Mellanox Achieves Record Quarterly Revenue in the First Quarter 2016

Quarterly revenue growth of 34.2 percent, year-over-year to $196.8 million, sets new record

Quarterly Ethernet revenues grew 98 percent year-over-year, including EZchip

Closed acquisition of EZchip Semiconductor Ltd.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. & YOKNEAM, Israel--()--Mellanox® Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: MLNX) today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2016.

“We are pleased to report the fourth consecutive quarter of record revenue. Our profitability grew 37.2 percent year-over-year. During the quarter we closed the acquisition of EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. We see great promise in the combination of EZchip’s intelligent processors, and Mellanox’s leading interconnect technology. We believe the combined company can deliver compelling value to current and future customers,” said Eyal Waldman, president and CEO of Mellanox Technologies. “We recorded strong growth in our Ethernet business, supported by adoption of our 40 Gigabit Ethernet adapters. We are seeing strong interest in the Spectrum product line and expect revenues to accelerate in the coming quarters. Tests demonstrate superior performance, costs, resiliency, and power of Spectrum compared to alternative products. We are pleased to see our InfiniBand business grow year-over-year. We see additional hyperscale entities deployed InfiniBand in their data centers.”

First Quarter 2016 -Highlights

  • Revenues of $196.8 million increased 11.2 percent, compared to $176.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2015.
  • GAAP gross margins of 64.2 percent in the first quarter compared to 70.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015.
  • Non-GAAP gross margins of 71.4 percent in the first quarter compared to 72.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015.
  • GAAP operating loss was $3.9 million, compared to operating income of $19.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2015.
  • Non-GAAP operating income was $41.3 million, or 21.0 percent of revenue, compared to $36.6 million, or 20.7 percent of revenue in the fourth quarter of 2015.
  • GAAP net loss was $7.2 million, compared to net income of $43.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2015.
  • Non-GAAP net income was $39.3 million, compared to $37.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2015.
  • GAAP net loss per diluted share was $0.15 in the first quarter compared to net income per diluted share of $0.90 in the fourth quarter of 2015.
  • Non-GAAP net income per diluted share was $0.81 in the first quarter compared to $0.77 in the fourth quarter of 2015.
  • $48.6 million in cash was provided by operating activities, compared to $34.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2015.
  • Cash and investments totaled $261.8 million at March 31, 2016, compared to $510.5 million at December 31, 2015.

Second Quarter 2016 Guidance

We currently project:

  • Quarterly revenues of $210 million to $215 million
  • Non-GAAP gross margins of 71 percent to 72 percent
  • An increase in non-GAAP operating expenses of 8 percent to 10 percent
  • Share-based compensation expense of $13.4 million to $13.9 million
  • Non-GAAP diluted share count of 48.8 million to 49.3 million shares

Recent Mellanox Press Release Highlights

  April 4, 2016       Mellanox Announces New Line of InfiniBand Router Systems, Expanding Data Center Scalability and Enabling Infrastructure Flexibility
Mar 22, 2016 Mellanox Announces First 200Gb/s Silicon Photonics Devices, Doubling The Performance in the QSFP Form Factor

Mar 22, 2016

Mellanox and InnoLight Announce the Availability and Interoperability of 100Gb/s PSM4 Transceivers at 1310 and 1550nm Wavelengths
Mar 8, 2016 Mellanox Showcases End to End 100Gb/s Ethernet Solutions for Content Distribution Networks
Mar 7, 2016 Mellanox Adds Cumulus Linux Support for Ethernet Switches
Mar 7, 2016 Mellanox Introduces World's First 25/50 Gb/s OCP Ethernet Adapters for Single and Multi-Host Technology
Mar 7, 2016 Mellanox Introduces Open Composable Networks to Enable New Interconnect Speeds and Higher Efficiency for OCP Platforms
Mar 2, 2016 Mellanox Joins RISC-V Foundation as a Platinum Founding Sponsor
Mar 1, 2016 Mellanox Delivers Next Generation Network Processor to Key Telco Customers
Feb 24, 2016 Mellanox Partners with Nutanix to Deliver Effortless Enterprise Infrastructure

Conference Call

Mellanox will hold its first quarter 2016 financial results conference call today at 2 p.m. Pacific Time to discuss the company’s financial results. To listen to the call, dial +1-877-876-9177, or for investors outside the U.S., +1-785-424-1666, approximately 10 minutes prior to the start time.

The Mellanox financial results conference call will be available via live webcast on the investor relations section of the Mellanox website at http://ir.mellanox.com. Access the webcast 15 minutes prior to the start of the call to download and install any necessary audio software. A replay of the webcast will also be available on the Mellanox website.

About Mellanox

Mellanox Technologies is a leading supplier of end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet interconnect solutions and services for servers and storage. Mellanox interconnect solutions increase data center efficiency by providing the highest throughput and lowest latency, delivering data faster to applications and unlocking system performance capability. Mellanox offers a choice of fast interconnect products: adapters, switches, software, cables and silicon that accelerate application runtime and maximize business results for a wide range of markets including high-performance computing, enterprise data centers, Web 2.0, cloud, storage and financial services. More information is available at www.mellanox.com.

GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation

To supplement our consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), Mellanox uses non-GAAP measures of net (loss) income which are adjusted from results based on GAAP to exclude share-based compensation expense, amortization expense of acquired intangible assets, acquisition related expense, settlement costs, changes in certain deferred tax assets and gains (impairment losses) on equity investments. The company believes the non-GAAP results provide useful information to both management and investors, as these non-GAAP results exclude expenses that are not indicative of our core operating results. Management believes it is useful to exclude share-based compensation expense, amortization expense of acquired intangible assets, acquisition related expense, settlement costs, changes in deferred tax assets, and gains (impairment losses) on equity investments because it enhances investors’ ability to understand our business from the same perspective as management, which believes that such items are not directly attributable to nor reflect the underlying performance of the company’s business operations. Further, management believes certain non-cash charges such as share-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets and changes related to recognition of deferred taxes do not reflect the cash operating results of the business. These measures should be considered in addition to results prepared in accordance with GAAP, but should not be considered a substitute for or superior to GAAP results. These non-GAAP measures may be different than the non-GAAP measures used by other companies. A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP condensed consolidated statements of operations is also presented in the financial statements portion of this release and is posted under the “Investor Relations” section on our website.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

All statements included or incorporated by reference in this release, other than statements or characterizations of historical fact, are forward-looking statements, including the guidance for the three months ended June 30, 2016, statements related to trends in the market for our solutions and services, opportunities for our company in 2016 and beyond, and future product capabilities. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry and business, management’s beliefs and certain assumptions made by us, all of which are subject to change.

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More information about the risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may impact our business is set forth in our annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 26, 2016. All forward-looking statements in this press release, including the guidance for the three months ended June 30, 2016, are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

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Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except per share data, unaudited)
                       
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2016 2015
Total revenues $ 196,810 $ 146,675
Cost of revenues   70,481     41,087  
Gross profit 126,329 105,588
Operating expenses:
Research and development 71,034 58,118
Sales and marketing 31,228 22,558
General and administrative   27,938     9,701  
Total operating expenses 130,200 90,377
(Loss) income from operations (3,871 ) 15,211
Interest expense 998
Other income (loss)   61     (2,469 )
Other loss, net   (937 )   (2,469 )
(Loss) income before taxes (4,808 ) 12,742
Provision for taxes on income   2,360     2,246  
Net (loss) income $ (7,168 ) $ 10,496  
Net (loss) income per share — basic $ (0.15 ) $ 0.23  
Net (loss) income per share — diluted $ (0.15 ) $ 0.22  
Shares used in computing net (loss) income per share:
Basic 47,358 45,691
Diluted 47,358 47,034
 
 
Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Adjustments
(in thousands, percentages, unaudited)
                 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2016 2015
Reconciliation of GAAP net income (loss) to non-GAAP:
GAAP (loss) net income $ (7,168 ) $ 10,496
Adjustments:
Share-based compensation expense:
Cost of revenues 475 547
Research and development 9,152 6,768
Sales and marketing 3,648 2,394
General and administrative 4,991   2,009  
Total share-based compensation expense 18,266 11,718
Amortization of acquired intangibles:
Cost of revenues 10,429 1,474
Research and development 195 195
Sales and marketing 1,023   584  
Total amortization of acquired intangibles 11,647 2,253
Settlement costs:
General and administrative 5,106    

Total settlement costs

5,106
Acquisition related charges:
Cost of revenues 3,300
Research and development 476 763
Sales and marketing 56 225
General and administrative 6,348    
Total acquisition related charges 10,180 988
Impairment loss on equity investment in a private company 3,189
Deferred taxes on NOL in Israel 1,265    
Non-GAAP net income $ 39,296   $ 28,644  
 

Reconciliation of GAAP gross profit to non-GAAP:

Revenues $ 196,810 $ 146,675
GAAP gross profit 126,329 105,588
GAAP gross margin 64.2 % 72.0 %
Share-based compensation expense 475 547
Amortization of acquired intangibles 10,429 1,474
Acquisition related charges 3,300    
Non-GAAP gross profit 140,533   107,609  
Non-GAAP gross margin 71.4 % 73.4 %
 

Reconciliation of GAAP operating expenses to non-GAAP:

GAAP operating expenses $ 130,200 $ 90,377
Share-based compensation expense (17,791 ) (11,171 )
Amortization of acquired intangibles (1,218 ) (779 )
Settlement costs (5,106 )
Acquisition related charges (6,880 ) (988 )
Non-GAAP operating expenses $ 99,205   $ 77,439  
 
 
Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Adjustments
(in thousands, except per share data, unaudited)
                 
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
2016 2015
 

Reconciliation of GAAP (loss) income from operations to non-GAAP:

