Record First Quarter Revenue Exceeds Guidance Range

BANGKOK, Nov. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fabrinet (NYSE: FN), a leading provider of advanced optical packaging and precision optical, electro-mechanical and electronic manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers of complex products, today announced its financial results for its fiscal first quarter ended September 27, 2024.

Seamus Grady, Chief Executive Officer of Fabrinet, said, "We started fiscal year 2025 with significant momentum across our business. Record revenue of $804 million increased 17% from a year ago and was above our guidance range. We saw revenue growth from every product area, including our first telecom revenue growth in several quarters. Strong margins coupled with our revenue performance helped produce earnings per share at the upper end of our guidance range. We are optimistic that our strong business momentum and execution will extend into the fiscal second quarter as we continue to expand on our leadership in the market.”

First Quarter Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Highlights

GAAP Results

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  • Revenue for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 was $804.2 million, compared to $685.5 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2024.
  • GAAP net income for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 was $77.4 million, compared to $65.1 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2024.
  • GAAP net income per diluted share for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 was $2.13, compared to $1.78 for the first quarter of fiscal year 2024.

Non-GAAP Results

  • Non-GAAP net income for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 was $86.9 million, compared to $72.8 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2024.
  • Non-GAAP net income per diluted share for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 was $2.39, compared to $2.00 for the first quarter of fiscal year 2024.
Business Outlook

Based on information available as of November 4, 2024, Fabrinet is issuing guidance for its second fiscal quarter ending December 27, 2024, as follows:

  • Fabrinet expects second quarter revenue to be in the range of $800 million to $820 million.
  • GAAP net income per diluted share is expected to be in the range of $2.20 to $2.28, based on approximately 36.4 million fully diluted shares outstanding.
  • Non-GAAP net income per diluted share is expected to be in the range of $2.44 to $2.52, based on approximately 36.4 million fully diluted shares outstanding.        

Guidance for non-GAAP net income per diluted share excludes share-based compensation expenses and certain non-recurring items. A reconciliation of non-GAAP net income per diluted share to the corresponding GAAP measure is available at the end of this press release.

Conference Call Information

What: Fabrinet First Quarter Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Results Call
When: November 4, 2024
Time: 5:00 p.m. ET
Live Call and Replay: https://investor.fabrinet.com/events-and-presentations/events
   
A recorded version of this webcast will be available approximately two hours after the call and accessible at http://investor.fabrinet.com. The webcast will be archived on Fabrinet's website for a period of one year.

About Fabrinet

Fabrinet is a leading provider of advanced optical packaging and precision optical, electro-mechanical, and electronic manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers of complex products, such as optical communication components, modules and subsystems, automotive components, medical devices, industrial lasers and sensors. Fabrinet offers a broad range of advanced optical and electro-mechanical capabilities across the entire manufacturing process, including process design and engineering, supply chain management, manufacturing, advanced packaging, integration, final assembly and testing. Fabrinet maintains engineering and manufacturing resources and facilities in Thailand, the United States of America, the People's Republic of China, and Israel. For more information visit: www.fabrinet.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include: (1) our optimism that numerous drivers position us to extend our track record of success into the fiscal second quarter; and (2) all of the statements under the "Business Outlook” section regarding our expected revenue, GAAP and non-GAAP net income per share, and fully diluted shares outstanding for the second quarter of fiscal year 2025. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results could vary materially from these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: changes in general economic conditions, either globally or in our markets, and the risk of recession or an economic downturn; continued disruption to our supply chain, which could increase our costs and affect our ability to procure parts and materials; less customer demand for our products and services than forecasted; less growth in the optical communications, automotive, industrial lasers and sensors markets than we forecast; difficulties expanding into additional markets, such as the semiconductor processing, biotechnology, metrology and materials processing markets; increased competition in the optical manufacturing services markets; difficulties in delivering products and services that compete effectively from a price and performance perspective; our reliance on a small number of customers and suppliers; difficulties in managing our operating costs; difficulties in managing and operating our business across multiple countries (including Thailand, the People's Republic of China, Israel and the U.S.); and other important factors as described in reports and documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the factors described under the section captioned "Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on August 20, 2024. We disclaim any obligation to update information contained in these forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with GAAP, we provide investors with certain non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures are in addition to, and not a substitute for or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures provide investors with useful supplemental information to: (1) measure company performance against historical results, (2) facilitate comparisons to our competitors' operating results, and (3) allow greater transparency with respect to information used by management in making financial and operational decisions. In addition, we use some of these non-GAAP financial measures to measure company performance for the purposes of determining employee incentive plan compensation.

