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

November 30, 2023

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)

 

 

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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 November 30, 2023, Ambarella, Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2024 ended October 31, 2023. 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 November 30, 2023
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: November 30, 2023       Ambarella, Inc.
     

/s/ Brian C. White

      Chief Financial Officer
EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Ambarella, Inc. Announces Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2024 Financial Results

November 30, 2023 —Santa Clara, Calif. – Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMBA), an edge AI semiconductor company, today announced financial results for its third quarter of fiscal year 2024 ended October 31, 2023.

 

   

Revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2024 was $50.6 million, down 39% from $83.1 million in the same period in fiscal 2023. For the nine months ended October 31, 2023, revenue was $174.9 million, down 31% from $254.3 million for the nine months ended October 31, 2022.

 

   

Gross margin under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for the third quarter of fiscal 2024 was 59.3%, compared with 62.2% for the same period in fiscal 2023. For the nine months ended October 31, 2023, GAAP gross margin was 60.6%, compared with 62.6% for the nine months ended October 31, 2022.

 

   

GAAP net loss for the third quarter of fiscal 2024 was $41.7 million, or loss per diluted ordinary share of $1.04, compared with GAAP net loss of $19.8 million, or loss per diluted ordinary share of $0.51, for the same period in fiscal 2023. GAAP net loss for the nine months ended October 31, 2023 was $108.8 million, or loss per diluted ordinary share of $2.74. This compares with GAAP net loss of $54.3 million, or loss per diluted ordinary share of $1.42, for the nine months ended October 31, 2022.

Financial results on a non-GAAP basis for the third quarter of fiscal 2024 are as follows:

 

   

Gross margin on a non-GAAP basis for the third quarter of fiscal 2024 was 62.6%, compared with 63.5% for the same period in fiscal 2023. For the nine months ended October 31, 2023, non-GAAP gross margin was 63.5%, compared with 64.0% for the nine months ended October 31, 2022.

 

   

Non-GAAP net loss for the third quarter of fiscal 2024 was $11.2 million, or loss per diluted ordinary share of $0.28. This compares with non-GAAP net income of $9.5 million, or earnings per diluted ordinary share of $0.24, for the same period in fiscal 2023. Non-GAAP net loss for the nine months ended October 31, 2023 was $23.2 million, or loss per diluted ordinary share of $0.59. This compares with non-GAAP net income of $34.1 million, or earnings per diluted ordinary share of $0.88, for the nine months ended October 31, 2022.

Based on information available as of today, Ambarella is offering the following guidance for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024, ending January 31, 2024:

 

   

Revenue is expected to be between $50.0 million and $53.0 million.

 

   

Gross margin on a non-GAAP basis is expected to be between 62.0% and 63.0%.

 

   

Operating expenses on a non-GAAP basis are expected to be between $45.0 million and $48.0 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, acquisition-related costs and restructuring expense adjusted for the associated tax impact, which includes the effect of any benefits or shortfalls recognized. Non-GAAP financial information also excludes the impact of the release of a valuation allowance on certain deferred tax assets. 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 third quarter of fiscal 2024 was $222.3 million, compared with $216.5 million at the end of the prior quarter and $199.0 million at the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2023.

“Our customers appear to be making progress with their inventory reduction efforts and we expect to return to revenue growth in Fiscal 2025,” said Fermi Wang, President and CEO. “We remain determined and focused on our strategic R&D priorities for the introduction of a portfolio of SoCs and software targeting more sophisticated AI inference workloads. Our 5nm SoCs are progressing well; CV5 the flagship of our CV2 family is forecasted to generate meaningful revenue in Fiscal 2025, we have received first silicon of CV3-AD685, the flagship of our CV3 platform, and we plan to demonstrate this to customers in December.”

