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Jun 30, 2020

Axon Q2 2020 Earnings Report

Axon reported strong revenue growth, driven by body camera and cloud software solutions, and international expansion.

Key Takeaways

Axon Enterprise reported a 26% year-over-year increase in revenue, reaching $141 million. International revenue grew by 80% year-over-year. Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) also saw a significant increase of 42%. GAAP EPS was ($0.51) and Non-GAAP EPS was ($0.01).

Revenue increased by 26% year-over-year.

International revenue grew by 80% year-over-year.

Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) increased by 42% year-over-year to $183 million.

Total company future contracted revenue grew to $1.34 billion.

Total Revenue
$141M
Previous year: $112M
+25.7%
EPS
-$0.01
Previous year: $0.14
-107.1%
Annual Recurring Revenue
$183M
Future Contracted Revenue
$1.34B
Gross Profit
$88.2M
Previous year: $65.6M
+34.5%
Cash and Equivalents
$319M
Previous year: $220M
+45.3%
Free Cash Flow
-$25.8M
Previous year: $8.8M
-393.0%
Total Assets
$1.23B
Previous year: $746M
+65.2%

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Forward Guidance

For the third quarter 2020, the company expects revenue growth of approximately 15% year over year, supporting an Adjusted EBITDA margin of approximately 12%.

Positive Outlook

  • TASER and body camera bookings are trending ahead of April in the first weeks of Q3 2020.
  • The company has a loaded pipeline for the back half of the year.
  • A strong Q3 2020 and even stronger Q4 2020 are expected.
  • The company is tracking toward the range given at the start of the year.
  • There is a strong pipeline of Officer Safety Plan 7+ opportunities that are expected to close in the next six months.

Challenges Ahead

  • There is substantial uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • US domestic customers often lacked bandwidth to make purchasing decisions due to personnel outages because of COVID-19, employee safety and caution about uncertain budgets.
  • Shut-down activity could bring renewed caution from police departments on budgeting.
  • COVID-19 risk remains.
  • Q3 2020 EBITDA margin will be affected by expected shipments of lower-margin body cameras to the company's largest customers.

Revenue & Expenses

Visualization of income flow from segment revenue to net income