NEI Announces Financial Results for the Fourth Fiscal Quarter 2009
Q4 Results Meet or Exceed Guidance
2009 Design Wins Create Optimism for FY2010
- Press Release
- Source: NEI
- On 7:00 am EST, Thursday November 5, 2009
CANTON, Mass., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NEI (Nasdaq: NENG - News), a leading provider of application platforms, appliances and support services for software developers, OEMs and service providers worldwide, today reported financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter and full-year period ended September 30, 2009.
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Fourth Quarter Financial Performance
- Net revenues of $40.7 million, more than $2 million above the top-end of the guidance of $33 to $38 million and an increase of 22 percent sequentially compared to the $33.3 million reported in the third fiscal quarter. The Q4 revenue represented a decrease of less than 1 percent compared to the $40.9 million reported for the fourth quarter last year. The slight year-over-year decrease in net revenues for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2009 was primarily due to the impact of the economic slowdown on certain of the Company's customers, offsetting revenue from new customers.
- Gross profit was 15.0 percent of net revenues, at the top end of guidance of 13.5 percent to 15.0 percent and compared to 14.8 percent in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2008 and 15.1 percent in the third fiscal quarter of 2009.
- Operating expenses were $6.9 million, including $276,000 of stock-based compensation expense, $439,000 of amortization expense and a $393,000 charge related to the settlement of an acquisition dispute, within guidance of between $6.4 million to $6.9 million. Operating expenses compared to $15.8 million in the year-ago quarter, which included a goodwill impairment charge of $8.7 million and restructuring charges of $444,000.
- Net loss on a GAAP basis was $(819,000), or $(0.02) per share, which included $313,000 of stock-based compensation expense, $439,000 of amortization expense and a $393,000 charge related to the settlement of an acquisition dispute. The results were better than guidance of a net loss of $(900,000) to $(1.5) million. The net loss on a GAAP basis compared to net loss on a GAAP basis of $(9.7) million, or $(0.22) per share, in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2008, inclusive of the goodwill impairment and restructuring charges.
- Non-GAAP net income, which excludes stock-based compensation, amortization expenses and the charge related to the settlement of an acquisition dispute was $326,000 or $0.01 per share, much better than the guidance of a non-GAAP net loss of $(150,000) to $(750,000). The non-GAAP net income compares sequentially to a non-GAAP net loss of $(485,000) in the third quarter and compared to non-GAAP net income of $299,000, or $0.01 per share, in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2008.
- The Company ended the quarter with approximately $21.0 million in cash and cash equivalents. Subsequent to the end of the quarter, and not included in the $21.0 million, the Company settled on and received approximately $3.6 million of its $4.0 million claim regarding the disputed merger consideration. The difference of $393,000 has been recorded as a non-recurring charge for "settlement of acquisition dispute" in the fourth fiscal quarter.
Greg Shortell, President and Chief Executive Officer of NEI, commented, "Once again, NEI met or exceeded guidance and this was a strong quarter for us. We expect the large design win announced last quarter to begin to ramp in the March 2010 quarter and to add more than $10 million per quarter in incremental revenue once fully ramped. In our fiscal 2009, we successfully navigated through a remarkably challenging economy and tough selling environment, and took important steps to maintain the strength of our balance sheet, manage expenses and capture market share. We believe that NEI enters our 2010 fiscal year well-positioned to build upon our success."
During this quarter NEI added 13 new design wins, for a total of 37 during the second half of the fiscal year compared to 26 design wins in the first half. For all of fiscal 2009, NEI had 63 design wins compared to 44 achieved during fiscal 2008. The 2009 design wins included 33 new customers, of which 13 of the wins were for run-rate business and 20 wins were for new products. The balance of the design wins were with existing customers and included seven wins for run-rate products and 23 wins for new products. NEI had two customers that comprised more than 10 percent of net revenues for the fourth fiscal quarter. EMC comprised 33 percent of total revenues during the quarter, compared to 36 percent in the year ago quarter and Tektronix comprised 16 percent of net revenues during the quarter and in the year ago quarter.
