|
|
|
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
|
(Commission File Number)
|
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
|
Title of each class
|
Trading Symbol(s)
|
Name of each exchange on which registered
|
|
|
|
Item 2.02 |
Results of Operations and Financial Condition
|
Item 8.01 |
Other Events
|
Item 9.01 |
Financial Statements and Exhibits
|
Exhibit No.
|
Description
|
|
99.1
|
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104
|
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
|
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
|
|||
By:
|
/s/ R. Eddie Dixon, Jr. | ||
Name:
|
R. Eddie Dixon, Jr.
|
||
Title:
|
Chief Legal Officer, Senior Vice President & Secretary
|
||
Date: October 28, 2021
|
• |
Record GAAP revenue for a third quarter of $367 million, up 19 percent year over year
|
• |
All-time record for orders, up 30 percent year over year
|
• |
Strong GAAP operating income of $34 million
|
• |
Non-GAAP operating income of $67 million
|
Strong diluted GAAP EPS of $0.20 and diluted non-GAAP EPS of $0.42, up 83 percent year over year
|
• |
Cash and short-term investments of $231 million as of September 30, 2021
|
• |
Record GAAP revenue of $1,049 million, up 14 percent year over year
|
• |
Strong GAAP operating income of $68 million
|
• |
Record non-GAAP operating income of $178 million
|
• |
Strong diluted GAAP EPS of $0.37 and diluted non-GAAP EPS of $1.08
|
• |
Q4 GAAP revenue to be in the range of $385 million to $425 million, up 10 percent year over year at the midpoint
|
• |
GAAP diluted EPS to be in the range of $0.17 to $0.31 for Q4, up 20 cents year over year at the midpoint
|
• |
Non-GAAP diluted EPS expected to be in the range of $0.47 to $0.61, up 6 percent year over year at the midpoint
|
September 30,
2021
(unaudited)
|
December 31,
2020
|
|||||||
Assets
|
||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
230,697
|
$
|
260,232
|
||||
Short-term investments
|
—
|
59,923
|
||||||
Accounts receivable, net
|
279,196
|
266,869
|
||||||
Inventories, net
|
236,733
|
194,012
|
||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
89,152
|
68,470
|
||||||
Total current assets
|
835,778
|
849,506
|
||||||
Property and equipment, net
|
248,712
|
254,399
|
||||||
Goodwill
|
480,489
|
467,547
|
||||||
Intangible assets, net
|
136,938
|
172,719
|
||||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets
|
56,644
|
67,674
|
||||||
Other long-term assets
|
79,850
|
72,643
|
||||||
Total assets
|
$
|
1,838,411
|
$
|
1,884,488
|
||||
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
|
||||||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
$
|
63,568
|
$
|
51,124
|
||||
Accrued compensation
|
87,802
|
87,068
|
||||||
Deferred revenue - current
|
120,762
|
132,151
|
||||||
Operating lease liabilities - current
|
12,360
|
15,801
|
||||||
Other taxes payable
|
43,673
|
48,129
|
||||||
Debt, current
|
—
|
5,000
|
||||||
Other current liabilities
|
25,162
|
42,578
|
||||||
Total current liabilities
|
353,327
|
381,851
|
||||||
Deferred income taxes
|
26,023
|
25,288
|
||||||
Income tax payable - non-current
|
54,195
|
61,623
|
||||||
Deferred revenue - non-current
|
32,278
|
36,335
|
||||||
Operating lease liabilities - non-current
|
29,206
|
35,854
|
||||||
Debt, noncurrent
|
100,000
|
92,036
|
||||||
Other long-term liabilities
|
16,910
|
26,630
|
||||||
Total liabilities
|
$
|
611,939
|
$
|
659,617
|
||||
Stockholders' equity:
|
||||||||
Common stock
|
1,326
|
1,312
|
||||||
Additional paid-in capital
|
1,109,918
|
1,033,284
|
||||||
Retained earnings
