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Symbotic Inc · Q3 2024 earnings

Q3 2024 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Symbotic reported third quarter fiscal year 2024 results, with record revenue driven by system deployments, but system gross margin fell below expectations due to elongated construction schedules and implementation costs.

Symbotic announced its third quarter fiscal year 2024 results, reporting record revenue of $492 million, a net loss of $14 million, and adjusted EBITDA of $15 million. The company's performance was driven by increased system deployments, although system gross margin fell below expectations due to construction and implementation challenges. Looking ahead, Symbotic anticipates revenue between $455 million and $475 million and adjusted EBITDA between $28 million and $32 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024.

  • Symbotic posted revenue of $492 million, a new record for the quarter.
  • Net loss stood at $14 million, an improvement compared to the same quarter last year.
  • Adjusted EBITDA was $15 million, also an improvement from the previous year.
  • Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities totaled $870 million at the end of the quarter.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$492M

Previous: $312M+57.7%
EPS

-$0.02

Previous: -$0.07+71.4%
Adjusted EBITDA

$2.74M

Previous: -$3.36M+181.5%
Gross profit margin

11.7%

No prior period
Adjusted gross profit margin

13.6%

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

-$21.5M

Previous: -$20.4M-5.6%
Free Cash Flow

-$24M

Previous: -$24.7M+2.9%
Net Income

-$2.49M

Previous: -$4.35M+42.8%
Operating Income

-$25.2M

Previous: -$42M+40.0%
Gross Profit

$67.4M

Previous: $52.9M+27.4%
R&D Expense

$44.7M

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$29.3M

Previous: $37M-20.7%

Revenue & EPS history

Symbotic · Revenue · Quarterly

$492M

Q3 2024+57.7%vs Q3 2023
Beat estimate in 12 of 15 quarters(80%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Symbotic · $392M total across 3 segments · Q4 2023

  • Systems
    $380M+60.0%
  • Operation services
    $9.55M+65.1%
  • Software maintenance and support
    $2.14M+128.8%

Forward guidance

For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024, Symbotic expects revenue of $455 million to $475 million, and adjusted EBITDA of $28 million to $32 million.

Tailwinds

  • Revenue expected between $455 million and $475 million.
  • Adjusted EBITDA expected between $28 million and $32 million.
  • System costs are expected to decline.
  • Gross margin expected to return to historical levels.
  • Focus on improving planning, speed of implementation and project management.

Headwinds

  • Improving deployment process may temporarily slow revenue growth.
  • System gross margin fell below expectations due to elongated construction schedules and implementation costs.
  • Challenges in planning, speed of implementation, and project management.
  • Uncertainty regarding the provision for stock-based compensation.
  • Inability to reasonably predict certain items required for reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to net loss.

Historical earnings impact

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

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q3 2024

Historical avgQ3 2024

+5.1%

Avg return

Earnings day

+7.8%

Avg return

5 days after

-1.6%

Avg return

30 days after

60%

12 / 20 earnings

Positive

+40.0%

Q4 2023

Best reaction

-29.8%

Q3 2024

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q2 2026-7.9%-16.1%-28.1%
Q1 2026+0.6%+17.3%-9.1%
Q4 2025+39.0%+51.0%+5.1%
Q3 2025+3.8%-1.2%-7.7%
Q2 2025+5.1%+18.9%+32.7%
Q1 2025-15.9%-5.8%-24.7%
Q4 2024+32.3%+31.5%-18.7%
Q3 2024-29.8%-38.9%-48.4%
Q2 2024+13.1%+1.6%-3.1%
Q1 2024-24.9%-7.4%-17.3%
Q4 2023+40.0%+38.3%+37.4%
Q3 2023+36.6%+27.1%-6.3%
Q2 2023-11.9%+1.8%+24.2%
Q1 2023+13.7%+10.4%+16.3%
Q4 2022+14.7%+36.4%+26.8%
Q3 2022-7.0%-9.4%-30.4%
Q2 2022+0.6%+0.7%+17.7%
Q1 2022+0.0%+0.2%+0.2%
Q3 2021-0.2%+0.1%+0.5%
Q2 2021+0.4%-0.2%+0.0%
Q1 2021

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