GAAP | Non-GAAP | |||||
2018 | 2017 | Y/Y | 2018 | 2017 | Y/Y | |
Revenue ($B) | $6.48 | $5.25 | Up 23% | $6.48 | $5.25 | Up 23% |
Gross margin | 38% | 34% | Up 4 pp | 39% | 34% | Up 5 pp |
Operating expense ($M) | $1,996 | $1,712 | Up $284 | $1,863 | $1,617 | Up $246 |
Operating income ($M) | $451 | $127 | Up $324 | $633 | $224 | Up $409 |
Net income (loss) ($M) | $337 | $(33) | Up $370 | $514 | $103 | Up $411 |
Earnings (loss) per share | $0.32 | $(0.03) | Up $0.35 | $0.46 | $0.10 | Up $0.36 |
Q4 2018 | Q4 2017 | Y/Y | Q3 2018 | Q/Q | |
Revenue ($B) | $1.42 | $1.34 | Up 6% | $1.65 | Down 14% |
Gross margin | 38% | 34% | Up 4 pp | 40% | Down 2 pp |
Operating expense ($M) | $509 | $454 | Up $55 | $511 | Down $2 |
Operating income (loss) ($M) | $28 | $(2) | Up $30 | $150 | Down $122 |
Net income (loss) ($M) | $38 | $(19) | Up $57 | $102 | Down $64 |
Earnings (loss) per share | $0.04 | $(0.02) | Up $0.06 | $0.09 | Down $0.05 |
Q4 2018 | Q4 2017 | Y/Y | Q3 2018 | Q/Q | |
Revenue ($B) | $1.42 | $1.34 | Up 6% | $1.65 | Down 14% |
Gross margin | 41% | 34% | Up 7 pp | 40% | Up 1 pp |
Operating expense ($M) | $474 | $433 | Up $41 | $476 | Down $2 |
Operating income ($M) | $109 | $19 | Up $90 | $186 | Down $77 |
Net income ($M) | $87 | $8 | Up $79 | $150 | Down $63 |
Earnings per share | $0.08 | $0.01 | Up $0.07 | $0.13 | Down $0.05 |
• | Revenue of $6.48 billion was up 23 percent year-over-year primarily driven by higher revenue in the Computing and Graphics segment. |
• | Gross margin was 38 percent compared to 34 percent for the prior year. Non-GAAP(1) gross margin was 39 percent compared to 34 percent in the prior year. Gross margin expansion was primarily driven by our new Ryzen TM, EPYC TM and Radeon TM products. |
• | Operating income was $451 million compared to $127 million in the prior year. Non-GAAP operating income was $633 million compared to $224 million in the prior year. The operating income improvement was primarily due to higher revenue and gross margin expansion partially offset by higher operating expenses. |
• | Net income was $337 million compared to a net loss of $33 million in the prior year. Non-GAAP net income was $514 million compared to $103 million in the prior year. |
• | Diluted earnings per share was $0.32 compared to a loss per share of $0.03 in 2017. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share was $0.46 compared to $0.10 in the prior year. |
• | Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities were $1.16 billion at the end of the year, down slightly from $1.18 billion at the end of 2017. |
• | Free cash flow was negative $129 million for the year due to higher inventory related to new products and to the timing of collections. |
• | Revenue of $1.42 billion was up 6 percent year-over-year primarily driven by the Computing and Graphics segment. Revenue was down 14 percent compared to the prior quarter as a result of |
• | Gross margin was 38 percent compared to 34 percent a year ago and 40 percent in the prior quarter. Fourth quarter gross margin included a $45 million charge related to older technology licenses that are no longer being used. Non-GAAP gross margin was 41 percent compared to 34 percent a year ago and 40 percent in the prior quarter. Gross margin improvements were primarily driven by Ryzen and EPYC processor sales. |
• | Operating income was $28 million compared to an operating loss of $2 million a year ago and operating income of $150 million in the prior quarter. On a non-GAAP basis, operating income was $109 million compared to $19 million a year ago and $186 million in the prior quarter. The year-over-year improvement was primarily due to the ramp of higher margin products in the Computing and Graphics segment. The decrease compared to the prior quarter was primarily due to seasonally lower Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom segment revenue and the absence of IP-related revenue, partially offset by the benefit of new Ryzen, EPYC and Radeon products. |
• | Net income was $38 million compared to a net loss of $19 million a year ago and net income of $102 million in the prior quarter. On a non-GAAP basis, net income was $87 million compared to $8 million a year ago and $150 million in the prior quarter. |
• | Diluted earnings per share was $0.04 compared to a loss per share of $0.02 a year ago and diluted earnings per share of $0.09 in the prior quarter. On a non-GAAP basis, diluted earnings per share was $0.08 compared to $0.01 a year ago and $0.13 in the prior quarter. |
• | Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities were $1.16 billion at the end of the quarter as compared to $1.06 billion at the end of the prior quarter. |