|
132,404
|
211,101
|
||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
|
(17,176
|
)
|
(20,826
|
)
|
||||
Total stockholders' equity
|
1,226,472
|
1,224,871
|
||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
|
$
|
1,838,411
|
$
|
1,884,488
|
Three Months Ended
September 30, |
Nine Months Ended
September 30, |
|||||||||||||||
2021
|
2020
|
2021
|
2020
|
|||||||||||||
Net sales:
|
||||||||||||||||
Product
|
$
|
325,724
|
$
|
269,651
|
$
|
927,307
|
$
|
809,890
|
||||||||
Software maintenance
|
41,438
|
38,473
|
121,733
|
108,944
|
||||||||||||
Total net sales
|
367,162
|
308,124
|
1,049,040
|
918,834
|
||||||||||||
Cost of sales:
|
||||||||||||||||
Product
|
99,072
|
88,370
|
286,485
|
254,236
|
||||||||||||
Software maintenance
|
3,643
|
3,893
|
10,882
|
7,689
|
||||||||||||
Total cost of sales
|
102,715
|
92,263
|
297,367
|
261,925
|
||||||||||||
Gross profit
|
264,447
|
215,861
|
751,673
|
656,909
|
||||||||||||
72.0
|
%
|
70.1
|
%
|
71.7
|
%
|
71.5
|
%
|
|||||||||
Operating expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||
Sales and marketing
|
117,065
|
109,774
|
345,048
|
330,939
|
||||||||||||
Research and development
|
82,165
|
70,802
|
243,685
|
206,648
|
||||||||||||
General and administrative
|
31,037
|
37,431
|
94,672
|
92,980
|
||||||||||||
Total operating expenses
|
230,267
|
218,007
|
683,405
|
630,567
|
||||||||||||
Gain on sale of business/assets
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
159,753
|
||||||||||||
Operating income
|
34,180
|
(2,146
|
)
|
68,268
|
186,095
|
|||||||||||
Other expense
|
(1,820
|
)
|
(2,001
|
)
|
(9,851
|
)
|
(2,584
|
)
|
||||||||
Income before income taxes
|
32,360
|
(4,147
|
)
|
58,417
|
183,511
|
|||||||||||
Provision for income taxes
|
5,183
|
475
|
9,438
|
44,588
|
||||||||||||
Net income
|
$
|
27,177
|
$
|
(4,622
|
)
|
$
|
48,979
|
$
|
138,923
|
|||||||
Basic earnings per share
|
$
|
0.20
|
$
|
(0.04
|
)
|
$
|
0.37
|
$
|
1.06
|
|||||||
Diluted earnings per share
|
$
|
0.20
|
$
|
(0.04
|
)
|
$
|
0.37
|
$
|
1.06
|
|||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding -
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
133,031
|
131,419
|
132,657
|
131,017
|
||||||||||||
Diluted
|
133,686
|
131,419
|
133,829
|
131,671
|
||||||||||||
Dividends declared per share
|
$
|
0.27
|
$
|
0.26
|
$
|
0.81
|
$
|
0.78
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
||||||||
2021
|
2020
|
|||||||
Cash flow from operating activities:
|
||||||||
Net income
|
$
|
48,979
|
$
|
138,923
|
||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
|
||||||||
Disposal gains on sale of business/asset
|
—
|
(159,753
|
)
|
|||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
73,418
|
61,228
|
||||||
Stock-based compensation
|
56,064
|
42,556
|
||||||
Loss from equity-method investees
|
5,082
|
2,559
|
||||||
Deferred income taxes
|
(2,030
|
)
|
(932
|
)
|
||||
Net change in operating assets and liabilities
|
(95,477
|
)
|
24,203
|
|||||
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
86,036
|
108,784
|
||||||
Cash flow from investing activities:
|
||||||||
Acquisitions, net of cash received
|
(19,784
|
)
|
(334,981
|
)
|
||||
Capital expenditures
|
(26,147
|
)
|
(36,573
|
)
|
||||
Proceeds from sale of assets/business, net of cash divested
|
—
|
160,266
|
||||||
Capitalization of internally developed software
|
(1,246
|
)
|
(2,806
|
)
|
||||
Additions to other intangibles
|
(2,317
|
)
|
(1,045
|
)
|
||||
Payments to acquire equity-method and other investments
|
(15,753
|
)
|
(7,502
|
)
|
||||
Purchases of short-term investments
