NXP Semiconductors Reports Third Quarter 2020 Results

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NXP Semiconductors reported a strong performance in Q3 2020, with revenue of $2.27 billion, flat year-on-year but up 25% sequentially. CEO Kurt Sievers noted a robust demand rebound across key markets, particularly in Automotive and IoT sectors. Non-GAAP gross margin reached 50.1%, with an operating profit significantly exceeding guidance. NXP generated $527 million in cash flow and returned $117 million to shareholders through dividends. The company anticipates continued growth into Q4 2020, guided by improving market conditions and product ramps.

Positive

• Q3 revenue of $2.27 billion, up 25% sequentially and 13% above guidance.
• Non-GAAP gross margin at 50.1%, indicating strong profitability.
• Generated $527 million in cash flow from operations.
• Return of $117 million to shareholders through dividends.
• Confidence in continued growth driven by strong market demand.

Negative

• GAAP operating margin decreased to 1.4%, down from 10.3% YoY.
• GAAP gross profit declined 8% compared to Q3 2019.

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, Oct. 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today reported financial results for the third quarter 2020, ended September 27, 2020.

“Consistent with our pre-announcement on October 8, our third quarter results were significantly better than our original guidance, reflecting a strong rebound in demand across nearly all of our focus end markets. NXP delivered third quarter revenue of $2.27 billion, flat versus the year ago period, but up 25 percent on a sequential basis, and about 13 percent better than the mid-point of our guidance. Because of the higher revenue and good margin fall through, we delivered strong operating profit significantly above our guidance,” said Kurt Sievers, NXP President and Chief Executive Officer. “More importantly, the momentum which began during the third quarter is continuing into the fourth quarter of 2020. Within our strategic end markets of Automotive, Industrial & IoT and Mobile the improving trends are due to a combination of a rebound in our core business, as well as solid contribution from the ramp of new products. The recovering markets along with our strong product portfolio and customer engagements make us confident to continue to deliver robust growth in 2021.”  

Key Highlights

• Third-quarter revenue was $2.3 billion, up 0.1 percent year-on-year;
• Third-quarter GAAP gross margin was 48.1 percent, and GAAP operating margin was 1.4 percent;
• Third-quarter non-GAAP gross margin was 50.1 percent, and non-GAAP operating margin was 25.8 percent;
• Third-quarter cash flow from operations was $527 million, with net capex investments of $68 million, resulting in non-GAAP free cash flow of $459 million;
• On August 27, 2020, the NXP Board of Directors approved the payment of an interim dividend for the third quarter 2020 of $0.375 per ordinary share;
• In the third quarter of 2020 NXP returned $117 million to shareholders, primarily through previously announced dividend payments;
• On September 28, 2020, subsequent to the close of NXP's third quarter, the company fully redeemed the $400 million of outstanding principal of the 4.625% Senior Notes due 2022 and the $1.35 billion of outstanding principal of the 4.125% Senior Notes due 2021. The total amount of these redemptions, $1.83 billion, were paid from available cash on balance sheet.

Summary of Reported Third Quarter 2020 ($ millions, unaudited) ⁽¹⁾

	Q3 2020				Q2 2020				Q3 2019				Q - Q		Y - Y
Total Revenue	$	2,267			$	1,817			$	2,265			25	%	—	%
GAAP Gross Profit	$	1,090			$	860			$	1,186			27	%	-8	%
Gross Profit Adjustments (i)	$	(45	)		$	(32	)		$	(30	)
Non-GAAP Gross Profit	$	1,135			$	892			$	1,216			27	%	-7	%
GAAP Gross Margin	48.1		%		47.3		%		52.4		%
Non-GAAP Gross Margin	50.1		%		49.1		%		53.7		%
GAAP Operating Income / (Loss)	$	32			$	(145	)		$	233			122	%	-86	%
Operating Income Adjustments (i)	$	(554	)		$	(521	)		$	(454	)
Non-GAAP Operating Income	$	586			$	376			$	687			56	%	-15	%
GAAP Operating Margin	1.4		%		(8.0		)%		10.3		%
Non-GAAP Operating Margin	25.8		%		20.7		%		30.3		%

Additional information
Automotive	$	964		$	674		$	1,048		43	%	-8	%
Industrial & IoT	$	514		$	435		$	426		18	%	21	%
Mobile	$	337		$	255		$	321		32	%	5	%
Comm. Infra. & Other	$	452		$	453		$	470		—	%	-4	%
DIO		84			120			98
DPO		55			71			74
DSO		30			24			32
Cash Conversion Cycle		59			73			56
Channel Inventory (months)		2.4			2.4			2.3
Financial Leverage (ii)		2.1x			2.2x			1.6x

1.	Additional Information for the Third Quarter 2020:
	i.   For an explanation of GAAP to non-GAAP adjustments, please see “Non-GAAP Financial Measures”.
	ii.  Financial leverage is defined as net debt divided by trailing twelve months adjusted EBITDA.
•	During the third quarter of 2020, NXP repurchased 0.1 million shares for a total cost of $12 million and paid cash dividends of $105 million.
•	Weighted average number of diluted shares for the three-month period ended September 27, 2020 was 279.5 million and as the company reported a net loss, it excludes the incremental impact of dilutive potential common shares of 4.9 million shares.
•	Net cash paid for income taxes related to on-going operations was $(29) million. Net cash paid for income taxes not related to on-going operations resulted in additional cash payments of $(10) million.

