RF Industries Reports Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2024 Financial Results
RF Industries (NASDAQ: RFIL) reported its financial results for Q2 FY 2024, ending April 30, 2024. Net sales were $16.1M, up 19.2% from Q1 FY 2024 but down from $22.3M in the prior-year quarter. The backlog reached $18M, with bookings of $17.9M, and stands at $20M today. Gross profit margin improved to 29.9%, from 24.5% in Q1 FY 2024 and 27.4% year-over-year. Operating loss was $415K, better than the $2.1M loss in Q1 FY 2024 but down from $489K income year-over-year. Due to a non-cash tax valuation allowance, net loss was $4.3M, up from $1.4M loss in Q1 FY 2024 and down from $581K income year-over-year. Excluding this adjustment, non-GAAP net income was $132K. Adjusted EBITDA was $572K, up from a $1.1M loss in Q1 FY 2024 but down from $1.4M year-over-year. CEO Robert Dawson noted significant recovery and improvements despite the tax adjustment.
- Net sales increased 19.2% from Q1 FY 2024 to $16.1M.
- Gross profit margin improved to 29.9%, up from 24.5% in Q1 FY 2024 and 27.4% year-over-year.
- Operating loss reduced to $415K from $2.1M in Q1 FY 2024.
- Non-GAAP net income was $132K, a positive turnaround from a $1.4M loss in Q1 FY 2024.
- Adjusted EBITDA turned positive at $572K, up from a $1.1M loss in Q1 FY 2024.
- Net sales decreased from $22.3M in the prior-year quarter to $16.1M.
- Operating loss of $415K compared to income of $489K year-over-year.
- Consolidated net loss increased to $4.3M, compared to a $1.4M loss in Q1 FY 2024 and income of $581K year-over-year.
Insights
RF Industries showed notable improvement in certain areas in Q2 FY 2024. Net sales of
However, the operating loss of
Excluding this adjustment, non-GAAP net income was
The increased backlog to
The telecom sector dynamics are important when evaluating RF Industries' Q2 FY 2024 performance. The reported sequential improvement in net sales and gross margins highlights the company's resilience amidst fluctuating telecom capital expenditures. The emphasis on higher-value products, like Direct-Air Cooling and small cell solutions, aligns with industry trends towards advanced, integrated solutions driven by 5G and other technology rollouts.
The CEO's commentary on recovering telecom capex spending is a positive indicator. If this trend continues, RF Industries may benefit from increased industry investments, potentially driving future growth. However, the decline in net sales and EBITDA year-over-year signals that while short-term recovery is evident, sustained performance improvement is essential for long-term confidence.
Investors should monitor industry capex trends and order backlogs closely. The noted improvements in operational efficiencies and cost management are promising, but ongoing execution will be key to capturing market opportunities.
RF Industries' operational improvements are significant. The margin increase to
The backlog growth to
Overall, the improvements in cost structure and gross margins are positive, but the sustained execution will be vital for long-term operational success.
SAN DIEGO, CA / ACCESSWIRE /June 13, 2024 / RF Industries, Ltd, (NASDAQ:RFIL), a national manufacturer and marketer of interconnect products and systems, today announced second quarter fiscal year 2024 financial results for the quarter ended April 30, 2024.
Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2024 Highlights and Operating Results:
- Net sales were
$16.1 million ; up19.2% from$13.5 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2024 and down from$22.3 million in the prior-year second quarter. - Backlog of
$18.0 million at the end of the second quarter on bookings of$17.9 million . As of today, the backlog stands at$20.0 million . - Gross profit margin was
29.9% , an improvement from24.5% in the first quarter of fiscal 2024, and up from27.4% year-over-year. - Operating loss was
$415,000 , an improvement from a loss of$2.1 million in the first quarter of 2024 and down from income of$489,000 year-over-year. - Due to the recording of a non-cash valuation allowance on our deferred tax balance during the current fiscal quarter, consolidated net loss was
$4.3 million or$0.41 per diluted share, a sequential decline from a loss of$1.4 million or$0.13 per diluted share in the first quarter of fiscal 2024 and down from income of$581,000 or$0.06 per diluted share year-over-year. - Excluding the non-cash income tax provision adjustment, non-GAAP net income was
$132,000 or$0.01 per diluted share, an improvement from a non-GAAP net loss of$1.4 million or$0.14 per diluted share in the first quarter of fiscal 2024 and down from non-GAAP net income of$1.2 million or$0.11 per share year-over-year. - Adjusted EBITDA was
$572,000 , up from an Adjusted EBITDA loss of$1.1 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2024 and down from Adjusted EBITDA of$1.4 million year-over-year.