• | Free cash flow was $79 million for the quarter. |
• | Computing and Graphics segment revenue was $986 million, up 9 percent year-over-year and 5 percent compared to the prior quarter driven by strong sales of Ryzen processors. |
• | Operating income was $115 million compared to $33 million a year ago and $100 million in the prior quarter. The year-over-year improvement was primarily driven by the ramp of Ryzen processors. The improvement compared to the prior quarter was primarily driven by Ryzen processors and datacenter GPUs, which more than offset the benefit of IP-related revenue in the third quarter of 2018. |
• | Client processor average selling price (ASP) was up year-over-year and sequentially driven by Ryzen processor sales. |
• | GPU ASP was up year-over-year and sequentially primarily due to higher datacenter GPU sales. |
• | Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom segment revenue was $433 million, flat year-over-year. Revenue declined 39 percent compared to the prior quarter driven by seasonally lower semi-custom sales, partially offset by strong EPYC datacenter processor sales. |
• | Operating loss was $6 million compared to an operating loss of $13 million a year ago and operating income of $86 million in the prior quarter. The year-over-year improvement was primarily due to higher EPYC datacenter processor revenue partially offset by lower semi-custom sales and server-related investments. The decrease compared to the prior quarter was due to seasonally lower semi-custom sales, partially offset by higher EPYC datacenter processor revenue. |
• | All Other operating loss was $81 million compared to operating losses of $22 million year-over-year and $36 million in the prior quarter, primarily due to the $45 million charge related to older technology licenses. |
• | At CES 2019, AMD highlighted leaps in computing, gaming and visualization technologies expected this year based on a combination of the advanced computing and graphics designs and leading-edge 7nm manufacturing. |
• | AMD unveiled the Radeon™ VII graphics card, the world’s first 7nm gaming GPU, which features 2X the memory and 2.1X the memory bandwidth and is designed to deliver up to 29 percent higher gaming performance and up to 36 percent higher content creation performance compared to the previous generation. It is expected to be available February 2019. |
• | AMD delivered the first public demonstration of its 3rd Generation AMD Ryzen™ processor, a high performance and highly efficient desktop processor expected to be available in mid-2019. |
• | AMD announced a comprehensive notebook processor line up that further expands the company’s footprint in this growing PC market segment: |
• | 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors for ultrathin notebooks |
• | AMD Athlon™ 300 Series Mobile Processors for mainstream notebooks based on the “Zen” core architecture |
• | AMD 7th Generation A-Series processors, the company’s first-ever solutions targeting the growing Chromebook market. Acer and HP both launched products based on these new processors at the tradeshow. |
• | AMD also demonstrated the next generation AMD EPYC processors, delivering a significant increase in datacenter processing performance compared to current server processors. The next generation AMD EPYC processor is on track to start shipping in mid-2019. |
• | AMD joined the NASDAQ-100® Index composed of the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market® based on market capitalization. |
• | At AMD’s Next Horizon event in November, the Company demonstrated 7nm compute and graphics products delivering datacenter innovation: |
• | AMD launched the world’s first 7nm datacenter GPUs, the AMD Radeon Instinct™ MI60 and MI50 accelerators, designed for deep learning, HPC, cloud computing and rendering workloads. |
• | AMD shared new details on its upcoming “Zen 2” processor core architecture, including its revolutionary chiplet-based x86 CPU design which leverages AMD Infinity Fabric interconnect to link separate pieces of silicon within a single processor package. AMD provided the first public demonstration of the “Zen 2” core with its upcoming next-generation AMD EPYC processor, offering up to 64-cores per socket and revolutionary I/O. |
• | AMD announced ROCm 2.0, a new version of its open-source software platform that allows customers to deploy high-performance, energy-efficient heterogeneous computing systems in an open environment. |
