Iridium Announces Record Second-Quarter 2022 Results; Updates 2022 Outlook
Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) reported a net income of $4.6 million for Q2 2022, up from $3.8 million in Q2 2021, primarily due to a 17% increase in total revenue, reaching $174.9 million. Operational EBITDA rose to a record $105.9 million, a 12% increase year-over-year. The company now forecasts full-year service revenue growth at 7%-9% and OEBITDA of $410-$420 million. Iridium's subscriber base expanded by 16% year-over-year, with 1.875 million billable subscribers, highlighting significant growth in commercial IoT and other services.
- Total revenue increased 17% year-over-year to $174.9 million.
- Operational EBITDA reached a record $105.9 million, marking a 12% year-over-year growth.
- Billable subscribers grew to 1.875 million, up 16% from last year.
- Full-year service revenue growth outlook raised to 7%-9%.
- Government service revenue decreased slightly to $26.5 million compared to $25.8 million in the previous year.
- Government subscribers dropped to 144,000, down from 153,000 year-over-year.
- Increases 2022 service revenue growth outlook to between
7% and9% - Increases 2022 operational EBITDA outlook to between
$410 million and$420 million
MCLEAN, Va., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) ("Iridium") today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2022 and updated its full-year 2022 outlook. Net income was
Iridium reported second-quarter total revenue of
The Company ended the quarter with 1,875,000 total billable subscribers, which compares to 1,616,000 for the year-ago period and is up from 1,781,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. Total billable subscribers grew
"2022 is shaping up to be a blockbuster year for Iridium, as demand for equipment and new subscriber activations drove record revenue growth in the second quarter," said Matt Desch, CEO, Iridium. Desch continued, "We're seeing momentum across all commercial product areas. In addition to ongoing strength in IoT and broadband, we are also seeing outstanding growth in service offerings like Iridium® Push-to-Talk and Iridium GO!®"
Commenting on Iridium's increased guidance, Desch added, "Based upon the momentum that we continue to see from our extensive global ecosystem of business partners, we are raising our full-year outlook for service revenue growth to between
Service – Commercial
Commercial service remained the largest part of Iridium's business, representing
- Commercial service revenue was
$106.4 million , up11% from last year's comparable period due to an increase in revenue from voice and data services, IoT and broadband. - Commercial voice and data revenue was
$48.5 million , up12% from the year-ago period. Commercial voice and data subscribers were up8% from the year-ago period to 394,000. Commercial voice and data average revenue per user ("ARPU") increased to$42 during the second quarter, compared to$40 in the prior-year period. - Commercial IoT data revenue was
$30.6 million , up13% from the year-ago period. Commercial IoT data subscribers grew22% from the year-ago period to 1,323,000 customers, driven by continued strength in consumer personal communications devices. Commercial IoT data ARPU was$7.96 in the second quarter, compared to$8.69 in last year's comparable period. The decrease in ARPU resulted primarily from customer mix, including the effect of the growing proportion of personal communications subscribers within IoT, who typically utilize lower ARPU plans. - Commercial broadband revenue was
$12.1 million , up14% from$10.6 million in the year-ago period on increasing activations of Iridium Certus® broadband service. Commercial broadband ARPU was$292 during the second quarter, compared to$289 in last year's comparable period. - Iridium's commercial business ended the quarter with 1,731,000 billable subscribers, which compares to 1,463,000 for the year-ago period and is up from 1,635,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. IoT data subscribers represented
76% of billable commercial subscribers at the end of the quarter, an increase from74% at the end of the prior-year period. - Hosted payload and other data service revenue was
$15.2 million in the second quarter, compared to$14.4 million in the prior-year period, primarily related to increased usage for payload services and precision timing and location services.
Service – Government
Iridium's voice and data solutions improve situational awareness for military personnel and track critical assets in tough environments around the globe, providing a unique value proposition that is not easily duplicated.
