SkyWater Technology Reports First Quarter 2024 Results

SkyWater Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: SKYT), the trusted technology realization partner, today announced financial results for the first quarter 2024 ended March 31, 2024.

Financial Highlights for Q1 2024:

• Revenue increased 20% year-over-year to a record $79.6 million.
• Gross margin decreased to 16.3% on a GAAP basis, compared to 24.9% in Q1 2023, and decreased to 16.9% on a non-GAAP basis, compared to 25.7% in Q1 2023.
• Net loss to shareholders of $5.7 million, or $0.12 per share on a GAAP basis, and net loss to shareholders of $3.7 million, or $0.08 per share on a non-GAAP basis, compared to net loss to shareholders of $4.3 million, or $0.10 per share on a GAAP basis, and net loss to shareholders of $2.4 million, or $0.06 per share on a non-GAAP basis in Q1 2023.
• Adjusted EBITDA of $4.9 million, or 6.2% of revenue, compared to $8.1 million, or 12.3% of revenue in Q1 2023.

"We entered 2024 with strong momentum and revenue growth exceeding our earlier expectations for our differentiated Advanced Technology Services business, with ATS development revenue increasing 7% sequentially from our prior record set in Q4 2023," commented Thomas Sonderman, SkyWater chief executive officer. "While Q1 tool revenue came in lower than forecast due to delays in equipment deliveries, we remain at the forefront of an expected unprecedented year in customer-funded capital investments to enhance SkyWater's technical capabilities in support of future growth in ATS and Wafer Services. We continue to anticipate another year of revenue growth for SkyWater in 2024, demonstrating that our unique business model offers a compelling value proposition for the development of new technology platforms and products."

Recent Business Highlights:

• Record Q1 Advanced Technology Service (ATS) development revenue exceeded expectations due to continued strong progress in multiple ATS programs within both the aerospace and defense and commercial end markets.
• Our recent collaboration with Lumotive to start production of the world's first commercially-available optical beam steering chip marks another program transition from ATS development to Wafer Services, enabling mass production of dynamic optical metasurfaces for use in automated driving, robotics, and industrial manufacturing systems.
• Customer-funded capex funding and awards since 2020 now exceed $100 million, with a pipeline over the next three-year timeframe anticipated to be in the range of $200 million, which we believe enables SkyWater to continue to achieve strong growth and high operating leverage with minimal requirements for substantial self-funded capital investments.
• Revenue profile for fiscal 2024 continues to indicate a growth year for SkyWater, expected to be driven by increased ATS development revenue, a record year for customer-funded capex, and a decreasing contribution from legacy products.

Q1 2024 Summary:

Q1 2024 Results:

• Revenue: Revenue of $79.6 million increased 20% year-over-year. ATS development revenue of $61.2 million increased 28% year-over-year. Tools revenue was $8.5 million in the first quarter of 2024 compared to $0.5 million in the first quarter of 2023. Wafer Services revenue of $10.0 million decreased 44% compared to the first quarter of 2023.
• Gross Profit: GAAP gross profit was $13.0 million, or 16.3% of total revenue, compared to gross profit of $16.5 million, or 24.9% of total revenue, in the first quarter of 2023. Non-GAAP gross profit was $13.4 million, or 16.9% of total revenue, compared to non-GAAP gross profit of $17.0 million, or 25.7% of total revenue, in the first quarter of 2023. Cost of revenue for the first quarter of 2024 included an approximately $8 million accrual reflecting the anticipated additional costs for us to complete certain development milestones for a significant aerospace and defense program.
• Operating Expenses: GAAP operating expenses were $15.2 million, compared to $17.6 million in the first quarter of 2023. The first quarter of 2023 included $2.2 million of credit losses that did not repeat in the first quarter of 2024.
• Net Loss: The GAAP net loss to shareholders was $5.7 million, or $0.12 per share, compared to a net loss to shareholders of $4.3 million, or $0.10 per share, in the first quarter of 2023. The Non-GAAP net loss to shareholders was $3.7 million, or $0.08 per share, compared to a non-GAAP net loss to shareholders of $2.4 million, or $0.06 per share, in the first quarter of 2023.
• Adjusted EBITDA: Adjusted EBITDA was $4.9 million, or 6.2% of total revenue, compared to $8.1 million, or 12.3% of total revenue, in the first quarter of 2023.

A reconciliation between historical GAAP and non-GAAP information is contained in the tables below in the section titled "Non-GAAP Financial Measures."

Investor Webcast

SkyWater will host a conference call on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at 3:30 p.m. CT to discuss its first quarter 2024 financial results. A live webcast of the call will be available online at IR.SkyWaterTechnology.com.

