Kornit Digital Reports 2018 First Quarter Results Nasdaq:KRNT

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First quarter 2018 revenues of $31.1 million net of $42 thousand attributed to the non-cash impact of warrants, compared to $27.1 million net of $938 thousand attributed to the non-cash impact of warrants in the prior year period. First quarter GAAP operating income of $0.09 million, or 0.3% of revenues; non-GAAP operating income of $1.7 million, or 5.5% of revenues. First quarter GAAP net income of $565 thousand, or $0.02 per diluted share; non-GAAP net income of $2.1 million, or $0.06 per diluted share. Newly introduced Avalanche HD system and upgrade sales ahead of expectations; received significant orders from existing and new customers.

ROSH-HA`AYIN, Israel, May 08, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kornit Digital Ltd. (NASDAQ: KRNT ), a leading provider of digital printing solutions for the global printed textile industry, today reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018.

Non-GAAP figures in today's press release are presented using a different methodology compared to previous periods as a result of comments from the US Securities and Exchange Commission. These changes also impact the Company's guidance methodology.

Revenues for the first quarter of 2018 were $31.1 million, which represents a 14.8% increase compared to the prior year period of $27.1 million. The non-cash impact of the warrants deducted from the revenues was $42 thousand in the first quarter of 2018 compared to $938 thousand in the first quarter of 2017. Higher revenue in the quarter was attributable to growth in both Products and Services.

GAAP net income in the first quarter of 2018 was $565 thousand, or $0.02 per diluted share, compared to GAAP net loss of $(1.7) million, or $(0.05) per diluted share in the first quarter of 2017. On a non-GAAP basis net income was $2.1 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, compared to prior-year non-GAAP net loss of $(547) thousand, or $(0.02) per diluted share.

Gabi Seligsohn, Kornit Digital's Chief Executive Officer commented, 'We are pleased to report an exceptionally strong start to the year, with sales and operating margins both ahead of our expected guidance range. Growth in the quarter was broad based and included a diversity of customers and product categories, led by faster-than-expected customer adoption of Avalanche HD systems and upgrades, which exceeded $5 million in orders in the first quarter. We are also very pleased to report that to date in the second quarter, we have received orders for an additional $10 million of Avalanche HD systems and upgrades. As we look to the balance of the year, we are poised for our momentum to continue, supported by the launch of the Storm HD6 and a large-scale customer program, which is resuming deliveries in the second quarter.'

First Quarter Results of Operations

Kornit reported first quarter revenues, net of the non-cash impact of warrants, of $31.1 million, compared with the prior-year period level of $27.1 million. The total non-cash impact of the warrants deducted from revenues was $42 thousand in the first quarter of 2018 and $938 thousand in the first quarter of 2017. Higher revenue in the quarter was attributable to growth in both Products and Services, in particular, strong adoption of the Avalanche HD6 and upgrades.

On a GAAP basis, first quarter gross profit was $15.4 million, compared with $11.9 million, in the prior-year period. Non-GAAP gross profit in the first quarter was $15.6 million, or 50.0% of revenues compared with $12.1 million, or 44.5% gross margin in the first quarter of 2017. Higher gross margins primarily reflected a favorable product mix compares to first Quarter of 2017 and an increase in system's upgrade revenues.

On a GAAP basis, total operating expenses in the first quarter were $15.3 million, compared to $13.2 million in the prior year period. Non-GAAP operating expenses in the first quarter increased to $13.9 million, or 44.5% of revenues, compared to $12.0 million, or 44.2% of revenues in the prior year period. The increase in total operating expenses was consistent with the previously stated growth strategy, as the Company continues to execute to its global infrastructure build out and was specifically impacted by costs associated with increased headcount expenses.

First quarter GAAP research and development expenses were $5.3 million, compared to the prior-year period of $4.8 million. First quarter non-GAAP research and development expenses were $5.1 million, or 16.4% of revenues, compared to $4.7 million, or 17.2% of revenues in the prior-year period.