Non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP operating profit, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per diluted share exclude: share-based compensation expenses; severance payment and others; restructuring and other related costs; and amortization of deferred debt issuance costs. We have excluded these items in order to enhance investors' understanding of our underlying operations.

Non-GAAP free cash flow is net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, minus capital expenditures (purchase of property, plant and equipment). We use free cash flow to measure our ability to generate additional cash from our business operations.

There are a number of limitations related to the use of these non-GAAP financial measures versus their nearest GAAP equivalents. For example, other companies may calculate non-GAAP financial measures differently or may use other measures to evaluate their performance, all of which could reduce the usefulness of our non-GAAP financial measures as tools for comparison. We urge you to review the reconciliations of our non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business.

Investor Contact:

Garo Toomajanian

[email protected]

FABRINET

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 
(in thousands of U.S. dollars, except share data and par value)September 27,

2024

 June 28,

2024

 (unaudited)  
Assets   
Current assets   
Cash and cash equivalents$400,684  $409,973 
Short-term investments 508,193   448,630 
Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for expected credit losses of $1,954 and $1,629, respectively 662,692   592,452 
Inventories 440,405   463,206 
Prepaid expenses 9,426   10,620 
Other current assets 87,538   87,810 
Total current assets 2,108,938   2,012,691 
Non-current assets   
Property, plant and equipment, net 311,241   307,240 
Intangibles, net 2,201   2,321 
Operating right-of-use assets 5,133   5,336 
Deferred tax assets 10,902   10,446 
Other non-current assets 598   485 
Total non-current assets 330,075   325,828 
Total Assets$2,439,013  $2,338,519 
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity   
Current liabilities   
Trade accounts payable 427,892   441,835 
Fixed assets payable 10,166   14,380 
Operating lease liabilities, current portion 1,416   1,355 
Income tax payable 4,377   3,937 
Accrued payroll, bonus and related expenses 26,658   22,116 
Accrued expenses 30,519   19,916 
Other payables 74,950   54,403 
Total current liabilities 575,978   557,942 
Non-current liabilities   
Deferred tax liability 2,023   4,895 
Operating lease liability, non-current portion 3,434   3,635 
Severance liabilities 28,053   24,093 
Other non-current liabilities 2,925   2,209 
Total non-current liabilities 36,435   34,832 
Total Liabilities 612,413   592,774 
Shareholders' equity   
Preferred shares ($5,000,000 shares authorized, $0.01 par value; no shares issued and outstanding as of September 27, 2024 and June 28, 2024) -   - 
Ordinary shares ($500,000,000 shares authorized, $0.01 par value; 39,579,859 shares and 39,457,462 shares issued as of September 27, 2024 and June 28, 2024, respectively; and 36,267,639 shares and 36,145,242 shares outstanding as of September 27, 2024 and June 28, 2024, respectively) 396   395 
Additional paid-in capital 210,505   222,044 
Less: Treasury shares (3,312,220 shares as of September 27, 2024 and June 28, 2024) (234,323)  (234,323)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) 11,858   (3,141)
Retained earnings 1,838,164   1,760,770 
Total Shareholders' Equity 1,826,600   1,745,745 
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity$2,439,013  $2,338,519 
 

FABRINET

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)

 
  Three Months Ended
(in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share data) September 27,

2024

 September 29,

2023

Revenues $804,228  $685,477 
Cost of revenues  (705,202)  (601,073)
Gross profit  99,026   84,404 
Selling, general and administrative expenses  (22,031)  (20,429)
Restructuring and other related costs  (57)  - 
Operating income  76,938   63,975 
Interest income  10,933   5,898 
Interest expense  -   (45)
Foreign exchange gain (loss), net  (7,095)  415 
Other income (expense), net  (19)  (80)
Income before income taxes  80,757   70,163 
Income tax expense  (3,363)  (5,074)
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