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Airgain Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2019 Financial Results

Airgain, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRG), a leading provider of advanced antenna technologies used to enable high performance wireless networking across a broad range of devices and markets, including consumer, enterprise, and automotive, today announced GAAP net income of $0.1 million and GAAP diluted EPS of $0.01 for the three months ended December 31, 2019 (2019 Q4). The 2019 Q4 net income increased $0.2 million from the net loss of $(0.1) million for the three months ended September 30, 2019 (2019 Q3).

“I am pleased that we exceeded our expectations for earnings despite recent revenue headwinds. Our Q4 2019 GAAP and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.01 and $0.07, respectively, exceeded our prior expected ranges of $(0.03) to $(0.02) on a GAAP basis and $0.04 to $0.05 on a non-GAAP basis,” said Airgain’s Chief Executive Officer and President, Jacob Suen. “More importantly, the ramp in recent design activity we are seeing in our growth markets gives me confidence that we are on the cusp of hitting a real growth curve that will begin to play out in the second half of this year with more significant growth in 2021 and beyond.”

2019 Q4 Financial Highlights

  • Sales of $13.0 million
  • Gross margin of 44%
  • Net income of $0.1 million
  • GAAP earnings per diluted share of $0.01
  • Non-GAAP earnings per diluted share of $0.07
  • Adjusted EBITDA of $0.8 million

2019 Q4 Financial Results

Sales decreased 21% to $13.0 million compared to $16.6 million in the same year-ago period. The lower sales was primarily driven by our product cycle transitions. Compared to 2019 Q3 our sales decreased $0.1 million from $13.1 million.

Gross profit decreased 16% to $5.8 million from $6.9 million in the same year-ago period. Gross margin was 44% in 2019 Q4, which increased from 41% in the same year-ago period, largely due to a change in the product mix. 2019 Q4 gross margin decreased from 46% in 2019 Q3 due to an unfavorable change in the product mix.

Total operating expenses of $5.9 million for 2019 Q4 increased $0.1 million compared to the same year-ago period but decreased $0.4 million as compared to $6.3 million in 2019 Q3 primarily due to changes in personnel expenses.

Net income totaled $0.1 million or $0.01 per share (based on 10.0 million diluted shares), compared to net income of $1.3 million or $0.13 per share (based on 10.0 million diluted shares) in the same year-ago period. Net income increased $0.2 million as compared to the 2019 Q3 net loss of $0.1 million or $(0.01) per share (based on 9.7 million basic shares). Non-GAAP net income totaled $0.7 million or $0.07 per share (based on 10.0 million diluted shares), compared to non-GAAP net income of $1.7 million or $0.17 per share (based on 10.0 million diluted shares) in the same year-ago period. Non-GAAP net income in 2019 Q3 was $0.5 million or $0.05 per share (based on 10.0 million diluted shares) (see note regarding "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures," below for further discussion of this non-GAAP measure).

Adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, other income, non-recurring items, and stock-based compensation) decreased to $0.8 million in 2019 Q4 compared to Adjusted EBITDA of $1.8 million in the same year-ago period. The 2019 Q3 Adjusted EBITDA was $0.6 million (see note regarding "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures," below for further discussion of this non-GAAP measure).

Full Year 2019 Financial Highlights

  • Sales of $55.7 million
  • Gross margin of 45%
  • Net income of $0.9 million
  • GAAP earnings per diluted share of $0.09
  • Non-GAAP earnings per diluted share of $0.32
  • Adjusted EBITDA of $3.7 million

Full Year 2019 Financial Results

Sales decreased 8% to $55.7 million compared to $60.6 million in the same year-ago period. The decrease in sales was primarily driven by product cycle transition for several large volume embedded antenna products.

Gross profit decreased $1.2 million to $25.3 million for the year from $26.5 million for the same year-ago period. Gross margin as a percentage of sales was 45% for the year, compared to a gross margin of 44% in the same year-ago period.

Total operating expenses for the year decreased 17% to $25.0 million from $29.9 million in the same year-ago period. The decrease was primarily due to higher nonrecurring expenses in 2018 including $2.0 million associated with the realignment of sales and marketing initiatives combined with executive severance and additional stock-based compensation expense of $1.2 million due to the accelerated vesting of options to former executives, as well as a decrease in personnel expenses compared to the same year-ago period.