Under Iridium's Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services contract (the "EMSS Contract"), a seven-year,
- Government service revenue was
$26.5 million in the second quarter compared to$25.8 million in the prior-year period, reflecting increased revenue from a contractual step up in the EMSS Contract on September 15, 2021. - Iridium's government business ended the quarter with 144,000 subscribers, which compares to 153,000 for the year-ago period and was down from 146,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. Government voice and data subscribers decreased
3% from the year-ago period to 62,000 as of June 30, 2022. Government IoT data subscribers decreased8% year-over-year to 82,000 and represented57% of total government subscribers, compared to58% at the end of the prior-year period.
Equipment
- Equipment revenue was
$33.8 million during the second quarter, compared to$21.8 million in the prior-year's quarter. - In 2022, the Company expects considerably higher equipment sales than in 2021.
Engineering & Support
- Engineering and support revenue was
$8.3 million during the second quarter, compared to$6.8 million in the prior-year quarter, primarily due to the episodic nature of contract work for the U.S. government and a rise in commercial activity. - The Company expects Engineering and Support revenue to be higher than in prior years for the remainder of 2022 and in coming years, resulting from a new contract awarded by the Space Development Agency to General Dynamics Mission Systems, with Iridium as a subcontractor.
Capital expenditures were
During the quarter ended June 30, 2022, the Company repurchased approximately 1.0 million shares of its common stock under its previously announced share repurchase program at a total purchase price of
2022 Outlook
The Company updated its full-year 2022 outlook for total service revenue and OEBITDA and currently anticipates:
- Total service revenue growth between
7% and9% for full-year 2022 (previous outlook was for total service revenue growth between5% and7% for full-year 2022). Total service revenue for 2021 was$492.0 million . - Full-year 2022 OEBITDA between
$410 million and$420 million (previous outlook was for full-year 2022 OEBITDA between$400 million and$410 million ). OEBITDA for 2021 was$378.2 million . - Negligible cash taxes in 2022. Cash taxes are expected to be negligible through approximately 2024.
- Net leverage of between 2.5 and 3.5 times OEBITDA at the end of 2023, assuming the completion of the Company's total
$600 million in authorized share repurchases. Net leverage was 3.4 times OEBITDA at December 31, 2021.
In addition to disclosing financial results that are determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP, the Company provides Operational EBITDA and Operational EBITDA margin, which are non-GAAP financial measures, as supplemental measures to help investors evaluate the Company's fundamental operational performance. Operational EBITDA represents earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, equity income (loss) from investments, net, and share-based compensation expenses. The Company also presents Operational EBITDA expressed as a percentage of GAAP revenue, or Operational EBITDA margin. Operational EBITDA, along with its related measure, Operational EBITDA margin does not represent, and should not be considered, an alternative to U.S. GAAP measurements such as net income or loss. In addition, there is no standardized measurement of Operational EBITDA, and the Company's calculations thereof may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. The Company believes Operational EBITDA is a useful measure across time in evaluating the Company's fundamental core operating performance. Management also uses Operational EBITDA to manage the business, including in preparing its annual operating budget, debt covenant compliance, financial projections and compensation plans. The Company believes that Operational EBITDA is also useful to investors because similar measures are frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in their evaluation of companies in similar industries. As indicated, Operational EBITDA does not include interest expense on borrowed money, the payment of income taxes, amortization of the Company's definite-lived intangible assets, or depreciation expense on the Company's capital assets, which are necessary elements of the Company's operations. Since Operational EBITDA does not account for these and other expenses, its utility as a measure of the Company's operating performance has material limitations. Due to these limitations, the Company's management does not view Operational EBITDA in isolation, but also uses other measurements, such as net income (loss), revenues, operating profit and cash flows from operating activities, to measure operating performance. Please refer to the schedule below for a reconciliation of consolidated GAAP net income (loss) to Operational EBITDA and Iridium's Investor Relations webpage at www.iridium.com for a discussion and reconciliation of these and other non-GAAP financial measures. We do not provide a forward-looking reconciliation of expected full-year 2022 Operational EBITDA guidance as the amount and significance of special items required to develop meaningful comparable GAAP financial measures cannot be estimated at this time without unreasonable efforts.
