Silicon Motion Announces Results for the Period Ended June 30, 2020

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Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (SIMO) reported Q2 2020 net sales of $136.8 million, reflecting a 3% increase QoQ and a 38% increase YoY. GAAP net income rose to $28.2 million ($0.80 per diluted ADS), up from $25.9 million in Q1. Non-GAAP net income was $28.6 million ($0.81 per diluted ADS). However, SSD controller sales saw a 5% decline QoQ while eMMC+UFS controller sales surged by 30% QoQ. Looking ahead, Q3 sales are expected to face challenges due to inventory adjustments, with projected revenues between $114 million and $120 million.

Positive

• Net sales increased 3% QoQ and 38% YoY to $136.8 million.
• GAAP net income rose to $28.2 million ($0.80 per diluted ADS), an increase from Q1.

Negative

• SSD controller sales declined 5% QoQ, indicating potential market weakness.
• Q3 revenue projected to decline by 12% to 17% QoQ due to inventory adjustments.

Financial Highlights

	2Q 2020 GAAP			2Q 2020 Non-GAAP
• Net sales	$136.8 million (+3% Q/Q, +38% Y/Y)			$136.8 million (+3% Q/Q, +45% Y/Y)
• Gross margin	50.0%			50.0%
• Operating margin	22.0%			22.2%
• Earnings per diluted ADS	$0.80			$0.81

Business Highlights

• SSD controller sales declined about 5% Q/Q and increased about 15% Y/Y
• eMMC+UFS controller sales increased 30% Q/Q and increased about 140% Y/Y
• SSD solutions sales declined about 10% Q/Q and increased about 145% Y/Y
• PCIe Gen4 SSD controller design-wins at five NAND flash makers
• UFS 3.1 controller design-win at second NAND flash maker

TAIPEI, Taiwan and MILPITAS, Calif., July 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NasdaqGS: SIMO) (“Silicon Motion” or the “Company”) today announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2020.  For the second quarter, net sales (GAAP) increased sequentially to $136.8 million from $132.8 million in first quarter 2020. Net income (GAAP) increased to $28.2 million or $0.80 per diluted ADS (GAAP) from net income (GAAP) of $25.9 million or $0.74 per diluted ADS (GAAP) in first quarter 2020.

For the second quarter, net income (non-GAAP) increased to $28.6 million or $0.81 per diluted ADS (non-GAAP) from a net income (non-GAAP) of $28.4 million or $0.80 per diluted ADS (non-GAAP) in first quarter 2020.

Second Quarter 2020 Review
“We are excited that this quarter five NAND flash makers awarded us PCIe Gen4 SSD controller design-wins, and additionally, we secured a second NAND flash maker as a UFS controller customer,” said Wallace Kou, President and CEO of Silicon Motion.  “These design-wins are testaments of our technological leadership and important for our continued growth.  Growth this quarter was driven by very strong sales of UFS controllers.  Sales of our SSD controllers were affected by temporary re-allocation of NAND flash by our customers to hyperscale data centers and Shannon SSDs were softer than expected.”

Key Financial Results

(in millions, except percentages and per ADS amounts)	GAAP									Non-GAAP
	2Q 2020			1Q 2020			2Q 2019			2Q 2020			1Q 2020			2Q 2019
Revenue	$	136.8		$	132.8		$	98.8		$	136.8		$	132.8		$	94.3
Gross profit Percent of revenue		$68.4 50.0	%		$63.9 48.1	%		$46.1 46.7	%		$68.4 50.0	%		$63.9 48.2	%		$48.5 51.5	%
Operating expenses	$	38.3		$	39.8		$	33.9		$	38.0		$	37.4		$	31.2
Operating income Percent of revenue		$30.1 22.0	%		$24.1 18.1	%		$12.3 12.4	%		$30.4 22.2	%		$26.6 20.0	%		$17.3 18.4	%
Earnings per diluted ADS	$	0.80		$	0.74		$	0.75		$	0.81		$	0.80		$	0.52

Other Financial Information

(in millions)	2Q 2020		1Q 2020		2Q 2019
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investments—end of period	$	379.7	$	371.7	$	370.4
Routine capital expenditures	$	4.1	$	6.4	$	2.9
Dividend payments	$	12.3	$	12.3	$	10.9

During the second quarter, we had $4.1 million of capital expenditures for the routine purchase of software, design tools and other items.  

