Digi International Reports Fourth Fiscal Quarter and Full Fiscal 2021 results Record Annual Revenue of $309M, ARR grows over 30% to nearly $38M Full Year EPS of $0.31, Adjusted EPS of $1.08

Digi International® Inc. (Nasdaq: DGII), a leading global provider of business and mission critical Internet of Things ("IoT") products, services and solutions, today announced its financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2021.

Fourth Fiscal Quarter 2021 Results Compared to Fourth Fiscal Quarter 2020 Results

  • Revenue increased to $79.1 million, or an increase of 8.1%.
  • Gross margin was 53.9% versus 51.3%. Gross margin excluding amortization was 55.4% compared to 52.9%.
  • Net income per diluted share decreased to $0.13, or a decrease of 13.3%.
  • Adjusted EPS decreased to $0.25 per diluted share, or a decrease of 21.9%.
  • Adjusted EBITDA decreased to $12.0 million, or a decrease of 0.4%.

Full Year Fiscal 2021 Results Compared to Full Year Fiscal 2020 Results

  • Revenue increased to $308.6 million, or an increase of 10.5%.
  • Gross margin was 54.0% versus 51.6%. Gross margin excluding amortization was 55.5% compared to 53.2%.
  • Net income per diluted share increased to $0.31, or an increase of 10.7%.
  • Adjusted EPS increased to $1.08 per diluted share, or an increase of 10.2%.
  • Adjusted EBITDA increased to $48.3 million, or an increase of 20.1%.

Reconciliations of GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures appear at the end of this release.

“Digi grew revenues over 10% despite unprecedented supply chain challenges,” said Ron Konezny, President and Chief Executive Officer. “Annualized Recurring Revenues growth of 30% demonstrates our relentless dedication to adding more value to our customers’ digital transformations. The addition of Ventus to the Digi family further accelerates our transformation to software, services, and subscription offerings. Digi now provides subscription based services to over 250,000 sites.”

Segment Results

IoT Product & Services

The segment's fourth fiscal quarter 2021 revenues of $69.9 million increased 8.4% from the same period in the prior fiscal year. This increase is attributable primarily to revenue from our console server products. ARR grew 20% from prior year to $13.7 million. Gross profit margin increased 201 basis points to 53.7% of revenues for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2021, due to product and customer mix.

Full fiscal 2021 revenues of $264.2 million were a record for this segment, increasing 5.9% from the prior fiscal year. This increase is attributable primarily to revenue from our console server, embedded and RF products. Gross profit margin increased 285 basis points to 54.7% of revenues for full fiscal 2021, due to product and customer mix.

IoT Solutions

The segment's fourth fiscal quarter 2021 revenues of $9.2 million increased 6.3% from the same period in the prior fiscal year. This increase from the prior year fiscal quarter was driven by increased subscription revenue, partially offset by a decrease in one-time revenue. Annualized Recurring Revenue, or ARR, grew 38% from prior year to approximately $24.3 million. Sites that Digi serves grew to 81,000 sites as of September 30, 2021, compared to 70,000 sites as of September 30, 2020. Gross profit margin increased 713 basis points to 55.6%, due to a large concentration of recurring revenue in the fourth quarter. This also demonstrates the value of our high margin recurring revenue business model.

Full fiscal 2021 revenues of $44.5 million increased 49.5% from the prior fiscal year. This increase was due to growth in both one-time and subscription revenues. Gross profit margin increased 73 basis points to 49.9% as a result of a greater mix of recurring revenue compared to the prior fiscal year.

Fiscal 2022 Guidance

The ongoing supply and freight constraints that have arisen from the global pandemic have made short term predictability challenging. Supply chain issues are impacting our ability to meet customer demand in the near term for certain of our products and are expected to impact our results in at least the first two quarters of fiscal 2022. At present, Digi believes supply chain challenges will ease in the second half of our fiscal 2022. These supply chain issues are not indicative of customer demand. In this context, we provide guidance for our first fiscal quarter of 2022, which includes two months of contributions from Ventus. Revenues are estimated to be $81 million to $85 million, or 11% to 16% growth year over year. We provide earnings guidance on a non-GAAP basis as it is difficult to predict with reasonable certainty items including but not limited to the impact of foreign exchange translation, restructuring, interest and certain tax related events. Given the uncertainty, any of these items could have a significant impact on U.S. GAAP results. Adjusted EBITDA is estimated to be $14.0 million to $15.5 million. Adjusted EPS is anticipated to be $0.30 to $0.34 per diluted share.

