8-K
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

August 31, 2021

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

 

 

AMBARELLA, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Cayman Islands   001-35667   98-0459628

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I. R. S. Employer

Identification No.)

3101 Jay Street

Santa Clara, CA 95054

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 734-8888

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Ordinary Shares, $0.00045 par value   AMBA   The Nasdaq Global Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 


Item 2.02

Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On August 31, 2021, Ambarella, Inc. issued a press release announcing its results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2022 ended July 31, 2021. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

The information in this current report on Form 8-K and the exhibits attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1    Press Release dated August 31, 2021
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: August 31, 2021       Ambarella, Inc.
     

/s/ Kevin C. Eichler

     

Kevin C. Eichler

Chief Financial Officer

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Ambarella, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Results

August 31, 2021 —Santa Clara, Calif. – Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMBA), an AI vision silicon company, today announced financial results for its second quarter of fiscal year 2022 ended July 31, 2021.

 

   

Revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2022 was $79.3 million, up 58% from $50.1 million in the same period in fiscal 2021. For the six months ended July 31, 2021, revenue was $149.5 million, up 43% from $104.8 million for the six months ended July 31, 2020.

 

   

Gross margin under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for the second quarter of fiscal 2022 was 62.3%, compared with 61.8% for the same period in fiscal 2021. For the six months ended July 31, 2021, GAAP gross margin was 62.3%, compared with 60.1% for the six months ended July 31, 2020.

 

   

GAAP net loss for the second quarter of fiscal 2022 was $7.2 million, or loss per diluted ordinary share of $0.20, compared with GAAP net loss of $14.8 million, or loss per diluted ordinary share of $0.43, for the same period in fiscal 2021. GAAP net loss for the six months ended July 31, 2021 was $18.0 million, or loss per diluted ordinary share of $0.50. This compares with GAAP net loss of $30.2 million, or loss per diluted ordinary share of $0.88, for the six months ended July 31, 2020.

Financial results on a non-GAAP basis for the second quarter of fiscal 2022 are as follows:

 

   

Gross margin on a non-GAAP basis for the second quarter of fiscal 2022 was 62.8%, compared with 62.4% for the same period in fiscal 2021. For the six months ended July 31, 2021, non-GAAP gross margin was 62.8%, compared with 60.7% for the six months ended July 31, 2020.

 

   

Non-GAAP net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2022 was $13.1 million, or earnings per diluted ordinary share of $0.35. This compares with non-GAAP net income of $2.1 million, or earnings per diluted ordinary share of $0.06, for the same period in fiscal 2021. Non-GAAP net income for the six months ended July 31, 2021 was $22.1 million, or earnings per diluted ordinary share of $0.58. This compares with non-GAAP net income of $3.4 million, or earnings per diluted ordinary share of $0.10, for the six months ended July 31, 2020.

Based on information available as of today, Ambarella is offering the following guidance for the third quarter of fiscal year 2022, ending October 31, 2021:

 

   

Revenue is expected to be between $88.0 million and $92.0 million.

 

   

Gross margin on a non-GAAP basis is expected to be between 61.0% and 63.0%.

 

   

Operating expenses on a non-GAAP basis are expected to be between $36.0 million and $37.5 million.

Ambarella reports gross margin, net income (loss) and earnings (losses) per share in accordance with GAAP and, additionally, on a non-GAAP basis. Non-GAAP financial information excludes the impact of stock-based compensation adjusted for the associated tax impact, which includes the effect of any benefits or shortfalls recognized. A reconciliation of the GAAP to non-GAAP gross margin, net income (loss) and earnings (losses) per share for the periods presented, as well as a description of the items excluded from the non-GAAP calculations, is included in the financial statements portion of this press release.


Total cash, cash equivalents and marketable debt securities on hand at the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2022 was $449.2 million, compared with $435.5 million at the end of the prior quarter and $410.7 million at the end of the same quarter a year ago.

“Our rapidly expanding AIoT foundation has positioned us to achieve record revenue in F2022, driven by new product cycles in existing markets and the expansion into new markets. The quality of our business is at its highest levels, with IoT cameras, primarily security, and automotive, representing ~90% of total Q2 revenue. We are capitalizing on this as demonstrated by the 450 basis point sequential increase in non-GAAP operating margin, reaching 16.9% in Q2,” said Fermi Wang, President and CEO. “We believe we experienced the worst of the wafer supply shortfall from the Texas freeze in Q2, and we are seeing a 2H recovery from this event. While the significant industry wide supply-chain challenges persist, we expect F2022 to represent a major inflection in our business, and we are excited about our future.”

