iRobot Reports Third-Quarter 2024 Financial Results

Continues to Make Progress on “iRobot Elevate” Strategy

Revises Full-year 2024 Outlook

BEDFORD, Mass., Nov. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT), a leader in consumer robots, today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 28, 2024.

“We continue to make progress on our turnaround strategy,” said Gary Cohen, iRobot’s CEO. “In the third quarter, we expanded our non-GAAP gross margin by 590 basis points year over year and improved our use of operating cash. However, our overall results did not meet the expectations we set in August, as persistent market segment and competitive headwinds impacted our sell-through performance. Although we now expect it will take more time to stabilize our revenue trend, we are on track to exceed our operating expense targets for the year, while at the same time continuing to invest in areas that are expected to drive growth.

“Our ongoing restructuring has fundamentally changed the way we innovate, develop and build our robots, which is central to improving our performance and generating long-term shareholder value. With the benefit of lower operating costs, we expect to enhance margins and improve profitability in 2025.

“As we move forward in this new chapter in iRobot’s history, one thing is abundantly clear: we have a powerful brand that will serve as the foundation for the turnaround of this Company. That brand power is at the heart of our turnaround strategy, iRobot Elevate. In executing that strategy, we are focused on providing our iconic brand with an improved platform to drive long-term profitable growth.”

Third-Quarter 2024 Financial Results (in millions, except per share amounts and percentages)

Additional Financial Highlights 

• The Company increased non-GAAP gross margin in the third quarter by 590 basis points year over year as a result of its restructuring and iRobot Elevate initiatives.
• As of September 28, 2024, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents totaled $99.4 million, compared with $108.5 million as of the end of the second quarter of 2024. The Company also had an additional $41.1 million restricted cash set aside for future repayment of its term loan, subject to limited rights for inventory purchases, of which $40.0 million was drawn down at the close of the third quarter and received in the fourth quarter.
• As of September 28, 2024, the Company’s inventory totaled $149.2 million, compared with $244.5 million as of the end of the third quarter of 2023.
• During the third quarter, the Company sold 0.2 million shares under its at-the-market (ATM) offering program for total net proceeds of $1.4 million. At quarter end, the Company had $79.6 million remaining under its $100 million ATM offering program.
• As of September 28, 2024, iRobot had reduced its total headcount by 41% since year-end 2023.
• In the third quarter of 2024, revenue increased 23% in the U.S., declined 20% in Japan, and declined 11% in EMEA over the prior-year period. Excluding the unfavorable foreign currency impact, Japan revenue decreased 15% over the prior-year period.
• Revenue from mid-tier robots (with an MSRP between $300 and $499) and premium robots (with an MSRP of $500 or more) represented 79% of total robot sales in the third quarter of 2024, compared with 80% in the same period last year.

Marketing Highlights 

• iRobot introduced the 2-in-1 Roomba Combo 2 Essential robot globally and Roomba Vac 2 Essential robot in North America. These robots are the first in the Company’s affordable Essential series that automatically empty their dustbins into the AutoEmpty dock after cleaning. The robots also provide twice the cleaning power of the original Essential series, include an enhanced bumper design to more seamlessly navigate floor space, and have the ability to recharge and resume during cleaning missions.
• In August, iRobot launched the Roomba Combo 10 Max in Japan, earning positive coverage in media outlets including Nikkei, NHK and Gizmodo.
• iRobot Roomba Combo Essential received the PCMag Editor’s Choice designation.
• iRobot products received favorable media coverage across the globe, including from CBS News, Engadget, The Verge, Tom’s Guide, ZDNet, The Ambient, and Europa Press.
• Roomba was a featured product in Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days event in October. iRobot’s products received Prime Big Deal Day related media coverage in outlets including Good Morning America, NBC Select, The Sun, Frandroid and El Confidencial.

Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2024 Outlook

iRobot is providing GAAP and non-GAAP financial expectations for the fourth quarter ending December 28, 2024 and updating the full-year 2024 outlook it provided on August 7, 2024. A detailed reconciliation between the Company’s GAAP and non-GAAP expectations is included in the financial tables that appear at the end of this press release.

Fourth Quarter 2024:

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Third-Quarter 2024 Results Conference Call

On November 6, the Company will host a live conference call and webcast to review its financial results and discuss its outlook. The conference call details are as follows:

Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Time: 8:30 a.m. ET
Call-In Number: 800-274-8461 (Alternate: 203-518-9814)
Conference ID: IRBTQ324

A live webcast of the conference call will be accessible on the event section of the Company’s website at https://investor.irobot.com/financial-information/quarterly-results. An archived version of the broadcast will be available on the same website shortly after the conclusion of the live event.