|
—
|
(206,330
|
)
|
|||||
Sales and maturities of short-term investments
|
59,714
|
351,597
|
||||||
Net cash used in investing activities
|
(5,533
|
)
|
(77,374
|
)
|
||||
Cash flow from financing activities:
|
||||||||
Proceeds from revolving loan facility
|
100,000
|
20,000
|
||||||
Proceeds from term loan
|
—
|
70,000
|
||||||
Payments on term loan
|
(98,750
|
)
|
(875
|
)
|
||||
Debt issuance costs
|
(1,993
|
)
|
(1,480
|
)
|
||||
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
|
25,438
|
24,971
|
||||||
Repurchase of common stock
|
(25,000
|
)
|
(39,244
|
)
|
||||
Dividends paid
|
(107,397
|
)
|
(102,396
|
)
|
||||
Net cash used in financing activities
|
(107,702
|
)
|
(29,024
|
)
|
||||
Impact of changes in exchange rates on cash
|
(2,336
|
)
|
317
|
|||||
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
|
(29,535
|
)
|
2,703
|
|||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
260,232
|
194,616
|
||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
|
$
|
230,697
|
$
|
197,319
|
Three Months Ended
September 30, |
Nine Months Ended
September 30, |
|||||||||||||||
2021
|
2020
|
2021
|
2020
|
|||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation
|
||||||||||||||||
Cost of sales
|
$
|
1,183
|
$
|
1,051
|
$
|
3,487
|
$
|
2,787
|
||||||||
Sales and marketing
|
6,332
|
5,184
|
18,949
|
16,826
|
||||||||||||
Research and development
|
5,811
|
4,692
|
17,704
|
12,640
|
||||||||||||
General and administrative
|
5,530
|
4,293
|
16,050
|
10,301
|
||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes
|
(2,798
|
)
|
(3,854
|
)
|
(10,036
|
)
|
(8,260
|
)
|
||||||||
Total
|
$
|
16,058
|
$
|
11,366
|
$
|
46,154
|
$
|
34,294
|
||||||||
Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles and fair value adjustments
|
||||||||||||||||
Net sales
|
$
|
421
|
$
|
1,299
|
$
|
1,971
|
$
|
1,299
|
||||||||
Cost of sales
|
4,194
|
4,198
|
12,691
|
5,579
|
||||||||||||
Sales and marketing
|
2,331
|
2,334
|
6,859
|
3,300
|
||||||||||||
Research and development
|
—
|
28
|
—
|
84
|
||||||||||||
Other expense
|
529
|
121
|
1,476
|
363
|
||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes
|
(917
|
)
|
(1,658
|
)
|
(2,870
|
)
|
(1,948
|
)
|
||||||||
Total
|
$
|
6,558
|
$
|
6,322
|
$
|
20,127
|
$
|
8,677
|
||||||||
Acquisition transaction and integration costs, restructuring charges, and other(1)(2)
|
||||||||||||||||
Cost of sales
|
$
|
(7
|
)
|
$
|
(13
|
)
|
$
|
(50
|
)
|
$
|
7
|
|||||
Sales and marketing
|
584
|
1,158
|
6,071
|
8,771
|
||||||||||||
Research and development
|
386
|
374
|
1,422
|
5,190
|
||||||||||||
General and administrative
|
850
|
10,210
|
7,388
|
12,595
|
||||||||||||
Gain on sale of business/assets
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(159,753
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Other expense
|
316
|
270
|
4,322
|
397
|
||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes
|
(238
|
)
|
(712
|
)
|
(3,701
|
)
|
33,965
|
|||||||||
Total
|
$
|
1,891
|
$
|
11,287
|
$
|
15,452
|
$
|
(98,828
|
)
|
Capitalization and amortization of internally developed software costs
|
||||||||||||||||
Cost of sales
|
$
|
5,532
|
$
|
6,769
|
$
|
18,633
|
$
|
20,995
|
||||||||
Research and development
|
(525
|
)
|
302
|
(1,246
|
)
|
(2,794
|
)
|
|||||||||
Provision for income taxes
|
(1,192
|
)
|
(1,485
|
)
|
(3,792
|
)
|
(3,822
|
)
|
||||||||
Total
|
$
|
3,815
|
$
|
5,586
|
$
|
13,595
|
$
|
14,379
|
Three Months Ended
September 30, |
Nine Months Ended
September 30, |
|||||||||||||||
2021
|
2020
|
2021
|
2020
|
|||||||||||||