The acquisition of Ventus, which has a strong subscription revenue base, is anticipated to have a significant impact on Digi’s financial model. While not providing specific guidance for the fiscal year of 2022, we can provide information on how the Digi financial model is projected to perform during fiscal 2022. We believe revenues will grow between 16% and 23%. We expect our Adjusted EBITDA to grow at a faster rate of between 35% to 55% . We expect to see the gains made in our Gross Margins to hold through fiscal 2022, and our ARR to be at least $90 million at the end of fiscal 2022.

Fourth Fiscal Quarter 2021 Conference Call Details

As announced on October 12, 2021, Digi will discuss its fourth fiscal quarter 2021 results on a conference call on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 after market close at 5:00 p.m. ET (4:00 p.m. CT). The call will be hosted by Ron Konezny, President and Chief Executive Officer and Jamie Loch, Chief Financial Officer.

Digi invites all those interested in hearing management's discussion of its quarter to access a live webcast of the conference call through the investor relations section of Digi's website at www.digi.com. Participants may also join the call directly by dialing (855) 638-5675 and entering conference ID 8825628. International participants may access the call by dialing (262) 912-4765 and entering conference ID 8825628. A replay will be available for one week, within approximately three hours after the completion of the call. You may access the replay via webcast through the investor relations section of Digi's website. Or, you may access the replay via phone by dialing (855) 859-2056 for domestic participants or (404) 537-3406 for international participants and entering access code 8825628 when prompted.

A copy of this earnings release can be accessed through the financial releases page of the investor relations section of Digi's website at www.digi.com.

For more news and information on us, please visit www.digi.com/aboutus/investorrelations.

About Digi International

Digi International (Nasdaq: DGII) is a leading global provider of IoT connectivity products, services and solutions. We help our customers create next-generation connected products and deploy and manage critical communications infrastructures in demanding environments with high levels of security and reliability. Founded in 1985, we’ve helped our customers connect over 100 million things and growing. For more information, visit Digi's website at www.digi.com, or call 877–912–3444 (U.S.) or 952–912–3444 (International).

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions. These statements often can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "assume," "believe," "anticipate," "intend," "estimate," "target," "may," "will," "expect," "plan," "potential," "project," "should," or "continue," or the negative thereof or other variations thereon or similar terminology. Among other items, these statements relate to expectations of the business environment in which Digi operates, projections of future performance, perceived marketplace opportunities and statements regarding our mission and vision. Such statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Among others, these include risks related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to mitigate the same, risks related to global economic volatility and the ability of companies like us to operate a global business in such conditions, the current supply chain and shipping market pressures that are negatively impacting both manufacturing and distribution timelines as well as operating costs for a wide range of companies globally, the highly competitive market in which our company operates, rapid changes in technologies that may displace products sold by us, declining prices of networking products, our reliance on distributors and other third parties to sell our products, the potential for significant purchase orders to be canceled or changed, delays in product development efforts, uncertainty in user acceptance of our products, the ability to integrate our products and services with those of other parties in a commercially accepted manner, potential liabilities that can arise if any of our products have design or manufacturing defects, our ability to defend or settle satisfactorily any litigation, uncertainty in global economic conditions and economic conditions within particular regions of the world which could negatively affect product demand and the financial solvency of customers and suppliers, the impact of natural disasters and other events beyond our control that could negatively impact our supply chain and customers, potential unintended consequences associated with restructuring, reorganizations or other similar business initiatives that may impact our ability to retain important employees or otherwise impact our operations in unintended and adverse ways, the ability to achieve the anticipated benefits and synergies associated with acquisitions or divestitures and changes in our level of revenue or profitability which can fluctuate for many reasons beyond our control. These and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions identified from time to time in our filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2020 and other filings, could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf. Many of such factors are beyond our ability to control or predict. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date for which they are made. We disclaim any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Presentation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This release includes adjusted net income, adjusted net income per diluted share and Adjusted EBITDA, each of which is a non-GAAP measure.

We understand that there are material limitations on the use of non-GAAP measures. Non-GAAP measures are not substitutes for GAAP measures, such as net income, for the purpose of analyzing financial performance. The disclosure of these measures does not reflect all charges and gains that were actually recognized by Digi. These non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative for measures prepared in accordance with, generally accepted accounting principles and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies or presented by us in prior reports. In addition, these non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. We believe that non-GAAP measures have limitations in that they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with our results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP. We believe these measures should only be used to evaluate our results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures. Additionally, Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect our cash expenditures, the cash requirements for the replacement of depreciated and amortized assets, or changes in or cash requirements for our working capital needs.

