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Universal Electronics Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2024 Financial Results

$UEIC #UEIC--Universal Electronics Inc. (UEI), (NASDAQ: UEIC) reported financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2024. “UEI closed 2024 with strong performance, with sale...

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.: $UEIC #UEIC--Universal Electronics Inc. (UEI), (NASDAQ: UEIC) reported financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2024.

“UEI closed 2024 with strong performance, with sales above and earnings at the top end of our guidance range,” stated UEI Chairman and CEO Paul Arling. “Customer acquisition initiatives and long-lead design wins are coming to fruition. Our perseverance and commitment to the connected home channel is providing meaningful contribution and drove revenue growth of 13% for the fourth quarter of 2024. Combined with our ongoing cost initiatives, bottom line results improved significantly compared to the prior year quarter.”

“CES 2025 was a major success. We showcased new products and technologies that ensure consumer privacy; introduce innovative features; support on-device AI processing; and offer more OEM monetization opportunities through enhanced services and personalization leading to increased user engagement, to name a few advancements. We received strong interest in our new products and technologies from many new accounts and existing customers eager to use our innovative features and functionality in their platforms. Based on our orders and pleased with our progress, we are reiterating our projections for top and bottom-line growth for full-year 2025 and beyond.”

Financial Results for the Three Months Ended December 31: 2024 Compared to 2023

  • GAAP net sales were $110.5 million, compared to $97.6 million; Adjusted Non-GAAP net sales were $110.5 million, compared to $97.6 million.
  • GAAP gross margins were 28.4%, compared to 28.5%; Adjusted Non-GAAP gross margins were 28.4%, compared to 28.5%.
  • GAAP operating loss was $4.4 million, compared to $2.6 million; Adjusted Non-GAAP operating income was $4.2 million, compared to $0.2 million.
  • GAAP net loss was $4.5 million, or $0.35 per share, compared to $7.1 million, or $0.55 per share; Adjusted Non-GAAP net income was $2.6 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, compared to Adjusted Non-GAAP net loss $0.5 million, or $0.04 per share.
  • GAAP gross margin, operating loss and net loss for the three months ended December 31, 2024 include $0.7 million, equivalent to 70 basis points of gross margin or $0.04 per share (net of tax), of excess manufacturing overhead costs resulting from the continued transition of our global manufacturing footprint, specifically in Mexico and Vietnam, and depreciation related to the mark-up from cost to fair value of fixed assets acquired in business combinations ("excess manufacturing costs"). GAAP gross margin, operating loss and net loss for the three months ended December 31, 2023 include $1.6 million, equivalent to 160 basis points of gross margin or $0.11 per share (net of tax), of excess manufacturing costs.
  • At December 31, 2024, cash and cash equivalents were $26.8 million.

Financial Results for the Twelve Months Ended December 31: 2024 Compared to 2023

  • GAAP net sales were $394.9 million, compared to $420.5 million; Adjusted Non-GAAP net sales were $394.9 million, compared to $420.5 million.
  • GAAP gross margins were 28.9%, compared to 23.2%; Adjusted Non-GAAP gross margins were 28.9%, compared to 25.0%.
  • GAAP operating loss was $15.3 million, compared to $85.3 million, including a $49.1 million non-cash charge for goodwill impairment, which resulted from a decline in the company’s market capitalization; Adjusted Non-GAAP operating income was $2.2 million, compared to Adjusted Non-GAAP operating loss of $10.1 million.
  • GAAP net loss was $24.0 million, or $1.85 per share, compared to $98.2 million, including the aforementioned non-cash charge, or $7.64 per share; Adjusted Non-GAAP net loss was $0.6 million, or $0.05 per share, compared to $10.0 million, or $0.78 per share.
  • GAAP gross margin, operating loss and net loss for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024 include $4.5 million, equivalent to 110 basis points of gross margin or $0.27 per share (net of tax), of excess manufacturing costs. GAAP gross margin, operating loss and net loss for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023 include $9.4 million, equivalent to 220 basis points of gross margin or $0.60 per share (net of tax), of excess manufacturing costs.

Financial Outlook

For the first quarter of 2025, the company expects GAAP net sales to range between $87.0 million and $97.0 million, compared to $91.9 million in the first quarter of 2024. GAAP loss per share for the first quarter of 2025 is expected to range from $0.52 to $0.42, compared to a GAAP loss per share of $0.67 in the first quarter of 2024.