For the full year ended September 30, 2009, net revenue was $148.7 million compared to $197.5 million for the 2008 fiscal year, a decrease of 25 percent, reflecting the economy's impact on NEI's customers. Gross profit was $22.5 million, or 15.1 percent gross margin, compared to $32.3 million, or 16.4 percent gross margin, last year. Total operating expenses were $25.8 million, a decrease of 37 percent from the $41.1 million last year. On a GAAP basis, the Company reported a net loss of $(3.2) million, or $(0.07) per share, compared to a net loss of $(8.5) million (including the $8.7 million write down for impaired goodwill and $444,000 of restructuring charges), or $(0.19) per share last year. The Company's non-GAAP net income, which excludes stock-based compensation, amortization expenses, goodwill impairment, restructuring charges and the charge related to the settlement of an acquisition dispute, was $263,000 compared to non-GAAP net income of $4.5 million last year.
Mr. Shortell continued, "During 2009 we accomplished a number of our key objectives, including acceleration of our pace of design wins and pursuing new large, run-rate business opportunities. Our success in doing this will enable us to grow revenues and more effectively leverage our existing infrastructure; both of which are critical to support our ultimate objective, which is to move the company back to profitability. We demonstrated our ability to successfully compete for business, including pricing our offerings aggressively when necessary, in order to capture market share from entrenched competitors and that the combination of our strong balance sheet, established reference customers and proven engineering expertise has further differentiated us from our competitors. Now, we believe profitability is an achievable goal for the full-year of fiscal 2010."
As part of the Company's stock repurchase program, the Company purchased approximately 298,000 shares for a total of $267,000 in the fourth fiscal quarter. Since June 2008, when the stock repurchase plan was initially implemented permitting the repurchase of up to $5 million of its common stock, the Company has cumulatively repurchased a total of 2.4 million shares for approximately $2.0 million through September 30, 2009.
Business Outlook
NEI currently anticipates the following results for its fiscal first quarter ending December 31, 2009, based on current forecasts from certain partners and historical trends.
- Net revenues in the range of $39 million to $44 million.
- Gross profit in the range of 13.5 percent to 15 percent of net revenues.
- Operating expenses between $6.2 million and $6.7 million, including an estimated $272,000 of stock-based compensation expense and an estimated amortization expense of $389,000.
- Net income (loss) on a GAAP basis in the range of $(600,000) to breakeven.
- Net income on a non-GAAP basis in the range of $100,000 to $700,000.
"We are continuing our practice of providing guidance one quarter at a time based on current customer forecasts," stated Doug Bryant, Chief Financial Officer. "The visibility in our customers' forecasts remains limited. Our quarterly guidance does not include a meaningful contribution from the Dell DC powered server design win or the large design win that we previously announced as booked during the fiscal fourth quarter which should begin to impact our financials in our second fiscal quarter of 2010. Our goal is to be profitable for our fiscal 2010, as we expect to leverage our existing operating infrastructure to offset lower gross margins related to aggressive pricing on higher volume opportunities."
Conference Call Details
In conjunction with this announcement, NEI management will conduct a conference call at 10 a.m. (ET) to discuss the Company's operating performance and financial outlook. The conference call will be available live via the Internet by accessing the NEI web site at www.nei.com, on the investor relations page. Please go to the web site at least 15 minutes prior to the call to register, download and install any necessary audio software.
To listen to the conference call via phone, please dial 1-877-407-9039 or 1-201-689-8470. For those who cannot access the live broadcast, a replay will be available by dialing 1-877-660-6853 or 1-201-612-7415, entering account number 3055 and entering the passcode "335535" from three hours after the end of the call until 12 p.m. (ET) on November 12, 2009. The replay will also be available at the NEI web site.
Important Information about Non-GAAP References
References by NEI (the "Company") to non-GAAP net income or loss and non-GAAP per share information refer to net income or loss or per share information excluding stock-based compensation expense, amortization expense, goodwill impairment, restructuring charges and the charge related to the settlement of an acquisition dispute. GAAP requires that these expenses and charges be included in determining net income or loss and per share information. The Company's management uses non-GAAP operating expenses, and associated non-GAAP net income or loss (which is the basis for non-GAAP per share information) to make operational and investment decisions, and the Company believes that they are among several useful measures for an enhanced understanding of its operating results for a number of reasons.
