Bryan Murray
Analyst · Cowen. Please go ahead
Thank you, Erik. And thank you everyone for joining today's call. I'm pleased to share with you our second quarter 2020 results today. Once again, our team overcame the challenges presented by a rapidly changing market due to the ongoing pandemic. Despite continued headwinds in certain areas of our business, overall, we were able to deliver strong top line and profitability growth. Net revenue for the second quarter ended June 28, 2020 was $280.1 million, up 21.3% year-over-year, and up 21.8% on a sequential basis. The increase in revenue on both a year-over-year and sequential basis is primarily due to exceptionally strong demand for CHP products in response to the work from home transition taking place around the globe, as individuals look to upgrade their network connections. We continue to win in the market with our leading edge Wi-Fi 6 offerings and strong online presence. Our non-GAAP operating margin for the second quarter came in at 7.5%, driven largely by the leverage created by our revenue growth. For the second quarter of 2020, net revenue for the Americas was $202.2 million, which is up 28.7% year-over-year and up 27.8% on a sequential basis. The Americas continued to benefit from increased demand for CHP products in both the retail and service provider channels generated by the shift to work from home environment. EMEA net revenue was $48.4 million, which is up 12.2% year-over-year, and up 14.7% quarter-over-quarter. This was also driven by the demand for CHP products in response to work from home, and seen in both the retail and service provider channels. Our APAC net revenue was $29.4 million, which is down 3.7% from the prior year comparable quarter, and down 0.6% sequentially. The decline in relation to both periods was driven by lower net revenue from sales to service providers. For the second quarter of 2020, we shipped a total of approximately 3.7 million units, including 2.7 million nodes of wireless products. Shipments of all wired and wireless routers and gateways combined were about 1.5 million units for the second quarter of 2020. The net revenue split between home and business products was about 82% and 18% respectively. In net revenue split between wireless and wired products was about 74% and 26% respectively. Products introduced in the last 15 months constituted about 30% of our second quarter shipments, while products introduced in the last 12 months contributed about 23% of our second quarter shipment. From this point on, my discussion points will focus on non-GAAP numbers. The reconciliation from GAAP to non-GAAP is detailed in our earnings release distributed earlier today. The non-GAAP gross margin in the second quarter of 2020 was 29.6%, which is up 80 basis points as compared to 28.8% in the prior year comparable quarter, and up 40 basis points compared to 29.2% in the first quarter of 2020. While the mix of our SMB business, which carries relatively higher gross margins, declined year-over-year, we were more than able to offset the gross margin impact due primarily to lower contra revenue marketing spending in our CHP business. Total Q2 non-GAAP operating expenses came in at $62 million, which is up 10.1% year-over-year and at 5.2% sequentially. This sequential increase was primarily due to higher sales and marketing spend associated with the increased top line. As always, we continue to manage our expenses prudently, while also ensuring that we are investing sufficiently in the growth portions of our business for future success. Our headcount was 788 as of the end of the quarter, down by nine from the prior quarter. We continue to manage our headcount very tightly, especially in times of economic uncertainty. Non-GAAP R&D expense for the quarter was 6.9% of net revenue, as compared to 7.6% of net revenue in the prior year comparable period, and 8.1% of net revenue in the first quarter of 2020. To continue our technology and subscription service leadership, we are committed to continue investment in R&D. Our non-GAAP tax rate was 23.5% in the second quarter of 2020. Looking at the bottom line for Q2, we reported non-GAAP net income of $16.3 million, and non-GAAP diluted EPS of $0.54. Turning into the balance sheet, we ended the second quarter of 2020 with $258.6 million in cash and short-term investments, up $48.8 million from the prior quarter. Additionally, our inventory decreased by $30 million in the quarter, as we continued to deliver on strong demand in the Americas and EMEA, and continued to successfully reduce our mix of inventory in older Wi-Fi technologies. In Q2, we generated $63.2 million in cash flow from operations, which brings our total cash provided from operations over the trailing 12 months to $115.6 million. We used $2.4 million in purchases of property and equipment during the quarter, which brings our total cash use for capital expenditures over the trailing 12 months to $8.4 million. We remain confident in our ability to continue to generate cash, and expect we will be able to further increase our cash position in the second half of 2020. In Q2, we spent $7.5 million to repurchase approximately 315,000 shares of NETGEAR common stock at an average price of $23.78 per share. Since the start of our repurchase activity in Q4 2013, we have spent $551.2 million to repurchase 15.7 million shares. Our fully diluted share count is approximately 30.1 million shares as of the end of the second quarter. Especially in times of uncertainty like these, we continue to recognize the importance of maintaining a strong cash position, and we will balance our practice of repurchasing shares with our desire to maintain a strong balance sheet. Now, turning to the results of our product segments. The connected home segment, which includes the industry-leading Nighthawk, Orbi, Nighthawk Pro Gaming, and Meural brands, generated net revenue of $230 million during the quarter, which is up 37.3% on a year-over -ear basis, and up 39.7% sequentially. The year-over-year, and sequential increase was attributable to increased demand in both service provider and retail channels. In the second quarter of 2020, service provider revenue was the highest it has been since the second quarter of 2018, while non-service provider revenue achieved its best results since the fourth quarter of 2018 and its highest fiscal Q2 on record. In the second quarter, we again held a strong leadership position in U.S. market share in consumer Wi-Fi, coming in at 49%. The SMB segment generated net revenue of $50 million for the second quarter of 2020, which is down 21% on a year-over-year basis, and down 23.4% sequentially. As we expected, our SMB business experienced declines with the onset of the pandemic in corresponding business closures. On the product front, our PoE Plus and ProAV switching lines continued to perform well in the market. Our market share in switches sold through U.S. retail channel came in at 49% in Q2. I'll now turn the call over to Patrick for his commentary.