Insight Enterprises, Inc. Reports First Quarter Results
Insight Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSIT) (the “Company”) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025. Results include: Gross profit decreased 8% year to year to $406.5 ...
CHANDLER, Ariz.: Insight Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSIT) (the “Company”) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025. Results include:
- Gross profit decreased 8% year to year to $406.5 million while gross margin expanded 80 basis points to 19.3%
- Cloud gross profit decreased 3% year to year
- Insight Core services gross profit decreased 4% year to year
- Consolidated net earnings decreased 89% year to year to $7.5 million
- Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) decreased 16% to $111.3 million year to year
- Diluted earnings per share of $0.22 decreased 87% year to year
- Adjusted diluted earnings per share of $2.06 decreased 13% year to year
- Cash flows provided by operating activities were $78.1 million
In the first quarter of 2025, net sales decreased 12%, year to year, to $2.1 billion, and gross profit decreased 8%, year to year, to $406.5 million. Gross margin expanded 80 basis points compared to the first quarter of 2024 to 19.3%. Earnings from operations of $60.1 million decreased 40% compared to $100.0 million in the first quarter of 2024. Adjusted earnings from operations of $102.4 million decreased 16%, year to year compared to $121.8 million in the first quarter of 2024. Consolidated net earnings were $7.5 million, or 0.4% of net sales, in the first quarter of 2025, down compared to the first quarter of 2024, and attributable in part to a $15.2 million loss on revaluation of earnout liability and a net loss of $25.1 million recorded to reflect the revaluation of warrant settlement liabilities. Adjusted consolidated net earnings were $67.8 million, or 3.2% of net sales. Diluted earnings per share for the quarter was $0.22, down 87%, year to year, and Adjusted diluted earnings per share was $2.06, down 13%, year to year.
"In the first quarter, we delivered Adjusted earnings from operations and Adjusted diluted earnings per share in line with our expectations. We were pleased with the continued hardware momentum, led by commercial and corporate demand, and our gross margin expansion,” stated Joyce Mullen, President and Chief Executive Officer. “While gross profit was slightly below our expectations, primarily due to product-related services performance, effective expense management allowed us to achieve our profitability target," Mullen stated.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
Results for the Quarter:
- Consolidated net sales for the first quarter of 2025 of $2.1 billion decreased 12%, year to year, when compared to the first quarter of 2024. Product net sales decreased 13%, year to year, and services net sales decreased 5%, year to year. Software product net sales decreased 32%, year to year, while hardware product net sales increased 1%, year over year.
- Net sales in North America decreased 11%, year to year, to $1.7 billion;
- Product net sales decreased 12%, year to year, to $1.4 billion;
- Services net sales decreased 7%, year to year, to $297.6 million;
- Net sales in EMEA decreased 17%, year to year, to $342.8 million; and
- Net sales in APAC decreased 3%, year to year, to $60.1 million.
- Net sales in North America decreased 11%, year to year, to $1.7 billion;
- Excluding the effects of fluctuating foreign currency exchange rates, consolidated net sales decreased 11%, year to year, with decreases in net sales in North America and EMEA of 10% and 15%, year to year, respectively, partially offset by an increase in APAC of 1%, year over year.
- Consolidated gross profit decreased 8% compared to the first quarter of 2024 to $406.5 million, with consolidated gross margin expanding 80 basis points to 19.3% of net sales. Product gross profit decreased 9%, year to year, and services gross profit decreased 7%, year to year. Cloud gross profit decreased 3%, year to year, and Insight Core services gross profit decreased 4%, year to year. By segment, gross profit:
- decreased 9% in North America, year to year, to $319.5 million (18.8% gross margin);
- decreased 4% in EMEA, year to year, to $71.9 million (21.0% gross margin); and
- decreased 6% in APAC, year to year, to $15.1 million (25.1% gross margin).
- Excluding the effects of fluctuating foreign currency exchange rates, consolidated gross profit was down 7%, year to year, with decreases in gross profit in North America, EMEA and APAC of 8%, 2% and 2%, respectively, year to year.
- Consolidated earnings from operations decreased 40% compared to the first quarter of 2024 to $60.1 million, or 2.9% of net sales. By segment, earnings from operations:
- decreased 40% in North America, year to year, to $50.8 million, or 3.0% of net sales;
- decreased 55% in EMEA, year to year, to $5.0 million, or 1.5% of net sales; and
- decreased 10% in APAC, year to year, to $4.3 million, or 7.2% of net sales.
- Excluding the effects of fluctuating foreign currency exchange rates, consolidated earnings from operations was down 39%, year to year, with decreases in earnings from operations in North America, EMEA and APAC of 39%, 54% and 7%, respectively, year to year.