First quarter GAAP selling and marketing expenses were $5.8 million, compared to the prior-year period of $5.6 million. First quarter non-GAAP selling and marketing expenses were $5.4 million, or 17.3% of revenues, compared to $4.9 million, or 18.2% of revenues in the prior-year period.

First quarter GAAP general and administrative expenses were $4.0 million, compared to the prior-year period of $2.8 million. First quarter non-GAAP general and administrative expenses were $3.4 million, or 10.8% of revenues, compared to $2.4 million, or 8.8% of revenues in the prior-year period.

On a GAAP basis, first quarter operating income was $92 thousand, compared to the prior year period operating loss of $(1.3) million. Non-GAAP operating income in the first quarter increased to $1.7 million, compared to $94 thousand in the prior year period. As a percent of revenues, adjusted operating margin for the first quarter was 5.5% of revenues, compared with 0.3% of revenues in the first quarter of 2017.

On a GAAP basis, the Company reported net income of $565 thousand, or $0.02 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $(1.7) million, in the first quarter of 2017. Non-GAAP net income for the first quarter of 2018 was $2.1 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $(547) thousand, or $(0.02) per diluted share in the prior year period.

Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
At March 31, 2018, the Company had cash, cash equivalent, short term deposits and marketable securities of $98.2 million. Cash flow from operating activity for the first quarter 2018 was $1.8 million.

Second Quarter 2018 Guidance
The Company will discuss the details of its guidance live during its earnings conference call, which will be available for replay via webcast at ir.kornit.com .

Conference Call Information
Gabi Seligsohn, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, and Guy Avidan, the Company's Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call today at 5:00 p.m. ET, or 0:00 a.m. Israel time, to discuss the results, followed by a question and answer session for the investment community. A live webcast of the call can be accessed at ir.kornit.com. To access the call, participants may dial toll-free at 1-800-239-9838 or +1-323-794-2551. The toll-free Israeli number is 1 80 921 2883. The confirmation code is 9100005.

To listen to a telephonic replay of the conference call, dial toll-free 1-844-512-2921 or +1-412-317-6671 (international) and enter confirmation code 9100005. The telephonic replay will be available beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, and will last through 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, May 22, 2018. The call will also be available for replay via the webcast link on Kornit's Investor Relations website.

Forward Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other U.S. securities laws. Forward-looking statements are characterized by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "continue," "believes," "should," "intended," "guidance," "preliminary," "future," "planned," or other words. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to the company's objectives, plans and strategies, statements of preliminary or projected results of operations or of financial condition and all statements that address activities, events or developments that the company intends, expects, projects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties. The company has based these forward-looking statements on assumptions and assessments made by its management in light of their experience and their perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors they believe to be appropriate. Important factors that could cause actual results, developments and business decisions to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements include, among other things: our success in developing, introducing and selling new or improved products and product enhancements, our ability to consummate sales to large accounts with multi-system delivery plans, our ability to fill orders for our systems, our ability to continue to increase sales of our systems and ink and consumables, our ability to leverage our global infrastructure build-out, the development of the market for digital textile printing, availability of alternative ink, competition, sales concentration, changes to our relationships with suppliers, our success in marketing, and those factors referred to under "Risk Factors" in the company's final prospectus filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on January 26, 2018. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date hereof, and the company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

Non-GAAP Discussion Disclosure
Non-GAAP financial measures consist of GAAP financial measures adjusted to exclude, share-based compensation expenses, acquisition related costs, restructuring expenses and amortization of acquired intangible assets. The purpose of such adjustments is to give an indication of our performance exclusive of non-cash charges and other items that are considered by management to be outside of our core operating results. These non-GAAP measures are among the primary factors management uses in planning for and forecasting future periods. Furthermore, the non-GAAP measures are regularly used internally to understand, manage and evaluate our business and make operating decisions, and we believe that they are useful to investors as a consistent and comparable measure of the ongoing performance of our business. However, our non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable GAAP measures, and should be read only in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. Additionally, these non-GAAP financial measures may differ materially from the non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies.