First, although the Company undertakes analyses to ensure that its stock-based compensation grants are in line with peer companies and do not unduly dilute shareholders, the Company allocates grants and measures them at the corporate level. Second, management excludes their financial statement effect when planning or measuring the periodic financial performance of the Company's functional organizations since they are episodic in nature and unrelated to its core operating metrics. In addition, the Company's management excludes the financial statement effect of these items in evaluating and compensating employees due to the fact that it is difficult to forecast these expenses. Lastly, we believe that providing non-GAAP per share information affords investors a view of results that may be more easily compared to peer companies and enables investors to consider the Company's results on both a GAAP and non-GAAP basis in periods when the Company is undertaking non-recurring activities.
The Company believes these non-GAAP measures will aid investors' overall understanding of the Company's results by providing a higher degree of transparency for certain expenses, and providing a level of disclosure that will help investors understand how the Company plans and measures its own business. However, non-GAAP net income or loss should be construed neither as an alternative to GAAP net income or loss or per share information as an indicator of our operating performance nor as a substitute for cash flow from operations as a measure of liquidity because the items excluded from the non-GAAP measures often have a material impact on the Company's results of operations. Therefore, management uses, and investors should use, non-GAAP measures only in conjunction with the Company's reported GAAP results.
About NEI
NEI is a leading provider of application platforms, appliances and support services for software developers, OEMs and service providers worldwide. Through its comprehensive suite of services that include solution design, integration control, support and other value-added service capabilities, NEI enables customers to more effectively deploy, manage, service and support their solutions. Founded in 1997, NEI is headquartered in Canton, Massachusetts and trades on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol NENG. For more information about NEI's products and services, visit www.nei.com.
Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release regarding the Company's future financial performance, including statements regarding future net revenues, gross profits, operating expenses including stock-based compensation expenses, amortization expense, net income (loss), additional run-rate business from existing customers, profitability and any other statements about the Company's management's future expectations, beliefs, goals, plans or prospects, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied in forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including those factors contained in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2008 and the most recent Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 under the section "Risk Factors" as well as other documents that may be filed by the Company from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding the Company's expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future and can be identified by forward-looking words such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "should," "will," and "would" or similar words. The Company assumes no obligations to update the information included in this press release.
NEI
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended Year Ended
------------------- -----------
September September September September
30, 30, 30, 30,
2009 2008 2009 2008
---- ---- ---- ----
Net revenues $40,697 $40,935 $148,722 $197,495
Cost of revenues 34,589 34,881 126,201 165,152
------ ------ ------- -------
Gross profit 6,108 6,054 22,521 32,343
----- ----- ------ ------
Operating expenses:
Research and
development 1,606 1,820 6,345 8,643
Selling and
marketing 1,973 2,273 8,213 11,099
General and
administrative 2,516 2,091 9,088 10,310
Amortization of
intangible
asset 439 485 1,756 1,891
Settlement of
acquisition
dispute 393 - 393 -
Restructuring
charges - 444 - 444
Impairment of
goodwill - 8,669 - 8,669
--- ----- --- -----
Total
operating
expenses 6,927 15,782 25,795 41,056
----- ------ ------ ------
Loss from
operations (819) (9,728) (3,274) (8,713)
Interest and
other income, net - 60 76 436
--- --- --- ---
Loss before
income taxes $(819) $(9,668) $(3,198) $(8,277)
Provision for
income taxes - 67 - 200
--- --- --- ---
Net loss $(819) $(9,735) $(3,198) $(8,477)
