PI - Earnings call transcript Q3 2017

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Operator

Good day, and welcome to the Impinj Third Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions] Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Ms. Maria Riley, Investor Relations. ahead. go Please

Maria Riley

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Chris Diorio

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Evan Fein

Thanks, Chris.

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quarter third was count share million weighted XXXX Our average diluted shares. XX.X

We by the million to inventory over balance quarter, balance ended and with production, compared $XX.X million, $XX.X million. cash IC and up with cash prior balance quarter. quarter. $X.X the increased We receivable bringing was primarily the short-term quarter from endpoint Accounts Turning investments $XX.X driven million the sheet. to by inventory $XX.X million, our equivalents last of slightly in prior

we a gateway Chris to endpoint year-end, buffer units IC consistent of noted, at production. ramping endpoint plan production at time IC As moderate our will with reader the and billion same have

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to to $XX.XX We $XX.XX expect in range million revenue be of XXXX fourth quarter the million.

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Operator

Company. comes Charles Please with Anderson [Operator & Dougherty from Instructions] Our ahead. question first go

Charles Anderson

of So QX. of obviously moving terms here a parts in lot

You have got then you half the year first the got into and the fixed moving readers next of lower ASP. have

on well. dynamic And you forward that’s So much obviously a reader, on if the have side, are I see the next could that was if And about talk how that wonder year define able then I then got what's pushing. new maybe you wonder that to follow-up. into I fixed ASP so you was going how driving that and a as then

Chris Diorio

to that take question? Evan, want Yes, you

Evan Fein

Charlie, are referring end calendar to the boundaries? Yes. you the boundaries, meaning QX

Charles Anderson

Correct.

Evan Fein

Yes.

million dollars On the fixed reader I a side, that is measured in has more than than few should a or few XXXX. few into pushed A a not dollars been more million dollars few. say million

said edging IC the we small, a range. and On single Year-over-year declines it ASP digit is bit. slight a endpoint in just still It's a reduction, it's have up increase. that price

Charles Anderson

are And what year. Okay. just that’s then you next mentioned mean factors how new seeing of products competitive in that will guys persist. terms that driving and you I the also are

how ASP the what wonder about talked long-term just you dynamics have I So it guys historically. relative to

Chris Diorio

Yes.

Chris. the cut take consequence that will that differentiation increase increasing at do market pressure Eric anything add? as will to introducing believe to stiffened new a as And we expect we But slower I to time the of our competition a see I said, drive and hand I We driving products continue. market that our and would a this as will Eric, platform and continue to next else then and of that'd year over growth. well. expect in IC competitive forward. endpoint of So some we is pressure

Eric Brodersen

No.

you captured well. it think I

markets our about in sensitive workloads being versus those is across the make or sure also logistics markets. differentiation the, we there particularly space healthcare space, retail of to are think I some thinking say which price that its key

Operator

comes to And our next with ahead. Please question from Hettenbach Craig Stanley. Morgan

Craig Hettenbach

thanks. Yes,

margin should and more Just next going and it ASPs. follow into up you point growth at terms so to on making revenue a had that or about the as year. more versus of really in competition how around commentary think find just Do we this decisions

Chris Diorio

we Craig, continue many market on that retail, automotive, to aggressively market, just in market. share And the we earnings maintain the said this about and segments there all of intend are to call, different Eric to mentioned, position our think competing it, you is, last in airlines, think I way our should as segments. as drive

in business as dynamics well the continuing and to a in our forward. and investment differentiation forward As platform give our new our us competitive going products drive strong

Craig Hettenbach

up. Okay. as And my then follow

some realignment are in you can touch we think should where maybe kind opportunities? to the of it Is some retail, of ramp? how about about talk seeing new a as you on newer As and growth be in verticals, the of you Or they when just prospects point visibility some in pullback and healthcare. your opportunities some transportation of the even

Chris Diorio

one? Eric, that take you to want

Eric Brodersen

Yes.

I So it pull parts. into will two

Craig you you idea is When seeing the period. around and pushed related, the rates said, really our highlighted gateways. there of earnings those back really, that the that is out growth have and there, the major pull think factors. verticals think around That about we I can as out major really borne about other readers that moved out this Two are projects you a last evidence is traction that and that’s current call, we in retail. in

significant XXX launch. our like products within and I how past those channel That’s verification would sales verticals. shipment historical between the our -- with excellent on on quarter, look think our software. core gateways our see differentiation then particularly I growth ItemSense logistics, xSpan RAIN reader and products, this And and traction to channel, focused focus on we our that the

Chris Diorio

I in in couple a as saw more what -- deployments, whales script. is versus pushing infrastructure in one exactly handhelds. retail really size one called thing. the expanding deployments We RAIN But we driven I as What calls, add I was giants, the said where to the This would of a to time don’t the of a on pullback go see as of a handheld as then fixed the is we Chris. of their retail. like with [scale] them prior determining or out just they consequence want opportunities see

And expanding seen at just just see example others, year, you in haven't the fact XXXX. data, are XXXX from big we saw coming see of and increases step if this Auburn still you And giants for we we in University look like in retail So retail -- those deployments. growing. from we in function

Operator

comes Please question Jensen next with Our Troy from ahead. Piper Jaffray. go

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Chris Diorio

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Chris Diorio

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and got and and logistics healthcare, have manufacturing. We airlines

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Eric Brodersen

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Unidentified Analyst

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Chris Diorio

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Operator

Please ahead. is with question next go Mike Canaccord Walkley Our from Genuity.

