Logitech International S A : Q4 2024 Press Release

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Logitech Announces Q4 and Full Fiscal Year 2024 Results

Logitech Returns To Growth With Strong Fourth Quarter;

Company Announces FY 2025 Outlook

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Apr. 30, 2024 and SAN JOSE, Calif., Apr. 29, 2024 - SIX Swiss Exchange

Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR - Logitech International (SIX: LOGN) (Nasdaq: LOGI) today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full Fiscal Year 2024 ended March 31, 2024.

For Q4 Fiscal Year 2024:

• Sales were $1.01 billion, up 5 percent in US dollars and 5 percent in constant currency, compared to Q4 of the prior year.
• GAAP operating income was $130 million, up 235 percent, compared to Q4 of the prior year. Non-GAAP operating income was $159 million, up 93 percent, compared to Q4 of the prior year.
• GAAP earnings per share (EPS) was $1.07, up 312 percent compared to Q4 prior year. Non-GAAP EPS was $0.99, up 98 percent compared to the prior year.
• Cash flow from operations was $239 million, up 10 percent compared to Q4 of the prior year.

For Fiscal Year 2024:

• Sales were $4.30 billion, down 5 percent in US dollars and 6 percent in constant currency, compared to the prior year.
• GAAP operating income was $587 million, up 28 percent compared to the prior year. Non-GAAP operating income was $699 million, up 19 percent compared to the prior year.
• GAAP earnings per share (EPS) was $3.87, up 74 percent compared to the prior year. Non-GAAP EPS was $4.25, up 32 percent compared to the prior year.
• Cash flow from operations was $1.1 billion, up 114 percent compared to the prior year.
  The year-ending cash balance was more than $1.5 billion. The Company returned $686 million of cash to shareholders through its annual dividend payment and share repurchases.

"We delivered a strong fourth quarter, with a return to growth and expanded gross margins," said Hanneke Faber, Logitech chief executive officer. "Growth was broad-based across all regions and key categories.

"We start Fiscal Year 2025 with a focus on sustainable, profitable growth supported by several long-term trends that present opportunities for our business: new ways of working, gaming, and transformational AI. Our new, ambitious mission of extending human potential in work and play expands our addressable market and our innovation opportunities. We're excited for the journey to come."

Outlook

Logitech announced its full-year outlook for Fiscal Year 2025:

Sales	$4.3 - $4.4 billion
Sales growth (in US dollars, year over year)	0% - 2%
Non-GAAP operating income	$685 - $715 million
Non-GAAP op. inc. growth/ (decline) (year over year)	(2)% - 2%

Financial Results Videoconference and Webcast

Logitech will hold a financial results videoconference to discuss the results for Q4 and the full Fiscal Year 2024 on Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time and 2:30 p.m. Central European Summer Time. This will also be an opportunity to hear strategic insights from Logitech chief executive officer, Hanneke Faber, on her first 100 days.

A livestream of the event will be available on the Logitech corporate website at https://ir.logitech.com. This press release and the Q4 Fiscal Year 2024 Shareholder Letterare also available there.

CFO Search and Annual Investor Day

Last month, Logitech announced that Charles 'Chuck' Boynton, chief financial officer (CFO), will be departing the Company to pursue another career opportunity. Boynton will remain with the Company as CFO through mid-May to ensure a seamless transition for the end of the 2024 fiscal year. His successor will be named at a later date.

Logitech plans to hold its Annual Investor Day (AID) later this year.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information and Constant Currency

To facilitate comparisons to Logitech's historical results, Logitech has included non-GAAP adjusted measures in this press release, which exclude share-based compensation expense, amortization and impairment of intangible assets, acquisition-related costs and change in fair value of contingent consideration for business acquisition, restructuring charges, net, loss on investments, pension curtailment gains, non-GAAP income tax adjustment, and other items detailed under "Supplemental Financial Information" after the tables below and posted to our website at https://ir.logitech.com. Logitech also presents percentage sales growth in constant currency ("cc"), a non-GAAP measure, to show performance unaffected by fluctuations in currency exchange rates. Percentage sales growth in constant currency is calculated by translating prior period sales in each local currency at the current period's average exchange rate for that currency and comparing that to current period sales. Logitech believes this information, used together with the GAAP financial information, will help investors to evaluate its current period performance, outlook and trends in its business. With respect to the Company's outlook for non-GAAP operating income, most of these excluded amounts pertain to events that have not yet occurred and are not currently possible to estimate with a reasonable degree of accuracy. Therefore, no reconciliation to the GAAP amounts has been provided for the full Fiscal Year 2025 non-GAAP operating income outlook.

