Silicom Reports Q2 2024 Results & Update of Strategic Plan

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Silicom (NASDAQ: SILC) reported Q2 2024 financial results and provided an update on its Strategic Plan. Key points:

• Q2 2024 revenues: $14.5 million (vs $38.1 million in Q2 2023)
• Q2 2024 GAAP net loss: $(1.5) million, or $(0.25) per share
• Q2 2024 non-GAAP net loss: $(0.9) million, or $(0.14) per share
• H1 2024 revenues: $28.9 million (vs $75.3 million in H1 2023)
• Generated $13 million cash in H1 2024, invested $6.6 million in share repurchases
• Q3 2024 revenue guidance: $14-15 million
• Extended Strategic Plan by one year, expecting 20-30% annual growth from 2026
• Targeting over $3 EPS on annual revenues of $150-160 million

Positive

• Generated $13 million in cash during H1 2024
• Repurchased 410,000 shares for $6.6 million in H1 2024
• Broad pipeline of high-potential sales opportunities
• Expecting 20-30% annual growth rates from 2026
• Targeting over $3 EPS on annual revenues of $150-160 million
• $78 million cash on hand

Negative

• Q2 2024 revenues decreased to $14.5 million from $38.1 million in Q2 2023
• Q2 2024 GAAP net loss of $(1.5) million compared to net income of $3.8 million in Q2 2023
• H1 2024 revenues decreased to $28.9 million from $75.3 million in H1 2023
• H1 2024 GAAP net loss of $(4.9) million compared to net income of $7.3 million in H1 2023
• Q3 2024 revenue guidance of $14-15 million indicates continued weakness
• Extended Strategic Plan by one year due to prolonged market challenges

Insights

Financial Analyst

Silicom's Q2 2024 results paint a challenging picture for the company. Revenues plummeted to $14.5 million, a 62% decrease from Q2 2023. This significant drop led to a net loss of $1.5 million on a GAAP basis, compared to a $3.8 million profit in the same quarter last year.

The company's performance for the first half of 2024 follows a similar trend, with revenues falling 61.6% to $28.9 million. This resulted in a net loss of $4.9 million, a stark contrast to the $7.3 million profit in H1 2023.

Despite these challenges, Silicom has maintained a strong cash position, generating over $13 million in the first half of 2024. The company has wisely invested about half of this ($6.6 million) in share repurchases, demonstrating confidence in its long-term prospects.

However, the guidance for Q3 2024 ($14-15 million in revenue) and the expectation that H2 2024 will mirror H1 suggest that the company's struggles are far from over. The extended sales cycles and inventory issues plaguing Silicom are likely to persist through 2024 and into 2025.

While the company's strategic plan aims for strong growth from 2026 onwards, investors should approach these projections with caution given the current market conditions and the company's recent performance.

Market Research Analyst

Silicom's current predicament reflects broader trends in the high-performance networking and data infrastructure solutions market. The company is grappling with three key challenges:

• Prolonged sales cycles: This suggests a more cautious approach from potential customers, possibly due to economic uncertainties or budget constraints.
• Excess inventory digestion: Large customers are taking longer to work through existing stock, indicating a slowdown in demand or overestimation of growth in previous periods.
• Global economic slowdown: This macroeconomic factor is likely contributing to the first two issues, as businesses become more conservative in their spending.

Despite these headwinds, Silicom's pipeline of opportunities remains robust. The company is targeting diverse sectors including energy, retail, restaurant chains and connected vehicle operators with its new line of ruggedized systems. Additionally, there's potential in the SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) market, where Silicom is positioning itself as a critical supplier.

The extension of Silicom's Strategic Plan by one year, with projected growth rates of 20-30% from 2026, suggests a realistic acknowledgment of current market conditions. However, achieving annual revenues of $150-160 million and EPS over $3 will require significant market recovery and successful execution of the company's strategy.

