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Sep 30, 2021

Rambus Q3 2021 Earnings Report

Rambus delivered Q3 revenue and profitability in line with guidance and generated $46.0 million in cash provided by operating activities.

Key Takeaways

Rambus reported a strong third quarter with revenue and profitability in line with expectations. They delivered record product revenue of $36.7 million, mainly from memory interface chips, and closed the acquisitions of AnalogX and PLDA.

Delivered Q3 revenue and profitability in line with guidance

Generated $46.0 million in cash provided by operating activities

Delivered record product revenue of $36.7 million, consisting mainly of memory interface chips

Closed the acquisitions of AnalogX and PLDA, bolstering Silicon IP business and CXL Memory Interconnect Initiative

Total Revenue
$81.3M
Previous year: $56.9M
+42.8%
EPS
$0.34
Previous year: -$0.11
-409.1%
Licensing billings
$66.1M
Previous year: $63.1M
+4.8%
Gross Profit
$62.9M
Previous year: $41.7M
+50.9%
Cash and Equivalents
$152M
Previous year: $89.5M
+69.7%
Free Cash Flow
$43.7M
Previous year: $36.1M
+21.2%
Total Assets
$1.2B
Previous year: $1.31B
-8.1%

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Forward Guidance

The Company will discuss its full revenue guidance for the fourth quarter of 2021 during its upcoming conference call.

Positive Outlook

  • Licensing billings to be between $62 million and $68 million.
  • Royalty revenue to be between $26 million and $32 million.
  • Product revenue to be between $40 million and $46 million
  • Contract and other revenue to be between $12 million and $18 million.
  • Non-GAAP interest and other income (expense), net, of ($1 million), tax rate of 24% and diluted share count of 115 million

Challenges Ahead

  • Revenue is not without risk and achieving revenue in this range will require that the Company sign customer agreements for various product sales, solutions licensing among other matters.
  • Operating costs and expenses to be between $80 million and $76 million.
  • Non-GAAP operating costs and expenses to be between $68 million and $64 million.
  • Expectations also assume non-GAAP interest and other income (expense), net, of ($1 million), tax rate of 24% and diluted share count of 115 million
  • Excludes stock-based compensation expense ($8 million), amortization expense ($4 million), non-cash interest expense on convertible notes ($2 million) and interest income related to the significant financing component from fixed-fee patent and technology licensing arrangements ($2 million).

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