Returning Value to Shareholders
On October 25, 2019, our Board of Directors declared a $1.40 per ADS annual dividend to be paid in quarterly installments of $0.35 per ADS. On May 21, 2020, we paid $12.3 million to shareholders as the third installment of our annual dividend.

On November 21, 2018, we announced that our Board of Directors had authorized a new program for the Company to repurchase up to $200 million of our ADS over a 24-month period.  In the second quarter, we did not repurchase any of our ADSs.  Since the start of this program, we have repurchased $59.8 million of our ADSs.

Business Outlook
“We expect our third quarter sales to be temporarily affected by a one-quarter mobile-related inventory adjustment before growth rebounds in the fourth quarter,” said Wallace Kou, President and CEO of Silicon Motion.  “All three of our key products continue to track towards solid full-year sales growth, and our order book for SSD controllers for PC OEMs remains very strong in the second half of 2020.  Also, our expanding portfolio of industry-leading PCI NVMe SSD and UFS controllers, as well as Shannon open-channel SSDs is pointing to solid growth momentum next year.”

For the third quarter of 2020, management expects:

	GAAP	Non-GAAP Adjustment	Non-GAAP
Revenue	$114m to $120m -17% to -12% Q/Q	--	$114m to $120m -17% to -12% Q/Q
Gross margin	47.9% to 49.9%	Approximately $0.1m*	48.0% to 50.0%
Operating margin	17.8% to 18.7%	Approximately $2.7m to $3.7m**	20.0% to 22.0%

* Projected gross margin (non-GAAP) excludes $0.1 million of stock-based compensation.
**Projected operating margin (non-GAAP) excludes $2.7 million to $3.7 million of stock-based compensation.

For the full year 2020, management expects:

	GAAP	Non-GAAP Adjustment	Non-GAAP
Revenue	$508m to $521m +11% to 14% Y/Y	--	$508m to $521m +13% to 16% Y/Y
Gross margin	47.5% to 49.5%	Approximately $0.5m*	47.5% to 49.5%
Operating margin	16.6% to 18.3%	Approximately $14m to $16m**	19.3% to 21.3%

* Projected gross margin (non-GAAP) excludes $0.5 million of stock-based compensation.
** Projected operating margin (non-GAAP) excludes $14 million to $16 million of stock-based compensation.

Conference Call & Webcast:
The Company’s management team will conduct a conference call at 8:00 am Eastern Time on July 30, 2020. 

Speakers:
Wallace Kou, President & CEO
Riyadh Lai, CFO
Chris Chaney, Director of Investor Relations & Strategy

Conference Call Details
Participants must register in advance to join the conference using the link provided below and should dial in 10 minutes prior to the call start time. Conference access information (including dial-in numbers, the passcode, and a unique access pin) will be provided in the email received upon registration.

Participant Online Registration: http://apac.directeventreg.com/registration/event/7682831

Replay Numbers (for 7 days):
USA (Toll Free):	1 855 452 5696
USA (Toll):	1 646 254 3697
Participant Passcode:	7682831

A webcast of the call will be available on the Company's website at www.siliconmotion.com. 

Discussion of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement the Company’s unaudited selected financial results calculated in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), the Company discloses certain non-GAAP financial measures that exclude stock-based compensation and other items, including gross profit (non-GAAP), operating expenses (non-GAAP), operating profit (non-GAAP), net income (non-GAAP), and earnings per diluted ADS (non-GAAP). These non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with or an alternative to GAAP, and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies.  We believe that these non-GAAP measures have limitations in that they do not reflect all the amounts associated with the Company’s results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP and that these measures should only be used to evaluate the Company’s results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures.  The presentation of this additional information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the most directly comparable GAAP measure.  We compensate for the limitations of our non-GAAP financial measures by relying upon GAAP results to gain a complete picture of our performance.