- Adjusted earnings from operations decreased 16% compared to the first quarter of 2024 to $102.4 million, or 4.9% of net sales. By segment, Adjusted earnings from operations:
- decreased 15% in North America, year to year, to $87.0 million, or 5.1% of net sales;
- decreased 21% in EMEA, year to year, to $11.0 million, or 3.2% of net sales; and
- decreased 12% in APAC, year to year, to $4.4 million, or 7.3% of net sales.
- Excluding the effects of fluctuating foreign currency exchange rates, Adjusted consolidated earnings from operations decreased 15%, with decreases in Adjusted earnings from operations in North America, EMEA and APAC of 15%, 20% and 9%, respectively, year to year.
- Consolidated net earnings and diluted earnings per share for the first quarter of 2025 were $7.5 million and $0.22, respectively, at an effective tax rate of 60.5%.
- Adjusted consolidated net earnings and Adjusted diluted earnings per share for the first quarter of 2025 were $67.8 million and $2.06, respectively. Excluding the effects of fluctuating foreign currency exchange rates, Adjusted diluted earnings per share decreased 12%, year to year.
In discussing financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 in this press release, the Company refers to certain financial measures that are adjusted from the financial results prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). When referring to non-GAAP measures, the Company refers to them as “Adjusted.” See “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for additional information. A tabular reconciliation of financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP to the non-GAAP financial measures is included at the end of this press release.
In some instances, the Company refers to changes in net sales, gross profit, earnings from operations and Adjusted earnings from operations on a consolidated basis and in North America, EMEA and APAC excluding the effects of fluctuating foreign currency exchange rates. In addition, the Company refers to changes in Adjusted diluted earnings per share on a consolidated basis excluding the effects of fluctuating foreign currency exchange rates. These are also considered to be non-GAAP measures. The Company believes providing this information excluding the effects of fluctuating foreign currency exchange rates provides valuable supplemental information to investors regarding its underlying business and results of operations, consistent with how the Company and its management evaluate the Company’s performance. In computing these changes and percentages, the Company compares the current year amount as translated into U.S. dollars under the applicable accounting standards to the prior year amount in local currency translated into U.S. dollars utilizing the weighted average translation rate for the current period. The performance measures excluding the effects of fluctuating foreign currency exchange rates should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, the measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.
The tax effect of Adjusted amounts referenced herein were computed using the statutory tax rate for the taxing jurisdictions in the operating segment in which the related expenses were recorded, adjusted for the effects of valuation allowances on net operating losses in certain jurisdictions.
GUIDANCE
For the full year 2025, we expect Adjusted diluted earnings per share to be between $9.70 and $10.10. We expect to deliver gross profit growth in the low single-digits and expect that our gross margin will continue to be approximately 20%.
This outlook assumes:
- interest expense of $70 to $75 million;
- an effective tax rate of approximately 25% to 26% for the full year;
- capital expenditures of $35 to $40 million; and
- an average share count for the full year of 32.9 million shares, reflecting the settlement of the remaining warrants associated with our convertible senior notes (the “Convertible Notes”) in 2025.
This outlook excludes acquisition-related intangibles amortization expense of approximately $74.3 million, and assumes no acquisition or integration related expenses, transformation or severance and restructuring expenses, net, no significant change in our debt instruments, and no significant change in the macroeconomic environment, whether due to tariffs or otherwise. Due to the inherent difficulty of forecasting some of these types of expenses, which impact net earnings, diluted earnings per share and selling and administrative expenses, the Company is unable to reasonably estimate the impact of such expenses, if any, to net earnings, diluted earnings per share and selling and administrative expenses. Accordingly, the Company is unable to provide a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP diluted earnings per share for the full year 2025 forecast.
CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCAST
The Company will host a conference call and live webcast today at 9:00 a.m. ET to discuss first quarter 2025 results of operations. A live webcast of the conference call (in listen-only mode) will be available on the Company’s web site at http://investor.insight.com/, and a replay of the webcast will be available on the Company’s web site for a limited time following the call. To access the live conference call, please register in advance using the event link on the Company's web site. Upon registering, participants will receive dial-in information via email, as well as a unique registrant ID, event passcode, and detailed instructions regarding how to join the call.
