SGI Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2015 Financial Results

August 5, 2015

MILPITAS, Calif., Aug. 5 — SGI, a global leader in high performance solutions for compute, data analytics and data management, today reported financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 26, 2015. The data in this release is presented on both a GAAP and non-GAAP basis and a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures is included in the financial tables in this press release.

Total revenue for the fiscal fourth quarter was $153 million compared to $142 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014. GAAP net loss for the fiscal fourth quarter was $10 million, or $(0.28) per share compared with a net loss of $10 million, or $(0.30) per share in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014. Non-GAAP net loss for the fiscal fourth quarter was $4 million, or $(0.12) per share compared with a net loss of $0.5 million, or $(0.01) per share in the same quarter a year ago.

Total revenue for fiscal 2015 was $521 million compared with $530 million in fiscal 2014. GAAP net loss for fiscal 2015 was $39 million, or $(1.13) per share, compared with a net loss of $53 million, or $(1.54) per share, in fiscal 2014. Non-GAAP net loss was $13 million, or $(0.36) per share for fiscal 2015, compared with a net loss of $13 million, or $(0.39) per share, for fiscal 2014.

“We began fiscal 2016 with significantly higher bookings and backlog than last year. The building blocks of our growth strategy are in place as we continue to win large strategic deals in HPC and penetrate the enterprise market for data analytics with our single node in-memory solutions. With our focus on profitable revenue growth and cost management, we are committed to achieving non-GAAP profitability and positive cash generation in fiscal 2016,” said Jorge Titinger, President and CEO of SGI.

Recent Highlights

  • SGI is now SAP-certified to run the SAP HANA® platform in controlled availability at 20-sockets, delivering up to 15 terabytes (TB) of in-memory computing capacity in a single node. This specialized offering enables enterprises to further unlock value from information in real-time, boost innovation, and lower IT costs.
  • Dell and SGI signed a significant partnership agreement that will broaden the availability of SGI’s industry-leading in-memory computing solution, the SGI UV 300H compute servers for the SAP HANA platform.
  • The Institute for Solid State Physics (ISSP) of the University of Tokyo has deployed our recently introduced SGI ICE XA system together with a number of UV systems as its next supercomputer. The performance of this solution, at 2.6 petaflops, is nearly 15 times more powerful than their previous system and is among the largest SGI systems in Japan.
  • PETRONAS, Malaysia’s largest oil and gas company, installed an SGI ICE X system incorporating graphic processing unit (GPU) accelerators to support its research and development capabilities in subsurface imaging.

Outlook 

The company currently expects revenue for fiscal year 2016 to be in the range of $600 to $625 million, representing year-over-year growth of 15% – 20%. While ranges could vary, the company currently anticipates first half revenue to be 45% to 50% of the full year. Non-GAAP gross margin for fiscal 2016 is expected to be between 26% and 27%. Total non-GAAP operating expenses for the year are expected to be flat to down 5% compared to fiscal 2015.

Based on this outlook, and after excluding approximately $17 million of adjustments, the company expects to be profitable on a non-GAAP basis in the range of $0.25 to $0.35 per share for fiscal 2016. On a GAAP basis, net loss is expected to be in the range of $(0.11) to $(0.21)per share for fiscal 2016. Earnings per share calculations for the fiscal year 2016 assume 36 million weighted average shares outstanding.

Webcast and Conference Call Information 

Management will host a conference call and a live webcast of the earnings conference call will be available on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at investors.sgi.com beginning at 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET). A replay of the webcast will be available approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call and will remain available until the next earnings call.

The public can also listen to the 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET) earnings conference call by dialing (888) 463-5422 (toll-free) or (970) 315-0484 (international). An audio replay of the conference call will also be made available approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call. The audio replay will remain available for five days and can be accessed by dialing (855) 859-2056 (toll-free) or (404) 537-3406 (international) and entering the confirmation code: 80872796.

About SGI

SGI is a global leader in high performance solutions for compute, data analytics and data management that enable customers to accelerate time to discovery, innovation, and profitability. Visit sgi.com for more information.

Source: SGI

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