Our non-GAAP financial measures are provided to enhance the user’s overall understanding of our current financial performance and our prospects for the future. Specifically, we believe the non-GAAP results provide useful information to both management and investors as these non-GAAP results exclude certain expenses, gains and losses that we believe are not indicative of our core operating results and because they are consistent with the financial models and estimates published by many analysts who follow the Company.  We use non-GAAP measures to evaluate the operating performance of our business, for comparison with our forecasts, and for benchmarking our performance externally against our competitors.  Also, when evaluating potential acquisitions, we exclude the items described below from our consideration of the target’s performance and valuation.  Since we find these measures to be useful, we believe that our investors benefit from seeing the results from management’s perspective in addition to seeing our GAAP results.  We believe that these non-GAAP measures, when read in conjunction with the Company’s GAAP financials, provide useful information to investors by offering:

• the ability to make more meaningful period-to-period comparisons of the Company’s on-going operating results;
• the ability to better identify trends in the Company’s underlying business and perform related trend analysis;
• a better understanding of how management plans and measures the Company’s underlying business; and
• an easier way to compare the Company’s operating results against analyst financial models and operating results of our competitors that supplement their GAAP results with non-GAAP financial measures.

The following are explanations of each of the adjustments that we incorporate into our non-GAAP measures, as well as the reasons for excluding each of these individual items in our reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures:

SSD solutions restructuring are charges relate to the restructuring of our underperforming Shannon and Bigtera product lines and include goodwill and intangible assets impairment expenses, the write-down of NAND flash and SSD inventory valuation and customer sales returns and accounts receivable attributable to these product lines.

FCI divestiture refers to the exclusion of revenue, expenses and other items relating to our FCI specialty RF IC product-line, the sale of which was closed on May 31, 2019.  Under GAAP, according to FASB ASU 2014-08, this disposal transaction does not meet the threshold for presenting as a discontinued operation.  We are excluding FCI from our financial results for non-GAAP as we believe this provides investors with enhanced transparency.  Additionally, we are also excluding transaction expenses and long-term investment gains from this asset disposal.

Stock-based compensation expense consists of non-cash charges related to the fair value of restricted stock units awarded to employees. The Company believes that the exclusion of these non-cash charges provides for more accurate comparisons of our operating results to our peer companies due to the varying available valuation methodologies, subjective assumptions and the variety of award types. In addition, the Company believes it is useful to investors to understand the specific impact of share-based compensation on its operating results.

Amortization of intangibles assets consists of non-cash charges that can be impacted by the timing and magnitude of our acquisitions.  The Company considers its operating results without these charges when evaluating its ongoing performance and forecasting its earnings trends, and therefore excludes such charges when presenting non-GAAP financial measures.  The Company believes that the assessment of its operations excluding these costs is relevant to its assessment of internal operations and comparisons to the performance of its competitors.

Litigation expenses consist of legal expenses relating to intellectual property disputes, commercial claims and other types of litigation. While litigation may arise in the ordinary course of our business, we nevertheless consider litigation to be an unusual and unplanned activity and therefore exclude this charge when presenting non-GAAP financial measures.

Foreign exchange gains and losses consist of translation gains and/or losses of non-US$ denominated current assets and current liabilities, as well as certain other balance sheet items which result from the appreciation or depreciation of non-US$ currencies against the US$. We do not use financial instruments to manage the impact on our operations from changes in foreign exchange rates, and because our operations are subject to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, we therefore exclude foreign exchange gains and losses when presenting non-GAAP financial measures.