We believe that providing historical and adjusted net income and adjusted net income per diluted share, respectively, exclusive of such items as reversals of tax reserves, discrete tax benefits, restructuring charges and reversals, intangible amortization, stock-based compensation, other non-operating income/expense, changes in fair value of contingent consideration,, acquisition-related expenses and interest expense related to acquisitions permits investors to compare results with prior periods that did not include these items. Management uses the aforementioned non-GAAP measures to monitor and evaluate ongoing operating results and trends and to gain an understanding of our comparative operating performance. In addition, certain of our stockholders have expressed an interest in seeing financial performance measures exclusive of the impact of these matters, which while important, are not central to the core operations of our business. Management believes that Adjusted EBITDA, defined as EBITDA adjusted for stock-based compensation expense, acquisition-related expenses, restructuring charges and reversals, and changes in fair value of contingent consideration is useful to investors to evaluate our core operating results and financial performance because it excludes items that are significant non-cash or non-recurring items reflected in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. We believe that the presentation of Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of revenue is useful because it provides a reliable and consistent approach to measuring our performance from year to year and in assessing our performance against that of other companies. We believe this information helps compare operating results and corporate performance exclusive of the impact of our capital structure and the method by which assets were acquired.

For more information, visit Digi's website at www.digi.com, or call 877-912-3444 (U.S.) or 952-912-3444 (International).

Digi International Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Year ended September 30,

 

2021

 

2020

 

2021

 

2020

Revenue

$

79,106

 

 

$

73,169

 

 

$

308,632

 

 

$

279,271

 

Cost of sales

36,480

 

 

35,651

 

 

141,975

 

 

135,299

 

Gross profit

42,626

 

 

37,518

 

 

166,657

 

 

143,972

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales and marketing

15,638

 

 

13,011

 

 

61,909

 

 

52,761

 

Research and development

11,801

 

 

11,010

 

 

46,623

 

 

43,765

 

General and administrative

11,901

 

 

8,288

 

 

46,602

 

 

36,012

 

Restructuring charge

 

 

(12

)

 

995

 

 

117

 

Operating expenses

39,340

 

 

32,297

 

 

156,129

 

 

132,655

 

Operating income

3,286

 

 

5,221

 

 

10,528

 

 

11,317

 

Other expense, net

(285

)

 

(877

)

 

(1,529

)

 

(3,854

)

Income before income taxes

3,001

 

 

4,344

 

 

8,999

 

 

7,463

 

Income tax expense (benefit)

(1,587

)

 

(89

)

 

(1,367

)

 

(948

)

Net income

$

4,588

 

 

$

4,433

 

 

$

10,366

 

 

$

8,411

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income per common share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

$

0.13

 

 

$

0.15

 

 

$

0.32

 

 

$

0.29

 

Diluted

$

0.13

 

 

$

0.15

 

 

$

0.31

 

 

$

0.28

 

Weighted average common shares:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

34,161

 

 

29,079

 

 

32,111

 

 

28,849

 

Diluted

35,421

 

 

29,678

 

 

33,394

 

 

29,546

 

Digi International Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

 

September 30,

2021

 

September 30,

2020

ASSETS

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

152,432

 

 

$

54,129

 

Accounts receivable, net

43,738

 

 

59,227

 

Inventories

43,921

 

 

51,568

 

Other current assets

6,567

 

 

5,134

 

Total current assets

246,658

 

 

170,058

 

Non-current assets

372,873

 

 

358,624

 

Total assets

$

619,531

 

 

$

528,682

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

Accounts payable

$

22,586

 

 

$

28,067

 

Other current liabilities

36,355

 

 

33,163

 

Total current liabilities

58,941

 

 

61,230

 

Non-current liabilities

88,073

 

 

95,952

 

Total liabilities

147,014

 

 

157,182

 

Total stockholders’ equity

472,517

 

 

371,500

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$

619,531

 

 

$

528,682

 

Digi International Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Year ended September 30,

 

2021

 

2020

Net cash provided by operating activities

$

57,723

 

 

$

34,478

 

Net cash used in investing activities

(21,365

)

 

(136,997

)

Net cash provided by financing activities

62,242

 

 

63,603

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

(297

)

 

253

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

98,303

 

 

(38,663

)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

54,129

 

 

92,792

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

$

152,432

 

 

$

54,129

 

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

TABLE 1

 

Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA

(In thousands)

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Year ended September 30,

 

2021

 

2020

 

2021

 

2020

 

 

 