Investors should monitor the broader economic recovery, particularly in tech spending, as well as Silicom's ability to convert its pipeline into tangible revenues in the coming quarters.

KFAR SAVA, Israel, July 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicom Ltd. (NASDAQ: SILC), a leading provider of high-performance networking and data infrastructure solutions, today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2024, and provided an update regarding the Strategic Plan announced on February 1^st.  

Financial Results

Second quarter: Silicom's revenues for the second quarter of 2024 were $14.5 million compared with $38.1 million for the second quarter of 2023.

On a GAAP basis, the company's net loss for the quarter totalled $(1.5) million, or $(0.25) per ordinary share (basic and diluted), compared with net income of $3.8 million, or $0.56 per ordinary share (basic and diluted), for the second quarter of 2023.

On a non-GAAP basis (as described and reconciled below), net loss for the quarter totalled $(0.9) million, or $(0.14) per ordinary share (basic and diluted), compared with net income of $4.5 million, or $0.66 per ordinary share (basic and diluted), for the second quarter of 2023.

First Six Months: Silicom's revenues for the first half of 2024 were $28.9 million compared with $75.3 million for the first half of 2023.

On a GAAP basis, net loss for the period totalled $(4.9) million, or $(0.80) per ordinary share (basic and diluted), compared with net income of $7.3 million, or $1.07 per diluted share ($1.09 per basic share), for the first half of 2023.

On a non-GAAP basis (as described and reconciled below), net loss for the period totalled $(3.2) million, or $(0.52) per ordinary share (basic and diluted), compared with net income of $8.6 million, or $1.27 per diluted share ($1.28 per basic share), for the first half of 2023.

During the first half of 2024, the Company generated more than $13 million in cash, and invested approximately half of that, about $6.6 million, in repurchasing Silicom shares. 

Guidance

In light of longer-than-expected sales cycles, the prolonged excess inventory digestion periods of several large customers and the global economic slowdown, Management projects that revenues for the third quarter of 2024 will range from $14 million to $15 million, and expects that revenues for the second half of 2024 as a whole to be similar to those of the first half.

Share Repurchase Plan

During the first half of the year, the Company repurchased approximately 410,000 of its ordinary shares at an investment of approximately $6.6 million. This was in line with the Strategic Plan, which calls for the acquisition in total of 1.6 million shares. The timing and actual number of shares repurchased in the future will depend upon a variety of factors, including share market price and general business and market conditions.

Comments of Management  

Liron Eizenman, Silicom's President and CEO, commented, "The second quarter was another period of focused execution in line with our Strategic Plan, which has stabilized our expenses and brought a clear focus to our sales and R&D activities. As a result, we now have an exceptionally broad and deep pipeline of high-potential sales opportunities, making us even more optimistic about our long-term prospects. In parallel, however, we continue to be impacted by the market's slowed sales cycles, which have significantly lengthened the timeframes of our Design Win processes and sales ramp-ups. This is having a negative impact on our revenues that is likely to persist for several more quarters through 2024 and 2025. As such, we have now extended our Strategic Plan by one year, with strong annual growth rates of 20%-30% expected to materialize from 2026 and to lead to over $3 Earnings Per Share (EPS) on annual revenues of $150 - $160 million."

Mr. Eizenman continued, "While our guidance is conservative, we are excited by the upside potential of our pipeline, whose many opportunities could each generate annual revenues of $5 - $20 million. These range from low/mid-range networking solution customers evolving towards our higher-end offerings, to greenfield customers expressing interest in our latest FPGAs and Smart NICs, to existing Smart NIC customers migrating towards our full systems, and more. Promising talks are underway regarding large energy, retail, restaurant chains and connected vehicle operators evaluating our new line of ruggedized systems, and with SASE customers who already look to Silicom as a critical supplier."

