SEATTLE, WA -- 10/29/09 --
Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) today announced financial results for the third quarter ended
September 30, 2009. Revenue for the quarter was $58.6 million compared to
$54.6 million in the prior year period, an increase of 7 percent. The
company reported a net loss for the quarter of ($2.1 million) or ($0.06)
per share compared to net income of $3.6 million or $0.11 per share in the
third quarter of 2008.
Total gross profit margin for the third quarter of 2009 was 39 percent
compared to 51 percent in the third quarter of 2008. Product margin for
the third quarter of 2009 was 23 percent and was negatively impacted by a
$4.5 million write down (a 14 percent product margin impact) for inventory
purchased in 2008 as part of a last-time buy. Service margin was 59
percent in the third quarter of 2009 and benefited from the execution of a
contract that allowed us to recognize approximately $3.9 million of revenue
for work performed in the prior quarter.
Operating expenses for the third quarter were $27.1 million compared to
$22.3 million in the prior year period. As previously anticipated, third
quarter 2009 operating expenses increased due to a delayed milestone on a
co-funded development contract. Also included in third quarter 2009
results were non-cash items of $1.8 million for gross depreciation and
amortization and $1.2 million related to stock compensation expense.
For the nine month period ended September 30, 2009, Cray reported total
revenue of $195.8 million compared to $127.5 million in the prior year
period, an increase of 54 percent. Net loss was ($3.6 million) or ($0.11)
per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to a net
loss of ($14.8 million) or ($0.45) per share for the nine month period
ended September 30, 2008. The 2009 year-to-date net income results include
$4.6 million of stock compensation and $1.7 million of non-cash items
related to recent changes in accounting guidelines applicable to our
convertible notes.
As of September 30, 2009, cash and short-term investments totaled $67.8
million.
"We are building a strong base for our future, targeting profitable
operations in 2009 following a major growth year in 2008. This has been
driven by the performance of our XT5 supercomputers and custom engineering
initiative," said Peter Ungaro, president and CEO of Cray. "We have made
significant strides in expanding our addressable market by bringing out
several new products and services to complement our high-end supercomputers
-- with more planned over the coming months. All of this has put us in an
excellent position to continue to be the technology leader in high
performance computing and drive strong revenue growth into the future."
Outlook
For 2009, Cray now expects revenue in the range of $285 million, including
about $90 million in service revenue. Overall gross profit margin for the
year is expected to be approximately 36 percent. Operating expenses for
2009, assuming completion of a co-funded development milestone in the
fourth quarter, are anticipated to be in the range of $98 million. Based
on achieving this outlook, we anticipate a modest operating income for
2009. Results for the year include approximately $6 million of stock-based
compensation.
For 2010, Cray expects its revenue to continue to grow, perhaps modestly,
and expects to be profitable. Revenue is expected to be heavily weighted
to late in the year, driven by the timing of new product introductions.
Actual results for any future period are subject to large fluctuations
given the nature of Cray's business.
Recent Highlights
-- In September, Cray signed a multi-year, multi-phase contract to
provide the Korea Meteorological Administration with a next-generation
supercomputer. Valued at more than $40 million, the award is one of the
largest in the area of operational numerical weather prediction in the
world. Revenue from this contract is expected to be recognized in the
second half of 2010.
-- In September, Cray's custom engineering group signed a contract for
over $9 million with the U.S. government which includes the research and
development of hardware and software technologies for a next generation
compute system. Revenue for this contract is expected to be recognized
over the next 12 months.
-- In August, Cray announced it had acquired the PathScale Compiler Suite
assets from SiCortex. Cray plans to leverage some of the PathScale
intellectual property to enhance Cray's own compiler offerings over time
and will contribute other parts of the compiler to the open source
community.
-- In October, Cray announced the appointment of Michael Piraino to the
position of vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. With
15 years of general counsel, executive, management and legal experience, as
well as a background in engineering, Piraino will be responsible for
directing Cray's legal affairs and providing advice on legal and policy
issues to the company and its Board of Directors.
Conference Call Information
Cray will host a conference call today, Thursday, October 29 at 1:30 p.m.
Pacific Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss 2009 third quarter
financial results. To access the call, please dial into the conference at
least 10 minutes prior to the beginning of the call at 1-877-941-1465.
International callers should dial 1-480-629-9678. To listen to the live
audio webcast, go to the Investors section of the Cray website at
http://investors.cray.com.
If you are unable to attend the live conference call, an audio webcast
replay will be available in the Investors section of the Cray website for
180 days. If you do not have Internet access, a replay of the call will be
available by dialing 1-800-406-7325 and entering access code 4178009.
International callers can listen to the replay by dialing 1-303-590-3030,
access code 4178009. The conference call replay will be available for 72
hours, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time on Thursday, October 29, 2009.
Upcoming Event
Cray will be attending the 2009 TechAmerica AeA Classic Financial
Conference. Brian Henry, Executive Vice President and CFO will be
presenting on November 2, 2009 at 9:40 a.m. Pacific Time. The presentation
will be broadcast live on the internet. To listen to the webcast, go to the
Investors section of the Cray website at http://investors.cray.com. An
archived version of the webcast will be available approximately one hour
after the presentation ends and will be available on the Cray website for
90 days.
About Cray Inc.
As a global leader in supercomputing, Cray provides highly advanced
supercomputers and world-class services and support to government, industry
and academia. Cray technology enables scientists and engineers to achieve
remarkable breakthroughs by accelerating performance, improving efficiency
and extending the capabilities of their most demanding applications.
