Gentherm Postpones 2020 Fourth Quarter and Full-Year Earnings Release and Conference Call Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2020 Revenue Results
2021 Guidance Established
The Company announced fourth quarter 2020 product revenues of
Guidance
The Company is providing the following guidance for full-year 2021:
- Product revenues between
$1.05 billion and$1.13 billion , assuming current foreign exchange rates and light vehicle production in the Company’s key markets growing at a low-teens rate in 2021 versus 2020 - Adjusted EBITDA between 17% and 19% of product revenues
Investor Relations Contact
investors@gentherm.com
248.308.1702
Media Contact
media@gentherm.com
248.289.9702
About
Forward-Looking Statements
Except for historical information contained herein, statements in this release are forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements represent
- the COVID-19 pandemic and its direct and indirect adverse impacts on the automobile and medical industries and global economy, which had, and are likely to continue to have, an adverse effect on, among other things, the Company’s results of operations, financial condition, cash flows, liquidity, business operations and stock price;
- borrowing availability under the Company’s revolving credit facility, which was substantially less than the full amount of revolving credit facility in 2020 based on the deterioration of the Company’s financial performance during 2020 (including consolidated EBITDA) due to the COVID-19 pandemic;
- the Company’s failure to be in compliance with covenants under its debt agreements, which could result in the amounts outstanding thereunder being accelerated and becoming immediately due and payable;
- the Company’s ability to obtain additional financing by accessing the capital markets, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all;
- the macroeconomic environment, including its impact on the automotive industry, which is cyclical;
- any significant declines or slower growth than anticipated in automobile production;
- market acceptance of the Company’s existing or new products, and new or improved competing products developed by competitors with greater resources;
- shifting customer preferences, including due to the evolving use of automobiles and technology;
- the Company’s ability to project future sales volumes, based on which the Company manages its business;
- reductions in new business awards, which were limited, and may continue to be limited, due to COVID-19 and related uncertainties;
- the Company’s ability to convert new business awards into product revenues;
- the loss or insolvency of any of the Company’s key customers;
- the loss of any key suppliers, or any material delays in the supply chain of the Company or the OEMs and Tier 1s supplied by the Company, including resulting from a shortage of key components (such as semiconductors);
- the impact of price downs in the ordinary course, or additional increased pricing pressures from the Company’s customers;
- the feasibility of Company’s development of new products on a timely, cost effective basis, or at all;
- security breaches and other disruptions to the Company’s IT systems;
- work stoppages impacting the Company, its suppliers or customers;
- changes in free trade agreements or the implementation of additional tariffs, and the Company’s ability to pass-through tariff costs;
- unfavorable changes to currency exchange rates;
- the Company’s ability to protect its intellectual property in certain jurisdictions;
- the completion of the Company’s review of the valuation of certain tax assets and assessment of any related non-cash impact on its 2018 through 2020 financial statements;
- the Company’s ability to effectively implement ongoing restructuring and other cost-savings measures or realize the full amount of estimated savings; and
- compliance with, and increased costs related to, domestic and international regulations.
The foregoing risks should be read in conjunction with the Company's filings with the
Except as required by law, the Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to update any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in its expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to the results reported in accordance with GAAP throughout this release, the Company has provided information regarding adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“Adjusted EBITDA”), a non-GAAP financial measure. The Company defines Adjusted EBITDA as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, deferred financing cost amortization, and other gains and losses not reflective of the Company’s ongoing operations and related tax effects including transaction expenses, debt retirement expenses, impairment of assets held for sale, gain or loss on sale of business, restructuring expense, unrealized currency gain or loss and unrealized revaluation of derivatives.
In evaluating its business, the Company considers and uses this non-GAAP financial measure as a supplemental measure of its operating performance. Management provides such non-GAAP financial measure so that investors will have the same financial information that management uses with the belief that it will assist investors in properly assessing the Company's performance on a period-over-period basis by excluding matters not indicative of the Company’s ongoing operating results. Other companies in our industry may define and calculate this non-GAAP financial measure differently than we do and those calculations may not be comparable to our metric. This non-GAAP measure has limitations as an analytical tool, and when assessing the Company's operating performance, investors should not consider this non-GAAP measure in isolation, or as a substitute for net income, revenue or other consolidated income statement data prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Non-GAAP measures referenced in this release and other public communications may include estimates of future Adjusted EBITDA. Such forward-looking non-GAAP measures may differ significantly from the corresponding GAAP measures, due to depreciation and amortization, tax expense, and/or interest expense, some or all of which management has not quantified for the future periods.
Source: Gentherm Inc.