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QuickLogic Reports Fiscal 2021 First Quarter Results

 

 

San Jose, Calif. – May 18, 2021 - QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK) (“QuickLogic” or the “Company”), a developer of ultra-low power multi-core voice enabled SoCs, embedded FPGA IP, and Endpoint AI solutions, today announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2021, ended April 4, 2021.

 

Recent Highlights

 

●  Launched SensiML open source initiative to assert leadership for commercial AI adoption of smart sensing IoT applications

●  Announced an Amazon-qualified reference design for hearables or battery-powered applications to communicate directly with Alexa

●  Launched the SparkFun Thing Plus - QuickLogic EOS S3 Development Kit with SparkFun and Crowd Supply - ideal for adding voice or AI/ML processing to edge IoT devices

●  Joined DARPA Toolbox Initiative to provide Mil/Aero/Defense Grade Programmable Logic  

●  Partnered with Silicon Labs to enable rapid development of TinyML applications  

●  Signed a global distribution agreement with Mouser Electronics  

●  Joined the newly formed Open Source FPGA Foundation as founding and premier member

 

 

Fiscal 2021 First Quarter Financial Results

 

Total revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2021 was $2.2 million, a decrease of 10% compared with the fourth quarter of 2020, and an increase of 4% compared with the first quarter of 2020. New product revenue was approximately $1.1 million in the first quarter of 2021an increase of 28% compared with the fourth quarter of 2020, and an increase of 121% compared with the first quarter of 2020. The increases were primarily due to higher revenue from our sensor processing and connectivity products. Mature product revenue was $1.2 million in the first quarter of 2021, down 30% compared with fourth quarter of 2020, and down 30% compared with the first quarter of 2020.

 

First quarter 2021 GAAP gross margin was 51.1%, compared with 48.2% in the fourth quarter of 2020, and 51.7% in the first quarter of 2020.

 

First quarter 2021 non-GAAP gross margin was 52.7%, compared with 51.5% in the fourth quarter of 2020, and 52.2% in the first quarter of 2020.

 

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First quarter 2021 GAAP operating expenses were $3.8 million, compared with $4.1 million in fourth quarter of 2020, and $4.2 million in the first quarter of 2020.

 

First quarter 2021 non-GAAP operating expenses were $3.5 million, compared with $2.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, and $4.1 million in the first quarter of 2020.

 

First quarter 2021 GAAP net loss was $1.7 million, or $0.15 per share, compared with a net loss of $2.9 million, or $0.27 per share, in fourth quarter of 2020, and a net loss of $3.2 million, or $0.38 per share, in the first quarter of 2020.

 

First quarter 2021 non-GAAP net loss was $1.3 million, or $0.12 per share, compared with a net loss of $1.7 million, or $0.15 per share, in fourth quarter of 2020, and a net loss of $3.1 million, or $0.37 per share, in the first quarter of 2020.

 

Included in our results for the first quarter of fiscal 2021, within interest income and other income (expense) is a gain of $1.2 million from the forgiveness of the PPP loan.

 

                 

Conference Call

 

QuickLogic will hold a conference call at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time / 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time today, May 18, 2021, to discuss its current financial results. The conference call will be webcast at QuickLogic’s IR Site Events Page at https://ir.quicklogic.com/ir-calendar. To join the live conference, you may dial (877) 407-0792 and international participants should dial (201) 689-8263 by 2:15 p.m. Pacific Time. No Passcode is needed to join the conference call. A recording of the call will be available starting approximately one hour after completion. To access the recording, please call (412) 317-6671 and reference the passcode 13718790. The call recording, which can be accessed by phone, will be archived until Tuesday, May 25, 2021, and the webcast will be available for 12 months on the Company's website.

 

About QuickLogic

 

QuickLogic is a fabless semiconductor company that develops low power, multi-core semiconductor platforms and Intellectual Property (IP) for Artificial Intelligence (AI), voice and sensor processing. The solutions include an embedded FPGA IP (eFPGA) for hardware acceleration and pre-processing, and heterogeneous multi-core SoCs that integrate eFPGA with other processors and peripherals. The Analytics Toolkit from the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, SensiML Corporation, completes the end-to-end solution with accurate sensor algorithms using AI technology. The full range of platforms, software tools and eFPGA IP enables the practical and efficient adoption of AI, voice and sensor processing across the multitude of mobile, wearable, hearable, consumer, industrial, edge and endpoint IoT applications. For more information, visit www.quicklogic.com and https://www.quicklogic.com/blog/.