See "Note Regarding Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures," "Unaudited Reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP Net Loss" and "Unaudited Reconciliation of Net Loss to Adjusted EBITDA" below for additional information.
Management Commentary
"In the second quarter, we saw sequential improvement across the board in our business. Net sales were up
"Furthermore, we have expanded our product offering both organically and through acquisitions and are now in a better position to benefit from heightened activity in the telecom industry. We are seeing increased demand for our higher-value products like our Direct-Air Cooling solutions and integrated small cell solutions. In May, we received several large orders totaling approximately
"Looking ahead, we are optimistic these demand trends will continue. With what we know today, we expect another incremental increase in sales in our fiscal third quarter. I remain confident that we have the right business model, the right products, and the right team to capitalize on improving momentum and to deliver increased shareholder value," concluded Dawson.
Conference Call and Webcast
RF Industries will host a conference call and live webcast today, June 13, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (1:30 p.m. Pacific Time) to discuss its fiscal 2024 second quarter results. To access the live call, dial 888-506-0062 (US and Canada) or 973-528-0011 (International) and give the participant access code 804483.
A live and archived webcast of the conference call will be accessible on the investor relations section of the Company's website at www.rfindustries.com.
About RF Industries
RF Industries designs and manufactures a broad range of interconnect products across diversified, growing markets, including wireless/wireline telecom, data communications and industrial. The Company's products include high-performance components used in commercial applications such as RF connectors and adapters, RF passives including dividers, directional couplers and filters, coaxial cables, data cables, wire harnesses, fiber optic cables, custom cabling, energy-efficient cooling systems and integrated small cell enclosures. The Company is headquartered in San Diego, California with additional operations in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Jersey. Please visit the RF Industries website at www.rfindustries.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to future events. Forward looking statements include, among others, statements concerning our expectations about profitability, revenues, industry trends, markets, increasing shareholder value, current and future purchase orders, and the expected benefits and desirability of our products, in each case which are subject to a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: the Company's cash and liquidity needs, ability to continue as a going concern, non-compliance with terms and covenants in our credit facility, changes in the telecommunications industry and materialization and timing of expected network buildouts; timing and breadth of new products; our ability to realize increased sales; successfully integrating new products and teams; our ability to execute on its go-to-market strategies and channel models; our reliance on certain distributors and customers for a significant portion of anticipated revenues; the impact of existing and additional future tariffs imposed by U.S. and foreign nations; our ability to expand our OEM relationships; our ability to continue to deliver newly designed and custom fiber optic and cabling products to principal customers; our ability to maintain strong margins and diversify our customer base; our ability to initiate operating efficiencies, cost savings and expense reductions; our ability to address the changing needs of the market and capitalize on new market opportunities; our ability to add value to our customer's needs; the success of any product launches; and our ability to increase revenue, gross margins or obtain profitability in a timely manner. Further discussion of these and other potential risks and uncertainties may be found in the Company's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov) including our Annual Report on Form 10-K and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. All forward-looking statements are based upon information available to the Company on the date they are published, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or new information after the date of this release.
Note Regarding Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement our unaudited 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, non-GAAP net loss and non-GAAP earnings per share, basic and diluted (non-GAAP EPS).
We believe these financial measures provide useful information to investors with which to analyze our operating trends and performance by excluding certain non-cash and other one-time expenses that we believe are not indicative of our operating results.
In computing Adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP net loss and non-GAAP EPS, we exclude stock-based compensation expense, which represents non-cash charges for the fair value of stock options and other non-cash awards granted to employees, non-cash and other lease charges, and severance. For Adjusted EBITDA, we also exclude depreciation, amortization, interest expense 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 and non-recurring costs and expenses 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.
Our Adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP net 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, non-GAAP net 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. Non-GAAP financial measures are subject to limitations and should be read only in conjunction with the Company's consolidated financial statements pre-pared in accordance with GAAP. We believe that these non-GAAP measures have limitations in that they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with our GAAP results of operations. We compensate for the limitations of non-GAAP financial measures by relying upon GAAP results to gain a complete picture of our performance. A reconciliation of specific adjustments to GAAP results is provided in the last two tables at the end of this press release.