Mr. Eizenman concluded, "As we pursue these opportunities, we continue with the strict discipline, focus and control that has enabled us to remain cash positive throughout this challenging period. We have 'right-sized' our workforce, continue to optimize our inventory, and currently hold $78 million in cash. These assets, coupled with our superb products, a bursting pipeline of opportunities and the industry's best minds, are the raw materials that we will utilize to rebuild Silicom and to achieve our full potential."

Conference Call Details

Silicom's Management will host an interactive conference today, July 29th, at 9am Eastern Time (6am Pacific Time, 4pm Israel Time) to review and discuss the results.

To participate, investors may either listen via a webcast link hosted on Silicom's website or via the dial-in. The link is under the investor relations' webcast section of Silicom's website at https://www.silicom-usa.com/webcasts/ 

For those that wish to dial in via telephone, one of the following teleconferencing numbers may be used:

US: 1 866 860 9642
ISRAEL: 03 918 0609
INTERNATIONAL:  +972 3 918 0609
At: 9:00am Eastern Time, 6:00am Pacific Time, 4:00pm Israel Time

It is advised to connect to the conference call a few minutes before the start.

For those unable to listen to the live call, a replay of the call will be available for three months from the day after the call under the above-mentioned webcast section of Silicom's website.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This release, including the financial tables below, presents other financial information that may be considered "non-GAAP financial measures" under Regulation G and related reporting requirements promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") as they apply to our company. These non-GAAP financial measures exclude compensation expenses in respect of options and RSUs granted to directors, officers and employees, impairment of goodwill, taxes on amortization and impairment of acquired intangible assets, impairment of intangible assets and related write-offs, as well as lease liabilities - financial expenses (income). Non-GAAP financial measures should be evaluated in conjunction with, and are not a substitute for, GAAP financial measures. The tables also present the GAAP financial measures, which are most comparable to the non-GAAP financial measures as well as reconciliation between the non-GAAP financial measures and the most comparable GAAP financial measures. The non-GAAP financial information presented herein should not be considered in isolation from or as a substitute for operating income (loss), net income (loss) or per share data prepared in accordance with GAAP.

About Silicom

Silicom Ltd. is an industry-leading provider of high-performance networking and data infrastructure solutions. Designed primarily to improve performance and efficiency in Cloud and Data Center environments, Silicom's solutions increase throughput, decrease latency and boost the performance of servers and networking appliances, the infrastructure backbone that enables advanced Cloud architectures and leading technologies like NFV, SD-WAN and Cyber Security. Our innovative solutions for high-density networking, high-speed fabric switching, offloading and acceleration, which utilize a range of cutting-edge silicon technologies as well as FPGA-based solutions, are ideal for scaling-up and scaling-out cloud infrastructures.

Silicom products are used by major Cloud players, service providers, telcos and OEMs as components of their infrastructure offerings, including both add-on adapters in the Data Center and stand-alone virtualized/universal CPE devices at the edge.

Silicom's long-term, trusted relationships with more than 200 customers throughout the world, its more than 400 active Design Wins and more than 300 product SKUs have made Silicom a "go-to" connectivity/performance partner of choice for technology leaders around the globe.

For more information, please visit: www.silicom.co.il

Statements in this press Statements in this press release which are not historical data are forward-looking statements which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, or other factors not under the company's control, which may cause actual results, performance, or achievements of the company to be materially different from the results, performance, or other expectations implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, Silicom's increasing dependence for substantial revenue growth on a limited number of customers, the speed and extent to which Silicom's solutions are adopted by the relevant markets, difficulty in commercializing and marketing of Silicom's products and services, maintaining and protecting brand recognition, protection of intellectual property, competition, disruptions to its manufacturing, sales & marketing, development and customer support activities, the impact of the wars in Gaza and in the Ukraine, attacks on shipping by Huthis in the Red Sea, rising inflation, rising interest rates and volatile exchange rates, as well as any continuing or new effects resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, and  the global economic uncertainty, which may impact customer demand by encouraging them to exercise greater caution and selectivity with their short-term IT investment plans. The factors noted above are not exhaustive.

