Sequans Communications S.A. Q3 FY2024 Earnings Call

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  • Conference Date: November 5, 2024
  • Participants: Georges Karam (Chairman and CEO), Deborah Choate (CFO), Kim Rogers (IR, Hayden IR)
  • Major Highlight: Successful completion of the Qualcomm deal, significantly strengthening balance sheet and eliminating nearly all outstanding debt.

Financial Performance (Q3 2024 vs. Q3 2023)

  • Total Revenue: $10.1M, up 29.5% from $7.8M in Q3 2023 and up 4.2% sequentially
  • Product Revenue: $2.4M (approx. 23.4% of total revenue), up from 9.7% a year earlier
  • Licensing Revenue: $7.7M, up 9.8% YoY and 6.7% QoQ. Includes $6.7M from a 5G license component delivered to Qualcomm
  • Gross Margin: 82.5%, stable vs. 84% last quarter due to high licensing revenue
  • Product Gross Margin: 36.9% vs. 39.1% in Q2
  • Net Profit: $80.5M or $2.91 per diluted ADS vs. net loss of $6.8M in Q3 2023 and $5.8M in Q2 2024
  • Cash and Cash Equivalents: $173.6M (up from $13.1M in Q2), following $172M proceeds from Qualcomm transaction
  • Debt Repayment: ~$85M repaid in October 2024; remaining debt comprises repayables tied to French government R&D support

Strategic and Operational Highlights

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Operator: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Sequans Communications Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results Conference Call. At this time, all lines are in listen-only mode. Following the presentation, we will conduct a question and answer session. [Operator Instructions]. This call is being recorded on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. I would now like to turn the conference over to Ms. Kim Rogers, Managing Director of Hayden IR. Please go ahead. Kim Rogers: Thank you, Chloe, and thank you to everyone participating in today's call. Joining me on the call today from Sequans is George Karam, Chairman and CEO; and Deborah Choate, Chief Financial Officer. Before turning the call over to George, I would like to remind our participants, of the following important information on behalf of Sequans. First, Sequans issued the earnings press release this morning, which was posted to the company's website at www.sequans.com under the Newsroom section. Before we start, I would like to remind everyone that this conference call contains projections and other forward-looking statements regarding future events, or our future financial performance, and potential financing sources. All statements other than present and historical facts and conditions contained within this release, including any statements regarding our business strategy, cost optimization plans, strategic options, the ability to enter into new strategic agreements, expectations for Massive IoT sales, our ability to c

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