% of total

revenue

 

 

 

% of total

revenue

 

 

 

% of total

revenue

 

 

 

% of total

revenue

Total revenue

$

79,106

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

73,169

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

308,632

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

279,271

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

$

4,588

 

 

 

 

$

4,433

 

 

 

 

$

10,366

 

 

 

 

$

8,411

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

371

 

 

 

 

525

 

 

 

 

1,385

 

 

 

 

3,288

 

 

 

Income tax benefit

(1,587

)

 

 

 

(89

)

 

 

 

(1,367

)

 

 

 

(948

)

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

5,677

 

 

 

 

5,140

 

 

 

 

20,877

 

 

 

 

19,299

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation

1,804

 

 

 

 

1,914

 

 

 

 

8,135

 

 

 

 

7,237

 

 

 

Changes in fair value of contingent consideration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,772

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restructuring charge

 

 

 

 

(12

)

 

 

 

995

 

 

 

 

117

 

 

 

Acquisition expense

1,161

 

 

 

 

154

 

 

 

 

2,098

 

 

 

 

2,772

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA(1)

$

12,014

 

 

15.2

%

 

$

12,065

 

 

16.5

%

 

$

48,261

 

 

15.6

%

 

$

40,176

 

 

14.4

%

(1)

Beginning in fiscal 2021, Adjusted EBITDA now excludes changes in fair value of contingent consideration. The prior year presentation has been adjusted to conform to the current year presentation.

TABLE 2

 

Reconciliation of Net Income and Net Income per Diluted Share to

Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Net Income per Diluted Share

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Year ended September 30,

 

2021

 

2020

 

2021

 

2020

Net income and net income per diluted share

$

4,588

 

 

$

0.13

 

 

$

4,433

 

 

$

0.15

 

 

$

10,366

 

 

$

0.31

 

 

$

8,411

 

 

$

0.28

 

Amortization

4,545

 

 

0.13

 

 

4,067

 

 

0.14

 

 

16,534

 

 

0.50

 

 

14,754

 

 

0.50

 

Stock-based compensation

1,804

 

 

0.05

 

 

1,914

 

 

0.06

 

 

8,135

 

 

0.24

 

 

7,237

 

 

0.24

 

Other non-operating expense

(85

)

 

 

 

352

 

 

0.01

 

 

144

 

 

 

 

566

 

 

0.02

 

Acquisition expense

1,161

 

 

0.03

 

 

154

 

 

0.01

 

 

2,098

 

 

0.06

 

 

2,772

 

 

0.09

 

Changes in fair value of contingent consideration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,772

 

 

0.17

 

 

(128

)

 

 

Restructuring charge

 

 

 

 

(12

)

 

 

 

995

 

 

0.03

 

 

117

 

 

 

Interest expense related to acquisitions

376

 

 

0.01

 

 

526

 

 

0.02

 

 

1,404

 

 

0.04

 

 

3,558

 

 

0.12

 

Tax effect from the above adjustments (1)

(2,133

)

 

(0.06

)

 

(1,715

)

 

(0.06

)

 

(6,627

)

 

(0.20

)

 

(7,106

)

 

(0.24

)

Discrete tax benefits (2)

(1,398

)

 

(0.04

)

 

(89

)

 

 

 

(2,674

)

 

(0.07

)

 

(1,216

)

 

(0.04

)

Adjusted net income and adjusted net income per diluted share (3)

$

8,858

 

 

$

0.25

 

 

$

9,630

 

 

$

0.32

 

 

$

36,147

 

 

$

1.08

 

 

$

28,965

 

 

$

0.98

 

Diluted weighted average common shares

 

 

35,421

 

 

 

29,678

 

 

 

33,394

 

 

 

 

29,546

(1)

The tax effect from the above adjustments assumes an estimated effective tax rate of 18.0% for fiscal 2021 and 20.2% for fiscal 2020 based on adjusted net income.

(2)

For the three and twelve months ended September 30, 2021, discrete tax benefits primarily are a result of an adjustment of our state deferred tax rate. For the three months ended September 30, 2020, discrete tax benefits were primarily a result of expiring statute of limitations. For the twelve months ended September 30, 2020, discrete tax benefits include excess tax benefits recognized on stock compensation, an adjustment of our state deferred tax rate due to the Opengear acquisition and expiring statute of limitations.

(3)

Adjusted net income per diluted share may not add due to the use of rounded numbers.

 

Contacts

Investor Contact:

James J. Loch

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Digi International

952-912-3737

Email: jamie.loch@digi.com

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