AE - Advanced Energy Industries Inc.

07/30/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/30/2024 14:07

Advanced Energy Reports Second Quarter 2024 Results

  • Revenue was $364.9 million, at the higher end of guidance
  • GAAP EPS from continuing operations was $0.41, above the mid-point of guidance
  • Non-GAAP EPS was $0.85, above the mid-point of guidance

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: AEIS), a global leader in highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement, and control solutions, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2024.

"Second quarter financial results exceeded expectations, with sequential revenue growth in three of our four markets," said Steve Kelley, president and CEO of Advanced Energy. "We continue to work intensively with our customers to incorporate AE's differentiated technologies into leading-edge systems. These efforts, together with the execution of our manufacturing consolidation plan, are expected to drive meaningful market share gains and profitability improvement as our markets recover."

Quarter Results

Revenue was $364.9 million in the second quarter of 2024, compared with $327.5 million in the first quarter of 2024 and $415.5 million in the second quarter of 2023.

GAAP net income from continuing operations was $15.6 million or $0.41 per diluted share in the quarter, compared with $5.8 million or $0.15 per diluted share in the prior quarter, and $27.5 million or $0.73 per diluted share a year ago.

Non-GAAP net income was $32.0 million or $0.85 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2024. This compares with $21.9 million or $0.58 per diluted share in the first quarter of 2024, and $41.9 million or $1.11 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2023.

Advanced Energy generated $6.9 million in cash flow from continuing operations during the quarter and paid $3.8 million in quarterly dividends.

The company announced plans to take further actions related to its previously announced manufacturing consolidation initiatives. Advanced Energy expects to incur employment-related charges for severance, benefits expenses, payroll taxes, and facility exit costs. The majority of these charges are expected to be recognized during the third quarter of 2024.

A reconciliation of GAAP and non-GAAP measures is provided in the tables below.

Third Quarter 2024 Guidance

Based on the Company's current view, beliefs, and assumptions, guidance is within the following ranges:

Q3 2024

Revenue

$370 million +/- $20 million

GAAP EPS from continuing operations

($0.10) +/- $0.25

Non-GAAP EPS

$0.90 +/- $0.25

Conference Call

Management will host a conference call today, July 30, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss the second quarter financial results. To participate in the live earnings conference call, please dial 877-407-0890 approximately ten minutes prior to the start of the meeting and an operator will connect you. International participants can dial +1-201-389-0918. A webcast will also be available on our investor web page at ir.advancedenergy.com in the Events & Presentations section. The archived webcast will be available approximately two hours following the end of the live event.

About Advanced Energy

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: AEIS) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement and control solutions for mission-critical applications and processes. Advanced Energy's power solutions enable customer innovation in complex applications for a wide range of industries including semiconductor equipment, industrial production, medical and life sciences, data center computing, networking, and telecommunications. With engineering know-how and responsive service and support for customers around the globe, the company builds collaborative partnerships to meet technology advances, propels growth of its customers and innovates the future of power. Advanced Energy has devoted four decades to perfecting power. It is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, USA. For more information, visit www.advancedenergy.com.

Advanced Energy | Precision. Power. Performance. Trust.

Non-GAAP Measures

This release includes GAAP and non-GAAP income and per-share earnings data and other GAAP and non-GAAP financial information. The non-GAAP results presented below exclude the impact of non-cash related charges, such as stock-based compensation, amortization of intangible assets, and long-term unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses. In addition, we exclude discontinued operations and other non-recurring items such as acquisition-related costs, facility expansion and related costs, restructuring, asset impairments, and other charges, as they are not indicative of future performance. The tax effect of our non-GAAP adjustments represents the anticipated annual tax rate applied to each non-GAAP adjustment after consideration of their respective book and tax treatments. In addition, the tax effect also includes a discrete tax benefit associated with the release of a portion of our deferred tax asset valuation allowance.

