Razer today announced our FY2020 earnings. Key highlights are as follows:
COMPANY
Record high revenue of US$1.2 billion with 48.0% year-on-year growth, driven by robust demand, as well as market share gains for the Hardware business and continued exponential growth of the Services segment.
Gross profit margin improved to 22.3%, driven by improving margins in the Hardware segment and increased contribution of the higher margin Services business to the Group.
Turned profitable with GAAP net profit of US$0.8 million, ahead of all expectations, fuelled by exceptional revenue growth and productivity improvements.
Cashflow from operating activities turned positive to US$152.9 million, driven by strong operating profits, efficient working capital management and cash discipline.
Cash balance increased to over US$600 million with no debt, one of the strongest balance sheets in the industry.
CORE SEGMENT
Hardware
Revenue grew by 51.8% year-on-year to US$1,083.7 million.
Software
Total user accounts increased 53.8% year-on-year to approximately 123 million with monthly active users surging by over 68.2%.
Services
Continued to scale up and recorded 66.8% year-on-year growth in revenue to US$128.4 million, contributing 20.8% to the Group’s gross profits with a gross margin of 43.8%.
Environmental, Social and Governance (”ESG”)
Fully compliant with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s ESG guidelines.
The Group is going above and beyond with a focus on the environment and sustainability with its #GoGreenWithRazer initiative. For further details, please visit https://www.razer.com/go-green
OUTLOOK
We are closely monitoring the market situation in light of the ** environment and our initiatives to drive outsized revenue growth and continued profitability include:
Outsized Revenue Growth:
New Hardware product introductions
Growth of Software userbase
Further investments to scale fast-growing Services business
Continued Profitability:
Improvement of Hardware margins
Strong OPEX discipline
Expansion of higher-margin Hardware and Services as part of the revenue mix
Use of Cash:
Investments in R&D for new Hardware and development of new Services
Continued share buybacks
Investment/ M&A activities
For further details, please refer to the attached earnings release and announcement.
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