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, and Brian White, Chief Financial Officer, to discuss the third quarter of fiscal year 2024 results. 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 vision and edge AI applications, including video security, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), electronic mirror, drive recorder, driver/cabin monitoring, autonomous driving and robotics applications. Ambarella’s low-power systems-on-chip (SoCs) offer high-resolution video compression, advanced image and radar processing, and powerful deep neural network processing to enable intelligent perception, fusion and planning. 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 fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024 ending January 31, 2024, and the comments of our CEO relating to our customers’ efforts to reduce inventory, our anticipated future return to revenue growth in fiscal year


2025, our progress with commercializing our CV5 and CV3-AD685 SoCs, and our projected revenue growth in the automotive market, including our ability to achieve revenue levels associated with our projected six-year automotive funnel. 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, global economic and political conditions, including possible trade tariffs and restrictions; revenue being generated from new customers or design wins, neither of which is assured; the commercial success of our customers’ products; our customers’ ability to manage their inventory requirements; our growth strategy; our ability to anticipate future market demands and future needs of our customers, particularly for AI computer vision applications; our ability to introduce, and to generate revenue from, new and enhanced solutions; our ability to develop, and to generate revenue from, new advanced technologies, such as computer vision and AI 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; risks associated with global health conditions and associated risk mitigation measures; 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 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the second quarter of fiscal 2024, 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 third fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2023 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 (loss), and earnings (losses) per share, as a supplement to the condensed consolidated financial statements, which are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Non-GAAP financial information excludes the impact of stock-based compensation, acquisition-related costs and restructuring expense adjusted for the associated tax impact, which includes the effect of any benefits or shortfalls recognized. Non-GAAP financial


information also excludes the impact of the release of a valuation allowance on certain deferred tax assets. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures internally in analyzing the company’s financial results to assess operational 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. The company’s definitions of its non-GAAP financial measures may differ from the definitions used by other companies and, therefore, comparability may be limited, and other companies may not publish these non-GAAP financial measures. 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 third quarter of fiscal year 2024, 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 fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024, a reconciliation of the company’s guidance for non-GAAP gross margin and non-GAAP operating expenses to the closest corresponding GAAP measure is not available without unreasonable efforts 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 October 31,     Nine Months Ended October 31,  
     2023     2022     2023     2022  

Revenue

   $ 50,595     $ 83,096     $ 174,858     $ 254,285  

Cost of revenue

     20,612       31,418       68,894       94,996  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

     29,983       51,678       105,964       159,289  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

        

Research and development

     53,702       52,864       163,060       151,892  

Selling, general and administrative

     18,246       18,944       55,750       58,213  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     71,948       71,808       218,810       210,105  

Loss from operations

     (41,965     (20,130     (112,846     (50,816

Other income, net

     1,900       1,433       3,923       1,493  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes

     (40,065     (18,697     (108,923     (49,323

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

     1,645       1,112       (113     4,958  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

   $ (41,710   $ (19,809   $ (108,810   $ (54,281
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss per share attributable to ordinary shareholders:

        

Basic

   $ (1.04   $ (0.51   $ (2.74   $ (1.42
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted

   $ (1.04   $ (0.51   $ (2.74   $ (1.42
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

        

Basic

     40,053,251       38,582,584       39,710,248       38,185,421  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted

     40,053,251       38,582,584       39,710,248       38,185,421  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The following tables present details of stock-based compensation, acquisition-related costs and restructuring expense included in each functional line item in the condensed consolidated statements of operations above:

 

     Three Months Ended October 31,      Nine Months Ended October 31,  
     2023      2022      2023      2022  
     (unaudited, in thousands)  

Stock-based compensation:

           

Cost of revenue

   $ 868      $ 360      $ 2,694      $ 1,071  

Research and development

     17,898        18,741        54,809        53,775  

Selling, general and administrative

     8,643        9,000        25,293        27,205  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total stock-based compensation

   $ 27,409      $ 28,101      $ 82,796      $ 82,051  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     Three Months Ended October 31,      Nine Months Ended October 31,  
     2023      2022      2023      2022  
     (unaudited, in thousands)  

Acquisition-related costs:

           

Cost of revenue

   $ 757      $ 757      $ 2,271      $ 2,271  

Research and development

     —          —          —          —    

Selling, general and administrative

     520        520        1,560        1,578  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total acquisition-related costs