The non-GAAP measures included in this release are not prepared in accordance with, or an alternative for, similar measures calculated under generally accepted accounting principles and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. In addition, these non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. We believe that these non-GAAP measures provide useful information to management and investors to evaluate business performance without the impacts of certain non-cash charges, non-economic foreign currency remeasurements, and other cash charges which are not part of our usual operations. We use these non-GAAP measures to assess performance against business objectives, make business decisions, develop budgets, forecast future periods, assess trends, and evaluate financial impacts of various scenarios. In addition, management's incentive plans include these non-GAAP measures as criteria for achievements. Additionally, we believe that these non-GAAP measures, in combination with its financial results calculated in accordance with GAAP, provide investors with additional perspective. To gain a complete picture of all effects on our financial results from any and all events, management does (and investors should) rely upon the GAAP measures as well, as the items excluded from non-GAAP measures may contribute to not accurately reflecting the underlying performance of the company's continuing operations for the period in which they are incurred. Furthermore, the use of non-GAAP measures has limitations in that such measures do not reflect all of the amounts associated with our results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP, and these measures should only be used to evaluate our results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures.

Forward-Looking Statements

This release and statements we make on the above announced conference call contain, in addition to historical information, 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. Statements in this report that are not historical information are forward-looking statements. For example, statements relating to our beliefs, expectations, and plans are forward-looking statements, as are statements that certain actions, conditions, or circumstances will continue. The inclusion of words such as "anticipate," "expect," "estimate," "can," "may," "might," "continue," "enables," "plan," "intend," "should," "could," "would," "likely," "potential," or "believe," and similar expressions and the negative versions thereof indicate forward-looking statements; however, not all forward-looking statements may contain such words or expressions. These forward-looking statements are based upon information available as of the date of this report and management's current estimates, forecasts, and assumptions. Although we believe that our expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we may not achieve the results, performance, plans, or objectives expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control.

Risks and uncertainties to which our forward-looking statements are subject include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve design wins with new and existing customers; our ability to accurately forecast and meet customer demand; risks related to global economic conditions, including, but not limited to, the impact of escalating global conflicts on macroeconomic conditions, economic uncertainty, market volatility, rising interest rates, inflation, or recession; risks inherent in our international operations, including the effect of trade and export controls, political and geographical risks, fluctuations in currency exchange rates; concentration of our customer base; risks associated with breach of our information security measures; our loss of or inability to attract and retain key personnel; disruptions to our manufacturing operations or those of our customers or suppliers; risks associated with our manufacturing footprint optimization and movement of manufacturing locations for certain products; our ability to successfully identify, close, integrate and realize anticipated benefits from our acquisitions; quality issues or unanticipated costs in fulfilling our warranty obligations (including our discontinued solar inverter product line), and adequacy of our warranty reserves; our ability to enforce, protect and maintain our proprietary technology and intellectual property rights; our ability to achieve cost savings, profitability, and gross margin goals; changes to tax laws and regulations or our tax rates; changes in federal, state, local and foreign regulations, including with respect to privacy and data protection, and environmental regulation; the effect of our debt obligations and restrictive covenants on our ability to operate our business; customer price sensitivity; risks related to our unfunded pension obligations; restructuring and severance activities; legal matters, claims, and proceedings; our estimates of the fair value of intangible assets; and the potential impact of dilution related to our convertible debt, hedge, and warrant transactions.

Actual results could differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Factors that could contribute to these differences or prove our forward-looking statements, by hindsight, to be overly optimistic or unachievable include, but are not limited to, the risks and uncertainties listed above and described in Advanced Energy's Form 10-K, Forms 10-Q and other reports and statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). These reports and statements are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Copies may also be obtained from Advanced Energy's investor relations page at ir.advancedenergy.com or by contacting Advanced Energy's investor relations at 970-407-6555. Forward-looking statements are made and based on information available to us on the date of this press release. Aspirational goals and targets discussed on the conference call or in the presentation materials should not be interpreted in any respect as guidance. We assume no obligation to update the information in this press release.

ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)

(in thousands, except per share data)

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

June 30,

March 31,

June 30,

2024

2023

2024

2024

2023

Revenue, net

$

364,947

$

415,508

$

327,475

$

692,422

$

840,548

Cost of revenue

237,206

268,428

214,646

451,852

538,357

Gross profit

127,741

147,080

112,829

240,570

302,191

Gross margin %

35.0

%

35.4

%

34.5

%

34.7

%

36.0

%

Operating expenses:

Research and development

52,335

51,413

49,836

102,171

103,023

Selling, general, and administrative

55,013

55,613

55,124

110,137

110,971

Amortization of intangible assets

6,800

7,075

6,947

13,747

14,137

Restructuring, asset impairments, and other charges

625

3,154

245

870

4,197

Total operating expenses

114,773

117,255

112,152

226,925

232,328

Operating income

12,968

29,825

677

13,645

69,863

Interest income

12,119

4,301

12,645

24,764

7,886

Interest expense

(6,956

)

