Art Chadwick
Analyst · Quinn Bolton with Needham
Great. Thanks for Rajesh, and good afternoon, everyone. So today I'll discuss first-quarter 2021 financial results and provide some guidance for the second quarter of 2021. I'll focus my discussion on non-GAAP financial results and refer you to today's press release for a detailed description of our GAAP results, as well as a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP results, which excludes stock-based compensation and related payroll tax expense. So as Rajesh mentioned, the first quarter was another great quarter for us. We had strong year over year revenue growth, continued ghost margin expansion, and strong year-over-year growth in non-GAAP net income revenue for the quarter was $35.5 million, up 63% over the same quarter a year ago, with revenue growth in each of our major market segments sales into our mobile IoT and consumer segment, which consists of sales into mobile phones, wearable devices, and consumer products for $22.4 million, up 81% over the same quarter last year. Sales into our industrial automotive and aerospace segment, which includes sales into automotive, industrial medical aerospace, military, and broad-based sales for $7.3 million, up 31% year over year and sales into communications and enterprise, which consists of wireless infrastructure, including 5G data center and networking we're $5.8 million, up 33% year over year. Our largest customer accounted for 37% sales. This quarter gross margins continue to expand non-GAAP gross margins were 54.1% of 60 basis points, sequentially, and up more than 700 basis points over the same quarter. Last year, non-GAAP operating expenses were $15.3 million comprised of $8.2 million in R&D and $7.1 million in SG&A this was up from $13.3 million in Q4. As we expanded our workforce by more than 10% this quarter, primarily in R&D as we continue to invest in advancing our technology and expanding our product. Continue to invest in advancing our technology and expanding our product portfolio. Non-GAAP net income was $3.8 million or 19 cents per share, compared to a $2.2 million loss in the same quarter last year. Stock-based compensation expense and related payroll taxes were $7.4 million up from $6.2 million in the fourth quarter, due to new employee stock grants and our performance stock-based bonus plan. Our big financial event this quarter was the follow-on stock offering. In February, we sold 1.5 million shares of stock at $127 per share, netting $181.6 million after fees and expenses. MegaChips also sold 1.5 million shares, which increased the public float and liquidity of our stock and reduced their ownership to just under 32%. Trade receivables were at $22.2 million, with DSO in the 59 days. Inventory was $15.0 million, up from $12.4 million at the end of Q4. As we ramped production this quarter in anticipation of higher Q2 sales. In regards to cash flow, we generated $6.0 million in positive cash flow from operations. We invested $4.2 million in equipment and assets. We added $181.6 million from our stock offering. And as a result, we ended the quarter with just over $0.25 billion in cash and no bank debt. I'd now like to provide some guidance for the second quarter of 2021. First of all, the trends that are driving the need for high-performance timing solutions continue to drive significant year-over-year revenue growth. Additionally, as Rajesh mentioned, many of our customers are now placing orders up to five to 12 months in advance, which is giving us the best visibility we have ever had. For the second quarter, we expect sales to increase 10% to 15% sequentially. At midpoint that would be about $40 million, or 85% higher than the same quarter last year. Sequential growth will come primarily from comms, enterprise, and industrial markets. While sales into mobile IoT and consumer will be essentially flat quarter to quarter, from Q1 to Q2. We expect continued gross margin expansion of at least 50 basis points sequentially. Operating expenses will increase due to an expanding workforce. We expect Q2 non-GAAP operating expenses will increase about 10% sequentially, to approximately $17 million. Though we have significant cash balance now, interest rates are low, which means our interest income will be relatively nominal and is expected to be about $50,000 for the quarter. The basic share count in Q2 will be approximately 19.0 million shares. And the dilutive effect of employee RSUs will add approximately 2.0 million additional shares, taking the total expected diluted share count to approximately 21.0 million shares. Stock-based compensation expense is expected to be approximately $7.5 million. And based on this guidance just given, we expect second-quarter non-GAAP EPS will be between $0.21 and $0.25 per share. On a slightly different topic ESG, which stands for environmental, social, and governance, is getting more investor attention these days, and I'd like to make a few comments. First of all, we believe the culture here at SiTime aligns very well with basic ESG principles. We promote an inclusive environment by valuing the contributions of all employees and work to ensure our employees feel seen, heard, valued, and respected. We believe diversity makes us stronger. A diverse workforce supports creativity, problem-solving and better decision-making. We also believe it's important to minimize the environmental impact of our products and operations to ensure a sustainable future. We are working to enhance our sustainability practices by developing and implementing policies to reduce our carbon emissions and consumption of energy and water. We recently went live with our ESG and corporate governance website, and we encourage interested investors to visit. So in summary, our workforce continues to perform extremely well while working from home. Our product portfolio continues to expand with differentiated products that address large and growing markets. We have an enviable list of Tier 1 customers and, now, an even stronger balance sheet. We believe 2021 will be a great year for us. And with that, I'd like to turn the call back to the operator for Q&A.