Zvi Glasman
Analyst · D.A. Davidson & Company. Please proceed with your question
Thank you, Mario. Good afternoon, everyone. I’ll focus on our second quarter results and then review our guidance. As Larry stated earlier, sales in the second quarter of 2017 were a record $120.8 million, representing an increase of 18.1% versus sales of $102.3 million in the second quarter of 2016. Gross margin was 32.3% for the second quarter of 2017, a 70 basis point increase from 31.6% in the prior year period. The improvement in gross margin was primarily due to favorable product and customer mix and improved manufacturing efficiencies. Excluding acquisition-related costs, non-GAAP gross margins for the second quarter of 2017 expanded 60 basis points, as compared to the second quarter of last year. Total operating expenses were $20.9 million, or 17.2% of sales in the second quarter of 2017, compared to $21.1 million or 20.6% of sales in the second quarter last year. The slight decrease in operating expenses is primarily a result of the conclusion of our acquisition-related compensation arrangements, partially offset by strategic investments to support future business growth and increased incentive and stock-based compensation expense. Non-GAAP operating expenses stated as a percentage of sales were 15.7% versus 16.3% in Q2 of last year. Focusing on expenses in more detail. Our sales and marketing expenses increased approximately $0.6 million primarily related to investments to support our brand including higher employee-related costs. Research and development expenses increased approximately $0.4 million due to investments in our product lines and technologies. As we previously stated, the timing of R&D and promotional expenses often changes between quarters and years depending on a number of factors including product launch cycles. Our general and administrative expenses in the second quarter of 2017 were $8.1million compared to $7.1 million in the prior year period. The change was primarily due to increased stock and incentive-based compensation costs. In the second quarter of 2017, our tax rate was approximately 22.7%, compared to 16.9% in the same period last year. The increase in the effective tax rate was primarily due to the impact of the increase in pretax income and resulting increase in tax expense with no corresponding increase in tax credits and deductions. Adjusted EBITDA is a record $24 million for the second quarter of 2017, compared to $18.6 million in the same quarter last year. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 19.9% compared to 18.2% in the prior year quarter. On a GAAP basis, our net income in the second quarter of 2017 was $13.7 million, compared to $8.9 million in the prior year period. Earnings per diluted share for the second quarter of 2017 were $0.35 compared to $0.24 in Q2 of 2016. Non-GAAP adjusted net income was $15 million, an increase of $3.2 million as compared to $11.8 million in the second quarter of the prior year period. Non-GAAP adjusted earnings per diluted share for the second quarter of 2017 were $0.39 compared to $0.32 in the second quarter of 2016. We believe non-GAAP adjusted net income and adjusted EBITDA are useful metrics that better reflect the performance of our business on an ongoing basis. You will find a reconciliation of all GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures in our earnings press release issued today. Now, focusing on our balance sheet. As of June 30, 2017, we have cash-on-hand of $43.3 million. Total debt outstanding was $64.9 million, compared to $66.7 million of debt outstanding as of December 31, 2016. Inventory was $89.4 million as of June 30, 2017, compared to $71.2 million as of December 31, 2016. Accounts receivable was $63 million as of June 30, 2017, as compared to $61.6 million as of December 31, 2016. Accounts payable was $51.1 million as of June 30, 2017 as compared to $36.2 million as of December 31, 2016. The changes in accounts receivable, inventory and accounts payable are primarily attributable to business growth and our normal business seasonality. Accrued expenses decreased to $29.9 million as of June 30, 2017, from $34.4 million as of December 30, 2016, primarily due to the final scheduled earnout payment related to one of the our 2014 acquisitions partially offset by our normal business seasonality. Turning now to our outlook. For the third quarter of 2017, we expect sales in the range of $119 million to $125 million and non-GAAP adjusted earnings per diluted share in the range of $0.40 to $0.44. For fiscal year 2017, we are raising our previous guidance and now expect sales in the range of $458 million to $470 million and non-GAAP adjusted earnings per diluted share in the range of $1.43 to $1.51. For 2017, we now expect non-GAAP operating expenses to be lower than our expected long-term target of just below 17%. For 2018, we expect to return to our longer term target OpEx as we support strategic initiatives such as ERP, support continued business growth and higher compliance costs resulting from the process of exiting our emerging growth status. We believe that the 2017 annual tax rate will be in line with our previously guidance of 18% to 20%. However, our tax rate is trending towards the upper-end of the range on our increased profitability expectations. We expect the Q3 tax rate to be in the mid to upper teens, while Q4 will likely be in the mid to upper 20s. We are pleased with our business performance and year-to-date growth. As we mentioned to you on our earnings call earlier this year, we anticipated a more front-loaded year as a result of the new product introductions. Consistent with our previously communicated expectations, I am implicit within our guidance, we continue to expect a lower growth rate in Q4. However, we would point out that our expected growth for the entire year exceeds our original expectations and exceeds our long-term project growth rates. As we have previously stated, the quarterly growth often varies between this based on timing of vehicle introductions and other factors. Looking at the second half of this year, we will be wrapping some very successful powered vehicle introductions. Based on our visibility of the future new powered vehicle product introductions, our growth rate in 2018 will be lower than the 2017, and more consistent with our annual long-term target range of 2018. We remain confident in our ability to achieve our growth targets of mid to high single-digits at bike and low double-digits in powered vehicle over the long-term. Additionally, as we mentioned previously, powered vehicle growth is subject to new vehicle introduction timing and will not necessarily be linear between quarters or years. I’d also like to note that we are not providing guidance on GAAP EPS as it cannot be provided without reasonable efforts due to the difficulty of accurately predicting the elements necessary to provide such guidance and reconciliations. Finally, as a reminder, non-GAAP adjusted earnings per diluted share exclude the following items, net of applicable tax: amortization of purchased intangibles, contingent consideration valuation adjustment, acquisition-related compensation expense, including related foreign currency transaction gains or losses, certain acquisition-related adjustments and expenses, litigation-related expenses and offering expenses. These adjustments are more fully described in the tables included in our press release, which has been posted on our website. I’d now like to turn the call back over to Larry.