(2,858

)

(7,127

)

(14,083

)

(5,588

)

Other income (expense), net

638

982

1,379

2,017

(423

)

Income from continuing operations, before income tax

18,769

32,250

7,574

26,343

71,738

Income tax provision

3,165

4,795

1,787

4,952

12,531

Income from continuing operations

15,604

27,455

5,787

21,391

59,207

Loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax

(575

)

(315

)

(571

)

(1,146

)

(1,146

)

Net income

$

15,029

$

27,140

$

5,216

$

20,245

$

58,061

Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding

37,474

37,573

37,359

37,417

37,524

Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding

37,777

37,803

37,687

37,733

37,804

Earnings per share attributable to Advanced Energy Industries, Inc:

Continuing operations:

Basic earnings per share

$

0.42

$

0.73

$

0.15

$

0.57

$

1.58

Diluted earnings per share

$

0.41

$

0.73

$

0.15

$

0.57

$

1.57

Discontinued operations:

Basic loss per share

$

(0.02

)

$

(0.01

)

$

(0.02

)

$

(0.03

)

$

(0.03

)

Diluted loss per share

$

(0.02

)

$

(0.01

)

$

(0.02

)

$

(0.03

)

$

(0.03

)

Net income:

Basic earnings per share

$

0.40

$

0.72

$

0.14

$

0.54

$

1.55

Diluted earnings per share

$

0.40

$

0.72

$

0.14

$

0.54

$

1.54

ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)

(in thousands)

June 30,

December 31,

2024

2023

ASSETS

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

986,148

$

1,044,556

Accounts receivables, net

262,419

282,430

Inventories

383,141

336,137

Other current assets

46,131

48,771

Total current assets

1,677,839

1,711,894

Property and equipment, net

180,624

167,665

Operating lease right-of-use assets

103,522

95,432

Other assets

130,782

136,448

Goodwill and intangible assets, net

449,092

445,318

Total assets

$

2,541,859

$

2,556,757

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable

$

157,523

$

141,850

Other accrued expenses

113,015

156,254

Current portion of long-term debt

20,000

20,000

Current portion of operating lease liabilities

16,299

17,744

Total current liabilities

306,837

335,848

Long-term debt

887,309

895,679

Other long-term liabilities

182,637

181,048

Long-term liabilities

1,069,946

1,076,727

Total liabilities

1,376,783

1,412,575

Total stockholders' equity

1,165,076

1,144,182

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

$

2,541,859

$

2,556,757

ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

(in thousands)

Six Months Ended June 30,

2024

2023

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

Net income

$

20,245

$

58,061

Less: loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax

(1,146

)

(1,146

)

Income from continuing operations, net of income tax

21,391

59,207

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:

Depreciation and amortization

33,918

32,966

Stock-based compensation

22,389

14,738

Amortization of debt issuance costs and debt discount

1,630

254

Deferred income tax benefit

(42

)

(786

)

Loss (gain) on disposal and sale of assets

(16

)

192

Unrealized gain on investment

(567

)

-

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of assets acquired

(63,830

)

(51,067

)

Net cash from operating activities from continuing operations

14,873

55,504

Net cash from operating activities from discontinued operations

(876

)

(3,090

)

Net cash from operating activities

13,997

52,414

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

Purchases of long-term investments

(2,401

)

(3,128

)

Purchases of property and equipment

(31,406

)

(33,623

)

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

(13,762

)

-

Net cash from investing activities

(47,569

)

(36,751

)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

Payments on long-term borrowings

(10,000

)

(10,000

)

Dividend payments

(7,658

)

(7,592

)

Net payments related to stock-based awards

(5,500

)

(1,384

)

Net cash from financing activities

(23,158

)

(18,976

)

EFFECT OF CURRENCY TRANSLATION ON CASH

(1,678

)

(253

)

NET CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

(58,408

)

(3,566

)

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period

1,044,556

458,818

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period

$

986,148

$

455,252

ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES, INC.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

(in thousands)

Net Revenue by Market

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

June 30,

March 31,

June 30,

2024

2023

2024

2024

2023

Semiconductor Equipment

$

188,321

$

173,177

$

179,903

$

368,224

$

367,386

Industrial and Medical

79,104

127,603

83,418

162,522

250,623

Data Center Computing

72,964

59,076

41,902

114,866

118,735

Telecom and Networking

24,558

55,652

22,252

46,810

103,804

Total

$

364,947

$

415,508

$

327,475

$

692,422

$

840,548

Net Revenue by Geographic Region

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

June 30,

March 31,

June 30,

2024

2023

2024

2024

2023

North America

$

172,794

$

171,516

$

134,079

$

306,873

$

352,458

Asia

151,955

186,498

151,943

303,898

365,681

Europe

39,813

56,213

40,553

80,366

118,779

Other

385

1,281

900

1,285

3,630

Total

$

364,947

$

415,508

$

327,475

$

692,422

$

840,548

ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES, INC.