USE OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
The non-GAAP financial measures are referred to as “Adjusted”. Adjusted earnings from operations, Adjusted net earnings and Adjusted diluted earnings per share exclude (i) severance and restructuring expenses, net, (ii) certain executive recruitment and hiring related expenses, (iii) amortization of intangible assets, (iv) transformation costs, (v) certain acquisition and integration related expenses, (vi) gains and losses from revaluation of acquisition related earnout liabilities, and (vii) the tax effects of each of these items, as applicable. Transformation costs represent costs we are incurring to transform our business to help us achieve our strategic objectives including becoming a leading solutions integrator. The Company excludes these items when internally evaluating earnings from operations, tax expense, net earnings and diluted earnings per share for the Company and earnings from operations for each of the Company’s operating segments. Adjusted net earnings and Adjusted diluted earnings per share also exclude a net loss on revaluation of warrant settlement liabilities. Adjusted diluted earnings per share also includes the impact of the benefit from the note hedge where the Company’s average stock price for the first quarter of 2025 was in excess of $68.32, which was the initial conversion price of the Convertible Notes, which matured in February 2025. Adjusted EBITDA excludes (i) interest expense, (ii) income tax expense, (iii) depreciation and amortization of property and equipment, (iv) amortization of intangible assets, (v) severance and restructuring expenses, net, (vi) certain executive recruitment and hiring related expenses, (vii) transformation costs, (viii) certain acquisition and integration related expenses, (ix) gains and losses from revaluation of acquisition related earnout liabilities, and (x) gains and losses from the revaluation of warrant settlement liabilities. Adjusted return on invested capital (“ROIC”) excludes (i) severance and restructuring expenses, net, (ii) certain executive recruitment and hiring related expenses, (iii) amortization of intangible assets, (iv) transformation costs, (v) certain acquisition and integration related expenses, (vi) certain third-party data center service outage related expenses and recoveries, (vii) gains and losses from revaluation of acquisition related earnout liabilities, and (viii) the tax effects of each of these items, as applicable.
These non-GAAP measures are used by the Company and its management to evaluate financial performance against budgeted amounts, to calculate incentive compensation, to assist in forecasting future performance and to compare the Company’s results to those of the Company’s competitors. The Company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors because they allow for greater transparency, facilitate comparisons to prior periods and the Company’s competitors’ results and assist in forecasting performance for future periods. These non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with GAAP and may be different from non-GAAP financial measures presented by other companies. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as a substitute for, or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.
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| Three Months Ended | ||||||||
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| 2025 |
| 2024 |
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Insight Enterprises, Inc. |
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Net sales: |
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Products |
| $ | 1,707,800 |
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| $ | 1,963,955 |
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| (13%) |
Services |
| $ | 395,756 |
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| $ | 415,530 |
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| (5%) |
Total net sales |
| $ | 2,103,556 |
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| $ | 2,379,485 |
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| (12%) |
Gross profit |
| $ | 406,477 |
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| $ | 440,928 |
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| (8%) |
Gross margin |
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| 19.3 | % |
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| 18.5 | % |
| 80 bps |
Selling and administrative expenses |
| $ | 339,173 |
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| $ | 337,434 |
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| 1% |
Severance and restructuring expenses, net |
| $ | 7,026 |
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| $ | 2,227 |
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| > 100% |
Acquisition and integration related expenses |
| $ | 175 |
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| $ | 1,281 |
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| (86%) |
Earnings from operations |
| $ | 60,103 |
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| $ | 99,986 |
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| (40%) |
Net earnings |
| $ | 7,514 |
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| $ | 67,027 |
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| (89%) |
Diluted earnings per share |
| $ | 0.22 |
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| $ | 1.74 |
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| (87%) |
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Sales Mix |
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Hardware |
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| 54 | % |
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| 48 | % |
| 1% |
Software |
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| 27 | % |
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| 35 | % |
| (32%) |
Services |
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| 19 | % |
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| 17 | % |
| (5%) |
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| 100 | % |
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| 100 | % |
| (12%) |
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North America |
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Net sales: |
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Products |
| $ | 1,403,027 |
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| $ | 1,586,306 |
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| (12%) |
Services |
| $ | 297,616 |
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| $ | 318,516 |
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| (7%) |
Total net sales |
| $ | 1,700,643 |
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| $ | 1,904,822 |
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| (11%) |
Gross profit |
| $ | 319,452 |
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| $ | 349,843 |
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| (9%) |
Gross margin |
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| 18.8 | % |
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| 18.4 | % |
| 40 bps |
Selling and administrative expenses |
| $ | 265,381 |
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| $ | 262,920 |
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| 1% |
Severance and restructuring expenses, net |
| $ | 3,111 |
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| $ | 1,619 |
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| 92% |
Acquisition and integration related expenses |
| $ | 170 |
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| $ | 1,281 |
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| (87%) |
Earnings from operations |
| $ | 50,790 |
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| $ | 84,023 |
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| (40%) |
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Sales Mix |
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Hardware |
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| 59 | % |
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| 52 | % |
| 2% |
Software |
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| 23 | % |
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| 31 | % |
| (33%) |
Services |
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| 18 | % |
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| 17 | % |
| (7%) |
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