Net income totaled $0.9 million or $0.09 per share (based on 10.1 million diluted shares), compared to net loss of $2.6 million or $(0.27) per share (based on 9.5 million basic shares) in the same year-ago period. Non-GAAP net income totaled $3.2 million or $0.32 per share (based on 10.1 million diluted shares), compared to non-GAAP net income of $2.2 million or $0.22 per share (based on 10.4 million diluted shares) in the same year-ago period (see note regarding "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures," below for further discussion of this non-GAAP measure).

Adjusted EBITDA increased to $3.7 million from $2.7 million in the same year-ago period (see note regarding "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures," below for further discussion of this non-GAAP measure).

Total shares of 108,000 were repurchased during the year at an average price of $11.41 for a total amount of $1.2 million.

Financial Outlook

The company expects sales in the first quarter of 2020 to be in the range of $10.0 million to $12.0 million. The following table summarizes the reconciliation between the projected GAAP EPS and non-GAAP EPS for the first quarter of 2020:

Low (1)

High (1)

Reconciliation of projected GAAP to projected non-GAAP EPS

Projected GAAP earnings per diluted share

$

(0.21

)

$

(0.14

)

Stock-based compensation expense

0.07

0.07

Amortization

0.01

0.01

Other income

(0.01

)

(0.01

)

Projected non-GAAP earnings per diluted share

$

(0.14

)

$

(0.07

)

(1)

Amounts are based off of 9.7 million basic shares outstanding.

Conference Call

Airgain management will hold a conference call today Thursday, February 20, 2020, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (1:30 p.m. Pacific Time) to discuss financial results for the fourth quarter ended and year ended December 31, 2019, and to provide an update on business conditions.

Airgain management will host the presentation, followed by a question and answer period.

Date: Thursday, February 20, 2020
Time: 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (1:30 p.m. Pacific Time)
U.S. dial-in: 1-877-703-1550
International dial-in: 1-647-689-5628
Conference ID: 3097195

Please call the conference telephone number 5-10 minutes prior to the start time. An operator will register your name and organization. If you have any difficulty connecting with the conference call, please contact the company at 1-760-579-0200.

The conference call will be broadcast live and available for replay in the investor relations section of the company's website.

A replay of the call will be available after 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time on the same day through March 20, 2020.

U.S. replay dial-in: 1-800-585-8367 or 1-416-621-4642
Replay ID: 3097195

About Airgain, Inc.

Airgain is a leading provider of advanced antenna technologies used to enable high performance wireless networking across a broad range of devices and markets, including consumer, enterprise, and automotive. Combining design-led thinking with testing and development, Airgain works in partnership with the entire ecosystem, including carriers, chipset suppliers, OEMs, and ODMs. Airgain’s antennas are deployed in carrier, fleet, enterprise, residential, private, government, and public safety wireless networks and systems, including set-top boxes, access points, routers, modems, gateways, media adapters, portables, digital televisions, sensors, fleet, and asset tracking devices. Airgain is headquartered in San Diego, California, and maintains design and test centers in the U.S., U.K., and China. For more information, visit airgain.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Airgain and the Airgain logo are registered trademarks of Airgain, Inc.

Forward-Looking Statements

Airgain cautions you that statements in this press release that are not a description of historical facts are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on the company's current beliefs and expectations. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding the growth opportunities within our markets and the timing thereof, as well as our 2020 financial outlook. The inclusion of forward-looking statements should not be regarded as a representation by Airgain that any of our plans will be achieved. Actual results may differ from those set forth in this press release due to the risk and uncertainties inherent in our business, including, without limitation: the market for our antenna products is developing and may not develop as we expect; our operating results may fluctuate significantly, including based on seasonal factors, which makes future operating results difficult to predict and could cause our operating results to fall below expectations or guidance; risks and uncertainties related to management and key personnel changes; our products are subject to intense competition, including competition from the customers to whom we sell, and competitive pressures from existing and new companies may harm our business, sales, growth rates, and market share; our future success depends on our ability to develop and successfully introduce new and enhanced products for the wireless market that meet the needs of our customers; our ability to identify and consummate strategic acquisitions and partnerships, and risks associated with completed acquisitions and partnerships adversely affecting our operating results and financial condition; we sell to customers who are extremely price conscious, and a few customers represent a significant portion of our sales, and if we lose any of these customers, our sales could decrease significantly; we rely on a few contract manufacturers to produce and ship all of our products, a single or limited number of suppliers for some components of our products and channel partners to sell and support our products, and the failure to manage our relationships with these parties successfully could adversely affect our ability to market and sell our products; the coronavirus outbreak disrupting or otherwise adversely affecting our customers, contract manufacturers, and the overall supply chain that our antennas are used in and, ultimately, our sales and operating results; if we cannot protect our intellectual property rights, our competitive position could be harmed or we could incur significant expenses to enforce our rights; and other risks described in our prior press releases and in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including under the heading "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent filings with the SEC. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to revise or update this press release to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, which is made under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