• | New datacenter design wins and deployments demonstrate the power of AMD EPYC and AMD Radeon Instinct products for high-performance computing applications: |
• | Amazon Web Services announced the availability of the first EPYC processor-based instances on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud. |
• | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories and the High-Performance Computing Center of the University of Stuttgart selected AMD EPYC CPUs and AMD Radeon Instinct™ GPUs to power their new supercomputers. |
• | The Department of Energy announced the new AMD EPYC processor-powered NERSC-9 supercomputer, “Perlmutter,” scheduled for delivery in 2020. |
• | AMD further expanded the number one selling high-end desktop processor family with the availability of new AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ processors, powering the ultimate computing experiences for gamers, creators and enthusiasts. AMD also introduced new AMD Athlon™ processors with Radeon™ Vega graphics. |
• | AMD provided gamers and creators with powerful new graphics and software solutions: |
• | AMD unveiled AMD Radeon™ Vega Mobile graphics processors, including the AMD Radeon™ Pro Vega 20 and Radeon™ Pro Vega 16 graphics, which are available in Apple’s 15-inch MacBook Pro. Radeon Vega Mobile graphics enable creators with amazing performance in creative applications and deliver stunning 1080p HD gaming. |
• | AMD introduced the Radeon™ RX 590, an advanced 12nm GPU powered by the AMD “Polaris” architecture, delivering amazing gaming experiences and outstanding performance for the latest AAA, esports and VR game titles. |
• | AMD released the next generation of its consumer-focused software suite for Radeon GPUs, AMD Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition, delivering up to 15 percent average higher performance for some of today’s top game titles compared to the previous version, and new features such as device-independent wireless PC-to-VR streaming. |
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES | ||||||||||||||||||||
(In millions, except per share data) | Three Months Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||||
December 29, 2018 | September 29, 2018 | December 30, 2017 | December 29, 2018 | December 30, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
GAAP gross margin | $ | 537 | $ | 661 | $ | 452 | $ | 2,447 | $ | 1,787 | ||||||||||
GAAP gross margin % | 38 | % | 40 | % | 34 | % | 38 | % | 34 | % | ||||||||||
Impairment of technology licenses | 45 | — | — | 45 | — | |||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Non-GAAP gross margin | $ | 583 | $ | 662 | $ | 452 | $ | 2,496 | $ | 1,789 | ||||||||||
Non-GAAP gross margin % | 41 | % | 40 | % | 34 | % | 39 | % | 34 | % | ||||||||||
GAAP operating expenses | $ | 509 | $ | 511 | $ | 454 | $ | 1,996 | $ | 1,712 | ||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | 35 | 35 | 21 | 133 | 95 | |||||||||||||||
Non-GAAP operating expenses | $ | 474 | $ | 476 | $ | 433 | $ | 1,863 | $ | 1,617 | ||||||||||
GAAP operating income (loss) | $ | 28 | $ | 150 | $ | (2 | ) | $ | 451 | $ | 127 | |||||||||
Impairment of technology licenses | 45 | — | — | 45 | — | |||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | 36 | 36 | 21 | 137 | 97 | |||||||||||||||
Non-GAAP operating income | $ | 109 | $ | 186 | $ | 19 | $ | 633 | $ | 224 |
Three Months Ended | Year Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
December 29, 2018 | September 29, 2018 | December 30, 2017 | December 29, 2018 | December 30, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GAAP net income (loss) / earnings (loss) per share | $ | 38 | $ | 0.04 | $ | 102 | $ | 0.09 | $ | (19 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | 337 | $ | 0.32 | $ | (33 | ) | $ | (0.03 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Loss on debt redemption | 5 | — | 6 | — | 3 | — | 12 | 0.01 | 12 | 0.01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-cash interest expense related to convertible debt | 6 | 0.01 | 6 | 0.01 | 5 | — | 24 | 0.02 | 22 | 0.02 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | 36 | 0.03 | 36 | 0.03 | 21 | 0.02 | 137 | 0.11 | 97 | 0.09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gain on sale of 85% of ATMP | — | — | — | — | (3 | ) | — | — | — | (3 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tax provision related to sale of 85% of ATMP JV | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Impairment of technology licenses | 45 | 0.04 | — | — | — | — | 45 | 0.04 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Equity loss in investee | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 