   $ 1,277      $ 1,277      $ 3,831      $ 3,849  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 


     Three Months Ended October 31,      Nine Months Ended October 31,  
     2023      2022      2023      2022  
     (unaudited, in thousands)  

Restructuring expense:

           

Cost of revenue

   $ 66      $ —        $ 66      $ —    

Research and development

     672        —          672        —    

Selling, general and administrative

     114        —          114        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total restructuring expense

   $ 852      $ —        $ 852      $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The difference between GAAP and non-GAAP gross margin was 3.3% and 1.3%, or $1.7 million and $1.1 million, for the three months ended October 31, 2023 and October 31, 2022, respectively. The difference between GAAP and non-GAAP gross margin was 2.9% and 1.4%, or $5.0 million and $3.3 million, for the nine months ended October 31, 2023 and October 31, 2022, respectively. The differences were due to the effect of stock-based compensation, amortization of acquisition-related costs and restructuring expense.

AMBARELLA, INC.

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

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

     Three Months Ended October 31,     Nine Months Ended October 31,  
     2023     2022     2023     2022  
     (unaudited)  

GAAP net loss

   $ (41,710   $ (19,809   $ (108,810   $ (54,281

Non-GAAP adjustments:

        

Stock-based compensation expense

     27,409       28,101       82,796       82,051  

Acquisition-related costs

     1,277       1,277       3,831       3,849  

Restructuring expense

     852       —         852       —    

Income tax effect

     994       (104     (1,910     2,525  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non- GAAP net income (loss)

   $ (11,178   $ 9,465     $ (23,241   $ 34,144  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

GAAP - diluted weighted average shares

     40,053,251       38,582,584       39,710,248       38,185,421  

Non-GAAP - diluted weighted average shares

     40,053,251       39,090,050       39,710,248       38,967,335  

GAAP - diluted net loss per share

   $ (1.04   $ (0.51   $ (2.74   $ (1.42

Non-GAAP adjustments:

        

Stock-based compensation expense

     0.68       0.73       2.08       2.15  

Acquisition-related costs

     0.03       0.03       0.10       0.10  

Restructuring expense

     0.02       —         0.02       —    

Income tax effect

     0.03       —         (0.05     0.07  

Effect of Non-GAAP - diluted weighted average shares

     —         (0.01     —         (0.02

Non-GAAP - diluted net income (loss) per share

   $ (0.28   $ 0.24     $ (0.59   $ 0.88  


AMBARELLA, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(unaudited, in thousands)

 

     October 31,     January 31,  
     2023     2023  

ASSETS

    

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 143,787     $ 113,541  

Marketable debt securities

     78,549       93,322  

Accounts receivable, net

     22,968       51,987  

Inventories

     30,783       40,486  

Restricted cash

     7       8  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     3,728       5,288  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     279,822       304,632  

Property and equipment, net

     10,917       11,814  

Deferred tax assets, non-current

     22,952       19,276  

Intangible assets, net

     58,805       58,497  

Operating lease right-of-use assets, net

     5,760       8,339  

Goodwill

     303,625       303,625  

Other non-current assets

     2,748       4,012  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 684,629     $ 710,195  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

    

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

     9,298       17,845  

Accrued and other current liabilities

     57,991       56,655  

Operating lease liabilities, current

     3,553       3,539  

Income taxes payable

     2,391       4,112  

Deferred revenue, current

     2,596       1,311  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     75,829       83,462  

Operating lease liabilities, non-current

     2,316       5,097  

Other long-term liabilities

     14,696       15,548  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     92,841       104,107  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity:

    

Preference shares

     —         —    

Ordinary shares

     18       18  

Additional paid-in capital

     667,313       572,076  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (1,219     (492

Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)

     (74,324     34,486  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity

     591,788       606,088  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 684,629     $ 710,195  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Contact:

Louis Gerhardy

408.636.2310

lgerhardy@ambarella.com