Note Regarding Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement our condensed financial statements presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), this earnings release and the accompanying tables and the related earnings conference call contain certain non-GAAP financial measures, including adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization (Adjusted EBITDA), non-GAAP net income attributable to common stockholders (non-GAAP net income), and non-GAAP earnings per diluted share (non-GAAP EPS). We believe these financial measures provide useful information to investors with which to analyze our operating trends and performance.

In computing Adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP net income (loss), and non-GAAP EPS, we also exclude stock-based compensation expense, which represents non-cash charges for the fair value of stock awards; non-recurring expenses, which include realignment of sales and marketing initiatives and severance payments; other income, which includes interest income and gain on deferred purchase price liability offset by interest expense; depreciation and amortization; and provision for income taxes. Because of varying available valuation methodologies, subjective assumptions and the variety of equity instruments that can impact a company's non-cash operating expenses, we believe that providing non-GAAP financial measures that exclude non-cash expense allows for meaningful comparisons between our core business operating results and those of other companies, as well as providing us with an important tool for financial and operational decision making and for evaluating our own core business operating results over different periods of time. Management considers these types of expenses and adjustments, to a great extent, to be unpredictable and dependent on a significant number of factors that are outside of our control and are not necessarily reflective of operational performance during a period.

Our Adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP net income (loss), and non-GAAP EPS measures may not provide information that is directly comparable to that provided by other companies in our industry, as other companies in our industry may calculate non-GAAP financial results differently, particularly related to non-recurring, unusual items. Our Adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP net income (loss), and non-GAAP EPS are not measurements of financial performance under GAAP, and should not be considered as an alternative to operating or net income or as an indication of operating performance or any other measure of performance derived in accordance with GAAP. We do not consider these non-GAAP measures to be a substitute for, or superior to, the information provided by GAAP financial results. A reconciliation of specific adjustments to GAAP results is provided in the last two tables at the end of this release.

Airgain, Inc.

Unaudited Condensed Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

December 31

2019

2018

Assets

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

13,197

$

13,621

Short-term investments

21,686

20,169

Trade accounts receivable

7,656

7,013

Inventory

1,193

1,351

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

1,379

931

Total current assets

45,111

43,085

Property and equipment, net

2,108

1,401

Goodwill

3,700

3,700

Customer relationships, net

3,110

3,593

Intangible assets, net

687

859

Other assets

10

269

Total assets

$

54,726

$

52,907

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable

$

3,838

$

4,137

Accrued bonus

1,385

2,076

Accrued liabilities

1,451

1,217

Current portion of deferred rent obligation under operating lease

85

81

Total current liabilities

6,759

7,511

Deferred tax liability

52

38

Deferred rent obligation under operating lease

11

211

Total liabilities

6,822

7,760

Stockholders’ equity:

Common stock, par value $0.0001, 200,000 shares authorized; 10,146 shares issued and 9,681 shares outstanding at December 31, 2019; and 9,958 shares issued and 9,601 shares outstanding at December 31, 2018.

1

1

Additional paid in capital

96,622

93,583

Treasury stock, at cost: 465 shares and 357 shares at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively

(4,659

)

(3,432

)

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

8

(11

)

Accumulated deficit

(44,068

)

(44,994

)

Total stockholders’ equity

47,904

45,147

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$

54,726

$

52,907

Airgain, Inc.

Unaudited Condensed Statements of Operations

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

Three months ended

December 31

September 30,

December 31

Year ended December 31,

2019

2018

2019

2018

Sales

$

13,026

$

13,142

$

16,561

$

55,739

$

60,625

Cost of goods sold

7,248

7,067

9,711

30,415

34,114

Gross profit

5,778

6,075

6,850

25,324

26,511

Operating expenses:

Research and development

2,045

2,403

2,157

8,989

9,319

Sales and marketing

1,072

1,461

1,892

7,036

11,033

General and administrative

2,751

2,416

1,681

8,919

9,545

Total operating expenses

5,868

6,280

5,730

24,944

29,897

Income (loss) from operations

(90

)

