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SolarEdge Announces Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Year End 2016 Financial Results


FREMONT, Calif. – August 9, 2016. SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SEDG), a global leader in PV inverters, power optimizers, and module-level monitoring services, today announced its financial results for the fiscal fourth quarter and year ended June 30, 2016.

Fourth Quarter and Full Fiscal Year 2016 Highlights

  • Revenues for fiscal Q4 2016 of $124.8 million, and $489.8 million in fiscal year 2016
  • GAAP gross margin for fiscal Q4 2016 of 31.4% and 31.0% for fiscal year 2016
  • GAAP net income for fiscal Q4 2016 of $17.3 million and $76.6 million for fiscal year 2016
  • Non-GAAP net income for fiscal Q4 2016 of $19.9 million and net income of $79.3 million for fiscal year 2016
  • GAAP net diluted earnings per share for fiscal Q4 2016 of $0.39 and $1.73 for fiscal year 2016
  • Non GAAP net diluted earnings per share for fiscal Q4 2016 of $0.44 and $1.74 for fiscal year 2016
  • 427 Megawatts (AC) of inverters shipped for fiscal Q4 2016 and 1,615 Megawatts (AC) for fiscal year 2016

“Our fiscal 2016 results demonstrate consistent and strong execution with record revenues and 51% annual growth. We maintain our profitability and continue to generate cash flow from our operations, quarter over quarter. While this quarter is characterized by a general slowdown in the residential U.S market, we were able to compensate with increased sales in other geographic regions in which we sell,” said Guy Sella, Founder, Chairman and CEO of SolarEdge. “We remain on target with our plans to grow our business and increase market share without sacrificing gross margins and profitability.”

Fourth Quarter 2016 Summary
The Company reported revenues of $124.8 million for fiscal Q4 2016, a decrease of 0.4% from the prior quarter and increase of 26.8% from fiscal Q4 2015.

GAAP gross margin reached 31.4% for fiscal Q4 2016, down slightly from 32.5% in the prior quarter and up from 28.7% in fiscal Q4 2015.

Non-GAAP gross margin was 31.6% for fiscal Q4 2016, down slightly from 32.7% in the prior quarter and up from 28.9% in fiscal Q4 2015.

GAAP operating expenses were $21.2 million for fiscal Q4 2016, consistent with $21.0 million, from the prior quarter and an increase from $16.4 million in fiscal Q4 2015.

GAAP operating income was $17.9 million for fiscal Q4 2016, down from $19.7 million in the prior quarter and up from $11.9 million in fiscal Q4 2015.

GAAP net income was $17.3 million for fiscal Q4 2016, down from $20.8 million in the prior quarter and up from $9.3 million in fiscal Q4 2015.

Non-GAAP net income was $19.9 million for fiscal Q4 2016, a decrease from $23.3 million in the prior quarter and an increase from $13.8 million in fiscal Q4 2015.

GAAP net diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) was $0.39 for fiscal Q4 2016, down from $0.47 in the prior quarter and up from $0.21 in fiscal Q4 2015.

Non-GAAP net diluted EPS was $0.44 for fiscal Q4 2016, a decrease from $0.51 in the prior quarter and an increase from $0.31 in fiscal Q4 2015.

As of June 30, 2016, cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities totaled $186.6 million, compared to $172.2 million on March 31, 2016. As of June 30, 2016, the Company did not have any debt.

Full Fiscal Year 2016 Summary
For the full fiscal year 2016, the Company reported:

  • Revenue of $489.8 million, representing a 50.7% increase from fiscal year 2015
  • Gross margin of 31.0%, compared to 25.2% in fiscal year 2015
  • Operating expenses of $80.2 million, up 49.8% from fiscal year 2015
  • Operating income of $71.8 compared to $28.3 million in fiscal year 2015
  • GAAP net income of $76.6 million, compared to $21.1 million in fiscal year 2015
  • Non-GAAP net income of $79.3 million, compared to $29.4 in fiscal year 2015
  • GAAP net diluted EPS of $1.73, compared to $0.27 in fiscal year 2015
  • Non-GAAP net diluted EPS of $1.74, compared to $0.77 in fiscal year 2015
  • Outlook for the First Fiscal Quarter 2017

The Company also provides guidance for the first fiscal quarter of 2017 as follows:

  • Revenues to be within the range of $130 million to $139 million; 
  • Gross margins to be within the range of 30% to 32%.

Conference Call
The Company will host a conference call to discuss these results at 4:30 P.M. Eastern Time on Tuesday, August 9, 2016. The call will be available, live, to interested parties by dialing +1 877-741-4239. For international callers, please dial +1 719-325-4750. The Conference ID number is 8624082. A live webcast will also be available in the Investors Relations section of the Company’s website at: http://investors.solaredge.com

A replay of the webcast will be available in the Investor Relations section of the Company’s web site approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call and will remain available for approximately 30 calendar days.

About SolarEdge
SolarEdge provides an intelligent inverter solution that has changed the way power is harvested and managed in solar photovoltaic systems. The SolarEdge DC optimized inverter system maximizes power generation at the individual PV module-level while lowering the cost of energy produced by the solar PV system. The SolarEdge system consists of power optimizers, inverters, storage solutions and a cloud-based monitoring platform and addresses a broad range of solar market segments, from residential solar installations to commercial and small utility-scale solar installations. SolarEdge is online at http://www.solaredge.com

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The Company has presented certain non-GAAP financial measures in this release. Generally, a non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company’s performance, financial position, or cash flows that either exclude or include amounts that are not normally excluded or included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or GAAP. Reconciliation of each non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure can be found in the accompanying tables to this release. These non-GAAP financial measures do not reflect a comprehensive system of accounting, differ from GAAP measures with the same captions and may differ from non-GAAP financial measures with the same or similar captions that are used by other companies. As such, these non-GAAP measures should be considered as a supplement to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.

The Company uses these non-GAAP financial measures to analyze its operating performance and future prospects, develop internal budgets and financial goals, and to facilitate period-to-period comparisons. The Company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures reflect an additional way of viewing aspects of its operations that, when viewed with its GAAP results, provide a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting its business.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
This release contains forward looking statements which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward looking statements include information, among other things, concerning: our possible or assumed future results of operations; future demands for solar energy solutions; business strategies; technology developments; financing and investment plans; dividend policy; competitive position; industry and regulatory environment; general economic conditions; potential growth opportunities; and the effects of competition. These forward looking statements are often characterized by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “seek,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “will,” “would” or similar expressions and the negative or plural of those terms and other like terminology.

Forward-looking statements are only predictions based on our current expectations and our projections about future events. These forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by the forward looking statements. Given these factors, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, the matters discussed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” of our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (including the related prospectus), Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015, when it becomes available, Current Reports on Form 8-K and other reports filed with the SEC. All information set forth in this release is as of August 12, 2015. The Company undertakes no duty or obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information, future events or changes in its expectations.