Silicon Motion Technology Corporation
Consolidated Statements of Income
(in thousands, except percentages and per ADS data, unaudited)

		For Three Months Ended									For the Six Months Ended
		Jun. 30,			Mar. 31,			Jun. 30,			Jun. 30,			Jun. 30,
		2019			2020			2020			2019			2020
		($)			($)			($)			($)			($)
Net Sales		98,846			132,769			136,811			193,540			269,580
Cost of sales		52,717			68,877			68,417			99,792			137,294
Gross profit		46,129			63,892			68,394			93,748			132,286
Operating expenses
Research & development		23,939			29,346			28,901			51,955			58,247
Sales & marketing		6,086			6,493			5,823			13,068			12,316
General & administrative		3,571			3,959			3,531			7,944			7,490
Amortization of intangibles assets		255			-			-			510			-
Operating income		12,278			24,094			30,139			20,271			54,233
Non-operating income (expense)
Interest income, net		1,858			1,732			1,323			3,434			3,055
Gain on disposal of long-term investments		12,904			-			-			12,904			-
Foreign exchange gain (loss), net		(68	)		(481	)		(142	)		425			(623	)
Others, net		33			16			6			53			22
Subtotal		14,727			1,267			1,187			16,816			2,454
Income before income tax		27,005			25,361			31,326			37,087			56,687
Income tax expense		521			(554	)		3,115			2,331			2,561
Net income		26,484			25,915			28,211			34,756			54,126
Earnings per basic ADS		0.75			0.74			0.80			0.98			1.54
Earnings per diluted ADS		0.75			0.74			0.80			0.98			1.54
Margin Analysis:
Gross margin		46.7	%		48.1	%		50.0	%		48.4	%		49.1	%
Operating margin		12.4	%		18.1	%		22.0	%		10.5	%		20.1	%
Net margin		26.8	%		19.5	%		20.6	%		18.0	%		20.1	%

Silicon Motion Technology Corporation
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Operating Results
(in thousands, except percentages and per ADS data, unaudited)

		For Three Months Ended												For the Six Months Ended
		Jun. 30,				Mar. 31,				Jun. 30,				Jun. 30,				Jun. 30,
		2019				2020				2020				2019				2020
		($)				($)				($)				($)				($)
Revenue (GAAP)			98,846				132,769				136,811				193,540				269,580
FCI divestiture			(4,566	)			-				-				(10,359	)			-
Revenue (non-GAAP)			94,280				132,769				136,811				183,181				269,580
Gross profit (GAAP)			46,129				63,892				68,394				93,748				132,286
Gross margin (GAAP)			46.7	%			48.1	%			50.0	%			48.4	%			49.1	%
Stock-based compensation (A)			7				38				3				102				41
SSD solutions restructuring			4,985				-				-				4,985				-
FCI divestiture			(2,597	)			-				-				(5,675	)			-
Gross profit (non-GAAP)			48,524				63,930				68,397				93,160				132,327
Gross margin (non-GAAP)			51.5	%			48.2	%			50.0	%			50.9	%			49.1	%
Operating expenses (GAAP)			33,851				39,798				38,255				73,477				78,053
Stock-based compensation (A)			(275	)			(2,444	)			(243	)			(4,369	)			(2,687	)
Amortization of intangible assets			(255	)			-				-				(510	)			-
Litigation expense			-				-				-				2				-
FCI divestiture			(2,102	)			-				-				(8,688	)			-
Operating expenses (non-GAAP)			31,219				37,354				38,012				59,912				75,366
Operating profit (GAAP)			12,278				24,094				30,139				20,271				54,233
Operating margin (GAAP)			12.4	%			18.1	%			22.0	%			10.5	%			20.1	%
Total adjustments to operating profit			5,027				2,482				246				12,977				2,728
Operating profit (non-GAAP)			17,305				26,576				30,385				33,248				56,961
Operating margin (non-GAAP)			18.4	%			20.0	%			22.2	%			18.2	%			21.1	%
Non-operating income (expense) (GAAP)			14,727				1,267				1,187				16,816				2,454
Foreign exchange loss (gain), net			68				481				142				(425	)			623
Gain on disposal of long-term investments			(495	)			-				-				(495	)			-
FCI divestiture			(12,405	)			-				-				(12,418	)			-
Non-operating income (expense) (non-GAAP)			1,895				1,748				1,329				3,478				3,077
Net income (GAAP)			26,484				25,915				28,211				34,756				54,126
Total pre-tax impact of non-GAAP adjustments			(7,805	)			2,963				388				(361	)			3,351
Income tax impact of non-GAAP  adjustments			(76	)			(524	)			2				(750	)			(522	)
Net income (non-GAAP)			18,603				28,354				28,601				33,645				56,955
Earnings per diluted ADS (GAAP)		$	0.75			$	0.74			$	0.80			$	0.98			$	1.54
Earnings per diluted ADS (non-GAAP)		$	0.52			$	0.80			$	0.81			$	0.95			$	1.62
Shares used in computing earnings per diluted ADS (GAAP)			35,536				35,246				35,164				35,505				35,147
Non-GAAP Adjustments			29				63				36				56				49
Shares used in computing earnings per diluted ADS (non-GAAP)			35,565				35,309				35,200				35,561				35,196
(A) Excludes stock-based compensation as follows:
Cost of Sales			7				38				3				102				41
Research & development			128				1,655				118				2,823				1,773
Sales & marketing			107				335				85				662				420
General & administrative			40				454				40				884				494

