Form 8-K

 

 

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

March 3, 2016

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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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On March 3, 2016, Ambarella, Inc. issued a press release announcing its results for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2016 ending January 31, 2016. 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 March 3, 2016


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: March 3, 2016     Ambarella, Inc.
   

/s/ George Laplante

   

George Laplante

Chief Financial Officer


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Exhibit Title

99.1    Press Release dated March 3, 2016
EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Ambarella, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2016 Financial Results

Contact:

Deborah Stapleton

650.470.4200

deb@stapleton.com

Mar. 3, 2016 —Santa Clara, Calif. – Ambarella, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMBA), a leading developer of low-power, HD and Ultra HD video compression and image processing semiconductors, today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended January 31, 2016.

 

    Revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016 was $68.0 million, up 5.0% from $64.7 million in the same period in fiscal 2015. For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2016, revenue was $316.4 million, up 44.9% from $218.3 million for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015.

 

    Gross margin under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016 was 63.7%, compared with 64.1% for the same period in fiscal 2015. For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2016, GAAP gross margin was 64.9%, compared with 63.7% for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015.

 

    GAAP net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016 was $5.1 million, or $0.15 per diluted ordinary share, compared with GAAP net income of $17.7 million, or $0.53 per diluted ordinary share, for the same period in fiscal 2015. GAAP net income for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2016 was $76.5 million, or $2.27 per diluted ordinary share. This compares with GAAP net income of $50.6 million, or $1.57 per diluted ordinary share, for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015.

Financial results on a non-GAAP basis for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended January 31, 2016 are as follows:

 

    Gross margin on a non-GAAP basis for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016 was 64.1%, compared with 64.3% for the same period in fiscal 2015. For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2016, non-GAAP gross margin was 65.1%, compared with 63.9% for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015.

 

    Non-GAAP net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016 was $21.6 million, or $0.64 per diluted ordinary share. This compares with non-GAAP net income of $22.6 million, or $0.68 per diluted ordinary share, for the same period in fiscal 2015. Non-GAAP net income for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2016 was $111.6 million, or $3.31 per diluted ordinary share. This compares with non-GAAP net income of $64.4 million, or $2.00 per diluted ordinary share, for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015.


Based on information available as of today, Ambarella is offering the following guidance for the first fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2017:

 

    Revenue is expected to be between $55.0 million and $57.0 million

 

    Gross margin on a non-GAAP basis is expected to be between 60.5% and 62.0%

 

    Net income on a non-GAAP basis is expected to be between $8.0 million and $10.0 million

Ambarella reports gross margin, net income and earnings per share in accordance with GAAP and, additionally, on a non-GAAP basis. Non-GAAP financial information for the fourth fiscal quarter excludes the impact of stock-based compensation adjusted for the associated tax impact; and the impact of the write down of certain deferred tax assets; and for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2016 also excludes certain costs associated with the acquisition of VisLab S.r.l. in June 2015. A reconciliation of the GAAP to non-GAAP gross margin, net income and earnings per share numbers 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 securities on hand at the end of the fourth fiscal quarter of 2016 was $307.9 million, compared with $208.0 million at the end of the same quarter a year ago.

“For the full fiscal year 2016, we grew revenue by 45 percent. During the fourth quarter we saw strong sales from professional IP security, automotive aftermarket, home monitoring and flying camera markets. This was largely offset, however, by a continued decline in the wearable sports camera market,” said Fermi Wang, president and CEO of Ambarella. “In addition, during the quarter we delivered our first 14nm chip, H2, and continued to successfully diversify and expand our end markets and customer base.”

Quarterly Conference Call

Ambarella plans to hold a conference call at 5 p.m. Eastern Time / 2 p.m. Pacific Time today with Fermi Wang, Chief Executive Officer, and George Laplante, Chief Financial Officer, to discuss the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2016 results. The call can be accessed by dialing 877-304-8963 in the USA; international callers should dial 760-666-4834. Participant passcode is “Ambarella.” 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, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMBA), is a leading developer of low-power, high-definition (HD) and Ultra HD video compression and image processing solutions. The company’s products are used in a variety of HD cameras including security IP-cameras, sports cameras, wearable cameras, flying cameras and automotive video camera recorders. Ambarella compression chips are also used in broadcasting TV programs worldwide. Ambarella is the recipient of the Global Semiconductor Alliance 2015 awards for “Most Respected Public Semiconductor Company” and “Best Financially Managed Semiconductor Company,” with annual sales of between $100M and $500M.


For more information about Ambarella, 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,” or similar expressions, including the anticipated financial results for the first quarter ending April 30, 2016, and the comments of our CEO relating to our efforts to successfully diversify and expand our end markets and customer base. 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 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; our ability to introduce new and enhanced solutions; our ability to retain and expand customer relationships and to achieve design wins; our ability to successfully enter new 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 2015 fiscal year and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 31, 2015, which are 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2016 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 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 fourth quarter and fiscal year 2016, the company has provided below reconciliations between its non-GAAP financial measures to its most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. With respect to the company’s expectations for the first quarter of fiscal year 2017, a reconciliation of non-GAAP gross margin and non-GAAP net income 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 this non-GAAP measure. We expect the variability of the above charges to have a significant, and potentially unpredictable, impact on our future GAAP financial results.