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Supplemental Reconciliation of GAAP Net Income (Loss) to Operational EBITDA | ||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||
2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
GAAP net income (loss) | $ 4,557 | $ 3,833 | $ 7,381 | $ (1,350) | ||||
Interest expense, net | 14,780 | 17,630 | 29,357 | 40,399 | ||||
Income tax expense (benefit) | 1,242 | (9,984) | 3,066 | (18,582) | ||||
Depreciation and amortization | 75,681 | 75,668 | 151,342 | 151,578 | ||||
Share-based compensation | 9,685 | 7,634 | 18,005 | 12,540 | ||||
Operational EBITDA | $ 105,945 | $ 94,781 | $ 209,151 | $ 184,585 | ||||
As previously announced, the Company will host a conference call to discuss its results at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. Callers should dial 1-412-902-6740 to access the call. The conference call will also be simultaneously webcast on Iridium's Investor Relations webpage at www.iridium.com. An archive of the webcast will be available following the live conference call.
Iridium® is the only mobile voice and data satellite communications network that spans the entire globe. Iridium enables connections between people, organizations and assets to and from anywhere, in real time. Together with its ecosystem of partner companies, Iridium delivers an innovative and rich portfolio of reliable solutions for markets that require truly global communications. In 2019, the company completed a generational upgrade of its satellite network and launched its new specialty broadband service, Iridium Certus. Iridium Communications Inc. is headquartered in McLean, Va., U.S.A., and its common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol IRDM. For more information about Iridium products, services and partner solutions, visit www.iridium.com.
Statements in this press release that are not purely historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding Iridium's expectations with respect to total service revenue growth, OEBITDA, and cash taxes for 2022; net leverage and cash taxes over the longer-term; anticipated equipment sales for 2022; anticipated engineering and support service growth from a new contract; amount and timing of share repurchases, and expected revenues from its EMSS contract with the U.S. government. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the words "anticipates," "may," "can," "believes," "expects," "projects," "intends," "likely," "will," "to be" and other expressions that are predictions or indicate future events, trends or prospects. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Iridium to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, uncertainties regarding customer demand for Iridium's products and services, including demand from the U.S. government; Iridium's ability to maintain the health, capacity and content of its satellite constellation, the development of and market for Iridium's products and services, and Iridium's ability to complete its share repurchase programs, as well as general industry and economic conditions, and competitive, legal, governmental and technological factors. Other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements include those factors listed under the caption "Risk Factors" in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on February 17, 2022, and the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, filed with the SEC on July 26, 2022, as well as other filings Iridium makes with the SEC from time to time. There is no assurance that Iridium's expectations will be realized. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if Iridium's underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those expected, estimated or projected. Iridium's forward-looking statements are based on information available to it as of the date of this press release and speak only as of the date of this press release, and Iridium undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements.
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations | |||
(In thousands) | |||
Three Months Ended June 30, | |||
2022 | 2021 | ||
Revenue: | |||
Service revenue | |||
Commercial | $ 106,361 | $ 95,571 | |
Government | 26,500 | 25,750 | |