About Kornit
Kornit Digital (NASDAQ: KRNT ) develops, manufactures and markets industrial digital printing technologies for the garment, apparel and textile industries. Kornit delivers complete solutions, including digital printing systems, inks, consumables, software and after-sales support. Leading the digital direct-to-garment printing market with its exclusive eco-friendly NeoPigment printing process, Kornit caters directly to the changing needs of the textile printing value chain. Kornit's technology enables innovative business models based on web-to-print, on-demand and mass customization concepts. With its immense experience in the direct-to-garment market, Kornit also offers a revolutionary approach to the roll-to-roll textile printing industry: digitally printing with a single ink set onto multiple types of fabric with no additional finishing processes. Founded in 2003, Kornit Digital is a global company, headquartered in Israel with offices in the USA, Europe and Asia Pacific, and serves customers in more than 100 countries worldwide.

KORNIT DIGITAL LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data) Three Months Ended March 31, 2018 2017 (Unaudited) Revenues Products $ 26,758 $ 24,630 Services 4,362 2,472 Total revenues 31,120 27,102 Cost of revenues Products 11,039 12,083 Services 4,692 3,124 Total cost of revenues 15,731 15,207 Gross profit 15,389 11,895 Operating expenses: Research and development 5,272 4,780 Selling and marketing 5,849 5,558 General and administrative 4,028 2,837 Restructuring expenses 148 - Total operating expenses 15,297 13,175 Operating income (loss) 92 (1,280 ) Financial income (expenses), net 533 (296 ) Income (loss) before taxes on income 625 (1,576 ) Taxes on income 60 161 Net income (loss) 565 (1,737 ) Basic net income (loss) per share $ 0.02 $ (0.05 ) Weighted average number of shares used in computing basic net income (loss) per share 34,269,217 32,658,344 Diluted net income (loss) per share $ 0.02 $ (0.05 ) Weighted average number of shares used in computing diluted net income (loss) per share 34,729,450 32,658,344

KORNIT DIGITAL LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES RECONCILATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data) Three Months Ended March 31, 2018 2017 (Unaudited) GAAP cost of revenues $ 15,731 $ 15,207 Share-based compensation (1) (148 ) (144 ) Intangible assets amortization (2) (25 ) (25 ) Non-GAAP cost of revenues $ 15,558 $ 15,038 GAAP gross profit $ 15,389 $ 11,895 Gross profit adjustments 173 169 Non-GAAP gross profit $ 15,562 $ 12,064 GAAP operating expenses $ 15,297 $ 13,175 Share-based compensation (1) (1,057 ) (794 ) Intangible assets amortization (2) (241 ) (411 ) Restructuring expenses (148 ) - Non-GAAP operating expenses $ 13,851 $ 11,970 GAAP Taxes on income $ 60 $ 161 Tax effect on to the above non-GAAP adjustments 88 184 Non-GAAP Taxes on income $ 148 $ 345 GAAP net income (loss) $ 565 $ (1,737 ) Share-based compensation (1) 1,205 938 Intangible assets amortization (2) 266 436 Restructuring expenses 148 - Tax effect on to the above non-GAAP adjustments (88 ) (184 ) Non-GAAP net income (loss) (*) $ 2,096 $ (547 ) GAAP diluted earning (loss) per share $ 0.02 $ (0.05 ) Non-GAAP diluted earning (loss) per share $ 0.06 $ (0.02 ) Weighted average number of shares Weighted average number of shares used in computing diluted GAAP net earning (loss) per share 34,729,450 32,658,344 Weighted average number of shares used in computing diluted non GAAP net earning per share 35,005,677 34,159,770 (1) Share-based compensation Cost of product 85 103 Cost of service 63 41 Research and development 174 117 Selling and marketing 228 220 General and administrative 655 457 1,205 938 (2) Intangible assets amortization Cost of product 25 25 Selling and marketing 241 411 266 436

(*) Non-GAAP net income has been updated from prior reports (a) to remove the adjustment for the non-cash impact of the warrants deducted from revenues, and (b) to reflect the tax efect of the non-GAAP adjustments.

