indie Semiconductor Exceeds Q2 2023 Growth Expectations

indie Semiconductor, Inc. (Nasdaq: INDI), an Autotech solutions innovator, today announced Q2 results for the period ended June 30, 2023. Second quarter revenue was up 102 percent from the same period a year ago and 29 percent sequentially to a record $52.1 million, at the higher end of the Company’s guidance range and slightly ahead of consensus estimates. Non-GAAP gross margin expanded 363 basis points year-over-year to 52.2 percent and was also better than guidance. On a GAAP basis, second quarter 2023 operating loss was $40.7 million compared to $30.0 million a year ago. Non-GAAP operating loss for the second quarter of 2023 was $16.3 million, versus $17.0 million during the same period last year, reflecting deeper R&D and SG&A investments yet a 35 percentage point improvement in operating margin.

“We once again delivered revenue and gross margin ahead of expectations in the second quarter of 2023, putting us on pace to more than double indie’s business base for a third year in a row,” said Donald McClymont, indie’s co-founder and chief executive officer. “Our steep growth trajectory reflects design win momentum across ADAS, user experience and electric vehicle applications. indie is increasingly well positioned to capitalize on these triple megatrends and the resulting $48 billion Autotech market opportunity, backed by our highly innovative semiconductor and software portfolio, targeted acquisitions, more than 400 patents and applications worldwide as well as engagements across all leading global automotive OEMs.”

Business Highlights

• Captured occupant monitoring program win at Bosch, initially in support of Toyota including Lexus
• Ramped highly integrated smartphone vehicle access and driving authorization solutions with Marquardt
• Launched breakthrough automotive wireless power charging system-on-chip
• Entered strategic technology partnership with SiLC Technologies to deliver world-class FMCW LiDAR solutions
• Released first ESG report highlighting adherence to environmental sustainability, social commitments and disciplined corporate governance

Q3 2023 Outlook

We provide guidance on a non-GAAP basis only because certain information necessary to reconcile such results and guidance to GAAP is difficult to estimate and dependent on future events outside of our control and, therefore, is not available without unreasonable efforts. Please refer to the attached Discussion Regarding the Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures in this press release for a further discussion of our use of non-GAAP measures.

“Based on strong order flow and the depth of our design win pipeline, we plan to continue to deliver outsized top line growth over the forecast horizon, towards our 60 percent gross and 30 percent operating margin target model,” said Thomas Schiller, indie’s chief financial officer and executive vice president of strategy. “In the meantime, for the third quarter of 2023, we intend to scale into a $240 million annualized revenue run-rate, up 100 percent year-over-year and 15 percent sequentially as well as up more than 10-fold versus our 2020 revenue level, with further non-GAAP gross margin improvement, yielding a narrower operating loss. Perhaps most importantly, we remain on track to achieve non-GAAP operating income in the fourth quarter of this year, driven by sustained sales growth, gross margin expansion and operating expense leverage.”

indie’s Q2 2023 Conference Call

indie Semiconductor will host a conference call with analysts to discuss its second quarter 2023 results and business outlook today at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. To listen to the conference call via the Internet, please go to the Financials tab on the Investors page of indie’s website. To listen to the conference call via telephone, please call (877) 451-6152 (domestic) or (201) 389-0879 (international), Conference ID: 13739919.

A replay of the conference call will be available beginning at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time on August 10, 2023 until 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on August 24, 2023 under the Financials tab on the Investors page of indie’s website, or by calling (844) 512-2921 (domestic) or (412) 317-6671 (international), Replay Pin Number: 13739919.

About indie

indie is empowering the Autotech revolution with next generation automotive semiconductors and software platforms. We focus on developing innovative, high-performance and energy-efficient technology for ADAS, user experience and electrification applications. Our mixed-signal SoCs enable edge sensors spanning Radar, LiDAR, Ultrasound, and Computer Vision, while our embedded system control, power management and interfacing solutions transform the in-cabin experience and accelerate increasingly automated and electrified vehicles. We are an approved vendor to Tier 1 partners and our solutions can be found in marquee automotive OEMs worldwide. Headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA, indie has design centers and regional support offices across the United States, Canada, Argentina, Scotland, England, Germany, Hungary, Morocco, Israel, Japan, South Korea and China.

Please visit us at www.indiesemi.com to learn more.

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