NASDAQ$AEHR

Aehr Test System · Q2 2024 earnings

Q2 2024 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Reported strong revenue and earnings growth, but revised full-year fiscal 2024 guidance due to slowing electric vehicle market growth and shifts in customer product mix.

Aehr Test Systems reported a 45% increase in revenue to $21.4 million and a 63% increase in GAAP net income to $6.1 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2024. However, the company revised its full-year revenue guidance to $75 million to $85 million and GAAP net income to 20% to 25% of revenue, reflecting a more conservative outlook due to order delays.

  • Net revenue increased by 45% year-over-year to $21.4 million.
  • GAAP net income rose by 63% year-over-year to $6.1 million, or $0.20 per diluted share.
  • Non-GAAP net income increased by 49% year-over-year to $6.7 million, or $0.23 per diluted share.
  • Revised full-year fiscal 2024 revenue guidance to $75 million - $85 million and GAAP net income of 20% - 25% of revenue.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$21.4M

Previous: $14.8M+44.7%
EPS

$0.20

Previous: $0.16+25.0%
Bookings

$2.2M

No prior period
Backlog

$3M

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

-$440K

Previous: -$99K-344.4%
Free Cash Flow

$5.65M

Previous: $3.63M+55.8%
Net Income

$6.09M

Previous: $3.73M+63.5%
Operating Income

$5.47M

Previous: $3.49M+56.9%
Gross Profit

$11M

Previous: $7.91M+38.5%
R&D Expense

$1.97M

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$638K

Previous: $793K-19.5%

Revenue & EPS history

Aehr · Revenue · Quarterly

$21.4M

Q2 2024+44.7%vs Q2 2023
Beat estimate in 10 of 15 quarters(67%)
ActualEstimate

Forward guidance

Aehr is revising its expected full year total revenue to be between $75 million and $85 million, representing growth of 15% to 30% year over year, and GAAP net income of between 20% and 25% of revenue.

Tailwinds

  • Company expects continued strong demand for wafer level burn-in solutions.
  • Company anticipates increased demand from new market opportunities.
  • Company believes it is poised for continued strong growth for years to come.
  • Company is seeing a pick-up in opportunities for SiC wafer level burn-in for applications outside of the electric vehicle market, including industrial, solar, and commuter electric trains
  • Company expects to ship its first FOX production system in its third fiscal quarter for silicon photonic optical I/O

Headwinds

  • Slowing growth rate of the electric vehicle market has had a negative impact on the timing of several current and new customer orders.
  • Company is experiencing the impact of shifts in customers’ product mix.
  • Company expects a delay in the timing of new orders from current and new customers that will most likely impact this fiscal year’s revenue.
  • Uncertainty on the timing of customer orders.
  • Automotive qualification of wafer level burn-in is taking longer than anticipated.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 19 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q2 2024

Historical avgQ2 2024

+3.2%

Avg return

Earnings day

+4.5%

Avg return

5 days after

+4.9%

Avg return

30 days after

58%

37 / 64 earnings

Positive

+42.0%

Q4 2022

Best reaction

-28.9%

Q2 2025

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q3 2026+25.5%+26.3%
Q2 2026+15.9%+9.3%+5.8%
Q1 2026-16.9%-25.8%-25.2%
Q4 2025+1.4%+8.7%+36.1%
Q3 2025+29.2%+22.4%+24.6%
Q2 2025-28.9%-24.0%-37.6%
Q1 2025+21.1%+10.1%-9.3%
Q4 2024+25.4%+23.0%+8.8%
Q3 2024-0.9%+0.6%-1.6%
Q2 2024-15.5%-20.6%-23.5%
Q1 2024-14.4%-11.0%-45.7%
Q4 2023+22.7%+26.8%+14.5%
Q3 2023-18.0%-20.7%-34.6%
Q2 2023+27.4%+61.6%+100.0%
Q1 2023+20.0%+9.9%+36.0%
Q4 2022+42.0%+37.5%+108.5%
Q3 2022-5.8%-6.8%-27.1%
Q2 2022-20.9%-25.5%-40.4%
Q1 2022+32.9%+21.3%+69.6%
Q4 2021+20.1%+106.4%+100.4%
Q3 2021-3.2%-7.7%-7.3%
Q2 2021-14.6%-14.6%+3.2%
Q1 2021+6.3%-2.8%-9.0%
Q4 2020+2.0%+2.4%+0.5%
Q3 2020-18.2%-16.4%+5.7%
Q2 2020-5.0%-7.5%+0.0%
Q1 2020-1.8%+3.6%-1.2%
Q4 2019-5.4%-10.7%-20.8%
Q3 2019+17.5%+15.6%+7.1%
Q2 2019-4.7%-18.8%-12.8%
Q1 2019-8.3%-11.2%-19.0%
Q4 2018+1.1%-4.5%-10.1%
Q3 2018+6.2%+2.2%+4.5%
Q2 2018+13.3%+4.6%-11.6%
Q1 2018+29.0%+18.9%+11.7%
Q4 2017+7.9%+6.6%-23.0%
Q3 2017-8.0%-15.3%-12.6%
Q2 2017+0.9%+2.2%-0.9%
Q1 2017+7.0%+0.0%+10.0%
Q4 2016+8.3%+3.6%+16.1%
Q3 2016+7.1%
Q2 2016-17.6%
Q1 2016+9.3%
Q4 2015+1.4%
Q3 2015-7.0%
Q2 2015-4.7%
Q1 2015-3.5%
Q4 2014+9.0%
Q3 2014-4.8%
Q2 2014+2.8%
Q1 2014+15.9%
Q4 2013-4.0%
Q3 2013-1.8%
Q2 2013-6.7%
Q1 2013-4.5%
Q4 2012+0.0%
Q3 2012+0.8%
Q3 2011+0.8%
Q2 2012+5.3%
Q2 2011+5.3%
Q1 2012+2.5%
Q1 2011+2.5%
Q4 2010+2.5%
Q3 2010+4.2%

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