- Annual revenue of $393.1 million, up 17% year over year; fourth quarter revenue of $101.9 million, up 4% year over year
- Fourth quarter GAAP diluted net loss per share of $0.29; fourth quarter non-GAAP diluted net income per share of $0.19
- Annual royalty revenue of $289.6 million and licensing billings of $289.6 million; fourth quarter royalty revenue of $77.9 million and licensing billings of $76.6 million
- CryptoManager IoT Security Service selected by Cybertrust Japan, a subsidiary of Softbank Technology Corp
- Launched GDDR6 PHY to deliver comprehensive solution with Micron, Northwest Logic and Avery Design for AI, Automotive and Networking
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — January 29, 2018 — Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2017. Total revenue for the quarter was $101.9 million, 4% higher than a year ago, with GAAP diluted net loss per share of $0.29 and non-GAAP diluted net income per share of $0.19. Total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2017 was $393.1 million, 17% higher than a year ago.
“Rambus has transitioned to focus on two key high-growth markets - the data center and the mobile edge - with a product roadmap that leverages our core competencies and key ingredient technologies to both differentiate and accelerate our position in complementary markets,” said Dr. Ron Black, chief executive officer of Rambus. “Our progress throughout 2017, with strong execution on key product programs, positions us well to deliver growth in 2018.”
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The Rambus Memory and Interface division augmented its suite of IP cores for the data center throughout the year with the announcements of 56G SerDes and High Bandwidth Memory Gen2 (HBM2) PHYs as part of our broad portfolio for data center and networking. In addition, the team announced the GDDR6 Memory PHY for Artificial Intelligence (AI), automotive and networking, with a comprehensive solution to be offered in conjunction with Micron, Northwest Logic and Avery Designs. Our chip product offering grew with the launch of the DDR4 non-volatile DIMM (NVDIMM) buffer chip and the industry’s first functional silicon of a server DIMM buffer chipset capable of achieving the speeds expected for next-generation DDR5.
Our Security division, which consists of our cryptography, mobile payments and smart ticketing businesses, extended its product and service portfolio with the launch of our Host Card Emulation (HCE) Ticket Wallet Service and white-label mobile application, the Unified Payment Platform, bringing bank-level security to retail “scan-and-go”, and the CryptoManager IoT Security Service, protecting and monitoring IoT endpoints. We continue to gain commercial traction across our products and services with committed transport pilots and retail deployments, as well as Cybertrust Japan, a subsidiary of Softbank Technology Corp, selecting the CryptoManager IoT Security Service protect their Secure IoT Platform®.
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| (In millions, except for percentages and per share amounts) | Three Months Ended December 31, | Three Months Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 101.9 | $ | 97.6 | $ | 101.9 | $ | 97.6 | ||||||||
| Total operating costs and expenses | $ | 86.2 | $ | 97.1 | $ | 68.4 | $ | 67.5 | ||||||||
| Operating income | $ | 15.7 | $ | 0.5 | $ | 33.5 | $ | 30.1 | ||||||||
| Operating margin | 15 |
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33 | % | 31 | % | ||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | (31.8 | ) | $ | (3.4 | ) | $ | 21.2 | $ | 18.7 | ||||||
| Diluted net income (loss) per share | $ | (0.29 | ) | $ | (0.03 | ) | $ | 0.19 | $ | 0.16 | ||||||
| Total cash and marketable securities | $ | 329.4 | $ | 172.2 | $ | 329.4 | $ | 172.2 | ||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 884.6 | $ | 783.5 | $ | 884.6 | $ | 783.5 | ||||||||
| Total stockholders’ equity |
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564.9 |
$ | 552.8 | $ | 564.9 | $ | 552.8 | ||||||||
| Cashflows from operations | $ | 59.8 | $ | 33.3 | $ | 59.8 | $ | 33.3 | ||||||||
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| (In millions, except for percentages and per share amounts) | Year Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 393.1 | $ | 336.6 | $ | 393.1 | $ | 336.6 | ||||||||
| Total operating costs and expenses | $ | 338.7 | $ | 303.0 | $ | 269.1 | $ | 227.8 | ||||||||
| Operating income | $ | 54.4 | $ | 33.6 | $ | 124.0 | $ | 108.8 | ||||||||
| Operating margin | 14 |
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32 | % | 32 | % | ||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | (18.5 | ) | $ | 6.8 | $ | 77.5 | $ | 67.9 | |||||||
| Diluted net income (loss) per share | $ | (0.17 | ) | $ | 0.06 | $ | 0.68 | $ | 0.60 | |||||||
| Cashflows from operations | $ | 117.4 | $ | 92.5 | $ | 117.4 | $ | 92.5 | ||||||||
| (1) | See “Supplemental Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Results” and “Reconciliation of Other GAAP to Non-GAAP Items” tables included below. Note that the applicable non-GAAP measures are presented and that revenue, the balance sheet items and cashflows from operations are solely presented on a GAAP basis. | ||||
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| Royalties | $ | 77,861 | $ | 72,787 | $ | 69,990 | $ | 68,956 | $ | 289,594 | |||||||||
| Product revenue | 8,543 | 8,661 | 8,401 | 10,904 | 36,509 | ||||||||||||||
| Contract and other revenue | 15,487 | 17,686 | 16,329 | 17,491 | 66,993 | ||||||||||||||
| Total revenue | $ | 101,891 | $ | 99,134 | $ | 94,720 | $ | 97,351 | $ | 393,096 | |||||||||
| Licensing billings (1) | $ | 76,611 | $ | 71,537 | $ | 72,890 | $ | 68,556 | $ | 289,594 | |||||||||
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| Royalties | $ | 70,604 | $ | 68,298 | $ | 62,835 | $ | 62,877 | $ | 264,614 | |||||||||
| Product revenue | 11,746 | 7,092 | 3,902 | 3,312 | 26,052 | ||||||||||||||
| Contract and other revenue | 15,209 | 14,465 | 9,764 | 6,493 | 45,931 | ||||||||||||||
| Total revenue | $ | 97,559 | $ | 89,855 | $ | 76,501 | $ | 72,682 | $ | 336,597 | |||||||||
| Licensing billings (1) | $ | 64,854 | $ | 71,548 | $ | 66,604 | $ | 61,683 | $ | 264,689 | |||||||||
| (1) | Licensing billings is an operational metric that reflects amounts invoiced to our patent and technology licensing customers during the period. | ||||