Silicon Motion Technology Corporation
Consolidated Balance Sheet
 (In thousands, unaudited)

		Jun. 30,		Mar. 31,		Jun. 30,
		2019		2020		2020
		($)		($)		($)
Cash and cash equivalents		342,930		344,012		350,790
Short-term investments		2,309		2,673		3,876
Accounts receivable (net)		80,782		89,662		93,825
Inventories		79,252		104,133		103,835
Refundable deposits – current		24,074		24,084		24,089
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		17,663		21,939		23,778
Total current assets		547,010		586,503		600,193
Long-term investments		3,000		3,000		5,000
Property and equipment (net)		97,981		100,822		102,156
Goodwill and intangible assets (net)		33,714		17,489		17,489
Other assets		13,911		12,110		11,556
Total assets		695,616		719,924		736,394
Accounts payable		37,845		45,778		34,209
Income tax payable		1,346		1,340		3,642
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		54,183		82,306		78,244
Total current liabilities		93,374		129,424		116,095
Other liabilities		31,884		25,870		27,202
Total liabilities		125,258		155,294		143,297
Shareholders’ equity		570,358		564,630		593,097
Total liabilities & shareholders’ equity		695,616		719,924		736,394

Silicon Motion Technology Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands, unaudited)

		For Three Months Ended									For Six Months Ended
		Jun. 30,			Mar. 31,			Jun. 30,			Jun. 30,			Jun. 30,
		2019			2020			2020			2019			2020
		($)			($)			($)			($)			($)
Net income		26,484			25,915			28,211			34,756			54,126
Depreciation & amortization		3,329			3,237			3,363			6,622			6,600
Stock-based compensation		227			2,482			246			4,630			2,728
Investment impairment, losses & disposals		(12,913	)		(14	)		33			(12,921	)		19
Changes in operating assets and liabilities		23,061			7,990			(6,151	)		10,447			1,839
Others		(9	)		-			(1	)		(18	)		(1	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		40,179			39,610			25,701			43,516			65,311
Purchase of property & equipment		(2,929	)		(6,396	)		(4,134	)		(4,123	)		(10,530	)
Purchase of long-term investments		-			-			(2,000	)		-			(2,000	)
Disposal of long-term investments		45,704			-			-			45,704			-
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		42,775			(6,396	)		(6,134	)		41,581			(12,530	)
Dividend payments		(10,937	)		(12,278	)		(12,278	)		(21,873	)		(24,556	)
Share repurchases		-			-			-			(1,216	)		-
Net cash used in financing activities		(10,937	)		(12,278	)		(12,278	)		(23,089	)		(24,556	)
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents & restricted cash		72,017			20,936			7,289			62,008			28,225
Effect of foreign exchange changes		(847	)		(114	)		(550	)		(1,000	)		(664	)
Cash, cash equivalents & restricted cash—beginning of period		296,965			348,253			369,075			307,127			348,253
Cash, cash equivalents & restricted cash—end of period		368,135			369,075			375,814			368,135			375,814