Stock Repurchase

During the second quarter of fiscal year 2022, Ambarella’s Board of Directors approved an extension of the prior $50.0 million repurchase program for an additional twelve months ending June 30, 2022. The company did not repurchase shares in the second quarter of fiscal 2022. As of today, there are approximately $49.0 million available for repurchases under the program. The repurchase program does not obligate the company to acquire any particular amount of ordinary shares, and it may be suspended at any time at the company’s discretion.

Quarterly Conference Call

Ambarella plans to hold a conference call at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time / 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time today with Fermi Wang, President and Chief Executive Officer, Casey Eichler, Chief Financial Officer, and Louis Gerhardy, Corporate Development, to discuss the second quarter of fiscal year 2022 results. The call can be accessed by dialing 877-304-8963 in the USA; international callers should dial 760-666-4834. Please dial in ten minutes prior to the scheduled conference call time. A live and archived webcast of the call will be available on Ambarella’s website at http://www.ambarella.com/ for up to 30 days after the call.

About Ambarella

Ambarella’s products are used in a wide variety of human and computer vision applications, including video security, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), electronic mirror, drive recorder, driver/cabin monitoring, autonomous driving, and robotic applications. Ambarella’s low-power system-on-chips (SoCs) offer high-resolution video compression, advanced image processing, and powerful deep neural network processing to enable intelligent cameras to extract valuable data from high-resolution video streams. For more information, please visit www.ambarella.com


“Safe harbor” statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are not historical facts and often can be identified by terms such as “outlook,” “projected,” “intends,” “will,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “believes,” “could,” “should,” or similar expressions, including the guidance for the third quarter of fiscal year 2022 ending October 31, 2021, and the comments of our CEO relating to anticipated fiscal year 2022 revenue levels, our position in our existing and new markets, including AIoT markets, our prospects in the automotive market, future market trends, our ability to generate revenue and operating profit, and supply-chain challenges faced by us. The achievement or success of the matters covered by such forward-looking statements involves risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our actual results could differ materially from those predicted or implied and reported results should not be considered as an indication of our future performance.

The risks and uncertainties referred to above include, but are not limited to, risks associated with global health conditions and associated risk mitigation measures; global economic and political conditions, including possible trade tariffs and restrictions; supply chain challenges in the semiconductor industry; revenue being generated from new customers or design wins, neither of which is assured; the commercial success of our customers’ products; our growth strategy; our ability to anticipate future market demands and future needs of our customers, particularly for computer vision applications; our ability to introduce new and enhanced solutions; our ability to develop, and to generate revenue from, new advanced technologies, such as computer vision functionality; our ability to retain and expand customer relationships and to achieve design wins; the expansion of our current markets and our ability to successfully enter new markets, such as the OEM automotive and robotics markets; anticipated trends and challenges, including competition, in the markets in which we operate; our ability to effectively manage growth; our ability to retain key employees; and the potential for intellectual property disputes or other litigation.

Further information on these and other factors that could affect our financial results is included in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for our 2021 fiscal year, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Additional information will also be set forth in the company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, annual reports on Form 10-K and other filings the company makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, copies of which may be obtained by visiting the Investor Relations portion of our web site at www.ambarella.com or the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. Undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements in this release, which are based on information available to us on the date hereof. The results we report in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the second fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2021 could differ from the preliminary results announced in this press release.

Ambarella assumes no obligation and does not intend to update the forward-looking statements made in this press release, except as required by law.


Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The company has provided in this release non-GAAP financial information, including non-GAAP gross margin, net income, and earnings per share, as a supplement to the condensed consolidated financial statements, which are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures internally in analyzing the company’s financial results to assess operational performance and liquidity. The company believes that both management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing its performance and when planning, forecasting and analyzing future periods. Further, the company believes these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors because they allow for greater transparency with respect to key financial metrics that the company uses in making operating decisions and because the company believes that investors and analysts use them to help assess the health of its business and for comparison to other companies. Non-GAAP results are presented for supplemental informational purposes only for understanding the company’s operating results. The non-GAAP information should not be considered a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP, and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies.

With respect to its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2022, the company has provided below reconciliations of its non-GAAP financial measures to its most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. With respect to the company’s expectations for the third quarter of fiscal year 2022, a reconciliation of non-GAAP gross margin and non-GAAP operating expenses guidance to the closest corresponding GAAP measure is not available without unreasonable efforts on a forward-looking basis due to the high variability and low visibility with respect to the charges excluded from these non-GAAP measures. We expect the variability of the above charges to have a significant, and potentially unpredictable, impact on our future GAAP financial results.


