SemiLEDs Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year End 2017 Financial Results

SemiLEDs Corporation, a Taiwanese developer and manufacturer of LED chips and LED components, announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of fiscal year 2017, ended August 31, 2017.

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Revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 was $2.6 million, a 22% increase compared to $2.1 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2017. GAAP net loss attributable to SemiLEDs stockholders for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 was $0.7 million, compared to a loss of $1.6 million in the third quarter of 2017, or a net loss of $0.19 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $0.45 per diluted share for the third quarter of fiscal 2017.

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GAAP gross margin for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 was 6%, compared with gross margin for the third quarter of fiscal 2017 of negative 9%. Operating margin for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 was negative 31%, compared with negative 61% in the third quarter of fiscal 2017. The Company’s cash and cash equivalents was $3.6 million as of August 31, 2017, compared to $3.1 million at the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2017. The net cash inflows in operating activities was $0.5 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, compared with net cash outflows $0.9 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2017.

We expect revenue for the first quarter ending November 30, 2017 to be $2.1 million +/- 15%.

(Source: SemiLEDs)

Revenue for the fiscal year 2017 was $9.2 million, a 9% decrease compared to $10.1 million in the fiscal year 2016. GAAP net loss attributable to SemiLEDs stockholders for the fiscal year 2017 was $4.1 million, compared to a loss of $21.3 million in the fiscal year 2016 or a net loss of $1.16 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $7.25 per diluted share for the fiscal year 2016.

(Source: SemiLEDs)

GAAP gross margin for the fiscal year 2017 was 1%, compared with gross margin for the fiscal year 2016 of negative 49%. Operating margin for the fiscal year 2017 was negative 47%, compared with negative 203% in the fiscal year 2017. The Company’s cash and cash equivalents was $3.6 million as of August 31, 2017, compared to $6.0 million as of August 31, 2016. The net cash outflows in operating activities was $2.1 million in the fiscal year 2017, compared with net cash outflows $3.4 million in the fiscal year 2016.

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