About Silicon Motion:
We are the global leader in supplying NAND flash controllers for solid state storage devices and the merchant leader in supplying SSD controllers.  We have the broadest portfolio of controller technologies and our controllers are widely used in storage products such as SSDs and eMMC+UFS devices, which are found in data centers, PCs, smartphones, and commercial and industrial applications. We have shipped over six billion NAND controllers in the last ten years, more than any other company in the world.  We also supply customized high-performance hyperscale data center and industrial SSD solutions.  Our customers include most of the NAND flash vendors, storage device module makers and leading OEMs.  For further information on Silicon Motion, visit us at www.siliconmotion.com.

Forward-Looking Statements:
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including without limitation, statements about Silicon Motion’s currently expected third quarter of 2020 and full year 2020 expectations of revenue, gross margin and operating expenses, all of which reflect management’s estimates based on information available at this time of this press release.  While Silicon Motion believes these estimates to be meaningful, these amounts could differ materially from actual reported amounts for the third quarter of 2020 and full year 2020. Forward-looking statements also include, without limitation, statements regarding trends in the semiconductor or consumer electronics markets and our future results of operations, financial condition and business prospects.  In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology.  Although such statements are based on our own information and information from other sources we believe to be reliable, you should not place undue reliance on them.  These statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual market trends or our actual results of operations, financial condition or business prospects may differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements for a variety of reasons.  Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to the unpredictable volume and timing of customer orders, which are not fixed by contract but vary on a purchase order basis; the loss of one or more key customers or the significant reduction, postponement, rescheduling or cancellation of orders from these customers; general economic conditions or conditions in the semiconductor or consumer electronics markets; the effects on our business and our customer’s business taking into account the ongoing US-China tariffs and trade disputes together with any uncertainties associated with the ongoing global outbreak of COVID-19; decreases in the overall average selling prices of our products; changes in the relative sales mix of our products; changes in our cost of finished goods; the payment, or non-payment, of cash dividends in the future at the discretion of our board of directors and any announced planned increases in such dividends; changes in our cost of finished goods; the availability, pricing, and timeliness of delivery of other components and raw materials used in our customers’ products; our customers’ sales outlook, purchasing patterns, and inventory adjustments based on consumer demands and general economic conditions; any potential impairment charges that may be incurred related to businesses previously acquired or divested in the future; our ability to successfully develop, introduce, and sell new or enhanced products in a timely manner; and the timing of new product announcements or introductions by us or by our competitors. For additional discussion of these risks and uncertainties and other factors, please see the documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 20-F filed on June 12, 2020.  We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this press release.

Investor Contact: Christopher Chaney Director, Investor Relations & Strategy E-mail: CChaney@siliconmotion.com	Investor Contact: Selina Hsieh Investor Relations E-mail: ir@siliconmotion.com
Media Contact: Sara Hsu Project Manager E-mail: sara.hsu@siliconmotion.com

FAQ

What were Silicon Motion's Q2 2020 earnings per share (EPS)?

Silicon Motion's Q2 2020 earnings per share (EPS) were $0.80 per diluted ADS (GAAP) and $0.81 per diluted ADS (non-GAAP).

How much did Silicon Motion's net sales increase in Q2 2020 compared to Q1 2020?

Silicon Motion's net sales increased by 3% in Q2 2020 compared to Q1 2020.

What is Silicon Motion's projected revenue for Q3 2020?

Silicon Motion projects Q3 2020 revenue to be between $114 million and $120 million.

What factors affected Silicon Motion's SSD controller sales in Q2 2020?

Silicon Motion's SSD controller sales were affected by a temporary reallocation of NAND flash to hyperscale data centers.

What were the main drivers of growth for Silicon Motion in Q2 2020?

Growth was mainly driven by strong sales of UFS controllers, which increased by 30% QoQ.