7 | 0.01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Withholding tax refund including interest | (43 | ) | (0.04 | ) | — | — | — | — | (43 | ) | (0.04 | ) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-GAAP net income / earnings per share | $ | 87 | $ | 0.08 | $ | 150 | $ | 0.13 | $ | 8 | $ | 0.01 | $ | 514 | $ | 0.46 | $ | 103 | $ | 0.10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Shares used and net income adjustment in earnings (loss) per share calculation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares used in per share calculation (GAAP) (1) | 1,079 | 1,076 | 965 | 1,064 | 952 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense add-back to GAAP net income | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares used in per share calculation (Non-GAAP) | 1,180 | 1,177 | 1,037 | 1,165 | 1,039 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense add-back to Non-GAAP net income (2) | $ | 5 | $ | 4 | $ | — | $ | 18 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) The three months and year ended December 30, 2017 GAAP net loss per share is calculated using basic shares. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) The three months and year ended December 30, 2017 do not include 100.6 million shares related to the conversion of the Company’s 2026 Convertible Notes and the interest expense add-back to Non-GAAP net income because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive under the "if-converted' method. |
1. | In this earnings press release, in addition to GAAP financial results, AMD has provided non-GAAP financial measures including non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating expense, non-GAAP operating income (loss), non-GAAP net income (loss) and non-GAAP earnings (loss) per share. These non-GAAP financial measures reflect certain adjustments as presented in the tables in this earnings press release. AMD also provided adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow as supplemental non-GAAP measures of its performance. These items are defined in the footnotes to the selected corporate data tables provided at the end of this earnings press release. AMD is providing these financial measures because it believes this non-GAAP presentation makes it easier for investors to compare its operating results for current and historical periods and also because AMD believes it assists investors in comparing AMD’s performance across reporting periods on a consistent basis by excluding items that it does not believe are indicative of its core operating performance and for the other reasons described in the footnotes to the selected data tables. Refer to the data tables at the end of this earnings press release. |
Three Months Ended | Year Ended | |||||||||||||||||||
December 29, 2018 | September 29, 2018 | December 30, 2017 | December 29, 2018 | December 30, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
Net revenue | $ | 1,419 | $ | 1,653 | $ | 1,340 | $ | 6,475 | $ | 5,253 | ||||||||||
Cost of sales | 882 | 992 | 888 | 4,028 | 3,466 | |||||||||||||||
Gross margin | 537 | 661 | 452 | 2,447 | 1,787 | |||||||||||||||
Gross margin % | 38 | % | 40 | % | 34 | % | 38 | % | 34 | % | ||||||||||
Research and development | 371 | 363 | 320 | 1,434 | 1,196 | |||||||||||||||
Marketing, general and administrative | 138 | 148 | 134 | 562 | 516 | |||||||||||||||
Licensing gain | — | — | — | — | (52 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Operating income (loss) | 28 | 150 | (2 | ) | 451 | 127 | ||||||||||||||
Interest expense | (29 | ) | (30 | ) | (31 | ) | (121 | ) | (126 | ) | ||||||||||
Other income (expense), net | 4 | (6 | ) | 2 | — | (9 | ) | |||||||||||||
Income (loss) before equity loss and income taxes | 3 | 114 | (31 | ) | 330 | (8 | ) | |||||||||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes | (35 | ) | 12 | (12 | ) | (9 | ) | 18 | ||||||||||||
Equity loss in investee | — | — | — | (2 | ) | (7 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net Income (loss) | $ | 38 | $ | 102 | $ | (19 | ) | $ | 337 | $ | (33 | ) | ||||||||
Earnings (loss) per share | ||||||||||||||||||||
Basic | $ | 0.04 | $ | 0.10 | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | 0.34 | $ | (0.03 | ) | ||||||||
Diluted | $ | 0.04 | $ | 0.09 | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | 0.32 | $ | (0.03 | ) | ||||||||
Shares used in per share calculation | ||||||||||||||||||||
Basic | 1,002 | 987 | 965 | 982 | 952 | |||||||||||||||
Diluted | 1,079 | 1,076 | 965 | 1,064 | 952 | |||||||||||||||
December 29, 2018 | December 30, 2017 | |||||||
