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Dec 31, 2020

Rambus Q4 2020 Earnings Report

Rambus reported strong Q4 results, aligning with revenue expectations and surpassing profitability targets, driven by focused execution, significant product growth, and sustained patent licensing.

Key Takeaways

Rambus delivered excellent Q4 2020 results, driven by focused execution, significant product growth, and sustained patent licensing. The company's cash generation enables ongoing investment in its roadmap, positioning it well to meet the expanding needs of data center and cloud.

Delivered strong Q4 results, in line with revenue and exceeding profitability expectations

Beat 2020 guidance for annual revenue and earnings

Generated $185.5 million in cash provided by operating activities for the full year, up 44% year over year

Record annual product revenue of $114.0 million driven by Memory Interface Chips, up 56% year over year

Total Revenue
$61.9M
Previous year: $59.9M
+3.3%
EPS
$0.28
Previous year: $0.01
+2700.0%
Licensing billings
$64.2M
Previous year: $63.8M
+0.6%
Gross Profit
$48.5M
Previous year: $45.4M
+6.8%
Cash and Equivalents
$136M
Previous year: $102M
+33.2%
Free Cash Flow
$33.1M
Previous year: $33.1M
+0.1%
Total Assets
$1.24B
Previous year: $1.34B
-7.4%

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Forward Guidance

The Company will discuss its full revenue guidance for the first quarter of 2021 during its upcoming conference call. For the first quarter of 2021, the Company expects licensing billings to be between $60 million and $66 million. The Company also expects royalty revenue to be between $23 million and $29 million, product revenue to be between $27 million and $33 million and contract and other revenue to be between $7 million and $13 million.

Revenue & Expenses

Visualization of income flow from segment revenue to net income