Further information about the company's businesses, including information about factors that could materially affect Silicom's results of operations and financial condition, are discussed in our Annual Report on Form 20-F and other documents filed by the Company and that may be subsequently filed by the company from time to time with the SEC. These forward-looking statements can generally be identified as such because the context of the statement will include words such as "expect," "should," "believe," "anticipate" or words of similar import. Similarly, statements that describe future plans, objectives or goals are also forward-looking statements. In light of significant risks and uncertainties inherent in forward-looking statements, the inclusion of such statements should not be regarded as a representation by the company that it will achieve such forward-looking statements. The company disclaims any duty to update such statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Company Contact: Eran Gilad, CFO Silicom Ltd.         Tel: +972-9-764-4555       E-mail: erang@silicom.co.il

Investor Relations Contact: Ehud Helft EK Global Investor Relations Tel: +1 212 378 8040 E-mail: silicom@ekgir.com

-- FINANCIAL TABLES FOLLOW –

Silicom Ltd. Consolidated Balance Sheets
(US$ thousands)
	June 30,			December 31,
	2024			2023
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	60,680		$	46,972
Marketable securities		8,628			7,957
Accounts receivables: Trade, net		12,988			25,004
Accounts receivables: Other		6,795			3,688
Inventories		44,652			51,507
Total current assets		133,743			135,128
Marketable securities		8,989			16,619
Assets held for employees' severance benefits		1,257			1,357
Deferred tax assets		2,617			2,359
Property, plant and equipment, net		3,169			3,552
Intangible assets, net		2,285			2,253
Right of Use		5,847			6,466
Total assets	$	157,907		$	167,734
Liabilities and shareholders' equity
Current liabilities
Trade accounts payable	$	5,667		$	4,139
Other accounts payable and accrued expenses		6,353			6,668
Lease Liabilities		1,711			2,070
Total current liabilities		13,731			12,877
Lease Liabilities		3,397			3,877
Liability for employees' severance benefits		2,546			2,672
Deferred tax liabilities		81			46
Total liabilities		19,755			19,472
Shareholders' equity
Ordinary shares and additional paid-in capital		72,140			70,693
Treasury shares		(50,240)			(43,631)
Retained earnings		116,252			121,200
Total shareholders' equity		138,152			148,262
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$	157,907		$	167,734

 

 

Silicom Ltd. Consolidated Statements of Operations
(US$ thousands, except for share and per share data)
	Three-month period						Six-month period
	ended June 30,						ended June 30,
	2024			2023			2024			2023
Sales	$	14,502		$	38,130		$	28,867		$	75,311
Cost of sales		10,239			25,968			20,565			51,364
Gross profit		4,263			12,162			8,302			23,947
Research and development expenses		4,948			5,253			9,869			10,391
Selling and marketing expenses		1,474			1,894			2,994			3,397
General and administrative expenses		965			1,013			2,026			2,106
Total operating expenses		7,387			8,160			14,889			15,894
Operating income (loss)		(3,124)			4,002			(6,587)			8,053
Financial income (expenses), net		687			468			1,086			767
Income (loss) before income taxes		(2,437)			4,470			(5,501)			8,820
Income taxes		(921)			664			(553)			1,477
Net income (loss)	$	(1,516)		$	3,806		$	(4,948)		$	7,343
Basic income (loss) per ordinary share (US$)	$	(0.25)		$	0.56		$	(0.80)		$	1.09
Weighted average number of ordinary shares used to compute basic income (loss) per share (in thousands)		6,079			6,772			6,176			6,760
Diluted income (loss) per ordinary share (US$)	$	(0.25)		$	0.56		$	(0.80)		$	1.07
Weighted average number of ordinary shares used to compute diluted income (loss) per share (in thousands)		6,079			6,827			6,176			6,837

 

 