AMBARELLA, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended July 31,     Six Months Ended July 31,  
     2021     2020     2021     2020  

Revenue

   $ 79,327     $ 50,113     $ 149,460     $ 104,758  

Cost of revenue

     29,908       19,155       56,276       41,780  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

     49,419       30,958       93,184       62,978  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

        

Research and development

     39,558       32,802       77,432       67,002  

Selling, general and administrative

     15,821       13,445       31,848       26,880  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     55,379       46,247       109,280       93,882  

Loss from operations

     (5,960     (15,289     (16,096     (30,904

Other income, net

     218       1,280       811       2,558  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes

     (5,742     (14,009     (15,285     (28,346

Provision for income taxes

     1,414       747       2,689       1,873  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

   $ (7,156   $ (14,756   $ (17,974   $ (30,219
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss per share attributable to ordinary shareholders:

        

Basic

   $ (0.20   $ (0.43   $ (0.50   $ (0.88
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted

   $ (0.20   $ (0.43   $ (0.50   $ (0.88
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares used to compute net loss per share attributable to ordinary shareholders:

        

Basic

     36,442,536       34,480,307       36,191,420       34,280,318  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted

     36,442,536       34,480,307       36,191,420       34,280,318  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The following table presents details of stock-based compensation expense included in each functional line item in the condensed consolidated statements of operations above:

 

     Three Months Ended July 31,      Six Months Ended July 31,  
     2021      2020      2021      2020  
     (unaudited, in thousands)  

Stock-based compensation:

           

Cost of revenue

   $ 359      $ 316      $ 682      $ 613  

Research and development

     11,525        10,010        22,719        19,906  

Selling, general and administrative

     7,488        6,068        14,813        11,911  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total stock-based compensation

   $ 19,372      $ 16,394      $ 38,214      $ 32,430  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The difference between GAAP and non-GAAP gross margin was 0.5% and 0.6%, or $0.4 million and $0.3 million, for the three months ended July 31, 2021 and July 31, 2020, respectively. The difference between GAAP and non-GAAP gross margin was 0.5% and 0.6%, or $0.7 million and $0.6 million, for the six months ended July 31, 2021 and July 31, 2020, respectively. The differences were due to the effect of stock-based compensation.


AMBARELLA, INC.

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP DILUTED EARNINGS (LOSSES) PER SHARE

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

     Three Months Ended July 31,     Six Months Ended July 31,  
     2021     2020     2021     2020  
     (unaudited)  

GAAP net loss

   $ (7,156   $ (14,756   $ (17,974   $ (30,219

Non-GAAP adjustments:

        

Stock-based compensation expense

     19,372       16,394       38,214       32,430  

Income tax effect

     932       450       1,831       1,198  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-GAAP net income

   $ 13,148     $ 2,088     $ 22,071     $ 3,409  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

GAAP - diluted weighted average shares

     36,442,536       34,480,307       36,191,420       34,280,318  

Non-GAAP - diluted weighted average shares

     38,044,906       35,432,400       38,063,110       35,303,387  

GAAP - diluted net loss per share

   $ (0.20   $ (0.43   $ (0.50   $ (0.88

Non-GAAP adjustments:

        

Stock-based compensation expense

     0.53       0.48       1.06       0.95  

Income tax effect

     0.03       0.01       0.05       0.03  

Effect of Non-GAAP - diluted weighted average shares

     (0.01     —         (0.03     —    

Non-GAAP - diluted net income per share

   $ 0.35     $ 0.06     $ 0.58     $ 0.10  


AMBARELLA, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(unaudited, in thousands)

 

     July 31,      January 31,  
     2021      2021  

ASSETS

     

Current assets:

     

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 258,402      $ 241,274  

Marketable debt securities

     190,757        199,434  

Accounts receivable, net

     38,295        24,974  

Inventories

     42,076        26,081  

Restricted cash

     10        10  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     4,481        5,531  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current assets

     534,021        497,304  

Property and equipment, net

     8,237        5,530  

Deferred tax assets, non-current

     10,699        10,914  

Intangible assets, net

     15,800        18,703  

Operating lease right-of-use assets, net

     10,066        9,659  

Goodwill

     26,601        26,601  

Other non-current assets

     4,634        4,569  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 610,058      $ 573,280  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

     

Current liabilities:

     

Accounts payable

     33,116        21,124  

Accrued and other current liabilities

     46,906        48,126  

Operating lease liabilities, current

     2,886        2,911  

Income taxes payable

     1,726        962  

Deferred revenue, current

     902        844  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     85,536        73,967  

Operating lease liabilities, non-current

     7,763        7,525  

Other long-term liabilities

     13,705        16,812  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     107,004        98,304  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity:

     

Preference shares

     —          —    

Ordinary shares

     16        16  

Additional paid-in capital

     394,121        347,458  

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     608        1,219  

Retained earnings

     108,309        126,283  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity

     503,054        474,976  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 610,058      $ 573,280  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Contact:

Louis Gerhardy

408.636.2310

lgerhardy@ambarella.com