Mike Walkley

touch on versus the in a tend base second the share first half Evan, to talk you endpoints even and basis. it's the of your lot to wanted customers be you half. etcetera. disposable think just I short-term the if lower just you work the from just retail loss, year Since about Chris don’t to why maybe and Can a as year-over-year of decline

stronger on Just of when how the share be second a seasonal softer think you given the a basis. your retailers first relative half the do year versus should your little half about

Chris Diorio

think as this we to back am one Mike, and I go can to the forth refer back we apart. script tease going I Yes. and

constrained number partners our introducing is function inlay adjusting believe from As having another stock there had buffer a times again retailers may not And that we times us now. and seasonality One masked. of in two which large we couple resale a lead large supply and previously in play. long have lead I lead those short some one factors our And is timing long deployment to the where delays increases. is times is transition several said, step at

bit right we seeing -- are time -- drove those long that And sort times to because products. of inlay actually we they significant our or we so at through slowness pending time so customers of orders. now had the in which to a the closer deployments lead ordering QX, and and are mainly need that previously But they need the

we especially still So little seeing terms of a And bit deployments. rapid are are little we new in in ramp. of bit rebound seasonality volume QX, from a then a seeing of XXXX

those end factors the believe play. all they that we are has data, for we share hard we customer of share information on in well is the with and stand believe our us have strong still the adoption, based as our to information which our our So that ones be market we we It's believe in endpoint partners have, quantify but may best ever direct changed don’t terms where had as materially. IC we are of

Mike Walkley

year-over-year some And your you thought more to about helpful. the of the given especially the comparison year. past pretty push of to growth. these comments that QX big look might as growth after walk projects endpoint through you that XX% us to on Can normal That’s endpoints XXXX, difficult process you kind then and talked returning you Okay. got and this fixed

to the about over of XX% 'XX or kind greater of next year. developing think endpoint how the course see Just market growth you

Chris Diorio

Sure.

do to quarter on see quarter we and any to both up. basis, So a timing by ramping particular volatility due opportunity due

allocation. year, were in products. enough didn’t If you we last essentially look back have to We

normalization basically a meet new product have we accommodate happening but we see long-lead as times And and demand. sufficient a so dynamic to we have we now the

we least industry approach so and an the we rate underlying get what of growth norms of the more that’s And expect our sort lines those and in to historical to overtime. along is closer volumes historical see at norms

back quarter retail historical on in what's quarter verticals. confident other year in exactly to long business, can't But confident to and next we cite by norms. I happen to how basis those take a the remain get that’s Now us or going adoption going to

and Delta we and at volumes across industries rolling looking example, consequence do out a expect see adoption our as historical growth norms. For to multiple more to And others. all we return

Mike Walkley

Thank for Evan. Last you. Okay. question me, for

with constrained would the was normal margin, you supply margins have because the trends you. little you were or the gross gateway pay gross a thought line spot might had quarter. the stronger on stronger those mix were to so given and because been I readers below leaders, the market in up have On expectations margin of Thank margins this

Evan Fein

Sure. Yes.

xSpan prior So a One, less margin going over gross same things percentages am larger sorry, adoption a and -- great mentioned of our our those periods, gross few healthy. on newer a kind margin inside have RXXX. I of margin basis, profile the on margins product lesser were the SKU on margin very percentage. then were specifically a Meaning more Those or unchanged. was What saw products, family. products the of we earlier Chris some other profile

think those a excited so issue products and of about us very products towards gaining margin were margin was those remains good. kind newer and very we new and are the product which any we more tend to have create profile. health given for a opportunities But lower traction So mix slightly there of lower

Operator

Jim comes Ricchiuti from Needham ahead. [Operator and next Instructions] Company. with question go Our Please

Jim Ricchiuti

coming your bit major that competitor? You business, little that a be Is least competitive. the portion from maybe on endpoint seem the of things getting at tag IC more suggesting to

Chris Diorio

Yes.