Reconciliation of Net sales to Non-GAAP Net sales
|
||||||||||||||||
Net sales, as reported
|
$
|
367,162
|
308,124
|
1,049,040
|
$
|
918,834
|
||||||||||
plus: Impact of acquisition-related fair value adjustments
|
421
|
1,299
|
1,971
|
1,299
|
||||||||||||
Non-GAAP net sales
|
$
|
367,583
|
309,423
|
1,051,011
|
$
|
920,133
|
||||||||||
Reconciliation of Gross Profit to Non-GAAP Gross Profit
|
||||||||||||||||
Gross profit, as reported
|
$
|
264,447
|
$
|
215,861
|
$
|
751,673
|
$
|
656,909
|
||||||||
Stock-based compensation
|
1,183
|
1,051
|
3,487
|
2,787
|
||||||||||||
Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles and fair value adjustments
|
4,615
|
5,497
|
14,662
|
6,878
|
||||||||||||
Acquisition transaction and integration costs, restructuring charges and other
|
(7
|
)
|
(13
|
)
|
(50
|
)
|
7
|
|||||||||
Amortization of internally developed software costs
|
5,532
|
6,769
|
18,633
|
20,995
|
||||||||||||
Non-GAAP gross profit
|
$
|
275,770
|
$
|
229,165
|
$
|
788,405
|
$
|
687,576
|
||||||||
Non-GAAP gross margin
|
75.0
|
%
|
74.1
|
%
|
75.0
|
%
|
74.7
|
%
|
||||||||
Reconciliation of Operating Expenses to Non-GAAP Operating Expenses
|
||||||||||||||||
Operating expenses, as reported
|
$
|
230,267
|
$
|
218,007
|
$
|
683,405
|
$
|
630,567
|
||||||||
Stock-based compensation
|
(17,673
|
)
|
(14,169
|
)
|
(52,703
|
)
|
(39,767
|
)
|
||||||||
Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles and fair value adjustments
|
(2,331
|
)
|
(2,362
|
)
|
(6,859
|
)
|
(3,384
|
)
|
||||||||
Acquisition transaction and integration costs, restructuring charges and other
|
(1,820
|
)
|
(11,742
|
)
|
(14,881
|
)
|
(26,556
|
)
|
||||||||
Capitalization of internally developed software costs
|
525
|
(302
|
)
|
1,246
|
2,794
|
|||||||||||
Non-GAAP operating expenses
|
$
|
208,968
|
$
|
189,432
|
$
|
610,208
|
$
|
563,654
|
||||||||
Reconciliation of Operating Income to Non-GAAP Operating Income
|
||||||||||||||||
Operating income, as reported
|
$
|
34,180
|
$
|
(2,146
|
)
|
$
|
68,268
|
$
|
186,095
|
|||||||
Stock-based compensation
|
18,856
|
15,220
|
56,190
|
42,554
|
||||||||||||
Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles and fair value adjustments
|
6,946
|
7,859
|
21,521
|
10,262
|
||||||||||||
Acquisition transaction and integration costs, restructuring charges and other
|
1,813
|
11,729
|
14,831
|
26,563
|
||||||||||||
Net amortization of internally developed software costs
|
5,007
|
7,071
|
17,387
|
18,201
|
||||||||||||
Gain on sale of business/assets
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(159,753
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Non-GAAP operating income
|
$
|
66,802
|
$
|
39,733
|
$
|
178,197
|
$
|
123,922
|
||||||||
Non-GAAP operating margin
|
18.2
|
%
|
12.8
|
%
|
17.0
|
%
|
13.5
|
%
|
||||||||
Reconciliation of Provision for income taxes to Non-GAAP Provision for income taxes(1)
|
||||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes, as reported
|
$
|
5,183
|
$
|
475
|
$
|
9,438
|
$
|
44,588
|
||||||||
Stock-based compensation
|
2,798
|
3,854
|
10,036
|
8,260
|
||||||||||||
Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles and fair value adjustments
|
917
|
1,658
|
2,870
|
1,948
|
||||||||||||
Acquisition transaction and integration costs, restructuring charges and other
|
238
|
712
|
3,701
|
2,794
|
||||||||||||
Net amortization of internally developed software costs
|
1,192
|
1,485
|
3,792
|
3,822
|
||||||||||||
Gain on sale of business/assets
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(36,759
