Applied Optoelectronics Reports Fourth Consecutive Quarter of Record Revenue

May 8, 2014

 

First Quarter 2014 Highlights

  • Revenue grew 74 percent year-over-year and 5 percent sequentially to reach $24.9 million
  • Record data center revenue of $11.6 million grew 220 percent year-over-year and 96 percent sequentially
  • Record Fiber-To-The-Home revenue of $2.2 million, up 104 percent year-over-year and up 38 percent sequentially

SUGAR LAND, Texas, May 8, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:AAOI), a leading provider of fiber-optic access network products for the cable broadband, internet data center, and fiber-to-the-home markets, today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2014.

"We delivered a very strong first quarter and achieved our fourth consecutive quarter of record revenue, driven by increasing demand for our data center and fiber-to-the-home products," said Dr. Thompson Lin, Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AOI) Founder and CEO. "Throughout the quarter, we continued to make steady progress toward executing our growth plan and achieving our operational goals in order to capitalize on our growing market opportunities. We are working to quickly increase our production capacity in order to help keep pace with the robust customer demand for our data center and fiber-to-the-home products."

First Quarter 2014 Financial Summary

  • Total revenue grew $10.5 million or 74 percent year-over-year to $24.9 million, compared with $14.3 million in the first quarter of 2013
     
  • Gross margin was 34.8 percent, compared with 28.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013. Non-GAAP gross margin was 34.9 percent, compared with 28.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013 
     
  • GAAP net income was $0.1 million, compared with net loss of $0.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2013 and net loss of $1.0 million in the first quarter of 2013
     
  • Non-GAAP net income was $0.8 million, compared with non-GAAP net income of $0.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2013 and non-GAAP net loss of $0.7 million in the first quarter of 2013
     
  • On March 31, 2014, cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments totaled $61.2 million. In the first quarter, the company received $45.7 million in net proceeds excluding underwriting fees and offering expenses from its follow-on public offering consummated on March 25, 2014

A reconciliation between all GAAP and non-GAAP information referenced above is contained in the tables below. Please also refer to "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below for a description of these Non-GAAP financial measures.

Second Quarter 2014 Business Outlook (+)

AOI's outlook for the second quarter of 2014 primarily reflects continued growth in the internet data center market, and increased revenue from the FTTH market and CATV market. The company currently expects:

  • Revenue in the range of $28.5 million to $30.0 million  
  • On a non-GAAP basis gross margin in the range of 30.5 percent to 31.5 percent  
  • On a non-GAAP basis net income in the range of $1.0 million to $2.0 million, and fully diluted earnings per share in the range of $0.06 to $0.13, using approximately 15.8 million shares

(+) Please refer to the note below on forward-looking statements and the risks involved with such statements as well as the note on Non-GAAP financial measures.  

Conference Call Information

Applied Optoelectronics will host a conference call for analysts and investors to discuss its first quarter 2014 results and outlook for its second quarter of 2014 today, May 8, 2014 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time / 1:30 p.m. Pacific time. Open to the public, investors may access the call by dialing (480) 629-9760. A live audio webcast of the conference call along with supplemental financial information will also be accessible on the company's website at investors.ao-inc.com. Following the webcast, an archived version will be available on the website for one year. A telephonic replay of the call will be available two hours after the call and will run for five business days and may be accessed by dialing (303) 590-3030 and entering passcode 4676831.