GAAP (loss) income from operations $ (3,871 ) $ 15,211
Share-based compensation expense 18,266 11,718
Settlement costs 5,106
Amortization of acquired intangibles 11,647 2,253
Acquisition related charges 10,180   988  
Non-GAAP income from operations $ 41,328   $ 30,170  
 
Shares used in computing GAAP diluted earnings per share 47,358 47,034
Adjustments:
Effect of dilutive securities under GAAP* (1,343 )
Total options vested and exercisable 1,450   1,797  
Shares used in computing non-GAAP diluted earnings per share 48,808   47,488  
 
GAAP diluted net (loss) income per share $ (0.15 ) $ 0.22
Adjustments:
Share-based compensation expense 0.38 0.25
Amortization of acquired intangibles 0.25 0.04
Settlement costs 0.11
Acquisition related charges 0.21 0.02
Deferred taxes in NOL in Israel 0.03
Impairment loss on equity investment in a private company 0.07
Effect of dilutive securities under GAAP* 0.02
Total options vested and exercisable (0.02 ) (0.02 )
Non-GAAP diluted net income per share $ 0.81   $ 0.60  

 

This adjustment adds back the GAAP effect of additional ordinary shares that would have been outstanding if the dilutive potential ordinary shares from stock options had been issued under the Treasury method.

                       
 

Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, unaudited)

 
March 31, December 31,
2016 2015
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 117,912 $ 263,199
Short-term investments 143,926 247,314
Accounts receivable, net 105,114 84,273
Inventories 72,271 62,473
Other current assets 22,907   19,979  
Total current assets 462,130 677,238
Property and equipment, net 103,157 100,018
Severance assets 15,787 9,514
Intangible assets, net 308,721 32,154
Goodwill 476,037 200,743
Deferred taxes and other long-term assets 32,627   33,715  
Total assets $ 1,398,459   $ 1,053,382  
 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 47,632 $ 44,600
Accrued liabilities 106,684 74,296
Deferred revenue 18,948 17,743
Capital lease liabilities, current 217 491
Current portion of term debt 25,905    
Total current liabilities 199,386 137,130
Accrued severance 19,630 12,464
Deferred revenue 12,197 12,439
Term debt 248,926
Other long-term liabilities 26,498   24,668  
Total liabilities 506,637 186,701
Shareholders’ equity:
Ordinary shares 202 200
Additional paid-in capital 713,039 684,824
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) 2,423 (1,669 )
Retained earnings 176,158   183,326  
Total shareholders’ equity 891,822   866,681  
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity $ 1,398,459   $ 1,053,382  
         
 

Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

(in thousands, unaudited)

 
Three months ended March 31,
2016         2015
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income $ (7,168 ) $ 10,496

Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to

net cash provided by operating activities, net

of effects from acquired company:

Depreciation and amortization 20,614 9,546
Deferred income taxes 1,265 104
Share-based compensation expense 18,266 11,718
Loss (gain) on investments 112 (309 )
Impairment of equity investment in a private company 3,189
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net (4,677 ) 9,005
Inventory 4,361 (8,689 )
Prepaid expenses and other assets 2,305 3,895
Accounts payable 3,340 (2,122 )
Accrued liabilities and other payables 10,177   8,962  
Net cash provided by operating activities 48,595   45,795  
 
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of severance-related insurance policies (226 ) (186 )
Purchase of short term investments (64,908 ) (87,793 )
Proceeds from sale of short term investments 199,932 37,326
Proceeds from maturities of short term investments 77,715 17,798
Purchase of property and equipment (8,283 ) (9,521 )
Purchase of equity investment in a private company (107 )
Acquisition, net of cash acquired $87.5 million (681,189 )  
Net cash used in investing activities (477,066 ) (42,376 )
 
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from term debt 280,000
Term debt issuance costs (5,521 )
Principal payments on capital lease obligations (274 ) (281 )
Proceeds from exercise of share awards 8,979   7,192  
Net cash provided by financing activities 283,184   6,911  
 
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents (145,287 ) 10,330
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 263,199   51,326  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 117,912   $ 61,656  
 
 

Contacts

Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
Press/Media Contact
McGrath/Power Public Relations and Communications
Allyson Scott, +1 408-727-0351
allysonscott@mcgrathpower.com
or
Investor Contact
Jeffrey Schreiner, +1 408-916-0012
jschreiner@mellanox.com
or
Israel PR Contact
Gelbart Kahana Investor Relations
Sharon Levin, +972-3-6070567
sharonl@gk-biz.com

Release Summary

Mellanox Achieves Record Quarterly Revenue in the First Quarter 2016 Quarterly revenue growth of 34.2 percent, year-over-year to $196.8 million, sets new record.

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Contacts

Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
Press/Media Contact
McGrath/Power Public Relations and Communications
Allyson Scott, +1 408-727-0351
allysonscott@mcgrathpower.com
or
Investor Contact
Jeffrey Schreiner, +1 408-916-0012
jschreiner@mellanox.com
or
Israel PR Contact
Gelbart Kahana Investor Relations
Sharon Levin, +972-3-6070567
sharonl@gk-biz.com