Exhibit 99.1
CEVA, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2018 Financial Results
| | • | | Licensing revenue of $10.1 million, up 6% year-over-year |
| | • | | Licensing agreements with two lead customers for CEVA-NeuPro AI processor product line, ushering in a new era of AI licensing for the company |
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 09, 2018–CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of signal processing platforms and artificial intelligence processors for smarter, connected devices, announced today its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018. Starting in fiscal year 2018, CEVA will report its earnings under the new revenue recognition standard, ASC 606.
Total revenue for the first quarter of 2018 was $17.6 million, a 17% decrease compared to $21.3 million reported for the first quarter of 2017. First quarter 2018 licensing and related revenue was $10.1 million, an increase of 6% when compared to $9.5 million reported for the same quarter a year ago. Royalty revenue for the first quarter of 2018 was $7.5 million, a decrease of 36% when compared to $11.8 million reported for the first quarter of 2017.
Under ASC 606, CEVA’s royalty revenue represents actual or best estimates of customer shipments during the first quarter. Revenues for the first quarter of 2017 were reported under ASC 605, the old revenue recognition standard, where royalty revenue was reported one quarter in arrears. Under ASC 605, CEVA’s first quarter 2018 royalty revenue was $10.0 million, a decrease of 15% year-over-year compared to $11.8 million reported for the first quarter of 2017. As required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, throughout 2018, CEVA’s quarterly financials will be provided under both revenue recognition standards to allow a more aligned year-over-year comparison.
Gideon Wertheizer, CEO of CEVA, stated: “Our licensing business continues to perform very well, with fourteen deals signed, including two lead customers each for our new CEVA-NeuPro AI processors and our CEVA-ClearVox noise suppression and beamforming technologies. In our royalty business, the market experienced excess channel inventory in the low tier smartphone and feature phone markets, which resulted in weaker than expected baseband shipments in the first quarter. This was partially offset by continued growth in shipments and revenue from ournon-handset baseband customers, increasing 58% and 39%, respectively, over first quarter 2017 actual shipments.”
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Of the fourteen license agreements completed during the quarter, eight were for CEVA DSP and AI products, and six were for CEVA connectivity IPs. All of the licensing agreements signed during the quarter were fornon-handset baseband applications and three were with first-time customers of CEVA. Customers’ target markets for the licenses include smart cameras andvehicle-to-vehicle communications for ADAS, surveillance cameras, cellular IoT, Bluetooth headsets, car infotainment systems and advanced consumer cameras. Geographically, four of the deals signed were in China, two were in the U.S., two were in Europe and six were in the APAC region, including Japan.
GAAP net loss for the first quarter of 2018 was $2.2 million, as compared to a net gain of $4.1 million reported for the same period in 2017. GAAP diluted loss per share for the first quarter of 2018 was ($0.10), as compared to diluted earnings per share of $0.19 a year ago.
Non-GAAP net income and diluted earnings per share for the first quarter of 2018 were $0.8 million and $0.04, respectively, down from the $6.3 million and $0.28 reported for the first quarter of 2017.Non-GAAP net income and diluted earnings per share for the first quarter of 2018 excluded: (a) equity-based compensation expense, net of taxes, of $2.6 million, and (b) the impact of the amortization of acquired intangibles of $0.4 million associated with the acquisition of RivieraWaves and an investment in NB-IoT technologies.Non-GAAP net income and diluted earnings per share for the first quarter of 2017 excluded: (a) equity-based compensation expense, net of taxes, of $1.8 million, and (b) the impact of the amortization of acquired intangibles of $0.3 million associated with the acquisition of RivieraWaves.
Under ASC 605, total revenue was $19.5 million. GAAP net loss and diluted loss per share were ($0.5) million and ($0.02), respectively.Non-GAAP net income and diluted earnings per share for the first quarter of 2018 were $2.5 million and $0.11, respectively.
Yaniv Arieli, Chief Financial Officer of CEVA, stated: “During the quarter, we invested in new cellular IoT technologies to strengthen our position andvalue-add to customers in this burgeoning market segment. Additionally, the company repurchased approximately $1.5 million of its common stock under our existing share repurchase program. At the end of the quarter, our cash balance, marketable securities and bank deposits totaled $183 million, with no debt.”
