Digi International Reports First Fiscal Quarter 2023 results

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Digi International Inc. (Nasdaq: DGII) reported record revenues of $109 million for the first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2022, marking a 30% increase compared to the previous year. The gross profit margin was 56.3%, slightly down from 56.8%, while net income per diluted share rose significantly to $0.16, an increase of 433%. Adjusted EPS also increased by 33% to $0.48. Annualized Recurring Revenue (ARR) reached $96 million, an 8% increase. The company anticipates revenues of $105 million to $109 million for the second quarter, reflecting strong demand as supply chain conditions improve.

Positive

• Record revenue of $109 million, a 30% increase year-over-year.
• Net income per diluted share increased to $0.16, up 433% from $0.03.
• Adjusted EPS rose 33% to $0.48.
• Annualized Recurring Revenue reached $96 million, an 8% increase.
• Confidence in annual revenue growth projections exceeding 10%.

Negative

• Gross profit margin decreased slightly from 56.8% to 56.3%.
• Gross profit margin excluding amortization also fell from 58.5% to 57.3%.
• IoT Solutions segment gross profit margin decreased by 380 basis points to 62.1% due to increased inventory reserve expenses.

Record Quarterly Revenue of $109M, End of Quarter ARR of $96M

EPS of $0.16, Adjusted EPS of $0.48

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Digi International^® Inc. (Nasdaq: DGII), a leading global provider of business and mission critical Internet of Things ("IoT") products, services and solutions, today announced its financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2022.

First Fiscal Quarter 2023 Results Compared to First Fiscal Quarter 2022 Results¹

• Revenue was $109 million, an increase of 30%.

• Gross profit margin was 56.3% versus 56.8%. Gross profit margin excluding amortization was 57.3% compared to 58.5%.

• Net income per diluted share was $0.16, up from $0.03, an increase of 433%.

• Adjusted EPS was $0.48 per diluted share, an increase of 33%.

• Adjusted EBITDA was $23 million, an increase of 38%.

• Annualized Recurring Revenue (ARR) was $96 million at quarter end, an increase of 8%.

1 First fiscal quarter 2023 results include the results of Ventus for the entire quarter, while first fiscal quarter 2022 results include Ventus results following its acquisition on November 1, 2022.

Reconciliations of GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures appear at the end of this release.

“Digi is off to a fast start to our fiscal 2023, driven by strong demand and a gradually easing supply chain,” said Ron Konezny, President and Chief Executive Officer. “Our fiscal first quarter saw balanced strength across all our business units and geographies. Our business and mission critical solutions are helping drive our customers' digital transformation and delivering valuable ROI. Thank you for the incredible performance by the Digi team and our suppliers and channel partners.”

Segment Results

IoT Product & Services

The segment's first fiscal quarter 2023 revenues of $84 million increased 28% from the same period in the prior fiscal year. This increase is attributable primarily to revenue growth from our OEM, console server and cellular product lines. ARR as of the end of the first fiscal quarter was over $14 million. Gross profit margin increased 30 basis points to 54.6% of revenues for the first fiscal quarter of 2023, due to product and customer mix.

IoT Solutions

The segment's first fiscal quarter 2023 revenues of $25 million increased 35% from the same period in the prior fiscal year. This increase primarily was driven by Ventus. ARR as of the end of the first fiscal quarter was $82 million. Gross profit margin decreased 380 basis points to 62.1%, due to increased expenses relating to inventory reserves in the first fiscal quarter of 2023.

Second Fiscal Quarter 2023 and Full-Year 2023 Guidance

With consideration to the supply chain and the other challenging macro conditions, we are providing the following guidance for our second quarter of fiscal 2023:

We expect to see revenues of $105 million to $109 million, with Adjusted EBITDA between $21.0 million and $22.5 million. Using a diluted share count of 37.0 million shares outstanding, we project our Adjusted EPS to be $0.42 to 0.46 per diluted share. We provide earnings guidance on a non-GAAP basis as it is difficult to predict with reasonable certainty items including but not limited to the impact of foreign exchange translation, restructuring, interest and certain tax related events. Given the uncertainty, any of these items could have a significant impact on U.S. GAAP results.

Based on our first fiscal quarter performance and second fiscal quarter guidance, we have stronger confidence in our annual projections for FY23. We now expect to grow revenues in excess of 10% as the supply chain continues to ease and demand remains strong. We expect ARR and A-EBITDA to grow faster than our revenue growth.

First Fiscal Quarter 2023 Conference Call Details

As announced on January 11, 2023, Digi will discuss its first fiscal quarter results on a conference call on Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. ET (9:00 a.m. CT). The call will be hosted by Ron Konezny, President and Chief Executive Officer and Jamie Loch, Chief Financial Officer.

Participants may register for the conference call at: https://register.vevent.com/register/BI466515f78c73455897c9e895bf3daaf4. Once registration is completed, participants will be provided a dial-in number and passcode to access the call. All participants are asked to dial-in 15 minutes prior to the start time.