AMBARELLA, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

(unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended January 31,      Twelve Months Ended January 31,  
     2016      2015      2016      2015  

Revenue

   $ 67,967       $ 64,700       $ 316,373       $ 218,278   

Cost of revenue

     24,651         23,255         111,029         79,142   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Gross profit

     43,316         41,445         205,344         139,136   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

           

Research and development

     23,442         15,983         82,927         57,978   

Selling, general and administrative

     10,768         8,343         37,738         29,297   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     34,210         24,326         120,665         87,275   

Income from operations

     9,106         17,119         84,679         51,861   

Other income

     207         47         530         175   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

     9,313         17,166         85,209         52,036   

Provision for income taxes

     4,217         (508      8,701         1,465   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income

   $ 5,096       $ 17,674       $ 76,508       $ 50,571   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income per share attributable to ordinary shareholders:

           

Basic

   $ 0.16       $ 0.58       $ 2.42       $ 1.70   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Diluted

   $ 0.15       $ 0.53       $ 2.27       $ 1.57   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

           

Basic

     32,105,797         30,573,724         31,633,936         29,742,653   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Diluted

     33,747,273         33,074,033         33,755,709         32,278,127   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 


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

 

     Three Months Ended January 31,      Twelve Months Ended January 31,  
     2016      2015      2016      2015  
     (unaudited, in thousands)  

Stock-based compensation:

           

Cost of revenue

   $ 249       $ 129       $ 657       $ 343   

Research and development

     7,116         3,072         19,082         8,654   

Selling, general and administrative

     4,181         2,384         11,355         6,695   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total stock-based compensation

   $ 11,546       $ 5,585       $ 31,094       $ 15,692   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

AMBARELLA, INC.

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

     Three Months Ended January 31,      Twelve Months Ended January 31,  
     2016      2015      2016      2015  
     (unaudited)  

GAAP net income

   $ 5,096       $ 17,674       $ 76,508       $ 50,571   

Two-class method - allocation to participating securities

     —           (1      —           (11

Treasury stock method - additional allocation to ordinary shares

     —           —           —           1   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

GAAP net income - diluted

   $ 5,096       $ 17,673       $ 76,508       $ 50,561   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-GAAP adjustments:

           

Stock-based compensation expense, net of tax effect

     10,414         4,919         27,766         13,866   

Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets

     6,090         —           6,090         —     

Acquisition cost

     —           —           1,229         —     

Two-class method - additional allocation to participating securities

     —           —           —           (3

Treasury stock method - additional allocation to ordinary shares

     —           —           —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-GAAP net income - diluted

   $ 21,600       $ 22,592       $ 111,593       $ 64,424   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

GAAP - diluted weighted average shares

     33,747,273         33,074,033         33,755,709         32,278,127   

Non-GAAP - diluted weighted average shares

     33,747,273         33,074,033         33,755,709         32,278,127   

GAAP - diluted net income per share

   $ 0.15       $ 0.53       $ 2.27       $ 1.57   

Non-GAAP adjustments:

           

Stock-based compensation expense, net of tax effect

     0.31         0.15         0.82         0.43   

Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets

     0.18         —           0.18         —     

Acquisition cost

     —           —           0.04         —     

Non-GAAP adjustment to two-class method diluted net income

     —           —           —           —     

Non-GAAP adjustment to treasury stock method diluted net income

     —           —           —           —     

Non-GAAP - diluted net income per share

   $ 0.64       $ 0.68       $ 3.31       $ 2.00   

The difference between GAAP and non-GAAP gross margin was 0.4% and 0.2%, or $249,000 and $129,000 for the three months ended January 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The difference between GAAP and non-GAAP gross margin was 0.2% and 0.2%, or $657,000 and $343,000 for the fiscal years ended January 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The difference was due to the effect of stock-based compensation.


AMBARELLA, INC.     

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS    

(unaudited, in thousands)    

 

     January 31,     January 31,  
     2016     2015  

ASSETS

    

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 268,056      $ 170,291   

Marketable securities

     39,837        37,703   

Accounts receivable, net

     39,408        40,180   

Inventories

     18,167        21,693   

Restricted cash

     7        8   

Deferred tax assets, current

     —          1,990   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     4,170        3,506   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     369,645        275,371   

Property and equipment, net

     3,448        3,075   

Deferred tax assets, non-current

     4,626        3,936   

Intangible assets, net

     4,178        —     

Goodwill

     26,601        —     

Other assets

     2,117        1,902   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 410,615      $ 284,284   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

    

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

     14,175        21,036   

Accrued liabilities

     23,778        18,699   

Income taxes payable

     787        748   

Deferred tax liabilities, current

     —          92   

Deferred revenue, current

     10,077        4,907   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     48,817        45,482   

Deferred revenue, non-current

     —          198   

Other long-term liabilities

     12,342        1,393   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     61,159        47,073   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity:

    

Preference shares

     —          —     

Ordinary shares

     15        14   

Additional paid-in capital

     176,306        140,564   

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (7     (1

Retained earnings

     173,142        96,634   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity

     349,456        237,211   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 410,615      $ 284,284