 

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QuickLogic uses its website (www.quicklogic.com), the company blog

(https://www.quicklogic.com/blog/), corporate Twitter account (@QuickLogic_Corp), Facebook page

(https://www.facebook.com/QuickLogic), and LinkedIn page

(https://www.linkedin.com/company/13512/) as channels of distribution of information about its products, its planned financial and other announcements, its attendance at upcoming investor and industry conferences, and other matters. Such information may be deemed material information, and QuickLogic may use these channels to comply with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Therefore, investors should monitor the Company’s website and its social media accounts in addition to following the Company’s press releases, SEC filings, public conference calls, and webcasts.

 

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

 

QuickLogic reports financial information in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, or U.S. GAAP, but believes that non-GAAP financial measures are helpful in evaluating its operating results and comparing its performance to comparable companies. Accordingly, the Company excludes certain charges related to stock-based compensation, restructuring, the effect of the write-off of long-lived assets and the tax effect on other comprehensive income in calculating non-GAAP (i) income (loss) from operations, (ii) net income (loss), (iii) net income (loss) per share, and (iv) gross margin percentage. The Company provides this non-GAAP information to enable investors to evaluate its operating results in a manner similar to how the Company analyzes its operating results and to provide consistency and comparability with similar companies in the Company’s industry.

 

Management uses the non-GAAP measures, which exclude gains, losses and other charges that are considered by management to be outside of the Company’s core operating results, internally to evaluate its operating performance against results in prior periods and its operating plans and forecasts. In addition, the non-GAAP measures are used to plan for the Company’s future periods, and serve as a basis for the allocation of the Company's resources, management of operations and the measurement of profit-dependent cash and equity compensation paid to employees and executive officers.

 

Investors should note, however, that the non-GAAP financial measures used by QuickLogic may not be the same non-GAAP financial measures, and may not be calculated in the same manner, as that of other companies. QuickLogic does not itself, nor does it suggest that investors should, consider such non-GAAP financial measures alone or as a substitute for financial information prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. A reconciliation of U.S. GAAP financial measures to non-GAAP financial measures is included in the financial statements portion of this press release. Investors are encouraged to review the related U.S. GAAP financial measures and the reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures with their most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures.

 

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Forward Looking Statements

 

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, expectations regarding our future business, and actual results may differ due to a variety of factors including: delays in the market acceptance of the Company’s new products; the ability to convert design opportunities into customer revenue; our ability to replace revenue from end-of-life products; the level and timing of customer design activity; the market acceptance of our customers’ products; the risk that new orders may not result in future revenue; our ability to introduce and produce new products based on advanced wafer technology on a timely basis; our ability to adequately market the low power, competitive pricing and short time-to-market of our new products; intense competition by competitors; our ability to hire and retain qualified personnel; our ability to capitalize on synergies with our newly acquired subsidiary SensiML Corporation; changes in product demand or supply; general economic conditions; political events, international trade disputes, natural disasters and other business interruptions that could disrupt supply or delivery of, or demand for, the Company’s products; the unpredictable and ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; and changes in tax rates and exposure to additional tax liabilities. These and other potential factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results contemplated or implied are described in more detail in the Company’s public reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including the risks discussed in the “Risk Factors” section in the Company’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and in the Company’s prior press releases, which are available on the Company's Investor Relations website at http://ir.quicklogic.com/, and on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. In addition, please note that the date of this press release is May 18, 2021, and any forward-looking statements contained herein are based on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable as of this date. We undertake no obligation to update these statements as a result of new information or future events.

 

QuickLogic and logo are registered trademarks of QuickLogic. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders and should be treated as such.

 

 

Company Contact

 

Brian Faith

Chief Executive Officer

(408) 990-4000

ir@quicklogic.com

 

 

IR Contact

 

Jim Fanucchi 
Darrow Associates, Inc.
(408) 404-5400
ir@quicklogic.com

CODE: QUIK-E

 

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QUICKLOGIC CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited) 

 

   

Three Months Ended

 
   

April 4, 2021

   

March 29, 2020

   

January 3, 2021

 

Revenue

  $ 2,240     $ 2,158     $ 2,500  

Cost of revenue

    1,096       1,043       1,294  

Gross profit

    1,144       1,115       1,206  

Operating expenses:

                       

Research and development

    1,887       1,819       2,145  

Selling, general and administrative

    1,947       1,879       1,798  

Restructuring expenses

          479       129  

Total operating expense

    3,834       4,177       4,072  

Loss from operations

    (2,690 )     (3,062 )     (2,866 )

Interest expense

    (32 )     (80 )     (29 )

Interest income and other income (expense), net

    1,185       (5 )     3  

Loss before income taxes

    (1,537 )     (3,147 )     (2,892 )

Provision for income taxes

    152       18       50  

Net loss

  $ (1,689 )   $ (3,165 )   $ (2,942 )

Net loss per share:

                       

Basic and Diluted

  $ (0.15 )   $ (0.38 )   $ (0.27 )

Weighted average shares:

                       

Basic and Diluted

    11,264       8,362       11,081  

 

Note: Net loss equals to comprehensive loss for all periods presented.