Assets | ||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 1,078 | $ | 1,185 | ||||
Marketable securities | 78 | — | ||||||
Accounts receivable, net | 1,235 | 454 | ||||||
Inventories, net | 845 | 694 | ||||||
Prepayment and receivables - related parties | 52 | 33 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses | 57 | 77 | ||||||
Other current assets | 195 | 191 | ||||||
Total current assets | 3,540 | 2,634 | ||||||
Property and equipment, net | 348 | 261 | ||||||
Goodwill | 289 | 289 | ||||||
Investment: equity method | 58 | 58 | ||||||
Other assets | 321 | 310 | ||||||
Total Assets | $ | 4,556 | $ | 3,552 | ||||
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | ||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||
Short-term debt | $ | 136 | $ | 70 | ||||
Accounts payable | 528 | 384 | ||||||
Payables to related parties | 533 | 412 | ||||||
Accrued liabilities | 763 | 555 | ||||||
Other current liabilities | 24 | 92 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 1,984 | 1,513 | ||||||
Long-term debt, net | 1,114 | 1,325 | ||||||
Other long-term liabilities | 192 | 118 | ||||||
Stockholders' equity: | ||||||||
Capital stock: | ||||||||
Common stock, par value | 10 | 9 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 8,750 | 8,464 | ||||||
Treasury stock, at cost | (50 | ) | (108 | ) | ||||
Accumulated deficit | (7,436 | ) | (7,775 | ) | ||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | (8 | ) | 6 | |||||
Total Stockholders' equity | $ | 1,266 | $ | 596 | ||||
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | $ | 4,556 | $ | 3,552 |
Three Months Ended | Year Ended | |||||||
December 29, 2018 | December 29, 2018 | |||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) | ||||||||
Operating activities | $ | 120 | $ | 34 | ||||
Investing activities | $ | (88 | ) | $ | (170 | ) | ||
Financing activities | $ | — | $ | 28 |
In 2018, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows - Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments which reclassified certain cash receipts from operating activities to investing activities, with retrospective application. All periods presented conform to the classification requirements of the standard. The adoption of this standard does not reflect a change in the underlying business or activities and had no material impact on the Company's consolidated statements of cash flows. |
Three Months Ended | Year Ended | |||||||||||||||||||
December 29, 2018 | September 29, 2018 | December 30, 2017 | December 29, 2018 | December 30, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
Segment and Category Information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Computing and Graphics (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net revenue | $ | 986 | $ | 938 | $ | 908 | $ | 4,125 | $ | 2,977 | ||||||||||
Operating income | $ | 115 | $ | 100 | $ | 33 | $ | 470 | $ | 92 | ||||||||||
Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net revenue | $ | 433 | $ | 715 | $ | 432 | $ | 2,350 | $ | 2,276 | ||||||||||
Operating income (loss) | $ | (6 | ) | $ | 86 | $ | (13 | ) | $ | 163 | $ | 132 | ||||||||
All Other (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net revenue | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||||
Operating loss | $ | (81 | ) | $ | (36 | ) | $ | (22 | ) | $ | (182 | ) | $ | (97 | ) | |||||
Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net revenue | $ | 1,419 | $ | 1,653 | $ | 1,340 | $ | 6,475 | $ | 5,253 | ||||||||||
Operating income (loss) | $ | 28 | $ | 150 | $ | (2 | ) | $ | 451 | $ | 127 | |||||||||
Other Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditures | $ | 41 | $ | 33 | $ | 44 | $ | 163 | $ | 113 | ||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA (4) | $ | 152 | $ | 227 | $ | 58 | $ | 803 | $ | 368 | ||||||||||
Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities | $ | 1,156 | $ | 1,056 | $ | 1,185 | $ | 1,156 | $ | 1,185 | ||||||||||
Free cash flow (5) | $ | 79 | $ | 44 | $ | 322 | $ | (129 | ) | $ | (105 | ) | ||||||||
Total assets | $ | 4,556 | $ | 4,347 | $ | 3,552 | $ | 4,556 | $ | 3,552 | ||||||||||
Total debt | $ | 1,250 | $ | 1,303 | $ | 1,395 | $ | 1,250 | $ | 1,395 |
(1) | The Computing and Graphics segment primarily includes desktop and notebook processors and chipsets, discrete and integrated graphics processing units (GPUs) and professional GPUs. The Company also licenses portions of its intellectual property portfolio. | |||||||||