Guidance for the Fourth Quarter 2020: ($ millions) ⁽¹⁾

															Guidance Range
	GAAP															Reconciliation				non-GAAP
	Low					Mid					High									Low					Mid					High
Total Revenue	$	2,375				$	2,450				$	2,525								$	2,375				$	2,450				$	2,525
Q-Q	5			%		8			%		11			%						5			%		8			%		11			%
Y-Y	3			%		6			%		10			%						3			%		6			%		10			%
Gross Profit	$	1,209				$	1,255				$	1,303				$	(36	)		$	1,245				$	1,291				$	1,339
Gross Margin	50.9			%		51.2			%		51.6			%						52.4			%		52.7			%		53.0			%
Operating Income (loss)	$	425				$	461				$	499				$	(267	)		$	692				$	728				$	766
Operating Margin	17.9			%		18.8			%		19.8			%						29.1			%		29.7			%		30.3			%
Financial Income (expense)	$	(146	)			$	(146	)			$	(146	)			$	(62	)		$	(84	)			$	(84	)			$	(84	)

Note (1) Additional Information:

1. GAAP Gross Profit is expected to include Purchase Price Accounting (“PPA”) effects, $(20) million; Stock Based Compensation, $(12) million; Other Incidentals, $(4) million;
2. GAAP Operating Income (loss) is expected to include PPA effects, $(170) million; Stock Based Compensation, $(87) million; Restructuring and Other Incidentals, $(10) million;
3. GAAP Financial Income (expense) is expected to include Other financial expense $(62) million;
4. Net cash paid for income taxes related to on-going operations is expected to be approximately $(36) million;
5. Non-controlling interest is expected to be approximately $(9) million;
6. Weighted average diluted share count is expected to be approximately 286 million.

NXP has based the guidance included in this release on judgments and estimates that management believes are reasonable given its assessment of historical trends and other information reasonably available as of the date of this release. Please note, the guidance included in this release consists of predictions only, and is subject to a wide range of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond NXP's control. The guidance included in this release should not be regarded as representations by NXP that the estimated results will be achieved. Actual results may vary materially from the guidance we provide today. In relation to the use of non-GAAP financial information see the note regarding "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below. For the factors, risks, and uncertainties to which judgments, estimates and forward-looking statements generally are subject see the note regarding "Forward-looking Statements." We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, including the guidance set forth herein, to reflect future events or circumstances. 

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In managing NXP's business on a consolidated basis, management develops an annual operating plan, which is approved by our Board of Directors, using non-GAAP financial measures. In measuring performance against this plan, management considers the actual or potential impacts on these non-GAAP financial measures from actions taken to reduce costs with the goal of increasing our gross margin and operating margin and when assessing appropriate levels of research and development efforts. In addition, management relies upon these non-GAAP financial measures when making decisions about product spending, administrative budgets, and other operating expenses. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures, when coupled with the GAAP results and the reconciliations to corresponding GAAP financial measures, provide a more complete understanding of the Company’s results of operations and the factors and trends affecting NXP’s business. We believe that they enable investors to perform additional comparisons of our operating results, to assess our liquidity and capital position and to analyze financial performance excluding the effect of expenses unrelated to operations, certain non-cash expenses and share-based compensation expense, which may obscure trends in NXP's underlying performance.  This information also enables investors to compare financial results between periods where certain items may vary independent of business performance, and allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management. 

These non-GAAP financial measures are provided in addition to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. The presentation of these and other similar items in NXP’s non-GAAP financial results should not be interpreted as implying that these items are non-recurring, infrequent, or unusual. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to the most comparable measures calculated in accordance with GAAP are provided in the financial statements portion of this release in a schedule entitled “Financial Reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP Results (unaudited).” Please refer to the NXP Historic Financial Model file found on the Financial Information page of the Investor Relations section of our website at https://investors.nxp.com for additional information related to our rationale for using these non-GAAP financial measures, as well as the impact of these measures on the presentation of NXP's operations.

