Lumentum Holdings Inc. Q2 FY2023 Earnings Call

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Quarter Overview

  • Q2 FY23 revenue was $506 million, above midpoint of guidance, flat sequentially, and up 13.3% year-over-year.
  • Strong Telecom and Commercial Lasers demand offset expected declines in cloud and consumer revenue.
  • Operating margin and EPS exceeded the high end of guidance due to synergy execution and cost controls.
  • Nearly 90% of revenue now comes from infrastructure markets, reducing exposure to consumer cyclicality.

Business Segment Highlights

Telecom & Datacom
  • Segment revenue grew 44% year-over-year, driven by strong Telecom demand and NeoPhotonics acquisition.
  • High demand across 400G/600G/800G network technologies; multiple product categories hit quarterly revenue records.
  • Remaining supply constraints caused approximately $60 million in unmet demand (improved from $80 million last quarter).
  • Datacom laser chip revenue declined sequentially as hyperscale customers work through inventory; digestion expected through most of calendar 2023.
  • AI/ML datacenter architectures expected to drive future Datacom growth; 200G EMLs on track for production at end of FY23.
Industrial & Consumer
  • Revenue decreased as expected; consumer VCSEL demand weakened further.
  • Automotive and IoT revenues reached approximately $3 million; expected to grow significantly in coming years.

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Operator: Good day, everyone, and welcome to the Lumentum Holdings' Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2023 Earnings Call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. Please also note, today's event is being recorded for replay purposes. [Operator Instructions] At this time, I'd like to turn the conference call over to Kathy Ta, Vice President of Investor Relations. Ms. Ta, please go ahead. Kathy Ta: Welcome to Lumentum's fiscal second quarter 2023 earnings call. This is Kathy Ta, Lumentum's Vice President of Investor Relations. Joining me today are Alan Lowe, President and Chief Executive Officer; Wajid Ali, Chief Financial Officer; and Chris Coldren, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer. Today's call will include forward-looking statements, including statements regarding our expectations, regarding our recent acquisitions, including NeoPhotonics, such as expected synergies, and financial and operating results, macroeconomic trends, trends and expectations for our products and technology, our markets, market opportunity and customers, and our expected financial performance, including our guidance, as well as statements regarding our future revenues, our financial model, and our margin targets. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from our current expectations, particularly the risk factors described in our SEC filings. We encourage you to review our most recent filings wit

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