Cray's Adaptive Supercomputing vision will result in innovative
next-generation products that integrate diverse processing technologies
into a unified architecture, allowing customers to surpass today's
limitations and meeting the market's continued demand for realized
performance. Go to www.cray.com for more information.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning
of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 27A of
the Securities Act of 1933, including, but not limited to, statements
related to Cray's financial guidance and expected future operating results,
its product development plans and its ability to expand and penetrate its
addressable market. These statements involve current expectations,
forecasts of future events and other statements that are not historical
facts. Inaccurate assumptions and known and unknown risks and uncertainties
can affect the accuracy of forward-looking statements and cause actual
results to differ materially from those anticipated by these forward-
looking statements. Factors that could affect actual future events or
results include, but are not limited to, the risk that Cray does not
achieve the financial results that it expects, the risk that customer
acceptances are not received when expected or at all, the risk that Cray is
not able to successfully complete its planned product development efforts
in a timely fashion or at all, the risk that Cray is not able to negotiate,
achieve and obtain acceptance of co-funded development milestones when or
as expected or at all, the risk that Cray will not be able to expand and
penetrate its addressable market as expected or at all and such other risks
as identified in the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period
ended June 30, 2009, and from time to time in other reports filed by Cray
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. You should not rely
unduly on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date
of this release. Cray undertakes no duty to publicly announce or report
revisions to these statements as new information becomes available that may
change the Company's expectations.
Cray is a registered trademark and Cray XT5 is a trademark of Cray Inc.
CRAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited and in thousands, except per share data)
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,
2009 2008 2009 2008
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(As (As
Adjusted) (1) Adjusted) (1)
REVENUE:
Product $ 32,374 $ 38,065 $ 133,937 $ 81,606
Service 26,201 16,528 61,863 45,848
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Total revenue 58,575 54,593 195,800 127,454
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COST OF REVENUE:
Cost of product
revenue 24,784 17,266 93,381 45,681
Cost of service
revenue 10,867 9,362 33,095 26,962
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Total cost of
revenue 35,651 26,628 126,476 72,643
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Gross profit 22,924 27,965 69,324 54,811
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OPERATING EXPENSES:
Research and
development, net 17,321 12,364 42,246 37,973
Sales and marketing 6,279 6,135 18,683 17,365
General and
administrative 3,476 3,775 11,523 10,936
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Total operating
expenses 27,076 22,274 72,452 66,274
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Income (loss) from
operations (4,152) 5,691 (3,128) (11,463)
Other income (expense),
net 916 (432) (575) 361
Interest income
(expense), net 35 (1,763) (1) (849) (3,382) (1)
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Income (loss)
before income
taxes (3,201) 3,496 (4,552) (14,484)
Income tax benefit
(expense) 1,094 87 977 (302)
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Net income (loss) $ (2,107) $ 3,583 (1) $ (3,575) $ (14,786) (1)
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Diluted net income
(loss) per common
share $ (0.06) $ 0.11 (1) $ (0.11) $ (0.45) (1)
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Diluted weighted
average shares
outstanding 33,689 32,661 33,491 32,507
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(1) September 30, 2008 results have been adjusted for new guidance
included in Accounting Standards Codification Topic 470, Debt,
related to convertible debt instruments that may be settled in cash
upon conversion
A summary of adjustments due to retrospective application to previously
reported results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008:
For the three months ended September 30, 2008:
As
Previously As
Reported Adjustment Adjusted
--------- --------- ---------
Interest expense, net $ (341) $ (1,422) $ (1,763)
Net income 5,005 (1,422) 3,583
Diluted net income per
common share 0.15 (0.04) 0.11
For the nine months ended September 30, 2008:
As
Previously As
Reported Adjustment Adjusted
--------- --------- ---------
Interest income
(expense), net $ 750 $ (4,132) $ (3,382)
Net loss (10,654) (4,132) (14,786)
Diluted net loss per
common share (0.33) (0.13) (0.45)
CRAY INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited and in thousands)
September December
30, 31,
2009 2008
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(As
Adjusted)(1)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 61,334 $ 72,373
Restricted cash 3,500 2,691
Short term investments,
available-for-sale 2,997 5,350
Accounts and other receivables, net 43,792 95,667
Inventory 51,696 80,437
Prepaid expenses and other current
assets 8,105 29,993 (1)
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Total current assets 171,424 286,511
Property and equipment, net 19,403 18,396
Service inventory, net 1,646 1,917
Deferred tax asset 3,647 1,200
Other non-current assets 14,688 5,837
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TOTAL ASSETS $ 210,808 $ 313,861
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 22,546 $ 16,730
Accrued payroll and related expenses 10,640 23,672
Advance research and development
payments - 13,887
Short-term convertible notes 162 25,681 (1)
Other accrued liabilities 10,625 24,670
Deferred revenue 34,056 67,692
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Total current liabilities 78,029 172,332
Long-term deferred revenue 9,616 18,154
Other non-current liabilities 3,379 3,170
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TOTAL LIABILITIES 91,024 193,656
Shareholders' equity:
Common stock 549,618 543,442 (1)
Accumulated other comprehensive income 6,342 9,364
Accumulated deficit (436,176) (432,601) (1)
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TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY 119,784 120,205
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS'
EQUITY $ 210,808 $ 313,861
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(1) December 31, 2008 results have been adjusted for new guidance included
in Accounting Standards Codification Topic 470, Debt, related to
convertible debt instruments that may be settled in cash upon
conversion
A summary of adjustments due to retrospective application to previously
reported December 31, 2008 balances:
As
Previously As
Reported Adjustment Adjusted
--------- --------- ---------
Prepaid expenses and other current
assets $ 30,023 $ (30) $ 29,993
Convertible notes 27,727 (2,046) 25,681
Common stock and additional paid-in
capital 518,727 24,715 543,442
Accumulated deficit (409,902) (22,699) (432,601)
Cray Media:
Nick Davis
206/701-2123
pr@cray.com
Investors:
Paul Hiemstra
206/701-2044
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