SELECTED OTHER DATA (UNAUDITED)

(in thousands)

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP measure - operating expenses and operating income, excluding certain items

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

June 30,

March 31,

June 30,

2024

2023

2024

2024

2023

Gross profit from continuing operations, as reported

$

127,741

$

147,080

$

112,829

$

240,570

$

302,191

Adjustments to gross profit:

Stock-based compensation

1,056

589

829

1,885

972

Facility expansion, relocation costs and other

161

60

1,308

1,469

1,017

Acquisition-related costs

(57

)

97

44

(13

)

150

Non-GAAP gross profit

128,901

147,826

115,010

243,911

304,330

Non-GAAP gross margin

35.3

%

35.6

%

35.1

%

35.2

%

36.2

%

Operating expenses from continuing operations, as reported

114,773

117,255

112,152

226,925

232,328

Adjustments:

Amortization of intangible assets

(6,800

)

(7,075

)

(6,947

)

(13,747

)

(14,137

)

Stock-based compensation

(10,328

)

(7,348

)

(10,176

)

(20,504

)

(13,766

)

Acquisition-related costs

(1,934

)

(1,165

)

(1,266

)

(3,200

)

(2,043

)

Restructuring, asset impairments, and other charges

(625

)

(3,154

)

(245

)

(870

)

(4,197

)

Non-GAAP operating expenses

95,086

98,513

93,518

188,604

198,185

Non-GAAP operating income

$

33,815

$

49,313

$

21,492

$

55,307

$

106,145

Non-GAAP operating margin

9.3

%

11.9

%

6.6

%

8.0

%

12.6

%

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP measure - income excluding certain items

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

June 30,

March 31,

June 30,

2024

2023

2023

2024

2023

Income from continuing operations, less non-controlling interest, net of income tax

$

15,604

$

27,455

$

5,787

$

21,391

$

59,207

Adjustments:

Amortization of intangible assets

6,800

7,075

6,947

13,747

14,137

Acquisition-related costs

1,877

1,262

1,310

3,187

2,193

Facility expansion, relocation costs, and other

161

60

1,308

1,469

1,017

Restructuring, asset impairments, and other charges

625

3,154

245

870

4,197

Unrealized foreign currency loss (gain)

(1,545

)

(2,266

)

(1,757

)

(3,302

)

(1,213

)

Tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments, including certain discrete tax benefits

(498

)

(1,051

)

(622

)

(1,120

)

(2,172

)

Non-GAAP income, net of income tax, excluding stock-based compensation

23,024

35,689

13,218

36,242

77,366

Stock-based compensation, net of tax

8,993

6,191

8,694

17,687

11,495

Non-GAAP income, net of income tax

$

32,017

$

41,880

$

21,912

$

53,929

$

88,861

ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES, INC.

SELECTED OTHER DATA (UNAUDITED)

Reconciliation of non-GAAP measure - per share earnings excluding certain items

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

June 30,

March 31,

June 30,

2024

2023

2024

2024

2023

Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations, as reported

$

0.41

$

0.73

$

0.15

$

0.57

$

1.57

Add back:

Per share impact of non-GAAP adjustments, net of tax

0.44

0.38

0.43

0.86

0.78

Non-GAAP earnings per share

$

0.85

$

1.11

$

0.58

$

1.43

$

2.35

Reconciliation of Q3 2024 Guidance

Low End

High End

Revenue

$350 million

$390 million

Reconciliation of non-GAAP earnings per share

GAAP earnings per share

$

(0.35

)

$

0.15

Stock-based compensation

0.28

0.28

Amortization of intangible assets

0.19

0.19

Restructuring, asset impairments, and other charges

0.77

0.77

Tax effects of excluded items

(0.24

)

(0.24

)

Non-GAAP earnings per share

$

0.65

$

1.15

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Andrew Huang
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.
970-407-6555
[email protected]

Source: Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.