CEVA Conference Call
On May 9, 2018 CEVA management will conduct a conference call at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the operating performance for the quarter.
The conference call will be available via the following dial in numbers:
| | • | | U.S. Participants: Dial1-844-435-0316 (Access Code: CEVA) |
| | • | | International Participants: Dial+1-412-317-6365 (Access Code: CEVA) |
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The conference call will also be available live via webcast at the following link:https://www.webcaster4.com/Webcast/Page/984/25277. Please go to the web site at least fifteen minutes prior to the call to register, download and install any necessary audio software.
For those who cannot access the live broadcast, a replay will be available by dialing1-877-344-7529 or+1-412-317-0088 (access code: 10118895) from one hour after the end of the call until 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) on May 16, 2018. The replay will also be available at CEVA’s web sitewww.ceva-dsp.com.
For More Information, Contact:
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Yaniv Arieli CEVA, Inc. CFO +1.650.417.7941 yaniv.arieli@ceva-dsp.com | | Richard Kingston CEVA, Inc. VP Market Intelligence, Investor & Public Relations +1.650.417.7976 richard.kingston@ceva-dsp.com |
About CEVA, Inc.
CEVA is the leading licensor of signal processing platforms and artificial intelligence processors for a smarter, connected world. We partner with semiconductor companies and OEMs worldwide to create power-efficient, intelligent and connected devices for a range of end markets, including mobile, consumer, automotive, industrial and IoT. Ourultra-low-power IPs for vision, audio, communications and connectivity include comprehensiveDSP-based platforms forLTE/LTE-A/5G baseband processing in handsets, infrastructure andmachine-to-machine devices, advanced imaging and computer vision for any camera-enabled device, audio/voice/speech andultra-low poweralways-on/sensing applications for multiple IoT markets. For artificial intelligence, we offer a family of AI processors capable of handling the complete gamut of neural network workloads,on-device. For connectivity, we offer the industry’s most widely adopted IPs for Bluetooth (low energy and dual mode) andWi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax up to 4x4). Visit us atwww.ceva-dsp.com and follow us onTwitter,YouTube,Facebook andLinkedIn.
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CEVA, INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME – U.S. GAAP
U.S. dollars in thousands, except per share data
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| | | Quarter ended
March 31, | |
| | | 2018 | | | 2017 | |
| | | Unaudited | | | Unaudited | |
Revenues: | | | | | | | | |
Licensing and related revenues | | $ | 10,083 | | | $ | 9,535 | |
Royalties | | | 7,486 | | | | 11,752 | |
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Total revenues | | | 17,569 | | | | 21,287 | |
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Cost of revenues | | | 1,972 | | | | 1,696 | |
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Gross profit | | | 15,597 | | | | 19,591 | |
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Operating expenses: | | | | | | | | |
Research and development, net | | | 12,016 | | | | 9,873 | |
Sales and marketing | | | 3,176 | | | | 2,938 | |
General and administrative | | | 2,954 | | | | 2,125 | |
Amortization of intangible assets | | | 359 | | | | 309 | |
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Total operating expenses | | | 18,505 | | | | 15,245 | |
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Operating income (loss) | | | (2,908 | ) | | | 4,346 | |
Financial income, net | | | 927 | | | | 571 | |
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Income (loss) before taxes on income | | | (1,981 | ) | | | 4,917 | |
Income taxes | | | 201 | | | | 810 | |
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Net income (loss) | | $ | (2,182 | ) | | $ | 4,107 | |
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Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share | | $ | (0.10 | ) | | $ | 0.19 | |
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Weighted-average shares used to compute net income (loss) per share (in thousands): | | | | | | | | |
Basic | | | 22,148 | | | | 21,398 | |
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Diluted | | | 22,148 | | | | 22,187 | |
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Unaudited Reconciliation of GAAP toNon-GAAP Financial Measures
U.S. Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts
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| | | Quarter ended
