Alon Rozner
Analyst · Citigroup Investment Research. Please proceed
Thank you Ronen and good evening everyone. Since joining Kornit in December, I have had the opportunity to immerse myself in the business and operations as well as get closely familiar with my colleagues and professional teams across Kornit. I am excited with the journey ahead of us as we continue to transform the textile industry and scale profitably. Before beginning the financial overview, I would like to remind you that the following discussion will include GAAP financial measures as well as non-GAAP pro forma results. A full reconciliation of our results on a GAAP to non-GAAP basis is available in the earnings press release issued earlier today and on the Investors section of our website. Now let's dive into the financials. We are very pleased with our strong fourth quarter results which significantly exceeded our expectations on top and bottom line. Fourth quarter results were record-high for Kornit across key financial parameters including revenue, profitability and cash flow from operations. Fourth quarter revenue increased 49% year-over-year to $72.3 million, net of $1.8 million non-cash warrants impact and an increase of 26% compared to the previous quarter. Our fourth quarter results were driven by strong demand for our industrial and mass production system mostly in North America and Europe and very high growth in consumables during the peak season. Services revenue for the fourth quarter was $10.9 million, net of $280,000 non-cash warrants impact, accounting for 15% of total revenue, an increase of 70% year-over-year and an increase of 35% compared to the previous quarter. As a reminder, Custom Gateway revenue and cost of goods are mostly included in services. We continue to improve our service contract attach rate, which is growing our recurring revenue stream. As Ronen mentioned, it was a strong quarter in the Americas with 75% of total revenue coming from that region, 20% from EMEA and 5% from Asia-Pacific region. In the fourth quarter, we had only one customer that contributed more than 10% of total revenue. Our top 10 customers accounted for 62.1% of total revenue. Moving to profitability. Non-GAAP gross margin in the quarter, net of warrants impact, reached 51.8%, an improvement of 160 basis points year-over-year and 370 basis points from previous quarter. Our GAAP basis gross margin in the quarter was 51.1%, an improvement of 170 basis points year-over-year and an improvement of 400 basis points from the previous quarter. Our strong gross margin is a result of the demand for our high-end systems, high demand for ink, profitable service revenue and continuous operational efficiency. Moving to our OpEx items. I will discuss these items on a non-GAAP basis. We continue to invest in the business to support the accelerated growth opportunities ahead of us. During the fourth quarter, we didn't have any adjustments or expenses related to COVID-19 and we do not expect any costs going forward. Adjusted research and development expenses were $8.7 million or 12.1% of revenue, compared to $5.7 million or 11.6% of revenue in the fourth quarter of 2019. The increase in R&D is a result of the accelerated investment in R&D for new products and innovative applications and attributed to headcount additions and use of materials. Sales and marketing expenses in the quarter were $10.2 million or 14.2% of revenue, compared to $8.5 million or 17.4% of revenue in the fourth quarter of 2019. We continue to invest in expanding our go-to-market capabilities and in customer facing activities. However, travel and events expenses were lower this quarter due to continued travel limitations in some areas. General and administrative expenses in the fourth quarter were $6.7 million or 9.2% of revenue, compared to $4.5 million or 9.2% of revenue in the fourth quarter of 2019. The increase in G&A cost is mainly related to additional headcount, professional services and increase in D&O insurance cost. We ended the quarter with 672 employees, a year-over-year increase of 125 employees and an increase of 15 employees compared to the previous quarter. The year-over-year increase was in line with our growth plans, both organically and in organically with 53 new employees joining us from Custom Gateway. Looking forward to 2021, we will continue to invest in growing the organization to support our business, mainly in R&D and sales and marketing. Non-GAAP net profit for the fourth quarter was $11.5 million or $0.24 per share on a fully diluted basis, up from $7.1 million or $0.17 per share in the fourth quarter of 2019. Fourth quarter GAAP net profit was $5.9 million or $0.12 per share on a fully diluted basis, up from net income of $4.8 million or $0.11 per share for the fourth quarter of 2019. Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2020 was $14.8 million, compared to adjusted EBITDA of $7.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2019. Net cash provided by operating activities was $34.3 million this quarter compared to $14.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2019. The increase was mainly due to the increased level of activity and advance payments from customers. We enter 2021 with a strong backlog, including $27 million of deferred revenue and customer advances. We expect the deferred revenues balance to convert to revenue in 2021, largely in the second and third quarter. Cash balance, including bank deposit and marketable securities, at quarter-end were $436 million, compared to $264 million as of December 31, 2019. The increase in cash was mostly driven by the successful offering of $163 million in September and our operating profit. I will now briefly recap our full-year 2020 results. Our full-year results were impacted by COVID uncertainty in the first quarter. Then we experienced strong growth in the business in the second-half of 2020, which resulted in a record close to the year. Full-year revenue, net of $5.4 million non-cash warrants impact, was $193.3 million, an increase of 7.5% year-over-year. Full-year GAAP net loss was $4.8 million or $0.11 per share on a fully diluted basis compared to net income of $10.2 million or $0.26 per share in 2019. Full-year adjusted EBITDA was $14 million compared to adjusted EBITDA of $26.9 million in 2019. Turning to our view on the first quarter of 2021. We enter 2021 with strong industry tailwinds, a backlog of large expansion projects and great momentum in the business. For the first quarter of 2021, we expect revenue to be in the range of $61 million to $65 million and non-GAAP operating income to be in the range of 8% of revenue to 10% of revenue. As has been our practice in the past, these numbers assume no impact of fair value of issued warrants in the quarter. In summary, we are very proud of our Q4 results as we continue to execute on our strategy and capitalize on the long term opportunity ahead of us. Kornit is in a very strong position and we are more confident than ever in our ability to achieve our $500 million run rate goal ahead of plan, while expanding gross margin and profitability. I will now turn the call back to Ronen