About SkyWater Technology

SkyWater (NASDAQ: SKYT) is a U.S.-based semiconductor manufacturer and a DMEA-accredited Category 1A Trusted Foundry. SkyWater's Technology as a Service model streamlines the path to production for customers with development services, volume production and heterogeneous integration solutions in its world-class U.S. facilities. This pioneering model enables innovators to co-create the next wave of technology with diverse categories including mixed-signal CMOS, read-out ICs, rad-hard ICs, power management, MEMS, superconducting ICs, photonics, carbon nanotubes, and interposers. SkyWater serves growing markets including aerospace & defense, automotive, biomedical, cloud & computing, consumer, industrial and IoT. For more information, visit: www.skywatertechnology.com.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Preliminary Results

The Company's results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024 are preliminary, unaudited and subject to the finalization of the Company's first quarter review and full-year audit and should not be viewed as a substitute for full financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. The Company cautions that actual results may differ materially from those described in this press release.

SkyWater Technology Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements that are based on the Company's current expectations or forecasts of future events, rather than past events and outcomes, and such statements are not guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking statements include all statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this presentation, including information or predictions concerning the Company's future business, results of operations, financial performance, plans and objectives, competitive position, market trends, and potential growth and market opportunities. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by words such as "intends," "estimates," "predicts," "potential," "continues," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "believes," "should," "could," "may," "will," "targets," "projects," "seeks" or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology.

Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which may cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Key factors that could cause the Company's actual results to be different than expected or anticipated include, but are not limited to: our goals and strategies; our future business development, financial condition and results of operations; our ability to continue operating our fabrication facilities at full capacity; our ability to appropriately respond to changing technologies on a timely and cost-effective basis; our customer relationships and our ability to retain and expand our customer relationships; our ability to accurately predict our future revenues for the purpose of appropriately budgeting and adjusting our expenses; our expectations regarding dependence on our largest customers; our ability to diversify our customer base and develop relationships in new markets; the performance and reliability of our third-party suppliers and manufacturers; our ability to procure tools, materials, and chemicals; our ability to control costs, including our operating and capital expenses; the size and growth potential of the markets for our solutions, and our ability to serve and expand our presence in those markets; the level of demand in our customers' end markets; our ability to attract, train and retain key qualified personnel in a competitive labor market; adverse litigation judgments, settlements or other litigation-related costs; changes in trade policies, including the imposition of tariffs; our ability to raise additional capital or financing; our ability to accurately forecast demand; the level and timing of U.S. government program funding; our ability to maintain compliance with certain U.S. government contracting requirements; regulatory developments in the United States and foreign countries; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights; our ability to meet our long-term growth targets; and other factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of the annual report on Form 10-K the Company filed with the SEC on March 15, 2024 and in other documents that the Company files with the SEC, which are available at http://www.sec.gov. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We provide supplemental, non-GAAP financial information that our management regularly evaluates to provide additional insight to investors as supplemental information to our results reported using U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). We provide non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP net loss to shareholders, and non-GAAP net loss to shareholders per share. Our management uses these non-GAAP financial measures to make informed operating decisions, complete strategic planning, prepare annual budgets, and evaluate Company and management performance. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures are useful performance measures to our investors because they provide a baseline for analyzing trends in our business and exclude certain items that may not be indicative of our core operating results. The non-GAAP financial measures disclosed in this earnings press release should not be viewed as an alternative to, or more meaningful than, the reported results prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, because these non-GAAP financial measures are not determined in accordance with GAAP, other companies, including our peers, may calculate their non-GAAP financial measures differently than we do. As a result, the non-GAAP financial measures presented in this earnings press release may not be directly comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies.

We also provide adjusted earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) and adjusted EBITDA margin as supplemental non-GAAP measures. We define adjusted EBITDA as net (loss) income before interest expense, income tax (benefit) expense, depreciation and amortization, equity-based compensation and certain other items that we do not view as indicative of our ongoing performance, including net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, business transformation costs, and restructuring costs. Our management uses adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin to make informed operating decisions, complete strategic planning, prepare annual budgets, and evaluate Company and management performance. We believe adjusted EBITDA is a useful performance measure to our investors because it allows for an effective evaluation of our operating performance when compared to other companies, including our peers, without regard to financing methods or capital structures. We exclude the items listed above from net income or loss in arriving at adjusted EBITDA because the amounts of these items can vary substantially within our industry depending on the accounting methods and policies used, book values of assets, capital structures, and the methods by which assets were acquired. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to, or more meaningful than, net (loss) income determined in accordance with GAAP. Certain items excluded from adjusted EBITDA are significant components in understanding and assessing a company's financial performance, such as a company's cost of capital and tax structure, as well as the historic cost bases of depreciable assets, none of which are reflected in adjusted EBITDA. Our presentation of adjusted EBITDA should not be construed as an indication that our results will be unaffected by the items excluded from adjusted EBITDA. In future fiscal periods, we may exclude such items and may incur income and expenses similar to these excluded items. Accordingly, the exclusion of these items and other similar items in our non-GAAP financial measures should not be interpreted as implying that these items are non-recurring, infrequent or unusual, unless otherwise expressly indicated.

The following tables present a reconciliation of the most directly comparable financial measures, calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP, to our non-GAAP financial measures.