Jim Ricchiuti

you when how competitive, it compare look years? the things in what's And market if does stack were maybe it up at and in against time happening to points previous prior

Chris Diorio

is a are bit in a a we little right now time feeling what competition guess growth. I of So bit little slower stiffened

really targeted leadership at that our, our remain into opportunities And position launch to somewhat our really talked past. in opportunity positioning, to give said, what year RXA we will feeling European we in we products as XXXX. are confident and retail, next believe I so, stiffened us Monza again, compared we now I and competition as is the really think in cement our about introduce new That head product

Jim Ricchiuti

from Chris, competition market? are Or wouldn’t competition stiff competition. any new seeing this seeing if in you that you increased players normally as be other

Chris Diorio

it's players Jim, in primarily the market. existing from Yes,

have We early the been days. been not about some here entrants driven competitive and world primarily and But travelling is that the I noise the since entrants. there. have to the of seen the much new players market there is way by the have in competitive people in prominent talking market around

Jim Ricchiuti

as meeting least readers at to Okay. and happening And You this over be the seem something and do that of that that -- competitors that just then for may having your shifting potentially where some certain been you a this just competitor. there of ships SKUs. to business go wondering, I demand gateways is into just some that’s trouble get Is a with you QX business to well? sense is risk have am suggesting

Chris Diorio

am increasing about Jim, component am us those So, to see to we the get that one, deployments new prioritizing is same and business side. fixed and and bit SKUs, the time as those for long ramping number I can any need critical he do of most additional terms products in going us. products. to as dynamics I our to two, are well pushing At it just the then have for speak number can't insights times which value to the high the we new is competition. what's the [indiscernible] us most demand and our obviously Eric as are reader production at We if takes we has little see increasing really as by fast saying What time and forward, talk lead on we a going start of some competition

now driving it into moving Managing So fixed see opportunity we anything fast are We we through are to we the can. the component and reading. those as times. as lead add? Eric,

Eric Brodersen

and it Jim, emphasize substitution of verification by say I a I think these top the shipment based respect into at sales or the and will a end asset competitor with platform on logistic to the start workflow. management of gateway workflows, healthcare ItemSense into some potential

competitive around as part of about not substitution. units put differentiation place the our less that makes sales both a confident at team a to less also an we us makes concern occur we I ability think I that’s right We are end that that have it like motion. us level us to ecosystem the we a and prioritization that deployment can't and of supply type am of more integrated have that deeply and what in in how but worry selling leads competitive flow feel in type saying our user deployment us in into for of

sure right that’s the this XXX. capture the level where I us to and that there supply prevalent. available in know we the again feel have good more because we prioritizing where got in investments to partners we level to entry are we the But supply a channel end our with channel we working like partners -- need space think the good investments identified expansive and market the customers for make right and aggressively to ensuring to We that right place channel are we we drive opportunities. have are options team, our that

Chris Diorio

on it. put a bow And to

really fixed platform. sale reader displace those it's and platform opportunities a a harder opportunities are to So lot

Jim Ricchiuti

Okay. marketing sequentially. think in we should a quarter? about And Evan about this expense R&D areas just How bit up couple you. operating OpEx, for How of think we where and particularly sales QX? in OpEx You should scaled a a had question quite and

Evan Fein

Sure.

opportunities. Chris we to in mode As mass said, an investment capture are this of

in was number a specifically other and our product hired addition of progress ubiquitous invest. meaningful of development we ubiquitous people. of to platform. the in products development to our continue reading. do drove QX reading So made intend What increase in platform We We some some to the on

wage it have and going quarter. to I one our had from XXX mentioned we our think are third folks, review time XXX in effect of process increases takes I kind the annual

some those of were were increases fast from those drove So will QX to as of notable And to because of grow think onetime quite But increase in invest. to do items. kind most QX. continue I which three QX we things the intend it then not

Operator

from RBC Capital comes Mitch question last Markets. go our Steves And Please today with ahead.

Mitch Steves

questions for two had guys. I you

The first on the margin front.

for uplift that your why essentially do profitability revenues to the from you down me, kind anything near-term. guys guess, that and from growth the an is with Is a I perspective, the are decreasing secondly more can then keep profitability there And flattish. of that more coming new ASP average. going retail, European is in be the to be to corporate is product you is is for to line it or targeted going So,

Evan Fein

Mitch, first the this take will is I Evan. question.

margin the opportunity feel like front, is the we On massive.

in and this like our wave continue to invest are entering strategy second opportunity. We to we the

optimize our for think to not it's our goal It's right and growth adoption optimize and we the that’s profitability. investing. goal revenue So to strategy

his investment Chris EBITDA as lower therefore that continued script in if of a mentioned you result So strategy.

Chris Diorio

in and with more a line respect solid But see support retail launch. for launch our that would that then we MRXA the it price strong model. existing have as an IC And targets characterize strategy market. will that specifically with like and as at I that We that’s ramp in to really European

Operator

to to session. the question-and-answer closing like This remarks. Diorio concludes I for turn Chris our over would conference any back

Chris Diorio

say everybody joining thank and would much today support. very to call like thank you I just again you to for your for our

Operator

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Impinj (PI) 1 Nov 172017 Q3 Earnings call transcript