RF Industries Contact:
Peter Yin
SVP and CFO
(858) 549-6340
rfi@rfindustries.com
IR Contact:
Margaret Boyce
Financial Profiles, Inc.
(310) 622-8247
RFIL@finprofiles.com
RF INDUSTRIES, LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
| Apr. 30, | Oct. 31, | |||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
ASSETS | (unaudited) | (audited) | ||||||
CURRENT ASSETS | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 1,400 | $ | 4,897 | ||||
Trade accounts receivable, net | 10,552 | 10,277 | ||||||
Inventories | 16,379 | 18,730 | ||||||
Other current assets | 1,894 | 2,136 | ||||||
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS | 30,225 | 36,040 | ||||||
Property and equipment, net | 4,814 | 4,924 | ||||||
Operating right of use asset, net | 14,999 | 15,689 | ||||||
Goodwill | 8,085 | 8,085 | ||||||
Amortizable intangible assets, net | 12,751 | 13,595 | ||||||
Non-amortizable intangible assets | 1,174 | 1,174 | ||||||
Deferred tax assets | - | 2,494 | ||||||
Other assets | 775 | 277 | ||||||
TOTAL ASSETS | $ | 72,823 | $ | 82,278 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||||
CURRENT LIABILITIES | ||||||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 7,373 | $ | 7,773 | ||||
Line of Credit | 10,460 | 1,000 | ||||||
Current portion of Term Loan | - | 2,424 | ||||||
Current portion of operating lease liabilities | 1,424 | 1,314 | ||||||
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES | 19,257 | 12,511 | ||||||
Operating lease liabilities | 18,775 | 19,284 | ||||||
Deferred tax liabilities | 182 | - | ||||||
Term Loan, net of debt issuance cost | - | 10,721 | ||||||
TOTAL LIABILITIES | 38,214 | 42,516 | ||||||
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | ||||||||
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||||
Common stock, authorized 20,000,000 shares of | ||||||||
10,495,548 and 10,343,223 shares issued and outstanding at | ||||||||
April 30, 2024 and October 31, 2023, respectively | 105 | 104 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 26,589 | 26,087 | ||||||
Retained earnings | 7,915 | 13,571 | ||||||
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | 34,609 | 39,762 | ||||||
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | $ | 72,823 | $ | 82,278 | ||||
RF INDUSTRIES, LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)
| Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
| April 30, | April 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||||
| (unaudited) | (unaudited) | (unaudited) | (unaudited) | |||||||||||||
Net sales | $ | 16,110 | $ | 22,298 | $ | 29,568 | $ | 40,642 | ||||||||
Cost of sales | 11,286 | 16,178 | 21,441 | 29,435 | ||||||||||||
Gross profit | 4,824 | 6,120 | 8,127 | 11,207 | ||||||||||||
Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
Engineering | 637 | 882 | 1,405 | 1,845 | ||||||||||||
Selling and general | 4,602 | 4,749 | 9,221 | 10,042 | ||||||||||||
Total operating expenses | 5,239 | 5,631 | 10,626 | 11,887 | ||||||||||||
Operating (loss) income | (415 | ) | 489 | (2,499 | ) | (680 | ) | |||||||||
Other expense | (230 | ) | (72 | ) | (339 | ) | (225 | ) | ||||||||
(Loss) income before benefit for income taxes | (645 | ) | 417 | (2,838 | ) | (905 | ) | |||||||||
Provision (benefit) from income taxes | 3,649 | (164 | ) | 2,818 | (324 | ) | ||||||||||
Consolidated net (loss) income | $ | (4,294 | ) | $ | 581 | $ | (5,656 | ) | $ | (581 | ) | |||||
(Loss) earnings per share - Basic | $ | (0.41 | ) | $ | 0.06 | $ | (0.54 | ) | $ | (0.06 | ) | |||||
(Loss) earnings per share - Diluted | $ | (0.41 | ) | $ | 0.06 | $ | (0.54 | ) | $ | (0.06 | ) | |||||
Weighted average shares outstanding: | ||||||||||||||||
Basic | 10,495,548 | 10,290,911 | 10,452,597 | 10,256,158 | ||||||||||||
Diluted | 10,495,548 | 10,327,271 | 10,452,597 | 10,256,158 | ||||||||||||
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