Cavium Announces Financial Results for Q3 2017

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for enterprise, data center, cloud, wired and wireless networking, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2017.

Net revenue in the third quarter of 2017 was $252.0 million, a 4.1% sequential increase from the $242.1 million reported in the second quarter of 2017 and 49.9% from the $168.1 million reported in the third quarter of 2016.

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) Results

Net loss for the third quarter of 2017 was $6.2 million, or ($0.09) per diluted share, compared to $11.1 million, or ($0.16) per diluted share in the second quarter of 2017. Gross margins were 54.6% in the third quarter of 2017 compared to 53.5% in the second quarter of 2017. As a percentage of revenue, GAAP income from operations was 0.19% in the third quarter of 2017 compared to GAAP operating loss of 2.5% in the second quarter of 2017. Total cash and cash equivalents were $152.7 million at September 30, 2017.

Non-GAAP Results

Cavium believes that the presentation of non-GAAP financial measures provides important supplemental information to management and investors regarding financial and business trends relating to Cavium's financial condition and results of operations. Cavium believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide additional insight into Cavium's ongoing performance and core operational activities and has chosen to provide these measures for more consistent and meaningful comparison between periods. These measures should only be used to evaluate Cavium's results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures. The reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP financial results is provided in the financial statements portion of this release.

In the third quarter of 2017, Non-GAAP net income was $55.8 million, or $0.76 per diluted share, Non-GAAP gross margin was 66.0% and Non-GAAP income from operations as a percentage of revenue was 24.8%.

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Cavium will broadcast its third quarter of 2017 financial results conference call today, November 1, 2017, at 2 p.m. Pacific time (5 p.m. Eastern time). The conference call will be available via a live web cast on the investor relations section of the Cavium website at http://www.cavium.com. Please access the website at least a few minutes prior to the start of the call in order to download and install any necessary audio software. An archived web cast replay of the call will be available on the web site for a limited period of time.

About Cavium

Cavium offers a broad portfolio of infrastructure solutions for compute, security, storage, switching, connectivity, and baseband processing. Cavium's highly integrated multi-core SoC products deliver software compatible solutions across low to high performance points enabling secure and intelligent functionality in Enterprise, Data Center and Service Provider Equipment. Cavium processors and solutions are supported by an extensive ecosystem of operating systems, tools, application stacks, hardware-reference designs, and other products. Cavium is headquartered in San Jose, CA with design centers in California, Massachusetts, India, Israel, China, and Taiwan. For more information about the Company, please visit: http://www.cavium.com.


                                                  CAVIUM, INC.

                         Unaudited GAAP Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

                                    (in thousands, except per share amounts)


                                                       Three Months Ended
                                                       ------------------

                                          September 30, 2017                            June 30, 2017
                                          ------------------                            -------------

    Net revenue                                                      $251,987                            $242,093

    Cost of revenue                                                 114,455                             112,604
                                                                    -------                             -------

    Gross profit                                                    137,532                             129,489
                                                                    -------                             -------

    Operating expenses:

         Research and development                                    93,860                              94,758

         Sales, general and administrative                           43,184                              40,791
                                                                     ------                              ------

            Total operating expenses                                137,044                             135,549
                                                                    -------                             -------

    Income (loss) from operations                                       488                             (6,060)
                                                                        ---                              ------

    Other income (expense), net:

        Interest expense                                            (6,493)                            (6,062)

        Other, net                                                      277                                   1
                                                                        ---                                 ---

    Total other expense, net                                        (6,216)                            (6,061)
                                                                     ------                              ------

         Loss before income taxes                                   (5,728)                           (12,121)

         Provision for (benefit from)
          income taxes                                                  486                             (1,049)
                                                                        ---                              ------

    Net loss                                                         $(6,214)                          $(11,072)
                                                                      =======                            ========

    Net loss per common
     share, basic and
     diluted                                                          $(0.09)                            $(0.16)

    Shares used in computing basic and
     diluted net loss per common share                               68,675                              68,199


                                                            CAVIUM, INC.

                                          Unaudited Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Adjustments

                                       (in thousands, except per share data and percentages)


                                                               Three Months Ended
                                                               ------------------

                                                  September 30, 2017                         June 30, 2017
                                                  ------------------                         -------------

    Reconciliation of GAAP gross profit and
     margin to non-GAAP:

    Net revenue                                                              $251,987                               $242,093

    GAAP gross profit                                                       137,532                                129,489

    GAAP gross margin                                                         54.6%                                 53.5%


    Stock-based compensation and related
     payroll taxes                                                              879                                    718

    Inventory charges                                                          (18)                                 1,661

    Amortization of acquisition related assets                               27,947                                 27,706
                                                                             ------                                 ------

    Non-GAAP gross profit                                                    $166,340                               $159,574
                                                                             ========                               ========

    Non-GAAP gross margin                                                     66.0%                                 65.9%
                                                                               ====                                   ====


    Reconciliation of GAAP operating expenses
     to non-GAAP:

    GAAP research and
     development expenses                                                     $93,860                                $94,758

    Stock-based compensation and related
     payroll taxes                                                         (17,437)                              (18,298)

    Amortization of acquisition related assets                                (725)                                 (731)

    Acquisition and integration related costs                                 (743)                                 (811)
                                                                               ----                                   ----

    Non-GAAP research and development expenses                               74,955                                 74,918
                                                                             ------                                 ------


