revenue
(gross margin). |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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