Sierra Wireless (SWIR) 29 Mar 232023 Q4 Earnings call transcript

Greetings. Welcome to Semtech Corporation’s Conference Call to discuss the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2023 Financial Results.

Speakers for today’s call will be Mohan Maheswaran, Semtech’s President and Chief Executive Officer; and Emeka Chukwu, Semtech’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Please note, this conference call is being recorded. At this time all participants are in a listen-only made. follow presentation. will session question-and-answer the formal A

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shipments into Europe North of For respectively. revenue, represented XX%, Semtech and XX% and XX% Organic, America QX Asia,

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diversify Our efforts revenue signs to showing geographically are our success. of

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end the business. Organic our at Looking Semtech markets for

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to PON, high-end consumer platforms Semtech, XX.X%, automotive points. up industrial organic growth for our broad QX points center, and drove of margin In the margin revenue. of primarily for markets fiscal LoRa-enabled, basis XXX organic XX.X% mix record of non-GAAP gross XX.X%, gross combined protection return declined drivers gross QX basis company. a data XX the margin ‘XX was by sequentially end Semtech driven for

XX.X% at guidance. the With margin the our full gross quarter of of Sierra, QX expect average we midpoint to

synergies. revenue expect we and by of in to a material higher basis-point margin driven gross remainder the see Organic mix cost XXX of XXX year, the Semtech For to achievement improvement of

and connectivity; achieve services to and wireless long-term cellular managed networks, in one, platforms; endpoint base from recurring three, target protection growth expect stations, passive of and sustained connectivity, center, services. improved industrial annual Sierra’s accelerated revenue LoRa XX% data optical product margin our from LoRa broad XG XX% to growth of automotive gross of through: Cloud two, We deployment software

QX $XX in successfully managing expect were to Semtech are this quarter operating challenging the revenue we our compensation operating and full in at a expenses at in $XX reflecting We operating variable QX the start of new headcount customary XX% compensation. Sierra $XX reduction typical QX, In expenses of by approximately operating the for year. sequentially expenses increase driven million. expenses midpoint was other million, environment. the Organic million expenses fiscal a ‘XX, of of guidance, combined In down and

now operating to year. million achieve of $XX of We fiscal by annualized synergies the the expense end expect about

year due company. margin As the expenses million on a gross remainder expected down operating controlled sequential profit versus a slightly up and ‘XX $XXX.X was with year, be record profit combined revenue a Organic result, for expansion the for minimal of the a Semtech we reflecting expect year, Fiscal $XXX.X to growth flat to operating of prior the achievement operating delivered the to X% million, record of synergies. the expenses. basis,

acquisition expect that Sierra earnings. While fiscal our recovery, anticipated the be half off year demand to we ‘XX is with fiscal weak, starting will accretive ‘XX second year the still

time, acquisition business to margin expect operating the as XX% on and our achieve improves LoRa the to proliferation, climate driving execute over of In we target of we the long-term addition, behind endpoint XX%. vision current Sierra

fiscal non-GAAP is rate ‘XX. fiscal to same Our normalized ‘XX and we it XX%, expect tax remain the in

expenses combined from flow in of the In compared was million XX% million the $XXX the the the prior with decline for Sierra. $XXX The due associated primarily year. of to fiscal cash to revenue ‘XX, company or acquisition operations was

from to and For environment. acquisition-related profits fiscal the ‘XX, to by we weak due transaction expect and cash flow be expenses operations lower pressured demand

at debt on $X.X billion basis. fiscal leverage or times net end the Our of was ‘XX X.X a

weighted negotiated our credit some covenants. increase an expense leverage get average softer environment. to net as currently The in an we We this to see interest through relaxation ratio to to expect rate interest and X.XX%. is amendment navigate coverage approximately agreement our leverage We proactively ratio demand

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Scott first MKM. Searle [Operator question with Roth Instructions] from is Our

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Yes.

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with question next Riley. is B. from Ellis Our Craig

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Our is Piper Kumar with Harsh question next from Sandler.

a I Mohan. Hey question on had Yes. China.

off in quarter. So, reporting position an a of you’re fairly unique

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terms Wireless going ramping once about LoRa then, And router just talked you wireless I in of expect you could a LoRa-integrated annual units generated follow-up, Okay. terms Wireless rate LoRa have an Sierra get metrics feature you incremental kind the percentage-wise of what opportunity basis? volumes, directly opportunity us my the whether Any on Mohan, for those provide next forward? as adoption for you module Sierra gauge a routers with of XG to think, And had the in of would to what XG revenue is within by Sierra routers.

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with next is Rolland Our Christopher Instructions] [Operator from Susquehanna. question

I guess, to around my are LoRa. first questions going be

us give usually longer-term you longer But million in for the for of I you give then, of So, I things And us next that kind us can you don’t the I you you $XX quarter. idea quarter? next have going know about some expect you metrics most or could if LoRa. think think I of did down quarter. term. talk don’t -- know would estimate sort could year if if you full some give what are

about You’ve also if as and I give metrics you any metrics sometimes don’t and talked the the of pipeline China additional well. us. had there opportunity pipeline give outside you know could

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have now And So because we at largely that business. Sierra, have important a now IoT the going to Chris, on metrics are much opportunities, metrics, we’re call larger that’s our that we mentioned review for new pipeline. the really some I to and have look the all obviously, we

be will future record bring question, million. I putting a we at out answer a $XXX mean, will those discussion. those But to then your for had we and together, So LoRa is FYXX we

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million range, $XX something from out going So, assume and be in FYXX of that that if FYXX in the million of that’s is Helium you take range. revenue, kind $XX to to

continues Okay? be assuming Helium and China to weak. assuming that’s no And

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And from question Ellis with we Craig a have do B. Riley. follow-up

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would end over the conference back the reached question-and-answer our of have closing turn for to comments. like We I Mohan session. to

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