 

 

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QUICKLOGIC CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

   

April 4, 2021

   

January 3, 2021

 

ASSETS

               

Current assets:

               

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

  $ 20,935     $ 22,748  

Accounts receivable, net

    1,302       1,688  

Inventories

    2,490       2,688  

Other current assets

    1,367       1,066  

Total current assets

    26,094       28,190  

Property and equipment, net

    631       548  

Capitalized internal-use software, net

    1,066       986  

Right of use assets

    1,661       1,839  

Intangible assets, net

    833       860  

Goodwill

    185       185  

Other assets

    283       280  

TOTAL ASSETS

  $ 30,753     $ 32,888  

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

               

Current liabilities:

               

Revolving line of credit

  $ 15,000     $ 15,000  

Trade payables

    1,375       935  

Accrued liabilities

    1,546       1,340  

Deferred revenue

    166       52  

Lease liabilities, current

    711       685  

Total current liabilities

    18,798       18,012  

Long-term liabilities:

               

Notes payable - non-current

          1,192  

Lease liabilities, non-current

    1,043       1,197  
Other long-term liabilities     230        

Total liabilities

    20,071       20,401  

Stockholders’ equity:

               

Common stock, par value

    11       11  

Additional paid-in capital

    306,769       306,885  

Accumulated deficit

    (296,098 )     (294,409 )

Total stockholders’ equity

    10,682       12,487  

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

  $ 30,753     $ 32,888  

 

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QUICKLOGIC CORPORATION

SUPPLEMENTAL RECONCILIATIONS OF US GAAP AND NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

(in thousands, except per share amounts and percentages)

(Unaudited)

 

   

Three Months Ended

 
   

April 4, 2021

   

March 29, 2020

   

January 3, 2021

 

US GAAP loss from operations

  $ (2,690 )   $ (3,062 )   $ (2,866 )

Adjustment for stock-based compensation within:

                       

Cost of revenue

    36       12       82  

Research and development

    157       (464 )     597  

Selling, general and administrative

    175       54       459  

Restructuring expenses and asset write-offs (1)

          479       129  

Non-GAAP loss from operations

  $ (2,322 )   $ (2,981 )   $ (1,599 )

US GAAP net loss

  $ (1,689 )   $ (3,165 )   $ (2,942 )

Adjustment for stock-based compensation within:

                       

Cost of revenue

    36       12       82  

Research and development

    157       (464 )     597  

Selling, general and administrative

    175       54       459  

Restructuring expenses and asset write-offs

          479       129  

Non-GAAP net loss

  $ (1,321 )   $ (3,084 )   $ (1,675 )

US GAAP net loss per share, basic and diluted

  $ (0.15 )   $ (0.38 )   $ (0.27 )

Adjustment for stock-based compensation

    0.03       (0.05 )     0.11  

Restructuring expenses and asset write-offs

    0       0.06       0.01  

Non-GAAP net loss per share, basic and diluted

  $ (0.12 )   $ (0.37 )   $ (0.15 )

US GAAP gross margin percentage

    51.1 %     51.7 %     48.2 %

Adjustment for stock-based compensation included in cost of revenue

    1.6 %     0.5 %     3.3 %

Non-GAAP gross margin percentage

    52.7 %     52.2 %     51.5 %

 

 

 

 

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QUICKLOGIC CORPORATION

SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

(Unaudited)

 

   

Percentage of Revenue

   

Change in Revenue

 
   

Q1 2021

   

Q1 2020

   

Q4 2020

   

Q1 2020 to
Q1 2021

   

Q4 2020 to
Q1 2021

 

COMPOSITION OF REVENUE

                                       

Revenue by product: (1)

                                       

New products

    48 %     23 %     33 %     121 %     28 %

Mature products

    52 %     77 %     67 %     (30 )%     (30 )%

Revenue by geography:

                                       

Asia Pacific

    34 %     19 %     24 %     85 %     27 %

North America

    56 %     44 %     68 %     32 %     (27 )%

Europe

    10 %     37 %     8 %     (72 )%     18 %

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(1)

New products include all products manufactured on 180 nanometer or smaller semiconductor processes, eFPGA IP license, QuickAI and SensiML AI software as a service (SaaS) revenue. Mature products include all products produced on semiconductor processes larger than 180 nanometer and includes related royalty revenue.

  

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