Forward-Looking Information

This press release contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions and current expectations, which could cause the company's actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to: reduction in the size or quantity of customer orders; change in demand for the company's products due to industry conditions; changes in manufacturing operations; volatility in manufacturing costs; delays in shipments of products; disruptions in the supply chain; change in the rate of design wins or the rate of customer acceptance of new products; the company's reliance on a small number of customers for a substantial portion of its revenues; potential pricing pressure; a decline in demand for our customers' products or their rate of deployment of their products; general conditions in the CATV, internet data center or FTTH markets; changes in the world economy (particularly in the United States, and China); the negative effects of seasonality; and other risks and uncertainties described more fully in the company's documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. More information about these and other risks that may impact the company's business are set forth in the "Risk Factors" section of the company's Prospectus and quarterly report on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as ''may,'' ''will,'' ''should,'' ''expects,'' ''plans,'' ''anticipates,'' ''believes,'' or ''estimates" or by other similar expressions that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes. You should not rely on forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon information available to us as of the date hereof, and qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this press release to conform these statements to actual results or to changes in the company's expectations.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We provide Non-GAAP gross margin, Non-GAAP operating income (loss), Non-GAAP net income (loss), Non-GAAP earnings per share, and other non-GAAP measures like Adjusted EBITDA to eliminate the impact of items that we do not consider indicative of our overall operating performance. To arrive at our non-GAAP gross profit, we exclude stock-based compensation expense from our GAAP gross profit. To arrive at our non-GAAP income (loss) from operations, we exclude all amortization of intangible assets, stock-based compensation expense and non-recurring consulting fees, if any, from our GAAP net income (loss) from operations. To arrive at Adjusted EBITDA, we exclude these same items and, additionally, exclude asset impairment charges, loss (gain) from disposal of idle assets, unrealized exchange loss (gain), interest (income) expense, on a net basis, provision for (benefit from) income taxes and depreciation expense, from our GAAP net income (loss). We believe that our non-GAAP measures are useful to investors in evaluating our operating performance for the following reasons:

  • We believe that elimination of items such as stock-based compensation expense, amortization and tax is appropriate because treatment of these items may vary for reasons unrelated to our overall operating performance;  
  • We believe that non-GAAP measures provide better comparability with our past financial performance, period-to-period results and with our peer companies, many of which also use similar non-GAAP financial measures; and  
  • We anticipate that investors and securities analysts will utilize non-GAAP measures to evaluate our overall operating performance.

Adjusted EBITDA and other Non-GAAP measures should not be considered as an alternative to gross profit, income (loss) from operations, net income (loss) or any other measure of financial performance calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. Our Adjusted EBITDA and other non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other organizations because other organizations may not calculate Adjusted EBITDA or such other non-GAAP measures in the same manner.

About Applied Optoelectronics

Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (AOI) is a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced optical products, including components, modules, and equipment. AOI's products are the building blocks for broadband fiber access networks around the world, where they are used in the CATV broadband, internet datacenter, and fiber-to-the-home markets. AOI supplies optical networking lasers, components and equipment to tier-1 customers in all three of these markets. In addition to its corporate headquarters, wafer fab and advanced engineering and production facilities in Sugar Land, TX, AOI has engineering and manufacturing facilities in Taipei, Taiwan and Ningbo, China. For additional information, visit www.ao-inc.com .

Applied Optoelectronics Inc. and the related AOI logo are trademarks of Applied Optoelectronics Inc.

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
Preliminary Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
  March 31, 2014 December 31, 2013
     
ASSETS    
CURRENT ASSETS    
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments  $ 61,150  $ 30,751
Accounts Receivable, Net  23,837  22,089
Inventories  23,933  19,608
Other Receivables  825  742
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets  4,658  4,746
Total Current Assets  114,403  77,936
     
Property, Plant And Equipment, Net  35,282  31,134
Land Use Rights  942  959
Intangible Assets, Net  3,848  851
Other Assets  179  177
TOTAL ASSETS  $ 154,654  $ 111,057
     
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY    
     
CURRENT LIABILITIES    
Accounts Payable  $ 17,105  $ 15,010
Accrued Expenses  4,072  4,515
Bank Acceptance Payable  2,691  2,347
Bank Loan-Short Term  10,984  13,260
Current Portion of Long Term Debt  5,070  3,925
Total Current Liabilities  39,922  39,057
     
Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt  3,834  8,923
Other Long-Term Liability  1,750  -- 
TOTAL LIABILITIES  45,506  47,980
     
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY    
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY  109,148  63,077
     
Total Liabilities and stockholders' equity  $ 154,654  $ 111,057
 
 
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
Preliminary Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
  Three Months Ended
March 31,
  2014 2013
CATV   $ 9,748  $ 8,259
Datacenter   11,575  3,620
FTTH   2,216  1,087
Other   1,320  1,351
Total Revenue  24,859  14,317
     
Total Cost of Sales  16,206  9,732
     
Total Gross Profit  8,653  4,585
     
Operating Expenses:     
Research & Development   3,546  2,004
Sales and Marketing   1,333  907
General and Administrative   3,554  2,374
Total Operating Expenses  8,433  5,285
     