About iRobot Corp.
iRobot is a global consumer robot company that designs and builds thoughtful robots and intelligent home innovations that make life better. iRobot introduced the first Roomba robot vacuum in 2002. Today, iRobot is a global enterprise that has sold more than 50 million robots worldwide. iRobot’s product portfolio features technologies and advanced concepts in cleaning, mapping and navigation. Working from this portfolio, iRobot engineers are building robots and smart home devices to help consumers make their homes easier to maintain and healthier places to live. For more information about iRobot, please visit www.irobot.com. 

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This communication contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which relate to, among other things: the Company’s expectations regarding future financial performance, including with respect to fourth quarter and fiscal year 2024 revenue, gross margin, operating (loss) income and net (loss) income per share, as well as fiscal year 2025 operating costs, margins and profitability; executing on the Company’s iRobot Elevate strategy; stabilization of revenue trends; and the Company’s business plans and strategies and the anticipated impact thereof. These forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s current expectations, estimates and projections about its business and industry, all of which are subject to change. 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iRobot Corporation
Explanation of Non-GAAP Measures

In addition to disclosing financial results in accordance with U.S. GAAP, this earnings release contains references to the non-GAAP financial measures described below. We use non-GAAP measures to internally evaluate and analyze financial results. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures provide investors with useful supplemental information about the financial performance of our business, enable comparison of financial results between periods where certain items may vary independent of business performance, and enable comparison of our financial results with other public companies, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures.

Our non-GAAP financial measures reflect adjustments based on the following items. These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, and the financial results calculated in accordance with GAAP and reconciliations from these results should be carefully evaluated.

Amortization of acquired intangible assets: Amortization of acquired intangible assets consists of amortization of intangible assets including completed technology, customer relationships, and reacquired distribution rights acquired in connection with business combinations as well as any non-cash impairment charges associated with intangible assets in connection with our past acquisitions. Amortization charges for our acquisition-related intangible assets are inconsistent in size and are significantly impacted by the timing and valuation of our acquisitions. We exclude these charges from our non-GAAP measures to facilitate an evaluation of our current operating performance and comparisons to our past operating performance.

Net Merger, Acquisition and Divestiture (Income) Expense: Net merger, acquisition and divestiture (income) expense primarily consists of transaction fees, professional fees, and transition and integration costs directly associated with mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, including with respect to the iRobot-Amazon Merger. It also includes business combination adjustments including adjustments after the measurement period has ended. During the first quarter of fiscal 2024, the adjustment included the one-time net termination fee received as a result of the termination of the iRobot-Amazon Merger. The occurrence and amount of these costs will vary depending on the timing and size of these transactions. We exclude these charges from our non-GAAP measures to facilitate an evaluation of our current operating performance and comparisons to our past operating performance.

Stock-Based Compensation: Stock-based compensation is a non-cash charge relating to stock-based awards. We exclude this expense as it is a non-cash expense, and we assess our internal operations excluding this expense and believe it facilitates comparisons to the performance of other companies.

Restructuring and Other: Restructuring charges are related to one-time actions associated with realigning resources, enhancing operational productivity and efficiency, or improving our cost structure in support of our strategy. Such actions are not reflective of ongoing operations and include costs primarily associated with severance and related costs, charges related to paused work unrelated to our core business, costs associated with the Chief Executive Officer transition and other non-recurring costs directly associated with resource realignments tied to strategic initiatives or changes in business conditions. We exclude these items from our non-GAAP measures when evaluating our recent and prospective business performance as such items vary significantly based on the magnitude of the action and do not reflect anticipated future operating costs. In addition, these charges do not necessarily provide meaningful insight into the fundamentals of current or past operations of our business.

Gain/Loss on Strategic Investments: Gain/loss on strategic investments includes fair value adjustments, realized gains and losses on the sales of these investments and losses on the impairment of these investments. We exclude these items from our non-GAAP measures because we do not believe they correlate to the performance of our core business and may vary in size based on market conditions and events. We believe that the exclusion of these gains or losses provides investors with a supplemental view of our operational performance.

Debt issuance costs: Debt issuance costs include various incremental fees and commissions paid to third parties in connection with the issuance of debt. We exclude these charges from our non-GAAP measures to facilitate an evaluation of our current operating performance and comparisons to our past operating performance.

Income tax adjustments: Income tax adjustments include the tax effect of the non-GAAP adjustments, calculated using the appropriate statutory tax rate for each adjustment. We regularly assess the need to record valuation allowances based on the non-GAAP profitability and other factors. We also exclude certain tax items, including the impact from stock-based compensation windfalls/shortfalls, which are not reflective of income tax expense incurred as a result of current period earnings. We believe disclosure of the income tax provision before the effect of such tax items is important to permit investors’ consistent earnings comparison between periods.

SOURCE iRobot Corporation