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Non-GAAP provision for income taxes(1)
|
$
|
10,328
|
$
|
8,184
|
$
|
29,837
|
$
|
24,653
|
Three Months Ended
September 30, |
Nine Months Ended
September 30, |
|||||||||||||||
2021
|
2020
|
2021
|
2020
|
|||||||||||||
Net income, as reported
|
$
|
27,177
|
$
|
(4,622
|
)
|
$
|
48,979
|
$
|
138,923
|
|||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to non-GAAP net income:
|
||||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation
|
18,856
|
15,220
|
56,190
|
42,554
|
||||||||||||
Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles and fair value adjustments
|
7,475
|
7,980
|
22,997
|
10,625
|
||||||||||||
Acquisition transaction and integration costs, restructuring charges and other
|
2,129
|
11,999
|
19,153
|
26,960
|
||||||||||||
Net amortization of internally developed software costs
|
5,007
|
7,071
|
17,387
|
18,201
|
||||||||||||
Gain on sale of business/assets
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(159,753
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Income tax effects and adjustments(1)
|
(5,145
|
)
|
(7,709
|
)
|
(20,399
|
)
|
19,935
|
|||||||||
Non-GAAP net income
|
$
|
55,499
|
$
|
29,939
|
$
|
144,307
|
$
|
97,445
|
||||||||
Non-GAAP net margin
|
15.1
|
%
|
9.7
|
%
|
13.7
|
%
|
10.6
|
%
|
||||||||
Diluted EPS, as reported
|
$
|
0.20
|
$
|
(0.04
|
)
|
$
|
0.37
|
$
|
1.06
|
|||||||
Adjustment to reconcile diluted EPS to non-GAAP diluted EPS
|
||||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation
|
0.14
|
0.12
|
0.42
|
0.32
|
||||||||||||
Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles and fair value adjustments
|
0.06
|
0.06
|
0.17
|
0.08
|
||||||||||||
Acquisition transaction and integration costs, restructuring charges and other
|
0.02
|
0.10
|
0.14
|
0.20
|
||||||||||||
Net amortization of internally developed software costs
|
0.04
|
0.05
|
0.13
|
0.14
|
||||||||||||
Gain on sale of business/assets
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(1.21
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Income tax effects and adjustments(1)
|
(0.04
|
)
|
(0.06
|
)
|
(0.15
|
)
|
0.15
|
|||||||||
Non-GAAP diluted EPS
|
$
|
0.42
|
$
|
0.23
|
$
|
1.08
|
$
|
0.74
|
Three Months Ended
September 30, |
Nine Months Ended
September 30, |
|||||||||||||||
2021
|
2020
|
2021
|
2020
|
|||||||||||||
Net income, as reported
|
$
|
27,177
|
$
|
(4,622
|
)
|
$
|
48,979
|
$
|
138,923
|
|||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to EBITDA:
|
||||||||||||||||
Interest expense (income), net
|
643
|
560
|
2,296
|
(2,608
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Tax expense
|
5,183
|
475
|
9,438
|
44,588
|
||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
23,394
|
22,887
|
73,418
|
61,228
|
||||||||||||
EBITDA
|
$
|
56,397
|
$
|
19,300
|
$
|
134,131
|
$
|
242,131
|
||||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding - Diluted
|
133,686
|
131,419
|
133,829
|
131,671
|
Three Months Ended
December 31, 2021 |
||||||||
Low
|
High
|
|||||||
GAAP Diluted EPS, guidance
|
$
|
0.17
|
$
|
0.31
|
||||
Adjustment to reconcile diluted EPS to non-GAAP diluted EPS:
|
||||||||
Stock-based compensation
|
0.14
|
0.14
|
||||||
Amortization of acquisition-related intangibles and fair value adjustments
|
0.08
|
0.08
|
||||||
Acquisition transaction and integration costs, restructuring charges, and other
|
0.09
|
0.09
|
||||||
Net amortization of software development costs
|
0.05
|
0.05
|
||||||
Income tax effects and adjustments(1)
|
(0.06
|
)
|
(0.06
|
)
|
||||
Non-GAAP Diluted EPS, guidance
|
$
|
0.47
|
$
|
0.61
|