Participants may access a live webcast of the conference call through the investor relations section of Digi’s website, https://digi.gcs-web.com/ or the hosting website at: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/57ptvnxa.

A replay will be available within approximately two hours after the completion of the call for approximately one year. You may access the replay via webcast through the investor relations section of Digi’s website.

A copy of this earnings release, as well as a shareholder letter relating to our first fiscal quarter results can be accessed through the financial releases page of the investor relations section of Digi's website at www.digi.com.

For more news and information on us, please visit www.digi.com/aboutus/investorrelations.

About Digi International

Digi International (Nasdaq: DGII) is a leading global provider of IoT connectivity products, services and solutions. We help our customers create next-generation connected products and deploy and manage critical communications infrastructures in demanding environments with high levels of security and reliability. Founded in 1985, we’ve helped our customers connect over 100 million things and growing. For more information, visit Digi's website at www.digi.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions. These statements often can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "assume," "believe," "anticipate," "intend," "estimate," "target," "may," "will," "expect," "plan," "potential," "project," "should," or "continue," or the negative thereof or other variations thereon or similar terminology. Among other items, these statements relate to expectations of the business environment in which Digi operates, projections of future performance, perceived marketplace opportunities and statements regarding our mission and vision. Such statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Among others, these include risks related to the ongoing supply chain and transportation challenges impacting businesses globally, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to mitigate the same, risks related to ongoing inflationary pressures as well as present concerns about a potential recession and the ability of companies like us to operate a global business in such conditions, risks arising from the present war in Ukraine, the highly competitive market in which our company operates, rapid changes in technologies that may displace products sold by us, declining prices of networking products, our reliance on distributors and other third parties to sell our products, the potential for significant purchase orders to be canceled or changed, delays in product development efforts, uncertainty in user acceptance of our products, the ability to integrate our products and services with those of other parties in a commercially accepted manner, potential liabilities that can arise if any of our products have design or manufacturing defects, our ability to integrate and realize the expected benefits of acquisitions, our ability to defend or settle satisfactorily any litigation, uncertainty in global economic conditions and economic conditions within particular regions of the world which could negatively affect product demand and the financial solvency of customers and suppliers, the impact of natural disasters and other events beyond our control that could negatively impact our supply chain and customers, potential unintended consequences associated with restructuring, reorganizations or other similar business initiatives that may impact our ability to retain important employees or otherwise impact our operations in unintended and adverse ways, and changes in our level of revenue or profitability which can fluctuate for many reasons beyond our control. These and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions identified from time to time in our filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2022, could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf. Many of such factors are beyond our ability to control or predict. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date for which they are made. We disclaim any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Presentation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This release includes adjusted net income, adjusted net income per diluted share and Adjusted EBITDA, each of which is a non-GAAP measure.

We understand that there are material limitations on the use of non-GAAP measures. Non-GAAP measures are not substitutes for GAAP measures, such as net income, for the purpose of analyzing financial performance. The disclosure of these measures does not reflect all charges and gains that were actually recognized by Digi. These non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative for measures prepared in accordance with, generally accepted accounting principles and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies or presented by us in prior reports. In addition, these non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. We believe that non-GAAP measures have limitations in that they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with our results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP. We believe these measures should only be used to evaluate our results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures. Additionally, Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect our cash expenditures, the cash requirements for the replacement of depreciated and amortized assets, or changes in or cash requirements for our working capital needs.

We believe that providing historical and adjusted net income and adjusted net income per diluted share, respectively, exclusive of such items as reversals of tax reserves, discrete tax benefits, restructuring charges and reversals, intangible amortization, stock-based compensation, other non-operating income/expense, changes in fair value of contingent consideration, acquisition-related expenses and interest expense related to acquisitions permits investors to compare results with prior periods that did not include these items. Management uses the aforementioned non-GAAP measures to monitor and evaluate ongoing operating results and trends and to gain an understanding of our comparative operating performance. In addition, certain of our stockholders have expressed an interest in seeing financial performance measures exclusive of the impact of these matters, which while important, are not central to the core operations of our business. Management believes that Adjusted EBITDA, defined as EBITDA adjusted for stock-based compensation expense, acquisition-related expenses, restructuring charges and reversals, and changes in fair value of contingent consideration is useful to investors to evaluate our core operating results and financial performance because it excludes items that are significant non-cash or non-recurring items reflected in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. We believe that the presentation of Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of revenue is useful because it provides a reliable and consistent approach to measuring our performance from year to year and in assessing our performance against that of other companies. We believe this information helps compare operating results and corporate performance exclusive of the impact of our capital structure and the method by which assets were acquired.