Total service revenue | 132,861 | 121,321 | |
Subscriber equipment | 33,759 | 21,756 | |
Engineering and support service | 8,299 | 6,842 | |
Total revenue | 174,919 | 149,919 | |
Operating expenses: | |||
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) | 25,320 | 23,391 | |
Cost of subscriber equipment sales | 21,471 | 12,671 | |
Research and development | 2,986 | 2,624 | |
Selling, general and administrative | 28,662 | 23,970 | |
Depreciation and amortization | 75,681 | 75,668 | |
Total operating expenses | 154,120 | 138,324 | |
Operating income | 20,799 | 11,595 | |
Other expense, net: | |||
Interest expense, net | (14,780) | (17,630) | |
Other expense, net | (220) | (116) | |
Total other expense, net | (15,000) | (17,746) | |
Income (loss) before income taxes | 5,799 | (6,151) | |
Income tax benefit (expense) | (1,242) | 9,984 | |
Net income | $ 4,557 | $ 3,833 | |
Operational EBITDA | $ 105,945 | $ 94,781 | |
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations | |||
(In thousands) | |||
Six Months Ended June 30, | |||
2022 | 2021 | ||
Revenue: | |||
Service revenue | |||
Commercial | $ 205,970 | $ 185,973 | |
Government | 53,000 | 51,500 | |
Total service revenue | 258,970 | 237,473 | |
Subscriber equipment | 67,503 | 45,709 | |
Engineering and support service | 16,665 | 13,272 | |
Total revenue | 343,138 | 296,454 | |
Operating expenses: | |||
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) | 49,418 | 46,598 | |
Cost of subscriber equipment sales | 41,976 | 25,699 | |
Research and development | 5,605 | 5,341 | |
Selling, general and administrative | 54,765 | 46,627 | |
Depreciation and amortization | 151,342 | 151,578 | |
Total operating expenses | 303,106 | 275,843 | |
Operating income | 40,032 | 20,611 | |
Other expense, net: | |||
Interest expense, net | (29,357) | (40,399) | |
Other expense, net | (228) | (144) | |
Total other expense, net | (29,585) | (40,543) | |
Income (loss) before income taxes | 10,447 | (19,932) | |
Income tax benefit (expense) | (3,066) | 18,582 | |
Net income (loss) | $ 7,381 | $ (1,350) | |
Operational EBITDA | $ 209,151 | $ 184,585 | |
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Summary Revenue and OEBITDA Highlights | |||||||||||
(In thousands) | |||||||||||
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | % Change | 2022 | 2021 | % Change | ||||||
Revenue | |||||||||||
Service revenue(1) | |||||||||||
Commercial service revenue | |||||||||||
Voice and data | $ 48,482 | $ 43,283 | 12 % | $ 93,365 | $ 84,707 | 10 % | |||||
IoT data(2) | 30,630 | 27,224 | 13 % | 59,071 | 51,978 | 14 % | |||||
Broadband(3) | 12,097 | 10,636 | 14 % | 23,611 | 20,070 | 18 % | |||||
Hosted payload and other data service(4) | 15,152 | 14,428 | 5 % | 29,923 | 29,218 | 2 % | |||||
Total commercial service revenue | 106,361 | 95,571 | 11 % | 205,970 | 185,973 | 11 % | |||||
Government service revenue(5) | 26,500 | 25,750 | 3 % | 53,000 | 51,500 | 3 % | |||||
Total service revenue | 132,861 | 121,321 | 10 % | 258,970 | 237,473 | 9 % | |||||
Subscriber equipment | 33,759 | 21,756 | 55 % | 67,503 | 45,709 | 48 % | |||||
Engineering and support(6) | |||||||||||
Commercial | 1,386 | 983 | 41 % | 2,497 | 1,729 | 44 % | |||||
Government | 6,913 | 5,859 | 18 % | 14,168 | 11,543 | 23 % | |||||
Total engineering and support | 8,299 | 6,842 | 21 % | 16,665 | 13,272 | 26 % | |||||
Total revenue | $ 174,919 | $ 149,919 | 17 % | $ 343,138 | $ 296,454 | 16 % | |||||
Operational EBITDA | |||||||||||
Operational EBITDA | $ 105,945 | $ 94,781 | 12 % | $ 209,151 | $ 184,585 | 13 % | |||||
Other | |||||||||||
Capital expenditures(7) | $ 17,450 | $ 9,812 | $ 31,018 | $ 19,229 | |||||||
Net debt(8) | $ 1,385,678 | $ 1,409,402 | |||||||||
Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities | $ 227,197 | $ 219,394 | |||||||||
Term Loan | $ 1,612,875 | $ 1,628,796 | |||||||||
Deferred financing costs | (20,866) | (22,120) | |||||||||
Term Loan, net | $ 1,592,009 | $ 1,606,676 | |||||||||
(1) Service revenue consists of primarily subscription-based services which often generate a long-term recurring revenue stream from subscribers. | |||||||||||
