CAMP CalAmp Corp

IRVINE, Calif., April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- CalAmp (Nasdaq: CAMP), a global connected intelligence company helping businesses and people track, monitor and recover vital assets with real-time visibility and insights, today reported financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2021 ended February 28, 2021. On March 16, 2021, the Company announced that Spireon acquired its LoJack North America business, which is being accounted for as discontinued operations and thereby excluded from the reported financial results from continuing operations.

"Revenue from continuing operations in the fourth quarter increased sequentially and year-over-year due to robust customer demand in support of the 3G-to-4G upgrade cycle, particularly at our largest customer," commented Jeff Gardner, CalAmp's president and chief executive officer. "This growth was further supported by gradual improvements in certain markets and geographies combined with sustained demand for our SaaS solutions.

"More recently, we were very pleased to have reached an agreement with Spireon to sell the LoJack North America business. We are now strategically aligned and well positioned as we enter our first fiscal quarter with near-record customer backlog. We remain cautious as we work with our suppliers to closely manage supply chain shortages for certain components. We are focused on aggressively expanding our global SaaS solutions to drive margins, profitability and cash flow in the coming fiscal year and beyond."

Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2021 Financial Overview

• Consolidated revenue from continuing operations was $81.9 million for the fourth quarter and $308.6 million for fiscal year 2021, which excludes $7.6 million and $32.7 million of LoJack North America revenue, respectively.
• Software & Subscription Services (S&SS) revenue for the fourth quarter was $34.7 million, representing 42.3% of consolidated revenue, and $129.9 million for the full year, which was up 5.2% from the prior year.
• Telematics Products revenue for the quarter was $47.3 million, which was up 6.3% sequentially due to strong demand from the 3G-to-4G transition, and down 9.9% for the full year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Sales to its largest customer reached another quarterly record of $18.6 million, representing growth of 12.9% sequentially, and $59.6 million for the full year, representing growth of 19.0%.
• Gross margin for the quarter increased 240 basis points sequentially to 42.2% and increased 70 basis points for the full year to 39.7%.
• GAAP net loss from continuing operations for the quarter was $3.2 million, or a loss of $0.09 per share. 
• Adjusted basis non-GAAP net income for the quarter was $4.8 million, or $0.14 per diluted share.
• Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter was $9.9 million, or 12% of revenue, and $32.1 million for the full year, or 10% of revenue.
• Total S&SS subscribers increased to 954,000, an increase of 8% from the prior year, after excluding the Automotive Vehicle Finance business.
• Ended the quarter with $94.6 million in cash and cash equivalents with operating cash flow from continuing operations for the year of $33.0 million.
• Free cash flow from continuing operations increased to $21.6 million, up from an outflow of $14.5 million in the prior year.

Other Business and Recent Highlights

• Launched new SC iOn Supply Chain Visibility solution for refrigerated vaccines, pharmaceuticals and other high-value shipments.
• Introduced a new flexible and data-enriched intuitive user interface (UI) for its CalAmp iOn™ fully integrated solutions suite of fleet and asset management applications.
• CGTE, a dealer for the Cat® Rental Store in Italy for Caterpillar machinery, selected CalAmp's LoJack Italia to protect its rental fleet of equipment against theft and to collect real-time data for fleet and logistics management.
• Molly Maid, the nation's leading residential cleaning franchise, adopted CalAmp's iOn™ fleet tracking and asset management solution to offer franchise owners real-time visibility into their fleet activity and mobile workforces.
• Collaborated with Alarm.com to offer customers the benefits of a vehicle monitoring solution as an integrated feature of its smart home security systems.
• Signed multi-year agreement with Localiza to add more value-added telematics to Brazil's car rental industry.

First Quarter Fiscal 2022 Business Outlook

The Company is maintaining its policy of not providing quarterly guidance as visibility into product shipments remains uncertain due to global supply shortages and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conference Call and Webcast

CalAmp is hosting a conference call for analysts and investors to discuss its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2021 results at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time today.  Participants can listen in via webcast by visiting the Investor Relations section of our website at www.calamp.com. Please go to the website at least 15 minutes early to register, download and install any necessary audio software. A replay of the webcast will be available for 90 days after the call.  The conference call can also be accessed by dialing 833-714-0868 (+1-778-560-2625 for international callers) and using the Conference ID # 8681517.  Following the call, an audio replay will also be available by calling 800-585-8367 or +1-416-621-4642 and entering the Conference ID# 8681517. The audio replay will be available through April 29, 2021.

About CalAmp

CalAmp (Nasdaq: CAMP) is a connected intelligence company that helps people and businesses work smarter. We partner with transportation and logistics, industrial equipment, government and automotive industries to deliver insights that help businesses make the right decisions. Our applications, platforms and smart devices allow them to track, monitor and recover their vital assets with real-time visibility that reduces costs, maximizes productivity and improves safety. Headquartered in Irvine, California, CalAmp has 22 million products installed and approximately 1.3 million software and services subscribers worldwide. For more information, visit calamp.com, or LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or CalAmp Blog.