Operating Income (Loss)  220  (700)
     
Other Income (Expense):     
Interest Income   79  20
Interest Expense   (162)  (306)
Other Income   92  137
Other Expense   (119)  (145)
Total Other Income (Expenses):  (110)  (294)
     
Net Income (Loss) before Income Taxes  110  (994)
     
Income Tax  (25)  -- 
     
Net Income (Loss) after Income Taxes  $ 85  $ (994)
 
Net Income (Loss) Per Share Attributable to Common Stockholders 
Basic   $ 0.01  $ (3.74)
Diluted   $ 0.01  $ (3.74)
     
Weighted-Average Shares Used to Compute Net Income (Loss) Per Share Attributable to Common Stockholders 
Basic   12,792  266
Diluted   13,788  266
 
 
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
Preliminary Condensed Consolidated NON GAAP Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
  Three Months Ended
March 31,
  2014 2013
CATV   $ 9,748  $ 8,259
Datacenter   11,575  3,620
FTTH   2,216  1,087
Other   1,320  1,351
Total Revenue  24,859  14,317
     
Total Cost of Sales  16,181  9,720
     
Total Gross Profit  8,678  4,597
     
Operating Expenses:     
Research & Development   3,522  1,992
Sales and Marketing   1,310  897
General and Administrative   3,069  2,263
Total Operating Expenses  7,901  5,152
     
Operating Income (Loss)  777  (555)
     
Other Income (Expense):     
Interest Income   79  20
Interest Expense   (162)  (304)
Other Income / Expense   159  153
Total Other Income (Expenses):  76  (131)
     
Net Income (Loss) before Income Taxes  853  (686)
     
Income Tax  (25)  -- 
     
Net Income (Loss) after Income Taxes  $ 828  $ (686)
     
Net Income (Loss) Per Share Attributable to Common Stockholders     
Basic   $ 0.06  $ (2.58)
Diluted   $ 0.06  $ (2.58)
     
Weighted-Average Shares Used to Compute Net Income (Loss) Per Share Attributable to Common Stockholders     
Basic   12,792  266
Diluted   13,788  266
 
 
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
Preliminary Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
  Three Months Ended
March 31, 
  2014 2013
GAAP total gross profit  $ 8,653  $ 4,585
Share-based compensation expense  25  12
Non-GAAP income (loss) from gross profit  8,678  4,597
Non-GAAP gross margin 34.9% 32.1%
     
GAAP research and development expense  3,546  2,004
Share-based compensation expense  24  12
Non-GAAP research and development expense  3,522  1,992
     
GAAP sales and marketing expense  1,333  907
Share-based compensation expense  23  10
Non-GAAP sales and marketing expense  1,310  897
     
GAAP general and administrative expense  3,554  2,374
Share-based compensation expense  416  76
Amortization expense  69  17
Non Recurring expense  --   18
Non-GAAP general and administrative expense  3,069  2,263
     
GAAP total operating expense  8,433  5,285
Share-based compensation expense  463  98
Amortization expense  69  17
Non Recurring expense  --   18
Non-GAAP total operating expense  7,901  5,152
     
GAAP operating income (loss)  220  (700)
Share-based compensation expense  488  110
Amortization expense  69  17
Non Recurring expense  --   18
Non-GAAP operating income (loss)  777  (555)
     
GAAP other income (loss)  (110)  (294)
Unrealized exchange loss (gain)  186  163
Non-GAAP other income (loss)  76  (131)
     
GAAP net income (loss)  85  (994)
Amortization of intangible assets  69  17
Share-based compensation expense  488  110
Non Recurring charges  --   18
Unrealized exchange loss (gain)  186  163
Non-GAAP net income (loss)  828  (686)
     
GAAP net income (loss)  85  (994)
Amortization of intangible assets  69  17
Share-based compensation expense  488  110
Depreciation expense  1,170  754
Non Recurring charges  --   18
Unrealized exchange loss (gain)  186  163
Interest (income) expense, net  83  286
Taxes related to the above  25  -- 
Adjusted EBITDA  $ 2,106  $ 354
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         Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.

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