In addition to providing financial information on a basis consistent with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), NXP also provides the following selected financial measures on a non-GAAP basis: (i) Gross profit, (ii) Gross margin, (iii) Research and development, (iv) Selling, general and administrative, (v) Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, (vi) Other income, (vii) Operating income (loss), (viii) Operating margin, (ix) Financial Income (expense), (x) adjusted net income, adjusted EBITDA and trailing 12 month adjusted EBITDA, and (xi) free cash flow and free cash flow as a percent of Revenue. The non-GAAP information excludes the amortization of acquisition related intangible assets, the purchase accounting effect on inventory and property, plant and equipment, merger related costs (including integration costs), certain items related to divestitures, share-based compensation expense, restructuring and asset impairment charges, non-cash interest expense on convertible notes, extinguishment of debt, and foreign exchange gains and losses.

Conference Call and Webcast Information
The company will host a conference call with the financial community on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) to review the third quarter 2020 results in detail. Interested parties may join the scheduled conference call by dialing the following numbers:

Within the U.S.:	1 - 888 - 603 - 7644
Outside the U.S.:	1 - 484 - 747 - 6631
Passcode:	6084337

The call will be webcast and can be accessed from the NXP Investor Relations website https://investors.nxp.com. A replay of the call will be available on the NXP Investor Relations website within 24 hours of the actual call.

About NXP Semiconductors

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) enables secure connections for a smarter world, advancing solutions that make lives easier, better, and safer. As the world leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications, NXP is driving innovation in the automotive, industrial & IoT, mobile, and communication infrastructure markets. Built on more than 60 years of combined experience and expertise, the company has approximately 29,000 employees in more than 30 countries and posted revenue of $8.88 billion in 2019. Find out more at www.nxp.com.

Forward-looking Statements

This document includes forward-looking statements which include statements regarding NXP’s business strategy, financial condition, results of operations, and market data, as well as any other statements which are not historical facts. By their nature, forward-looking statements are subject to numerous factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to be materially different from those projected. These factors, risks and uncertainties include the following: the duration and spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, its severity, the actions to contain the virus or treat its impact, and how quickly and to what extent normal economic and operating conditions can resume; market demand and semiconductor industry conditions; the ability to successfully introduce new technologies and products; the demand for the goods into which NXP’s products are incorporated; trade disputes between the U.S. and China, potential increase of barriers to international trade and resulting disruptions to NXP's established supply chains; the ability to generate sufficient cash, raise sufficient capital or refinance corporate debt at or before maturity to meet both NXP's debt service and research and development and capital investment requirements; the ability to accurately estimate demand and match manufacturing production capacity accordingly or obtain supplies from third-party producers; the potential impact of the outbreak of COVID-19 on NXP's business, operations, results of operations, financial condition, workforce or the operations or decisions of customers, suppliers or business customers; the access to production capacity from third-party outsourcing partners and any events that might affect their business or NXP’s relationship with them including the outbreak of COVID-19 or the requirements to suspend activities with customers or suppliers because of changing import and export regulations; the ability to secure adequate and timely supply of equipment and materials from suppliers; the ability to avoid operational problems and product defects and, if such issues were to arise, to correct them quickly; the ability to form strategic partnerships and joint ventures and to successfully cooperate with alliance partners; the ability to win competitive bid selection processes; the ability to develop products for use in customers’ equipment and products; the ability to successfully hire and retain key management and senior product engineers; and, the ability to maintain good relationships with NXP's suppliers. In addition, this document contains information concerning the semiconductor industry and NXP’s market and business segments generally, which is forward-looking in nature and is based on a variety of assumptions regarding the ways in which the semiconductor industry and NXP's market and business segments may develop. NXP has based these assumptions on information currently available, if any one or more of these assumptions turn out to be incorrect, actual results may differ from those predicted. While NXP does not know what impact any such differences may have on its business, if there are such differences, its future results of operations and its financial condition could be materially adversely affected. There can be no assurances that a pandemic, epidemic or outbreak of a contagious diseases, such as COVID-19, will not have a material and adverse impact on our business, operating results and financial condition in the future. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak to results only as of the date the statements were made. Except for any ongoing obligation to disclose material information as required by the United States federal securities laws, NXP does not have any intention or obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements after we distribute this document, whether to reflect any future events or circumstances or otherwise. For a discussion of potential risks and uncertainties, please refer to the risk factors listed in our SEC filings. Copies of our SEC filings are available on our Investor Relations website, www.nxp.com/investor or from the SEC website, www.sec.gov. 

