Airgain Q1 revenue falls, sees Q2 sales growth

Airgain, Inc.

Airgain, Inc.

AIRG

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Overview

  • Wireless connectivity provider's Q1 revenue declined 4% yr/yr, slightly beating analyst expectations

  • Company posted a non-GAAP net loss, with lower consumer sales offset by enterprise and automotive growth

  • Q2 sales forecast at $12.5 mln-$14.5 mln, expecting sequential improvement


Outlook

  • Airgain expects Q2 sales between $12.5 mln and $14.5 mln, midpoint $13.5 mln

  • Company sees Q2 GAAP gross margin between 41.6% and 44.6%

  • Airgain expects Q2 non-GAAP net income per share of $0.01 at midpoint


Result Drivers

  • CONSUMER MARKET DECLINE - Co said Q1 revenue drop was primarily due to seasonal decline in consumer market sales

  • ENTERPRISE AND AUTOMOTIVE GROWTH - Higher embedded modem sales and increased vehicle gateway shipments drove sequential growth in enterprise and automotive segments

  • UNFAVORABLE PRODUCT MIX - Sequential gross margin decline was mainly due to lower enterprise gross margin from unfavorable product mix


Company press release: ID:nBw84ry4na


Key Details

Metric

Beat/Miss

Actual

Consensus Estimate

Q1 Sales

Slight Beat*

$11.51 mln

$11.48 mln (4 Analysts)

Q1 Net Income

-$1.90 mln

Q1 Gross Profit

$4.97 mln

Q1 Income From Operations

-$2.11 mln

Q1 Operating Expenses

$7.09 mln

Q1 Pretax Profit

-$1.83 mln

*Applies to a deviation of less than 1%; not applicable for per-share numbers.


Analyst Coverage

  • The current average analyst rating on the shares is "buy" and the breakdown of recommendations is 4 "strong buy" or "buy", no "hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell"

  • The average consensus recommendation for the communications & networking peer group is "buy"

  • Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Airgain Inc is $6.75, about 5.3% below its May 5 closing price of $7.13

  • The stock recently traded at 64 times the next 12-month earnings vs. a P/E of 74 three months ago


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