KORNIT DIGITAL LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (U.S. dollars in thousands) March 31, December 31, 2018 2017 (Unaudited) ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS: Cash and cash equivalents $ 14,782 $ 18,629 Short-term bank deposit 7,500 4,500 Marketable securities 9,890 5,537 Trade receivables, net 25,651 23,245 Inventory 29,471 34,855 Other accounts receivable and prepaid expenses 2,239 2,661 Total current assets 89,533 89,427 LONG-TERM ASSETS: Marketable securities 66,060 68,835 Deposits and prepaid expenses 674 627 Severance pay fund 530 523 Deferred tax asset 884 564 Property and equipment, net 11,387 11,230 Intangible assets, net 1,809 2,076 Goodwill 5,092 5,092 Total long-term assets 86,436 88,947 Total assets $ 175,969 $ 178,374 LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY CURRENT LIABILITIES: Trade payables $ 7,272 $ 12,439 Employees and payroll accruals 6,695 6,338 Deferred revenues and advances from customers 2,020 1,697 Other payables and accrued expenses 5,436 5,046 Total current liabilities 21,423 25,520 LONG-TERM LIABILITIES: Accrued severance pay 1,159 1,232 Payment obligation related to acquisition - 334 Other long-term liabilities 623 589 Total long-term liabilities 1,782 2,155 SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY 152,764 150,699 Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $ 175,969 $ 178,374

KORNIT DIGITAL LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (U.S. dollars in thousands) Three Months Ended March 31, 2018 2017 (Unaudited) Cash flows from operating activities: Net Income (loss) $ 565 $ (1,737 ) Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation and amortization 1,167 1,273 Fair value of warrants deducted from revenues 42 938 Share-based compensation 1,205 938 Amortization of premium on marketable securities 117 132 Decrease (increase) in trade receivables (2,270 ) 7,226 Decrease (increase) in other receivables and prepaid expenses 417 (269 ) Decrease (increase) in inventory 4,915 (5,936 ) Increase in deferred taxes, net (309 ) (164 ) Decrease (increase) in other long term assets (45 ) 149 Decrease in trade payables (5,146 ) (209 ) Increase in employees and payroll accruals 342 254 Increase (decrease) in deferred revenues and advances from customers 304 (1,082 ) Increase in other payables and accrued expenses 887 877 Increase (decrease) in accrued severance pay, net (80 ) 32 Increase in other long term liabilities 34 236 Foreign currency translation loss on inter company balances with foreign subsidiaries (339 ) (113 ) Net cash provided by operating activities 1,806 2,545 Cash flows from investing activities: Purchase of property and equipment (482 ) (895 ) Investment in bank deposits (3,000 ) - Proceeds from maturity of marketable securities 500 4,740 Purchase of marketable securities (2,349 ) (48,128 ) Net cash used in investing activities (5,331 ) (44,283 ) Cash flows from financing activities: Proceeds from follow on offering, net - 35,630 Exercise of employee stock options 531 475 Payment of contingent consideration (900 ) (1,400 ) Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (369 ) 34,705 Foreign currency translation adjustments on cash and cash equivalents 47 14 Decrease in cash and cash equivalents (3,894 ) (7,033 ) Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period 18,629 22,789 Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period 14,782 15,770 Non-cash investing and financing activities: Purchase of property and equipment on credit 400 678 Inventory transferred to be used as property and equipment 591 322 Issuance expenses on credit - 560

Investor Contact:
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