Public Dissemination of Certain Information

Recordings of Logitech's earnings videoconferences and certain events Logitech participates in or hosts, with members of the investment community are posted on the company's investor relations website at https://ir.logitech.com. Additionally, Logitech provides notifications of news or announcements regarding its operations and financial performance, including its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), investor events, and press and earnings releases as part of its investor relations website. Logitech intends to use its investor relations website as means of disclosing material nonpublic information and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Logitech's corporate governance information also is available on its investor relations website.

About Logitech

Logitech designs software-enabled hardware solutions that help businesses thrive and bring people together when working, creating, gaming and streaming. As the point of connection between people and the digital world, our purpose is to extend human potential in work and play, in a way that is good for people and the planet. Founded in 1981, Logitech International is a Swiss public company listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (LOGN) and on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (LOGI). Find Logitech and its other brands, including Logitech G, at www.logitech.comor company blog.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of U.S. federal securities laws, including, without limitation, statements regarding: our preliminary financial results for the three months and fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, Fiscal Year 2025 outlook for sales and non-GAAP operating income, strategic priorities, trends in our business, and related assumptions. The forward-looking statements in this press release are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause Logitech's actual results and events to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, including, without limitation: macroeconomic and geopolitical conditions and other factors and their impact, for example the resilience of overall consumer demand, B2B and IT spending levels, changes in inflation levels and monetary policies, governments' fiscal policies, and geopolitical conflicts; our expectations regarding our expense reduction efforts, including the timing thereof; changes in secular trends that impact our business; if our product offerings, marketing activities and investment prioritization decisions do not result in the sales, profitability or profitability growth we expect, or when we expect it; if we fail to innovate and develop new products in a timely and cost-effective manner for our new and existing product categories; issues relating to development and use of artificial intelligence; if we do not successfully execute on our growth opportunities or our growth opportunities are more limited than we expect; the effect of demand variability, supply shortages and other supply chain challenges; the effect of logistics challenges, including disruptions in logistics; the effect of pricing, product, marketing and other initiatives by our competitors, and our reaction to them, on our sales, gross margins and profitability; if we are not able to maintain and enhance our brands; if our products and marketing strategies fail to separate our products from competitors' products; if we do not efficiently manage our spending; our expectations regarding our restructuring efforts, including the timing thereof; if there is a deterioration of business and economic conditions in one or more of our sales regions or product categories, or significant fluctuations in exchange rates; changes in trade regulations, policies and agreements and the imposition of tariffs that affect our products or operations and our ability to mitigate; if we do not successfully execute on strategic acquisitions and investments; risks associated with acquisitions; and the effect of changes to our effective income tax rates. A detailed discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from such forward- looking statements is included in Logitech's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023, our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2023, and other reports filed with the SEC, available at www.sec.gov, under the caption Risk Factors and elsewhere. Logitech does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or events or circumstances occurring after the date of this press release.

Note that unless noted otherwise, comparisons are year over year.

Logitech and other Logitech marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Logitech Europe S.A. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. For more information about Logitech and its products, visit the company's website at www.logitech.com.

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LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A.