March 31, | |
| | | 2018 | | | 2017 | |
| | | Unaudited | | | Unaudited | |
GAAP net income (loss) | | | (2,182 | ) | | | 4,107 | |
Equity-based compensation expense included in cost of revenues | | | 157 | | | | 91 | |
Equity-based compensation expense included in research and development expenses | | | 1,269 | | | | 871 | |
Equity-based compensation expense included in sales and marketing expenses | | | 454 | | | | 289 | |
Equity-based compensation expense included in general and administrative expenses | | | 891 | | | | 698 | |
Income tax benefit related to equity-based compensation expenses | | | (129 | ) | | | (115 | ) |
Amortization of intangible assets related to RivieraWaves transaction and in 2018 NB-IoT technologies | | | 359 | | | | 309 | |
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Non-GAAP net income | | $ | 819 | | | $ | 6,250 | |
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GAAP weighted-average number of Common Stock used in computation of diluted net income (loss) per share (in thousands) | | | 22,148 | | | | 22,187 | |
Weighted-average number of shares related to outstanding stock-based awards (in thousands) | | | 968 | | | | 362 | |
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Weighted-average number of Common Stock used in computation of diluted earnings per share, excluding the above (in thousands ) | | | 23,116 | | | | 22,549 | |
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GAAP diluted earnings (loss) per share | | $ | (0.10 | ) | | $ | 0.19 | |
Equity-based compensation expense, net of taxes | | $ | 0.12 | | | $ | 0.08 | |
Amortization of intangible assets related to RivieraWaves transaction and in 2018 NB-IoT technologies | | $ | 0.02 | | | $ | 0.01 | |
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Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share | | $ | 0.04 | | | $ | 0.28 | |
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CEVA, INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
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| | | March 31,
2018 | | | December 31,
2017 (*) | |
| | | Unaudited | | | Unaudited | |
ASSETS | | | | | | | | |
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Current assets: | | | | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | $ | 18,382 | | | $ | 21,739 | |
Marketable securities and short term bank deposits | | | 118,481 | | | | 117,096 | |
Trade receivables, net | | | 13,902 | | | | 14,480 | |
Accrued revenue | | | 9,425 | | | | 2,014 | |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | | | 4,136 | | | | 3,747 | |
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Total current assets | | | 164,326 | | | | 159,076 | |
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Long-term assets: | | | | | | | | |
Bank deposits | | | 45,967 | | | | 44,518 | |
Severance pay fund | | | 9,086 | | | | 8,910 | |
Deferred tax assets | | | 4,085 | | | | 3,643 | |
Property and equipment, net | | | 6,805 | | | | 6,926 | |
Goodwill | | | 46,612 | | | | 46,612 | |
Intangible assets, net | | | 3,583 | | | | 1,742 | |
Other long term assets | | | 6,078 | | | | 5,385 | |
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Total assets | | $ | 286,542 | | | $ | 276,812 | |
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| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | | | | | | | | |
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Current liabilities: | | | | | | | | |
Trade payables | | $ | 499 | | | $ | 392 | |
Deferred revenues | | | 4,973 | | | | 4,399 | |
Accrued expenses and other payables | | | 18,071 | | | | 18,004 | |
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Total current liabilities | | | 23,543 | | | | 22,795 | |
Long-term liabilities: | | | | | | | | |
Accrued severance pay | | | 9,784 | | | | 9,347 | |
Accrued Liabilities | | | 400 | | | | — | |
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Total liabilities | | | 33,727 | | | | 32,142 | |
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Stockholders’ equity: | | | | | | | | |
Common stock: | | | 22 | | | | 22 | |
Additional paidin-capital | | | 217,923 | | | | 217,417 | |
Treasury stock | | | (24,146 | ) | | | (26,056 | ) |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | | | (1,188 | ) | | | (586 | ) |
Retained earnings | | | 60,204 | | | | 53,873 | |
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Total stockholders’ equity | | | 252,815 | | | | 244,670 | |
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Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | | $ | 286,542 | | | $ | 276,812 | |
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| (*) | Derived from audited financial statements |
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