Digi International Inc. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (In thousands, except per share amounts) (Unaudited)
	Three months ended December 31,
		2022				2021
Revenue	$	109,306			$	84,257
Cost of sales		47,785				36,376
Gross profit		61,521				47,881
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing		19,106				15,319
Research and development		14,094				13,412
General and administrative		16,358				15,351
Operating expenses		49,558				44,082
Operating income		11,963				3,799
Other income, net:
Other expense, net		(5,954	)			(5,000	)
Income before income taxes		6,009				(1,201	)
Income tax provision (benefit)		230				(2,388	)
Net income	$	5,779			$	1,187
Net income per common share:
Basic	$	0.16			$	0.03
Diluted	$	0.16			$	0.03
Weighted average common shares:
Basic		35,608				34,560
Diluted		36,859				35,767

Digi International Inc. Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (In thousands) (Unaudited)
	December 31, 2022				September 30, 2022
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	30,949			$	34,900
Accounts receivable, net		49,668				50,450
Inventories		80,993				73,223
Income taxes receivable		4,777				3,764
Other current assets		3,854				3,871
Total current assets		170,241				166,208
Non-current assets		684,369				687,687
Total assets	$	854,610			$	853,895
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	$	15,523			$	15,523
Accounts payable		30,633				32,373
Other current liabilities		44,409				48,611
Total current liabilities		90,565				96,507
Non-current liabilities		254,117				255,875
Total liabilities		344,682				352,382
Total stockholders’ equity		509,928				501,513
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	854,610			$	853,895

Digi International Inc. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (In thousands) (Unaudited)
	Three months ended December 31,
		2022				2021
					(Restated) (1)
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	2,680			$	5,877
Net cash used in investing activities		(963	)			(348,047	)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities		(5,896	)			236,962
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		228				(36	)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents		(3,951	)			(105,244	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		34,900				152,432
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	30,949			$	47,188
(1) We have restated the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the three months ended December 31, 2021. We corrected $13.4 million of debt issuance cost previously recorded within operating activities and correctly presented the cash outflows within financing activities. We also corrected $2.3 million of amortization of debt issuance costs previously included within financing activities moving these to operating activities.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures
TABLE 1
Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA (In thousands)
	Three months ended December 31,
	2022							2021
					% of total revenue							% of total revenue
Total revenue	$	109,306			100.0	%		$	84,257			100.0	%
Net income	$	5,779						$	1,187
Interest expense, net		5,971							4,898
Income tax expense (benefit)		230							(2,388	)
Depreciation and amortization		8,112							7,862
Stock-based compensation		2,868							2,017
Restructuring charge		23							109
Acquisition expense		381							3,285
Adjusted EBITDA	$	23,364			21.4	%		$	16,970			20.1	%

TABLE 2
Reconciliation of Net Income and Net Income per Diluted Share to Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Net Income per Diluted Share (In thousands, except per share amounts)
	Three months ended December 31,
	2022								2021
Net income and net income per diluted share	$	5,779			$	0.16			$	1,187			$	0.03
Amortization		6,463				0.18				6,309				0.18
Stock-based compensation		2,868				0.08				2,017				0.06
Other non-operating (expense) income		(17	)			—				102				—
Acquisition expense		381				0.01				3,285				0.09
Restructuring charge		23				—				109				—
Interest expense, net		5,971				0.16				4,898				0.14
Tax effect from the above adjustments (1)		(4,869	)			(0.14	)			(3,006	)			(0.08	)
Discrete tax expenses (benefits) (2)		1,192				0.03				(2,175	)			(0.06	)
Adjusted net income and adjusted net income per diluted share (3)	$	17,791			$	0.48			$	12,726			$	0.36
Diluted weighted average common shares						36,859								35,767

(1)	The tax effect from the above adjustments assumes an estimated effective tax rate of 18.0% for fiscal 2023 and 2022 based on adjusted net income.
(2)	For the three months and years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 discrete tax expenses (benefits) primarily are a result of changes in excess tax benefits recognized on stock compensation.
(3)	Adjusted net income per diluted share may not add due to the use of rounded numbers.

 

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Investor Contact:

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Digi International

952-912-3524

Email: rob.bennett@digi.com

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FAQ

What were Digi International's financial results for Q1 2023?

Digi International reported a revenue of $109 million, a 30% increase from the previous year, with a net income per diluted share of $0.16.

How did Digi International's EPS change in Q1 2023?

Digi's adjusted EPS increased by 33% to $0.48 per diluted share in the first fiscal quarter of 2023.

What is the Annualized Recurring Revenue (ARR) for Digi International?

Digi's ARR at the end of Q1 2023 was $96 million, reflecting an 8% increase year-over-year.

What is Digi International's guidance for Q2 2023?

Digi expects revenues between $105 million and $109 million and adjusted EBITDA of $21 million to $22.5 million for Q2 2023.

How does Digi International view its future growth?

Digi is confident in achieving over 10% revenue growth for FY23 as supply chain conditions improve and demand remains strong.