Silicom Ltd. Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Results
(US$ thousands, except for share and per share data)
	Three-month period						Six-month period
	ended June 30,						ended June 30,
	2024			2023			2024			2023
GAAP gross profit	$	4,263		$	12,162		$	8,302		$	23,947
(1) Share-based compensation (*)		50			104			111			218
Non-GAAP gross profit	$	4,313		$	12,266		$	8,413		$	24,165
GAAP operating income (loss)	$	(3,124)		$	4,002		$	(6,587)		$	8,053
Gross profit adjustments		50			104			111			218
(1) Share-based compensation (*)		647			647			1,336			1,257
Non-GAAP operating income (loss)	$	(2,427)		$	4,753		$	(5,140)		$	9,528
GAAP net income (loss)	$	(1,516)		$	3,806		$	(4,948)		$	7,343
Operating income (loss) adjustments		697			751			1,447			1,475
(2) Lease liabilities - Financial expenses (income)		(64)			(136)			(107)			(304)
(3) Taxes on amortization and impairment of acquired intangible assets		22			67			375			135
Non-GAAP net income (loss)	$	(861)		$	4,488		$	(3,233)		$	8,649
GAAP net income (loss)	$	(1,516)		$	3,806		$	(4,948)		$	7,343
Adjustments for Non-GAAP Cost of sales		50			104			111			218
Adjustments for Non-GAAP Research and development expenses		287			292			600			598
Adjustments for Non-GAAP Selling and marketing expenses		170			196			346			349
Adjustments for Non-GAAP General and administrative expenses		190			159			390			310
Adjustments for Non-GAAP Financial income (loss), net		(64)			(136)			(107)			(304)
Adjustments for Non-GAAP Income taxes		22			67			375			135
Non-GAAP net income (loss)	$	(861)		$	4,488		$	(3,233)		$	8,649
GAAP basic income (loss) per ordinary share (US$)	$	(0.25)		$	0.56		$	(0.80)		$	1.09
(1) Share-based compensation (*)		0.12			0.11			0.24			0.21
(2) Lease liabilities - Financial expenses (income)		(0.01)			(0.02)			(0.02)			(0.04)
(3) Taxes on amortization and impairment of acquired intangible assets		-			0.01			0.06			0.02
Non-GAAP basic income (loss) per ordinary share (US$)	$	(0.14)		$	0.66		$	(0.52)		$	1.28
GAAP diluted income (loss) per ordinary share (US$)	$	(0.25)		$	0.56		$	(0.80)		$	1.07
(1) Share-based compensation (*)		0.12			0.11			0.24			0.22
(2) Lease liabilities - Financial expenses (income)		(0.01)			(0.02)			(0.02)			(0.04)
(3) Taxes on amortization and impairment of acquired intangible assets		-			0.01			0.06			0.02
Non-GAAP diluted income (loss) per ordinary share (US$)	$	(0.14)		$	0.66		$	(0.52)		$	1.27
(*) Adjustments related to share-based compensation expenses according to ASC topic 718 (SFAS 123 (R))

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FAQ

What were Silicom's (SILC) Q2 2024 financial results?

Silicom reported Q2 2024 revenues of $14.5 million, with a GAAP net loss of $(1.5) million or $(0.25) per share, and a non-GAAP net loss of $(0.9) million or $(0.14) per share.

How much cash did Silicom (SILC) generate in H1 2024?

Silicom generated more than $13 million in cash during the first half of 2024.

What is Silicom's (SILC) revenue guidance for Q3 2024?

Silicom projects Q3 2024 revenues to range from $14 million to $15 million.

How many shares did Silicom (SILC) repurchase in H1 2024?

Silicom repurchased approximately 410,000 of its ordinary shares at an investment of about $6.6 million in H1 2024.

What are Silicom's (SILC) long-term growth expectations?

Silicom expects strong annual growth rates of 20%-30% to materialize from 2026, targeting over $3 EPS on annual revenues of $150-160 million.