Exhibit 99.1
Immersion Corporation Reports First Quarter 2024 Results
GAAP Net Income of $18.7 million or $0.59 per diluted share
Non-GAAP Net Income of $19.8 million or $0.63 per diluted share
Increased Total Cash and Short-term Investments By $18.7 Million
AVENTURA FL, May 8, 2024 – Immersion Corporation (Nasdaq: IMMR), a leading developer and provider of technologies for haptics, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024.
First Quarter Financial Summary1:
| • | Total revenues of $43.8 million, compared to $7.1 million in the first quarter of 2023. |
| • | GAAP net income was $18.7 million, or $0.59 per diluted share, compared to GAAP net income of $8.3 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2023. |
| • | GAAP operating expenses of $27.2 million in the first quarter of 2024, compared to $3.8 million in the first quarter of 2023. Non-GAAP operating expenses of $26.1 million in the first quarter of 2024, compared to $2.6 million in the first quarter of 2023. |
| • | Non-GAAP net income was $19.8 million, or $0.63 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2024, compared to non-GAAP net income of $9.5 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2023. |
| • | Total cash and short-term investments were $179.1 million, a $18.7 million increase compared to $160.4 million of total cash and short-term investments as of December 31, 2023. |
“I am pleased with the strong start to 2024,” said Eric Singer, Chairman and CEO. “While it is unlikely that the first quarter’s outsized revenue performance will be repeated in the future, Immersion is operating from a position of strength as we work to protect and monetize our intellectual property. Our strong balance sheet also provides us with considerable optionality as we seek to drive long-term shareholder value.”
(1) Non-GAAP measures are not calculated in accordance with GAAP as described in this press release. A reconciliation of each Non-GAAP measure to the most applicable GAAP measure is included in this press release.
The seventh quarterly dividend, in the amount of $0.045 per share, will be paid on July 26, 2024 to shareholders of record on July 8, 2024. Future quarterly dividends will be subject to further review and approval by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) in accordance with applicable law. The Board reserves the right to adjust or withdraw the quarterly dividend in future periods as it reviews the Company’s capital allocation strategy from time-to-time.
About Immersion
Immersion Corporation (Nasdaq: IMMR) is a leading innovator of touch feedback technology, also known as haptics. The company invents, accelerates, and scales haptic experiences by providing technology solutions for mobile, automotive, gaming, and consumer electronics. Haptic technology creates immersive and realistic experiences that enhance digital interactions by engaging users’ sense of touch. Learn more at www.immersion.com.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Immersion reports all financial information required in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), but it believes that evaluating its ongoing operating results may be difficult to understand if limited to reviewing only GAAP financial measures. Immersion discloses certain non-GAAP information, such as Non-GAAP net income, Non-GAAP operating expenses and Non-GAAP net income per diluted share because it is useful in understanding the company’s performance as it excludes certain non-cash expenses like stock-based compensation expense and other special charges, depreciation and restructuring costs, that many investors feel may obscure the company’s true operating performance. Likewise, management uses these non-GAAP financial measures to manage and assess the profitability of its business. Non-GAAP financial measures should be viewed in addition to, and not as an alternative for, the Company’s reported results under GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measures are not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with GAAP. Such non-GAAP financial measures are reconciled to their closest GAAP financial measures in tables contained in this press release.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are identified by words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “can,” “will,” “places,” “estimates,” and other similar expressions. However, these words are not the only way we identify forward-looking statements. Examples of forward-looking statements include any expectations, projections, or other characterizations of future events, or circumstances, including but not limited to statements about the Company’s focus on protecting its intellectual property, either through the execution of new or renewal license agreements or by proactive enforcement continuing to pursue thoughtful capital allocation to increase long-term shareholder value, and the timing of any dividend payments.
Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements, therefore we caution you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements include, among others, the following: the inability to predict the outcome of any litigation, the costs associated with any litigation and the risks related to our business, both direct and indirect, of initiating litigation, unanticipated changes in the markets in which the Company operates; the effects of the current macroeconomic climate; delay in or failure to achieve adoption of or commercial demand for the Company’s products or third party products incorporating the Company’s technologies; the inability of Immersion to renew existing licensing arrangements, or enter into new licensing arrangements on favorable terms; the loss of a major customer; the ability of Immersion to protect and enforce its intellectual property rights and other factors. For a more detailed discussion of these factors, and other factors that could cause actual results to vary materially, interested parties should review the risk factors listed in Immersion’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2023 as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statements made by us in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release, and Immersion does not intend to update these forward-looking statements after the date of this press release, except as required by law.
Immersion, and the Immersion logo are trademarks of Immersion Corporation in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word “partner” or “partnership” in this press release does not mean a legal partner or legal partnership.
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J. Michael Dodson