(2) IoT data service provides a two-way short burst data transmission between Iridium Communications Inc.'s network and a telemetry unit, which may be located, for example, on a container in transit or a buoy monitoring oceanographic conditions. | |||||||||||
(3) Broadband is comprised of Iridium OpenPort® and Iridium Certus. | |||||||||||
(4) Hosted payload and other services consist primarily of services that do not have traditional billable subscribers. Hosted payload services consist of hosting and data services to our payload customers, Aireon and Harris. Other services include primarily Iridium Communications Inc.'s one-way satellite timing, location, and authentication services (STL) which provides position, navigation and timing technology. | |||||||||||
(5) Government service revenue consists of voice and IoT data subscription-based services provided to agencies of the U.S. government through prime contracts. | |||||||||||
(6) Engineering and support includes maintenance services to the U.S. government's dedicated gateway and engineering services to assist customers in developing new technologies for use on Iridium Communications Inc.'s satellite system. | |||||||||||
(7) Capital expenditures based on cash spent in the respective period. | |||||||||||
(8) Net debt is calculated by taking the sum of the gross Term Loan B and gross drawn Revolving Facility, less cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. |
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Subscriber Highlights | |||||||||||
(In thousands, except ARPU) | |||||||||||
As of June 30, | |||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | % Change | |||||||||
Billable Subscribers (1) (2) | |||||||||||
Commercial | |||||||||||
Voice and data, IoT data and Broadband service | |||||||||||
Voice and data | 394 | 365 | 8 % | ||||||||
IoT data | 1,323 | 1,085 | 22 % | ||||||||
Broadband (4) | 14.1 | 12.6 | 12 % | ||||||||
Total commercial voice and data, IoT data and Broadband service | 1,731 | 1,463 | 18 % | ||||||||
Government | |||||||||||
Voice and data and IoT data service | |||||||||||
Voice and data | 62 | 64 | -3 % | ||||||||
IoT data | 82 | 89 | -8 % | ||||||||
Total government voice and data and IoT data service | 144 | 153 | -6 % | ||||||||
Total billable subscribers | 1,875 | 1,616 | 16 % | ||||||||
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | % Change | 2022 | 2021 | % Change | ||||||
Net Billable Subscriber Additions | |||||||||||
Commercial | |||||||||||
Voice and data. IoT data and Broadband service | |||||||||||
Voice and data | 16 | 15 | 7 % | 24 | 15 | 60 % | |||||
IoT data | 80 | 82 | -2 % | 130 | 123 | 6 % | |||||
Broadband | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0 % | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0 % | |||||
Total commercial voice and data, IoT data and Broadband service | 97 | 98 | -1 % | 155 | 139 | 11 % | |||||
Government | |||||||||||
Voice and data and IoT data service | |||||||||||
Voice and data | (3) | 1 | -400 % | (3) | 2 | -250 % | |||||
IoT data | 1 | (1) | 200 % | - | (1) | 100 % | |||||
Total government voice and data and IoT data service | (2) | - | NM | (3) | 1 | -400 % | |||||
Total net billable subscriber additions | 95 | 98 | -3 % | 152 | 140 | 9 % | |||||
Three Months Ended June 30, | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | % Change | 2022 | 2021 | % Change | ||||||
ARPU (2) (3) | |||||||||||
Commercial | |||||||||||
Voice and data | $ 42 | $ 40 | 5 % | $ 41 | $ 39 | 5 % | |||||
IoT data | $ 7.96 | $ 8.69 | -8 % | $ 7.83 | $ 8.46 | -7 % | |||||
Broadband | $ 292 | $ 289 | 1 % | $ 289 | $ 276 | 5 % | |||||
(1) Subscribers as of the end of the respective period. | |||||||||||
(2) Billable subscriber and ARPU data is not applicable for Hosted payload and other data service revenue items and is excluded from presentation above. | |||||||||||
(3) Average monthly revenue per unit, or ARPU, is calculated by dividing revenue in the respective period by the average of the number of billable subscribers at the beginning of the period and the number of billable subscribers at the end of the period and then dividing the result by the number of months in the period. | |||||||||||
(4) Broadband is comprised of Iridium OpenPort® and Iridium Certus. |
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