Silicom Reports Q2 2019 Financial Results

KFAR SAVA, Israel, July 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicom Ltd. (NASDAQ: SILC), a leading provider of high-performance networking and data infrastructure solutions, today reported its financial results for the second quarter and first half ended June 30, 2019.

Financial Results

Second Quarter: Silicom's revenues for the second quarter of 2019 totalled $25.4 million compared with $27.6 million for the second quarter of 2018.

On a GAAP basis, net income for the quarter totalled $2.3 million, or $0.30 per share (basic and diluted), compared with $2.4 million, or $0.32 per share (basic and diluted), for the second quarter of 2018.

On a non-GAAP basis (as described and reconciled below), net income for the quarter totalled $2.9 million, or $0.38 per share (basic and diluted), compared with $3.4 million, or $0.44 per diluted share ($0.45 per basic share), for the second quarter of 2018.

First Six Months: Silicom's revenues for the first half of 2019 totalled $55.6 million compared with $57.1 million for the first half of 2018.

On a GAAP basis, net income for the period totalled $5.9 million, or $0.77 per diluted share ($0.78 per basic share), compared with $1.0 million, or $0.13 per share (basic and diluted), for the first half of 2018.

On a non-GAAP basis (as described and reconciled below), net income for the period totalled $6.9 million, or $0.91 per share (basic and diluted), compared with $7.7 million, or $1.00 per diluted share ($1.02 per basic share), for the first half of 2018.

Guidance for the Third Quarter

Management projects that revenues for the third quarter of 2019 will total $24 to $25 million.

Comments of Management

Shaike Orbach, Silicom's President and CEO, commented, "We are pleased to report another solid quarter with revenues in line with our guidance, continued profitability and cash generation. While our short term visibility remains low due to the unclear ramp-up timing and patterns of a few of our major SD-WAN and NFV design wins, we are encouraged by the significant growth in the quantity of our SD-WAN systems that are being deployed through our customers in the market. Unfortunately, this growth is not yet reflected in our top-line revenues due to the excess inventory accumulated by one of our major SD-WAN customers, resulting in a delay of planned orders. We believe that once this excess inventory is depleted and the ramp-up rate of a few of our existing Design Wins progresses, our overall revenues will return to growth in 2020, even before winning new business.

"In parallel, we remain strongly confident about the potential of our FPGA and SD-WAN product lines as long-term revenue drivers that will add fuel to our growth. Momentum for these offerings has already started to build: we announced several FPGA wins that will begin to translate into revenues next year, and we are working to transform a significant portion of our FPGA and SD-WAN pipeline into new wins. At the same time, we continue to invest in expanding our technological lead in the space. The availability of our unique Packet Mover and other FPGA capabilities has already begun attracting interest from clients beyond our traditional Cloud/Data Center/Networking target markets, as demonstrated by a technology giant's selection of Silicom to design a customized 400G FPGA networking card. Any wins in these additional target markets will add to the significant potential of our wins in the Cloud/Data Center/Networking markets, which remain the focus of our investment and activities.  In parallel, the launch of our powerful new Intel Xeon-D (D2100)-based Edge Computing Platform for streamlining the deployment of white box services opens up opportunities in the high-potential Edge Computing market."

Mr. Orbach continued, "As a long-term player, we continue to invest in developing our client relationships, technology and products. With a strong balance sheet, growing markets, a superior product portfolio and excellent customer relationships, we are well positioned and confident in our prospects."

Conference Call Details
Silicom's Management will host an interactive conference today, July 25^th, at 9am Eastern Time (6am Pacific Time, 4pm Israel Time) to review and discuss the results.

To participate, please call one of the following teleconferencing numbers. Please begin placing your calls at least 10 minutes before the conference call commences. If you are unable to connect using the toll-free numbers, try the international dial-in number.

US: 1 888 668 9141
UK: 0 800-917-5108
ISRAEL: 03 918 0609
INTERNATIONAL: +972 3 918 0609

At: 9:00am Eastern Time, 6:00am Pacific Time, 4:00pm Israel Time

For those unable to listen to the live call, a replay of the call will be available for three months from the day after the call under the investor relations section of Silicom's website.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This release, including the financial tables below, presents other financial information that may be considered "non-GAAP financial measures" under Regulation G and related reporting requirements promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission as they apply to our company. These non-GAAP financial measures exclude compensation expenses in respect of options and RSUs granted to directors, officers and employees, amortization of acquired intangible assets, taxes on amortization of acquired intangible assets, as well as discontinued project-related write-offs. Non-GAAP financial measures should be evaluated in conjunction with, and are not a substitute for, GAAP financial measures. The tables also present the GAAP financial measures, which are most comparable to the non-GAAP financial measures as well as reconciliation between the non-GAAP financial measures and the most comparable GAAP financial measures. The non-GAAP financial information presented herein should not be considered in isolation from or as a substitute for operating income, net income or per share data prepared in accordance with GAAP.

About Silicom

Silicom Ltd. is an industry-leading provider of high-performance networking and data infrastructure solutions. Designed primarily to improve performance and efficiency in Cloud and Data Center environments, Silicom's solutions increase throughput, decrease latency and boost the performance of servers and networking appliances, the infrastructure backbone that enables advanced Cloud architectures and leading technologies like NFV, SD-WAN and Cyber Security. Our innovative solutions for high-density networking, high-speed fabric switching, offloading and acceleration, which utilize a range of cutting-edge silicon technologies as well as FPGA-based solutions, are ideal for scaling-up and scaling-out cloud infrastructures.

Silicom products are used by major Cloud players, service providers, telcos and OEMs as components of their infrastructure offerings, including both add-on adapters in the Data Center and stand-alone virtualized/universal CPE devices at the edge.

Silicom's long-term, trusted relationships with more than 150 customers throughout the world, its more than 400 active Design Wins and more than 300 product SKUs have made Silicom a "go-to" connectivity/performance partner of choice for technology leaders around the globe.

For more information, please visit: www.silicom.co.il

Statements in this press release which are not historical data are forward-looking statements which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, or other factors not under the company's control, which may cause actual results, performance, or achievements of the company to be materially different from the results, performance, or other expectations implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, Silicom's increasing dependence for substantial revenue growth on a limited number of customers in the evolving cloud-based, SD-WAN, NFV and Edge markets, the speed and extent to which solutions are adopted by these markets, likelihood that Silicom will rely increasingly on customers which provide solutions in these evolving markets, resulting in an increasing dependence on a smaller number of larger customers, difficulty in commercializing and marketing of Silicom's products and services, maintaining and protecting brand recognition, protection of intellectual property, competition and other factors detailed in the company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements can generally be identified as such because the context of the statement will include words, such as "expects," "should," "believes," "anticipates" or words of similar import. Similarly, statements that describe future plans, objectives or goals are also forward-looking statements. In light of significant risks and uncertainties inherent in forward-looking statements, the inclusion of such statements should not be regarded as a representation by the company that it will achieve such forward-looking statements. The company disclaims any duty to update such statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

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SOURCE Silicom Ltd