PRELIMINARY RESULTS*

(In thousands, except per share amounts) - unaudited

				Three Months Ended			Fiscal Years Ended
				March 31,			March 31,
	GAAP CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS			2024				2023			2024			2023
	Net sales		$	1,011,487			$	960,077		$4,298,467		$	4,538,818
	Cost of goods sold		572,051				612,703	2,509,418			2,806,438
	Amortization of intangible assets			2,459				3,510			11,028			12,865
	Gross profit		436,977				343,864	1,778,021			1,719,515
	Operating expenses:
	Marketing and selling			185,594				181,060			730,310			809,182
	Research and development		75,421				70,630			287,243			280,796
	General and administrative			38,510				32,437			155,056			124,652
	Amortization of intangible assets and acquisition-related costs		2,655				2,791			10,934			11,843
	Impairment of intangible assets			3,526				-			3,526			-
	Change in fair value of contingent consideration for business		(250)				-			(250)			-
	acquisition
	Restructuring charges, net			1,304				18,102			3,866			34,573
	Total operating expenses		306,760				305,020		1,190,685			1,261,046
	Operating income		130,217				38,844			587,336			458,469
	Interest income			16,128				8,758			50,636			18,331
	Other income (expense), net		(2,549)				5,089			(16,376)			(13,278)
	Income before income taxes			143,796				52,691			621,596			463,522
	Provision for (benefit from) income taxes		(23,819)				11,196			9,453			98,947
	Net income		$	167,615			$	41,495		$	612,143		$	364,575
	Net income per share:
	Basic	$	1.09		$	0.26	$	3.90	$	2.25
	Diluted		$	1.07			$	0.26		$	3.87		$	2.23
	Weighted average shares used to compute net income per share:
	Basic		154,452				160,073			156,776			162,302
	Diluted			156,204				161,524			158,171			163,704

LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A.

PRELIMINARY RESULTS*

(In thousands, except per share amounts) - unaudited

			March 31,				March 31,
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS			2024				2023
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,520,842	$	1,149,023
Accounts receivable, net			541,715				630,382
Inventories			422,513				682,893
Other current assets			146,270				142,876
Total current assets			2,631,340				2,605,174
Non-current assets:
Property, plant and equipment, net			116,589				121,503
Goodwill			461,978				454,610
Other intangible assets, net			44,603				63,173
Other assets			350,194				316,293
Total assets		$	3,604,704			$	3,560,753
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	448,627	$	406,968
Accrued and other current liabilities			637,262				643,139
Total current liabilities			1,085,889				1,050,107
Non-current liabilities:
Income taxes payable			112,572				106,391
Other non-current liabilities			172,590				146,695
Total liabilities			1,371,051				1,303,193
Shareholders' equity:
Registered shares, CHF 0.25 par value:			30,148				30,148
Issued shares -173,106 at March 31, 2024 and 2023
Additional shares that may be issued out of conditional capital - 50,000 at
March 31, 2024 and 2023
Additional shares that may be issued out of authorized capital - 17,311 at
March 31, 2024 and 2023
Additional paid-in capital			63,524				127,380
Shares in treasury, at cost - 19,243 and 13,763 shares at March 31, 2024 and
2023, respectively			(1,351,336)				(977,266)
Retained earnings			3,602,519				3,177,575
Accumulated other comprehensive loss			(111,202)				(100,277)
Total shareholders' equity			2,233,653				2,257,560
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity		$	3,604,704			$	3,560,753

LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS*
(In thousands) - unaudited
		Three Months Ended		Fiscal Years Ended
		March 31,		March 31,
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
2024		2023		2024		2023

Cash flows from operating activities:

	Net income	$ 167,615	$	41,495	$	612,143	$	364,575
	Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
	activities:
	Depreciation	14,191			19,611			63,065			76,309
	Amortization of intangible assets	5,098			6,234			21,681			24,407
	Impairment of intangible assets	3,526			-			3,526			-
	Loss on investments	2,461			1,008			14,674			14,073
	Share-based compensation expense	18,697			19,042			82,889			70,782
	Deferred income taxes	(32,909)			6,486			(42,424)			30,714
	Change in fair value of contingent consideration for business	(250)			-			(250)			-
	Pension curtailment gains		-			(4,225)			-			(4,225)
	Other	43			(406)			379			1,005
	Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
	Accounts receivable, net	138,305			174,732			91,519			51,185
	Inventories	21,827			121,000			259,796			247,309
	Other assets	7,062			(15,284)			10,760			5,634
	Accounts payable	(81,047)			(84,203)			39,336			(219,051)
	Accrued and other liabilities		(25,514)			(68,647)			(11,978)			(128,707)
	Net cash provided by operating activities	239,105			216,843			1,145,116			534,010
	Cash flows from investing activities:
	Purchases of property, plant and equipment	(10,312)			(23,231)			(55,897)			(92,353)
	Investment in privately held companies	(211)			(1,731)			(617)			(4,357)
	Acquisitions, net of cash acquired	(286)			-			(14,424)			(8,527)

