Canaan, Inc. Q4 FY2020 Earnings Call

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Canaan Inc. Q4 and Full Year 2020 Earnings Summary

  • Revenue: Q4 net revenue was RMB 38.2 million, down from RMB 463.2 million in Q4 2019 and RMB 163 million in Q3 2020. Full-year 2020 net revenue was RMB 447.7 million, down from RMB 1.42 billion in 2019.
  • Gross Profit/Loss: Gross profit in Q4 2020 was RMB 9.1 million, reversing a gross loss of RMB 673.4 million in Q4 2019. Full-year gross profit was RMB 37.8 million, versus a gross loss of RMB 516 million in 2019.
  • Operating Expenses: Q4 operating expenses totaled RMB 80.1 million, down from RMB 127.7 million in Q4 2019. Full year expenses dropped 45.8% YoY to RMB 291.6 million.
  • Net Loss: Q4 net loss was RMB 72 million, a significant YoY improvement from RMB 798.2 million and a sequential improvement from RMB 86.4 million in Q3 2020. Full-year 2020 net loss was RMB 215.1 million, improved from RMB 1.03 billion in 2019.
  • Non-GAAP Net Loss: Adjusted net loss in Q4 was RMB 73.1 million, compared with RMB 750.5 million in Q4 2019. Full-year 2020 adjusted net loss was RMB 212.1 million.
  • R&D Investment: Increased sequentially in Q4 to RMB 40.1 million. Full-year investment totaled RMB 134.4 million, with focus on expanding chip capabilities and AI segment.

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Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to Canaan Inc.’s Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2020 Earnings Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the management’s prepared remarks, we will have a question-and-answer session. Please note, this event is being recorded. I would like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Mr. Shaoke Li, Board Secretary of the Company. Please go ahead, Mr. Li. Shaoke Li: Thank you very much. Hello, everyone, and welcome to our earnings conference call. The Company’s financial and operating results were released by our newswire services earlier today and are currently available online. Joining us today are our Chairman and CEO, Mr. Nangeng Zhang; and our CFO, Mr. Tong He. In addition, Mr. Xiaoming Lu, [Ph] our SVP, will also be available during the question-and-answer session. Mr. Zhang will start the call by providing an overview of the Company and the performance highlights for the quarter. Mr. He will then provide details on the Company’s operating and financial results for the period, before we open the call up for your questions. Before we continue, I would like to refer you to our safe harbor statement in our earnings press release, which also applies to this call as we will be making forward-looking statements. Please also note that we will discuss non-GAAP measures today, which are more roughly explained and reconciled to the most comparable measures reported under Generally

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