(205

)

1,120

380

(3,386

)

Other (income) expense:

Interest income

(155

)

(183

)

(187

)

(714

)

(584

)

Interest expense

4

2

5

31

Gain on deferred purchase price liability

(389

)

Loss on disposal of fixed assets

39

39

Total other income

(151

)

(183

)

(146

)

(709

)

(903

)

Income (loss) before income taxes

61

(22

)

1,266

1,089

(2,483

)

Provision for income taxes

(2

)

113

(9

)

163

101

Net income (loss)

$

63

$

(135

)

$

1,275

$

926

$

(2,584

)

Net income (loss) per share:

Basic

$

0.01

$

(0.01

)

$

0.13

$

0.10

$

(0.27

)

Diluted

$

0.01

$

(0.01

)

$

0.13

$

0.09

$

(0.27

)

Weighted average shares used in calculating income (loss) per share

Basic

9,697

9,711

9,597

9,684

9,521

Diluted

10,025

9,711

9,980

10,097

9,521

Airgain, Inc.

Unaudited Condensed Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

 

For the year ended December 31

2019

2018

Cash flows from operating activities:

Net income (loss)

$

926

$

(2,584

)

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

Depreciation

493

587

Amortization

655

677

Amortization of discounts on investments, net

(312

)

(202

)

Stock-based compensation

2,204

2,910

Deferred tax liability

14

30

Loss on disposal of fixed assets

39

Gain on deferred purchase price liability

(389

)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

Trade accounts receivable

(643

)

1,043

Inventory

158

(610

)

Prepaid expenses and other assets

(189

)

(241

)

Accounts payable

(303

)

294

Accrued bonus

(691

)

416

Accrued liabilities

234

(470

)

Deferred obligation under operating lease

(196

)

(123

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

2,350

1,377

Cash flows from investing activities:

Purchases of available-for-sale securities

(36,456

)

(29,666

)

Maturities of available-for-sale securities

35,270

30,992

Purchases of property and equipment

(1,196

)

(990

)

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

(2,382

)

336

Cash flows from financing activities:

Repayment of notes payable

(1,333

)

Payment on deferred purchase price liability

(375

)

Repurchase of common stock

(1,227

)

(2,174

)

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

835

765

Net cash used in financing activities

(392

)

(3,117

)

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

(424

)

(1,404

)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

13,621

15,025

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

$

13,197

$

13,621

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information

Interest paid

$

1

$

37

Taxes paid

$

71

$

46

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:

Accrual of property and equipment

$

4

$

Airgain, Inc.

Unaudited Reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP Net Income (Loss)

(in thousands, except per share data)

Three months ended

December 31

September 30

December 31

Year ended December 31,

2019

2018

2019

2018

Net income (loss)

$

63

$

(135

)

$

1,275

$

926

$

(2,584

)

Stock-based compensation expense

599

549

374

2,204

2,910

Amortization

164

163

168

655

676

Non-recurring items (1)

1,956

Other income

(151

)

(183

)

(146

)

(709

)

(903

)

Provision for income taxes

(2

)

113

(9

)

163

101

Non-GAAP net income attributable to common stockholders

$

673

$

507

$

1,662

$

3,239

$

2,156

Non-GAAP net income per share:

Basic

$

0.07

$

0.05

$

0.17

$

0.33

$

0.23

Diluted

$

0.07

$

0.05

$

0.17

$

0.32

$

0.22

Weighted average shares used in calculating non-GAAP income per share:

Basic

9,697

9,711

9,597

9,684

9,521

Diluted

10,025

10,041

9,980

10,097

10,359

Airgain, Inc.

Unaudited Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted EBITDA

(in thousands)

 

Three months ended

December 31

September 30

December 31

Year ended December 31,

2019

2018

2019

2018

Net income (loss)

$

63

$

(135

)

$

1,275

$

926

$

(2,584

)

Stock-based compensation expense

599

549

374

2,204

2,910

Depreciation and amortization

284

268

333

1,148

1,263

Non-recurring items (1)

1,956

Other income

(151

)

(183

)

(146

)

(709

)

(903

)

Provision for income taxes

(2

)

113

(9

)

163

101

Adjusted EBITDA

$

793

$

612

$

1,827

$

3,732

$

2,743

(1)

Non-recurring items include $2.0 million in executive severance and sales and marketing realignment for the year ended December 31, 2018.

Contacts:

Company Contact
David Lyle, Chief Financial Officer
investors@airgain.com

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