    GAAP sales, general and administrative
     expenses                                                                43,184                                 40,791

    Stock-based compensation and related
     payroll taxes                                                          (9,035)                               (9,363)

    Amortization of acquisition related assets                              (1,278)                               (1,277)

    Acquisition and integration related costs                               (3,997)                               (1,984)
                                                                             ------                                 ------

    Non-GAAP sales, general and
     administrative expenses                                                 28,874                                 28,167
                                                                             ------                                 ------

    Total Non-GAAP operating
     expenses                                                                $103,829                               $103,085
                                                                             ========                               ========


    Reconciliation of GAAP Income tax to non-
     GAAP:

    GAAP provision for (benefit
     from) income tax                                                            $486                               $(1,049)

    Acquisition related tax adjustments                            -                                       2,605
                                                                 ---                                       -----

    Non-GAAP provision for
     income tax                                                                  $486                                 $1,556
                                                                                 ====                                 ======


                                                             CAVIUM, INC.

                                           Unaudited Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Adjustments

                                         (in thousands, except per share data and percentages)


                                                                   Three Months Ended
                                                                   ------------------

                                                      September 30, 2017                       June 30, 2017
                                                      ------------------                       -------------

    Reconciliation of GAAP income (loss) from
     operations to non-GAAP income from
     operations:

    GAAP income (loss) from
     operations                                                                     $488                               $(6,060)

    Stock-based compensation and related payroll
     taxes                                                                      27,351                                 28,379

    Inventory charges                                                             (18)                                 1,661

    Amortization of acquisition related assets                                  29,950                                 29,714

    Acquisition and integration related costs                                    4,740                                  2,795
                                                                                 -----                                  -----

    Non-GAAP income from operations                                              $62,511                                $56,489
                                                                                 =======                                =======

    Non-GAAP income from operations as a
     percentage of revenue                                                       24.8%                                 23.3%
                                                                                  ====                                   ====


    Reconciliation of GAAP net loss to non-GAAP
     net income:

    GAAP net loss                                                               $(6,214)                             $(11,072)

    Non-GAAP adjustments:

    Stock-based compensation and related payroll
     taxes                                                                      27,351                                 28,379

    Inventory charges                                                             (18)                                 1,661

    Amortization of acquisition related assets                                  29,950                                 29,714

    Acquisition and integration related costs                                    4,740                                  2,795

    Acquisition related tax adjustments                                -                                     (2,605)
                                                                     ---                                      ------

    Total of non-GAAP adjustments                                               62,023                                 59,944
                                                                                ------                                 ------

    Non-GAAP net income                                                          $55,809                                $48,872
                                                                                 =======                                =======


    GAAP net loss per share,
     diluted                                                                     $(0.09)                               $(0.16)
                                                                                  ======                                 ======

    Non-GAAP adjustments detailed above                                           0.85                                   0.83

    Non-GAAP net income per share,
     diluted                                                                       $0.76                                  $0.67
                                                                                   =====                                  =====


    GAAP weighted average shares, diluted                                       68,675                                 68,199

    Non-GAAP share adjustment                                                    4,488                                  5,019
                                                                                 -----                                  -----

    Non-GAAP weighted average shares, diluted                                   73,163                                 73,218


                                                        CAVIUM, INC.

                                    Unaudited GAAP Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

                                                       (in thousands)


                                                                          As of
                                                                          -----

                                                       September 30, 2017                  June 30, 2017
                                                       ------------------                  -------------

    Assets

    Current assets

    Cash and cash equivalents                                                     $152,654                   $127,061

    Accounts receivable, net                                                     186,447                    173,754

    Inventories                                                                   94,879                     94,116

    Prepaid expenses and other current assets                                     23,510                     21,669
                                                                                  ------                     ------

    Total current assets                                                         457,490                    416,600

    Property and equipment, net                                                  169,747                    157,542

    Intangible assets, net                                                       692,994                    714,636

    Goodwill                                                                     237,692                    241,067

    Other assets                                                                   5,757                      5,286
                                                                                   -----                      -----

    Total assets                                                                $1,563,680                 $1,535,131
                                                                                ==========                 ==========


    Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

    Current liabilities

    Accounts payable                                                               $74,207                    $72,494

    Accrued expenses and other current liabilities                                44,898                     49,825

    Deferred revenue                                                               9,501                      8,990

    Current portion of long-term debt                                              3,270                      3,256

    Capital lease and technology license
     obligations                                                                  27,803                     19,195
                                                                                  ------                     ------

    Total current liabilities                                                    159,679                    153,760

    Long-term debt                                                               593,770                    594,590

    Capital lease and technology license
     obligations, net of current                                                  15,025                     20,563

    Deferred tax liability                                                        16,824                     16,972

    Other non-current liabilities                                                 25,436                     18,722
                                                                                  ------                     ------

    Total liabilities                                                            810,734                    804,607
                                                                                 -------                    -------


    Stockholders' equity

    Common stock                                                                      69                         68

    Additional paid-in capital                                                 1,157,386                  1,128,752

    Accumulated deficit                                                        (405,302)                 (399,088)

    Accumulated other comprehensive income                                           793                        792
                                                                                     ---                        ---

    Total stockholders' equity                                                   752,946                    730,524
                                                                                 -------                    -------

    Total liabilities and
     stockholders' equity                                                       $1,563,680                 $1,535,131
                                                                                ==========                 ==========

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