===== ======= ======= =======
Net loss per
share - basic
and diluted $(0.02) $(0.22) $(0.07) $(0.19)
====== ====== ====== ======
Shares used in
computing
basic net loss
per share 42,198 43,672 42,817 43,856
Shares used in
computing
diluted net loss
per share 42,198 43,672 42,817 43,856
The amounts in the table above include employee stock-based compensation
as follows (in thousands):
Three Months Ended Year Ended
------------------- -----------
September September September September
30, 30, 30, 30,
2009 2008 2009 2008
---- ---- ---- ----
Cost of revenues $37 $42 $146 $183
Research and development 46 152 246 725
Selling and marketing 77 70 290 323
General and
administrative 153 172 630 715
--- --- --- ---
$313 $436 $1,312 $1,946
==== ==== ====== ======
NEI
Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Reconciliations
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended Year Ended
------------------- -----------
September September September September
30, 30, 30, 30,
2009 2008 2009 2008
---- ---- ---- ----
GAAP net loss $(819) $(9,735) $(3,198) $(8,477)
Amortization of
intangible
asset 439 485 1,756 1,891
Settlement of
acquisition
dispute 393 - 393 -
Restructuring
charges - 444 - 444
Impairment of
goodwill - 8,669 - 8,669
Stock-based
compensation 313 436 1,312 1,946
--- --- ----- -----
Non-GAAP net
income $326 $299 $263 $4,473
==== ==== ==== ======
GAAP basic and
diluted
net loss per
share $(0.02) $(0.22) $(0.07) $(0.19)
Amortization of
intangible
asset 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.04
Settlement of
acquisition
dispute 0.01 - 0.01 -
Restructuring
charges - 0.01 - 0.01
Impairment of
goodwill - 0.20 - 0.20
Stock-based
compensation 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.04
---- ---- ---- ----
Non-GAAP basic
and diluted net
income
per share $0.01 $0.01 $0.01 $0.10
===== ===== ===== =====
Shares used in computing
GAAP and non-GAAP basic
net income (loss)
per share 42,198 43,672 42,817 43,856
Shares used in computing
GAAP diluted net loss
per share 42,198 43,672 42,817 43,856
Shares used in
computing non-GAAP
diluted net income
per share 42,819 43,842 42,929 44,173
NEI
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
September 30, September 30,
2009 2008
---- ----
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $21,039 $10,003
Restricted cash - 47
Accounts receivable, net 27,479 26,403
Refundable acquisition consideration 3,629 -
Income tax receivable 17 2,585
Inventories 13,078 21,380
Prepaid expenses and other
current assets 1,504 2,009
----- -----
Total current assets 66,746 62,427
Property and equipment, net 1,622 1,549
Intangible asset 8,128 9,884
Contingently returnable
acquisition consideration - 4,022
Other assets 174 183
--- ---
Total assets $76,670 $78,065
======= =======
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $14,200 $11,745
Accrued liabilities 4,150 4,549
Deferred revenue 4,233 5,173
----- -----
Total current liabilities 22,583 21,467
Deferred revenue 2,517 2,246
----- -----
Total liabilities 25,100 23,713
------ ------
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock 471 468
Treasury stock (4,842) (3,772)
Additional paid-in capital 196,711 195,228
Accumulated deficit (140,770) (137,572)
-------- --------
Total stockholders' equity 51,570 54,352
------ ------
Total liabilities and
stockholders' equity $76,670 $78,065
======= =======
NEI
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended Year Ended
------------------- ----------
September September September September
30, 30, 30, 30,
2009 2008 2009 2008
---- ---- ---- ----
Cash flows from operating
activities:
Net loss $(819) $(9,735) $(3,198) $(8,477)
Adjustments to reconcile
net loss to cash provided
by operating activities:
Depreciation and
amortization 670 813 2,667 3,311
Stock-based
compensation 313 436 1,312 1,946
Goodwill
impairment
charge - 8,669 - 8,669
Other adjustments 333 54 498 127
Changes in
operating
assets and
liabilities, net
of effects of
acquisition: 1,168 (1,326) 11,611 (4,329)
----- ------ ------ ------
Net cash
provided by
(used in)
operating
activities 1,665 (1,089) 12,890 1,247
Net cash used in
investing
activities (85) (357) (938) (34,986)
Net cash used in
financing
activities (261) (764) (916) (636)
Effect of exchange
rate
differences on
cash - - - (25)
--- --- --- ---
Net (decrease)
increase
in cash and cash
equivalents 1,319 (2,210) 11,036 (34,400)
Cash and cash
equivalents,
beginning of
period 19,720 12,213 10,003 44,403
------ ------ ------ ------
Cash and cash
equivalents, end
of period $21,039 $10,003 $21,039 $10,003
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NEI / 25 Dan Road Canton, MA / 02021-2817 / telephone: 781 332 1000 / fax: 781 770 2000
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