(2) | The Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom segment primarily includes server and embedded processors, semi-custom System-on-Chip (SoC) products, development services and technology for game consoles. The Company also licenses portions of its intellectual property portfolio. | |||||||||
(3) | All Other category primarily includes certain expenses and credits that are not allocated to any of the operating segments. Also included in this category is stock-based compensation expense. In addition, the Company also included an impairment of technology licenses in the three months and year ended December 29, 2018. | |||||||||
(4) | Reconciliation of GAAP Operating Income (Loss) to Adjusted EBITDA* |
Three Months Ended | Year Ended | |||||||||||||||||||
December 29, 2018 | September 29, 2018 | December 30, 2017 | December 29, 2018 | December 30, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
GAAP operating income (loss) | $ | 28 | $ | 150 | $ | (2 | ) | $ | 451 | $ | 127 | |||||||||
Impairment of technology licenses | 45 | — | — | 45 | — | |||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation | 36 | 36 | 21 | 137 | 97 | |||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 43 | 41 | 39 | 170 | 144 | |||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 152 | $ | 227 | $ | 58 | $ | 803 | $ | 368 |
(5) | Reconciliation of GAAP Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities to Free Cash Flow** |
Three Months Ended | Year Ended | |||||||||||||||||||
December 29, 2018 | September 29, 2018 | December 30, 2017 | December 29, 2018 | December 30, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
GAAP net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 120 | $ | 77 | $ | 366 | $ | 34 | $ | 8 | ||||||||||
Purchases of property and equipment | (41 | ) | (33 | ) | (44 | ) | (163 | ) | (113 | ) | ||||||||||
Free cash flow | $ | 79 | $ | 44 | $ | 322 | $ | (129 | ) | $ | (105 | ) |
* | The Company presents “Adjusted EBITDA” as a supplemental measure of its performance. Adjusted EBITDA for the Company is determined by adjusting operating income for stock-based compensation and depreciation and amortization expense. In addition, the Company also included an impairment of technology licenses in the three months and year ended December 29, 2018. The Company calculates and presents Adjusted EBITDA because management believes it is of importance to investors and lenders in relation to its overall capital structure and its ability to borrow additional funds. In addition, the Company presents Adjusted EBITDA because it believes this measure assists investors in comparing its performance across reporting periods on a consistent basis by excluding items that the Company does not believe are indicative of its core operating performance. The Company’s calculation of Adjusted EBITDA may or may not be consistent with the calculation of this measure by other companies in the same industry. Investors should not view Adjusted EBITDA as an alternative to the GAAP operating measure of operating income (loss) or GAAP liquidity measures of cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities. In addition, Adjusted EBITDA does not take into account changes in certain assets and liabilities as well as interest income and expense and income taxes that can affect cash flows. | |||||||||
** | The Company also presents free cash flow as a supplemental Non-GAAP measure of its performance. Free cash flow is determined by adjusting GAAP net cash provided by (used in) operating activities for capital expenditures. The Company calculates and communicates free cash flow in the financial earnings press release because management believes it is of importance to investors to understand the nature of these cash flows. The Company’s calculation of free cash flow may or may not be consistent with the calculation of this measure by other companies in the same industry. Investors should not view free cash flow as an alternative to GAAP liquidity measures of cash flows from operating activities. In 2018, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows - Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments, which reclassified certain cash receipts from operating activities to investing activities, with retrospective application. All periods presented conform to the classification requirements of the standard. The adoption of this standard does not reflect a change in the underlying business or activities and had no material impact on the Company's consolidated statements of cash flows. | |||||||||
The Company has provided reconciliations within the earnings press release of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. |