For the first quarter of 2025, the company expects Adjusted Non-GAAP net sales to range between $87.0 million and $97.0 million, compared to $91.9 million in the first quarter of 2024. Adjusted Non-GAAP loss per share is expected to range from $0.21 to $0.11 compared to Adjusted Non-GAAP loss of $0.26 per share in the first quarter of 2024. The first quarter 2025 Adjusted Non-GAAP loss per share estimate excludes $0.31 per share related to, among other things, stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangibles, litigation costs, foreign currency gains and losses and the related tax impact of these adjustments. For a more detailed explanation of Non-GAAP measures, please see the Use of Non-GAAP Financial Metrics discussion, the Reconciliation of Adjusted Non-GAAP Financial Results and the Reconciliation of Adjusted Non-GAAP Financial Outlook and Financial Results, each located elsewhere in this press release.

Conference Call Information

UEI’s management team will hold a conference call today, Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT, to discuss its fourth quarter and full year 2024 earnings results, review recent activity and answer questions. To attend the call please register at https://register.vevent.com/register/BId24421a0a551416d87a8c8bc2d789ceb to receive a computer-generated dial-in number and a unique pin number. The conference call will also be broadcast live on the investor section of the UEI website where it will be available for replay for 90 days.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Metrics

In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, UEI provides Adjusted Non-GAAP information as additional information for its operating results. References to Adjusted Non-GAAP information are to non-GAAP financial measures. These measures are not required by, in accordance with, or an alternative for, GAAP and may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. UEI’s management uses these measures for reviewing the financial results of UEI for budget planning purposes and for making operational and financial decisions. Management believes that providing these non-GAAP financial measures to investors, as a supplement to GAAP financial measures, help investors evaluate UEI’s core operating and financial performance and business trends consistent with how management evaluates such performance and trends. Additionally, management believes these measures facilitate comparisons with the core operating and financial results and business trends of competitors and other companies.

Adjusted Non-GAAP net sales are defined as net sales. Adjusted Non-GAAP gross profit is defined as gross profit excluding impairment of long-lived assets and stock-based compensation expense. Adjusted Non-GAAP operating expenses are defined as operating expenses excluding impairment of long-lived assets, stock-based compensation expense, amortization of intangibles acquired, costs associated with certain litigation efforts, factory restructuring costs, legal judgment, severance, lease termination costs and goodwill impairment. Adjusted Non-GAAP net income (loss) is defined as net loss excluding the aforementioned items, foreign currency gains and losses, the related tax effects of all adjustments, as well as valuation allowances on certain deferred tax assets and certain net deferred tax adjustments. Adjusted Non-GAAP earnings (loss) per diluted share is calculated using Adjusted Non-GAAP net income (loss). A reconciliation of these financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures is included at the end of this press release.

The company will no longer exclude excess manufacturing overhead costs resulting from the continued transition of its global manufacturing footprint, specifically in Mexico and Vietnam, and depreciation related to the mark-up from cost to fair value of fixed assets acquired in business combinations from its Adjusted Non-GAAP figures. This impacts Adjusted Non-GAAP gross profit, gross margin, operating income (loss), income (loss) before provision (benefit) from income taxes and net income (loss) in the quarterly results for 2023 and 2024. There is no impact to GAAP results. A reconciliation of these measures is posted on the website in the Q4 2024 Quarterly Results section.

About Universal Electronics

Universal Electronics Inc. (NASDAQ: UEIC) is the global leader in wireless universal control solutions for the home. The company brings to life millions of innovative control products each year that focus on a user-centric approach to building control products and applications that simplify user interaction with highly complex technologies in the home, removing interoperability challenges as a roadblock for user adoption, with privacy first and a secure by design approach to today's smart devices. Our products are offered by the world's leading brands in home entertainment and the connected home markets, including Fortune 500 customers Daikin, Carrier, Comcast, Vivint Smart Home, Samsung, Sony, Hunter Douglas and Somfy. The company's pioneering breakthrough innovations include its award-winning voice control entertainment remote controls and QuickSet Cloud, the world's leading platform for automated device and service discovery, set-up and control, and user experience personalization for the home. For more information, visit www.uei.com.