Forward-Looking Statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements (including within the meaning of Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended) concerning CalAmp. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements that address our expected future business and financial performance and statements about (i) our plans, objectives and intentions with respect to future operations, services and products, (ii)  our competitive position and opportunities, and (iii) other statements identified by words such as such as "may", "will", "expect", "intend", "plan", "potential", "believe", "seek", "could", "estimate", "judgment", "targeting", "should", "anticipate", "predict" "project", "aim", "goal", and similar words, phrases or expressions. These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management, current market trends and market conditions, and involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside of our control, and which may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on such statements. Particular uncertainties that could materially affect future results include any risks associated with global economic conditions and concerns; the effects of global outbreaks of pandemics or contagious diseases or fear of such outbreaks, such as the recent coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic; disruptions in sales, operations, relationships with customers, suppliers, employees, and consumers given our sale of LoJack North America operations to Spireon; our ability to successfully and timely accomplish our transformation to a SaaS solutions provider; our transition out of the automotive vehicle financing business; competitive pressures; pricing declines; demand for our telematics products; rates of growth in our target markets; prolonged disruptions of our contract manufacturers' facilities or other significant operations; force majeure or force-majeure-like events at our contract manufacturers' facilities including component shortages; the ongoing diversification of our global supply chain; our dependence on outsourced service providers for certain key business services and their ability to execute to our requirements; our ability to improve gross margin; cost-containment measures; legislative, trade, tariff, and regulatory actions; integration, unexpected charges or expenses in connection with our recent acquisitions; the impact of legal proceedings and compliance risks; implementation of our new ERP system; the impact on our business and reputation from information technology system failures, network disruptions, cyber-attacks, or losses or unauthorized access to, or release of, confidential information; the ability of the Company to comply with laws and regulations regarding data protection; our ability to protect our intellectual property and the unpredictability of any associated litigation expenses; any expenses or reputational damage associated with resolving customer product and warranty and indemnification claims; our ability to sell to new types of customers and to keep pace with technological advances; market acceptance of the end products into which our products are designed; and other events and trends on a national, regional and global scale, including those of a political, economic, business, competitive, and regulatory nature. More information on these risks and other potential factors that could affect our financial results is included in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including in the "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" sections of our most recently filed periodic reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q and subsequent filings, which you may obtain for free at the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. We undertake no intent or obligation to publicly update or revise any of these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, which speak as of their respective dates except as required by law.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

"GAAP" refers to financial information presented in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. This announcement includes non-GAAP financial measures, as defined in Regulation G promulgated by the SEC. We believe that our presentation of non-GAAP financial measures provides useful supplementary information to investors. These non-GAAP financial measures are provided in addition to, and not as a substitute for measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

In this announcement, we report the non-GAAP financial measures of Adjusted basis net income, Adjusted basis net income per diluted share, Adjusted EBITDA (Earnings Before Investment Income, Interest Expense, Taxes, Depreciation, Amortization, stock-based compensation, acquisition and integration expenses, non-cash costs and expenses arising from purchase accounting adjustments, litigation provisions, impairment losses and certain other adjustments as detailed in the accompanying non-GAAP reconciliation), and Adjusted EBITDA margin. Adjusted basis net income (loss) excludes the impact of intangible asset amortization expense, stock-based compensation, non-cash interest expense, acquisition and integration expenses, non-cash costs and expenses arising from purchase accounting adjustments, litigation provisions, income tax provision adjustments, impairment losses and certain other adjustments as shown in the non-GAAP reconciliation provided in the table at the end of this announcement.  We use these non-GAAP financial measures to provide investors with additional information about our financial performance and future prospects of our core business activities. Internally, these non-GAAP measures are significant measures used by management for purposes of evaluating our core operating performance, establishing internal budgets, calculating return on investment for development programs and growth initiatives, comparing performance with internal forecasts and targeted business models, strategic planning, evaluating and valuing potential acquisition candidates and how their operations compare to our operations, and benchmarking performance externally against our competitors. We believe this non-GAAP financial information provides additional insight into our ongoing performance and have therefore chosen to provide this information to investors to help them evaluate our results of ongoing operations and enable additional period-to-period comparisons. The presentation of these and other similar items in our non-GAAP financial results should not be interpreted as implying that these items are non-recurring, infrequent, or unusual.

CalAmp, LoJack, TRACKER, Here Comes The Bus, Bus Guardian, iOn Vision and associated logos are among the trademarks of CalAmp and/or its affiliates in the United States, certain other countries and/or the EU. Spireon acquired the LoJack® North American Stolen Vehicle Recovery (SVR) business from CalAmp and holds an exclusive license to the LoJack mark in the United States and Canada. Any other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

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RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP MEASURES TO GAAP
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GAAP refers to financial information presented in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. This announcement includes historical non-GAAP financial measures, as defined in Regulation G promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.  We believe that our presentation of historical non-GAAP financial measures provides useful supplementary information to investors.  The presentation of historical non-GAAP financial measures is not meant to be considered in isolation from or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with GAAP.

In this announcement, we report the non-GAAP financial measures of Adjusted basis net income, Adjusted basis net income per diluted share, Adjusted EBITDA (Earnings Before Investment Income, Interest Expense, Taxes, Depreciation, Amortization and stock-based compensation, impairment loss and other adjustments as identified below), and Adjusted EBITDA margin. We use these non-GAAP financial measures to provide investors with an overall understanding of the financial performance and future prospects of our core business activities. Specifically, we believe that the use of these non-GAAP measures facilitates the comparison of results of core business operations between current and past periods.  

The reconciliation of GAAP basis net loss to Adjusted basis (non-GAAP) net income is as follows (in thousands except per share amounts):

The reconciliation of GAAP-basis net loss to Adjusted EBITDA and the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA margin are as follows (dollars in thousands):