Sequans Communications S.A. Q4 FY2023 Earnings Call

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Sequans Communications – Q4 and Full Year 2023 Earnings Summary

  • Q4 2023 Revenue: $4.8 million, with $4 million from product revenue.
  • Year-Over-Year (YoY) Annual Revenue: Declined 44.5% to $33.6 million from $60.6 million in 2022.
  • Q1 2024 Revenue Guidance: Expected to exceed $7 million, signaling a return to sequential growth.
  • FY 2023 Gross Margin: 71.8%, slightly up from 70.8% in 2022, attributed to high-margin licensing revenue.
  • Target Gross Margin: Expected to normalize to ~50% overall, with product gross margins in the mid-40s as chipset sales grow.
  • FY 2023 IFRS Operating Loss: $30 million, compared to a loss of $3.8 million in 2022.
  • FY 2023 Non-IFRS Operating Loss: $22.7 million vs. a $1.6 million operating gain in 2022.
  • Q4 2023 Non-IFRS Net Loss: $13.8 million or $0.23/diluted ADS compared to $6.8 million or $0.16 in Q3 and $2.8 million or $0.06 in Q4 2022.
  • Cash Position: $5.7 million at end of Q4; subsequently strengthened by a $9 million loan from Renesas and pending €11 million (~$12M) R&D financing from the French government.

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Operator: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Sequans Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. [Operator Instructions]. I would now like to turn the conference over to Kim Rogers. Please go ahead. Kimberly Rogers: Thank you, Terry. And thank you to everyone participating in today's call. Joining me on the call today from Sequans Communications are Georges Karam, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; and Deborah Choate, Chief Financial Officer. Before turning the call over to Georges, I would like to remind our participants of the following important information on behalf of Sequans. 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 from Massive IoT sales, our ability to convert our pipeline to revenue and our objectives for future operations are forward-looking statements within the mea

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