Forward-looking Statements

This press release and accompanying schedules contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of federal securities laws, including net sales, profit margin and earnings trends, estimates and assumptions; our expectations about new product introductions; and similar statements concerning anticipated future events and expectations that are not historical facts. We caution you that these statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including those we identify below and other risk factors that we identify in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and the periodic reports filed and furnished since then.

Risks that could affect forward-looking statements in this press release include: our continued ability to timely develop and deliver innovative control solutions and technologies that are accepted by our customers, both near- and long-term; our ability to attract new customers and to successfully capture sales in all markets we serve, including in the climate control and connected home markets as anticipated by management; our ability to continue optimizing our manufacturing footprint and realize the lower concentration risks as expected by management; our ability to maintain our market share in the traditional subscription broadcast market; our ability to manage through the worldwide inflationary pressures and macroeconomic conditions; our ability to continue to manage our business, inventories and cash flows to achieve our net sales, margins and earnings through financial discipline, operational efficiency, product line management, liquidity requirements, capital expenditures and other investment spending expectations; our continued ability to successfully enforce our patented technology, including with respect to our litigation against Roku; our continued ability to strategically enhance, expand, and monetize our IP portfolios; the continued fluctuation in our market capitalization; the use of artificial intelligence applications which could result in cybersecurity incidents that implicate the personal data of end users or other unintended ethical, reputational, competitive harm or legal liability; the direct and indirect impact we may experience with respect to our business and financial results and management’s ability to anticipate and mitigate the impact stemming from the continued economic uncertainty affecting consumers’ confidence and spending, natural disasters or other events beyond our control, public health crises (including an outbreak of infectious disease), governmental actions, including the changes in or enhanced use of laws, regulations and policies may have on our business including the impact of decreased governmental incentive programs worldwide or of enhanced or expanded trade regulations, including the expanded use of tariffs, pertaining to importation of our products, the effects of political unrest, war, terrorist activities, or other hostilities; the effects and uncertainties and other factors more fully described in our reports filed with the SEC. Since it is not possible to predict or identify all of the risks, uncertainties and other factors that may affect future results, the above list should not be considered a complete list. Further, any of these factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations we express or imply in this press release. We make these forward-looking statements as of February 20, 2025, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share-related data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

December 31, 2023

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

26,783

 

 

$

42,751

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

 

114,182

 

 

 

112,596

 

Contract assets

 

 

10,346

 

 

 

4,240

 

Inventories

 

 

79,355

 

 

 

88,273

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

9,478

 

 

 

7,325

 

Income tax receivable

 

 

2,350

 

 

 

3,666

 

Total current assets

 

 

242,494

 

 

 

258,851

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

 

34,207

 

 

 

44,619

 

Intangible assets, net

 

 

24,038

 

 

 

25,349

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

 

14,322

 

 

 

18,693

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

6,425

 

 

 

6,787

 

Other assets

 

 

1,868

 

 

 

1,573

 

Total assets

 

$

323,354

 

 

$

355,872

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

72,031

 

 

$

57,033

 

Lines of credit

 

 

36,960

 

 

 

55,000

 

Accrued compensation

 

 

20,927

 

 

 

20,305

 

Accrued sales discounts, rebates and royalties

 

 

5,204

 

 

 

5,796

 

Accrued income taxes

 

 

2,161

 

 

 

1,833

 

Other accrued liabilities

 

 

21,008

 

 

 

21,181

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

158,291

 

 

 

161,148

 

Long-term liabilities:

 

 

 

 

Operating lease obligations

 

 

9,232

 

 

 

12,560

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

1,931

 

 

 

1,992

 

Income tax payable

 

 

72

 

 

 

435

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

723

 

 

 

817

 

Total liabilities

 

 

170,249

 

 

 

176,952

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized; 25,712,940 and 25,346,383 shares issued on December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively

 

 

257

 

 

 

253

 

Paid-in capital

 

 

344,697

 

 

 

336,938

 

Treasury stock, at cost, 12,666,443 and 12,459,845 shares on December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively

 

 

(371,930

)

 

 

(369,973

)

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

(28,350

)

 

 

(20,758

)

Retained earnings

 

 

208,431

 

 

 

232,460

 

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

153,105

 

 

 

178,920

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

323,354

 

 

$

355,872

 

 

UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

 

Twelve Months Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2024

 

 

 

2023

 

 

 

2024

 

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