Purchases of deferred compensation investments	(3,678)	(1,516)	(11,571)
Proceeds from sales of deferred compensation investments		3,981		1,459		12,174
Net cash used in investing activities	(10,506)	(25,019)	(70,335)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Payment of cash dividends		-		-	(182,305)
Payment of contingent consideration for business acquisition		-		-		(5,002)
Purchases of registered shares	(127,428)	(90,615)	(504,203)
Proceeds from exercises of stock options and purchase rights		16,878		12,726		32,197
Tax withholdings related to net share settlements of restricted stock	(1,148)	(429)	(29,744)
Other financing activities		-		-		(1,116)
Net cash used in financing activities	(111,698)	(78,318)	(690,173)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		(8,709)		(614)		(12,789)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	108,192	112,892	371,819
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period		1,412,650		1,036,131		1,149,023
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period	$ 1,520,842	$ 1,149,023	$ 1,520,842

(6,702)

6,209

(105,730)

(158,680)

(5,954)

(418,346)

28,790

(29,163)

-

(583,353)

(24,620)

(179,693)

1,328,716

$ 1,149,023

LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A.

PRELIMINARY RESULTS*

(In thousands) - unaudited

SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION		Three Months Ended		Fiscal Years Ended
					March 31,						March 31,
NET SALES		2024			2023 (1)		Change	2024	2023 (1)			Change
Net sales by product category:
Gaming (2)	$	273,487	$	256,437	7 %	$ 1,231,063	$ 1,288,313			(4)%
Keyboards & Combos			216,240			187,800	15		821,441		836,432			(2)
Pointing Devices		170,677			160,768	6	742,987	728,357			2
Video Collaboration			148,104			143,576	3		609,361		677,923			(10)
Webcams		75,952			73,156	4	325,225	378,688			(14)
Tablet Accessories			55,808			68,429	(18)		254,060		254,374			-
Headsets		45,455			39,147	16	168,478	176,576			(5)
Other (3)			25,764			30,764	(16)		145,852		198,155			(26)
Total Net Sales	$	1,011,487	$	960,077	5 %	$ 4,298,467	$ 4,538,818			(5)%

1. The Company has reclassified certain prior period amounts to conform to the current period presentation.
2. Gaming includes streaming services revenue generated by Streamlabs.
3. Other primarily consists of mobile speakers and PC speakers.

LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A.

PRELIMINARY RESULTS*

(In thousands, except per share amounts) - unaudited

	SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION		Three Months Ended			Fiscal Years Ended
					March 31,				March 31,
	GAAP TO NON-GAAP RECONCILIATION (A)
		2024				2023			2024				2023
	Gross profit - GAAP		$	436,977		$	343,864		$	1,778,021		$	1,719,515
	Share-based compensation expense		1,938				1,407			8,004				5,635
	Amortization of intangible assets			2,459				3,510			11,028				12,865
	Gross profit - Non-GAAP	$	441,374		$	348,781	$	1,797,053	$	1,738,015
	Gross margin - GAAP		43.2%				35.8%			41.4%				37.9%
	Gross margin - Non-GAAP			43.6%				36.3%			41.8%				38.3%
	Operating expenses - GAAP		$	306,760		$	305,020		$	1,190,685		$	1,261,046
	Less: Share-based compensation expense		16,759				17,635			74,885				65,147
	Less: Amortization of intangible assets and acquisition-related costs			2,655				2,791			10,934				11,843
	Less: Impairment of intangible assets		3,526				-			3,526				-
	Less: Change in fair value of contingent consideration for business				(250)				-			(250)				-
	acquisition
	Less: Restructuring charges, net		1,304				18,102			3,866				34,573
	Operating expenses - Non-GAAP		$	282,766		$	266,492		$	1,097,724		$	1,149,483
	% of net sales - GAAP			30.3%				31.8%			27.7%				27.8%
	% of net sales - Non-GAAP		28.0%				27.8%			25.5%				25.3%
	Operating income - GAAP	$	130,217		$	38,844	$	587,336	$	458,469
	Share-based compensation expense			18,697				19,042			82,889				70,782
	Amortization of intangible assets and acquisition-related costs		5,114				6,301			21,962				24,708
	Impairment of intangible assets			3,526				-			3,526				-
	Change in fair value of contingent consideration for business		(250)				-			(250)				-
	acquisition
	Restructuring charges, net			1,304				18,102			3,866				34,573
	Operating income - Non-GAAP	$	158,608		$	82,289	$	699,329	$	588,532
	% of net sales - GAAP		12.9%				4.0%			13.7%				10.1%
	% of net sales - Non-GAAP			15.7%				8.6%			16.3%				13.0%
	Net income - GAAP		$	167,615		$	41,495		$	612,143		$	364,575
	Share-based compensation expense		18,697				19,042			82,889				70,782
	Amortization of intangible assets and acquisition-related costs			5,114				6,301			21,962				24,708
	Impairment of intangible assets		3,526				-			3,526				-
	Change in fair value of contingent consideration for business				(250)				-			(250)				-
	acquisition
	Restructuring charges, net		1,304				18,102			3,866				34,573
	Loss on investments			2,461				1,008			14,674				14,073
	Pension curtailment gains		-			(4,225)			-				(4,225)
	Non-GAAP income tax adjustment			(44,039)				(1,167)			(66,073)				22,129
	Net income - Non-GAAP	$	154,428		$	80,556	$	672,737	$	526,615
	Net income per share:
	Diluted - GAAP		$	1.07		$	0.26		$	3.87		$	2.23
	Diluted - Non-GAAP	$	0.99		$	0.50	$	4.25	$	3.22
	Shares used to compute net income per share:
	Diluted - GAAP and Non-GAAP			156,204				161,524			158,171				163,704

LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A.

PRELIMINARY RESULTS*

(In thousands) - unaudited

SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION		Three Months Ended			Fiscal Years Ended
			March 31,			March 31,
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION EXPENSE		2024			2023			2024			2023
Share-based Compensation Expense
Cost of goods sold	$	1,938	$	1,407	$	8,004	$	5,635
Marketing and selling			7,157			9,467			35,780			34,707
Research and development		4,268			3,724			17,836			15,292
General and administrative			5,334			4,444			21,269			15,148
Total share-based compensation expense		18,697			19,042			82,889			70,782
Income tax benefit			(4,048)			(2,254)			(15,305)			(9,750)
Total share-based compensation expense, net of income tax benefit	$	14,649		$	16,788		$	67,584		$	61,032

*Note: These preliminary results for the three months and fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 are subject to adjustments, including subsequent events that may occur through the date of filing our Annual Report on Form 10-K.

(A) Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement our condensed consolidated financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP, we use a number of financial measures, both GAAP and non-GAAP, in analyzing and assessing our overall business performance, for making operating decisions and for forecasting and planning future periods. We consider the use of non-GAAP financial measures helpful in assessing our current financial performance, ongoing operations and prospects for the future as well as understanding financial and business trends relating to our financial condition and results of operations.

While we use non-GAAP financial measures as a tool to enhance our understanding of certain aspects of our financial performance and to provide incremental insight into the underlying factors and trends affecting both our performance and our cash-generating potential, we do not consider these measures to be a substitute for, or superior to, the information provided by GAAP financial measures. Consistent with this approach, we believe that disclosing non-GAAP financial measures to the readers of our financial statements provides useful supplemental data that, while not a substitute for GAAP financial measures, can offer insight in the review of our financial and operational performance and enables investors to more fully understand trends in our current and future performance. In assessing our business during the quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 and prior periods presented, we excluded items in the following general categories, each of which are described below:

Share-basedcompensation expense. We believe that providing non-GAAP measures excluding share-based compensation expense, in addition to the GAAP measures, allows for a more transparent comparison of our financial results from period to period. We prepare and maintain our budgets and forecasts for future periods on a basis consistent with this non-GAAP financial measure. Further, companies use a variety of types of equity awards as well as a variety of methodologies, assumptions and estimates to determine share-based compensation expense. We believe that excluding share-based compensation expense enhances our ability and the ability of investors to understand the impact of non- cash share-based compensation on our operating results and to compare our results against the results of other companies.

Amortization of intangible assets. We incur intangible asset amortization expense, primarily in connection with our acquisitions of various businesses and technologies. The amortization of purchased intangibles varies depending on the level of acquisition activity. We exclude these various charges in budgeting, planning and forecasting future periods and we believe that providing the non-GAAP measures excluding these various non-cash charges, as well as the GAAP measures, provides additional insight when comparing our gross profit, operating expenses, and financial results from period to period.