For further information, please contact:
Investors:  Jeff Palmer jeff.palmer@nxp.com +1 408 518 5411	Media: Jacey Zuniga  jacey.zuniga@nxp.com +1 512 895 7398

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NXP Semiconductors Table 1: Condensed consolidated statement of operations (unaudited)
($ in millions except share data)	Three months ended
	September 27, 2020				June 28, 2020				September 29, 2019
Revenue	$	2,267			$	1,817			$	2,265
Cost of revenue	(1,177		)		(957		)		(1,079		)
Gross profit	1,090				860				1,186
Research and development	(438		)		(402		)		(396		)
Selling, general and administrative	(203		)		(222		)		(221		)
Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets	(418		)		(380		)		(358		)
Total operating expenses	(1,059		)		(1,004		)		(975		)
Other income (expense)	1				(1		)		22
Operating income (loss)	32				(145		)		233
Financial income (expense):
Extinguishment of debt	—				—				(1		)
Other financial income (expense)	(106		)		(96		)		(84		)
Income (loss) before income taxes	(74		)		(241		)		148
Benefit (provision) for income taxes	57				33				(28		)
Results relating to equity-accounted investees	(1		)		(1		)		(1		)
Net income (loss)	(18		)		(209		)		119
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests	4				5				10
Net income (loss) attributable to stockholders	(22		)		(214		)		109
Earnings per share data:
Net income (loss) per common share attributable to stockholders in $
Basic	$	(0.08	)		$	(0.77	)		$	0.39
Diluted	$	(0.08	)		$	(0.77	)		$	0.38
Weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period (in thousands):
Basic	279,467				279,142				279,074
Diluted	279,467				279,142				283,518

NXP Semiconductors Table 2: Condensed consolidated balance sheet (unaudited)
	($ in millions)	As of
		September 27, 2020				June 28, 2020				September 29, 2019
ASSETS
Current assets:
	Cash and cash equivalents	$	3,566			$	3,266			3,537
	Accounts receivable, net	755				481				786
	Assets held for sale	—				—				61
	Inventories, net	1,064				1,228				1,134
	Other current assets	219				240				426
Total current assets		5,604				5,215				5,944
Non-current assets:
	Other non-current assets	924				760				712
	Property, plant and equipment, net	2,255				2,312				2,401
	Identified intangible assets, net	2,380				2,824				3,406
	Goodwill	9,959				9,946				8,791
Total non-current assets		15,518				15,842				15,310
Total assets		21,122				21,057				21,254
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities:
	Accounts payable	697				729				862
	Restructuring liabilities-current	25				25				41
	Other current liabilities	940				889				1,081
	Short-term debt	1,749				1,349				1,142
Total current liabilities		3,411				2,992				3,126
Non-current liabilities:
	Long-term debt	7,607				8,004				7,363
	Restructuring liabilities	15				—				—
	Deferred tax liabilities	136				136				285
	Other non-current liabilities	880				870				885
Total non-current liabilities		8,638				9,010				8,533
	Non-controlling interests	197				193				205
	Stockholders’ equity	8,876				8,862				9,390
Total equity		9,073				9,055				9,595
Total liabilities and equity		21,122				21,057				21,254

NXP Semiconductors Table 3: Condensed consolidated statement of cash flows (unaudited)
($ in millions)	Three months ended
	September 27, 2020				June 28, 2020				September 29, 2019
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	$	(18	)		$	(209	)		$	119
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used for) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	589				543				517
Stock-based compensation	83				105				84
Amortization of discount (premium) on debt, net	—				(1		)		12
Amortization of debt issuance costs	3				3				2
Net (gain) loss on sale of assets	(1		)		—				(21		)
(Gain) loss on extinguishment of debt	—				—				1
Results relating to equity-accounted investees	1				1				1
Deferred tax expense (benefit)	(118		)		(81		)		(33		)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
(Increase) decrease in receivables and other current assets	(252		)		224				(17		)
(Increase) decrease in inventories	164				—				13
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and other liabilities	82				(160		)		43
(Increase) decrease in other non-current assets	(9		)		(11		)		30
Exchange differences	5				5				(1		)
Other items	(2		)		(5		)		(4		)
Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities	527				414				746
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of identified intangible assets	(22		)		(28		)		(21		)
Capital expenditures on property, plant and equipment	(70		)		(75		)		(138		)
Proceeds from the disposals of property, plant and equipment	2				1				23
Purchase of interests in businesses, net of cash acquired	—				(11		)		—
Purchase of investments	(15		)		—				(2		)
Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities	(105		)		(113		)		(138		)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payment of bond hedge derivatives - convertible option	—				—				(1		)
Repurchase of long-term debt	—				—				(47		)
Proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt	—				2,000				—
Cash paid for debt issuance costs	—				(15		)		(1		)
Dividends paid to non-controlling interests	(34		)		—				—
Dividends paid to common stockholders	(105		)		(105		)		(70		)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock through stock plans	27				8				33
Purchase of treasury shares and restricted stock unit withholdings	(12		)		(3		)		(9		)
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities	(124		)		1,885				(95		)
Effect of changes in exchange rates on cash positions	2				1				(6		)
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	300				2,187				507
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	3,266				1,079				3,030
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	3,566				3,266				3,537
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