Luminar Provides Q3 2021 Business Update and Financials

Spotlighting New Commercial Wins and Strategic Partners; Securing Supply Chain; Accelerating Software Development

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Luminar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: LAZR), the global leader in automotive lidar hardware and software technology, today announced its quarterly business update and financial results for the third quarter of 2021, ended September 30, 2021. Building on Luminar’s commercial momentum, this week the company announced that NVIDIA has selected Luminar1 for its autonomous vehicle platform known as NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion, which is available now for 2024 vehicle models.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211111005982/en/

“This quarter was one to remember with the debut of our Proactive Safety software, new top vehicle integration partnerships, two trucking wins, closing the acquisition of a key supplier, world-class leadership additions, and the culmination of our platform win with NVIDIA,” said Austin Russell, Luminar Founder and CEO. “At the same time, we’ve been meeting or beating all five of our company-level milestones we outlined towards the beginning of the year through relentless execution and commercial success. We look forward to powering the safest production vehicles on the road and enabling the first truly autonomous capabilities.”

Today, Luminar released a video update regarding the path to series production of its Iris sensor. The video can be viewed at: www.luminartech.com/path.

Major 2021 Milestones and Q3 Company Highlights:

Today, Luminar reported progress against its five key 2021 milestones.

  1. Iris Industrialization for Series Production: Product development and tooling are both predominantly complete, and Luminar is entering the C-phase of its product lifecycle. Luminar continues to work closely with its manufacturing partners Celestica and Fabrinet and has successfully secured next year’s supply chain.
  2. Software & Product Development: In Q3, Luminar debuted its Proactive Safety™ functionality, which is enabled by its Sentinel software, at IAA Mobility2. The company has successfully developed its alpha version of the full-stack Sentinel solution, and demonstrated both advanced automatic emergency braking and assisted highway driving capabilities. Luminar expects to unveil to the public its Sentinel alpha on Iris at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January.
  3. Commercial Programs & Customer Adoption: Luminar confirmed it achieved its goal of six major commercial wins this year, with the addition of NVIDIA and Polestar’s public disclosure. In Q3, Luminar’s technology was also selected by two of the leading autonomous trucking companies, Embark Trucks, Inc. and Kodiak Robotics, Inc. Additionally, Luminar announced new vehicle integration partnerships with two of the top automotive roof suppliers, Webasto and Inalfa, streamlining customer integration.
  4. Forward-Looking Order Book: Luminar remains on-track for its goal of at least 60% year-over-year growth of its forward-looking order book in 2021 based on continued commercial acceleration of significant wins and volume opportunities.
  5. Liquidity and Cash Position: Luminar remains on-track to achieve its target of ending the year with more cash on the balance sheet compared to year-end 2020.

Key Q3 2021 Financials:

After raising its revenue guidance the prior quarter, Luminar is maintaining its full-year 2021 guidance of $30 to $33 million. Key financial highlights for the quarter ended September 30, 2021:

  • Revenue was $8.0 million, up 89% year-over-year and up 26% compared to the prior quarter.
  • GAAP and Non-GAAP net loss: GAAP net loss was $51.3 million, or $(0.15) per share compared to a GAAP net loss of $37.5 million, or $(0.29) per share for the third quarter of 2020. Non-GAAP net loss was $36.0 million, or $(0.10) per share, compared to a non-GAAP net loss of $28.2 million, or $(0.22) per share, basic and diluted, for the third quarter of 2020.
  • Cash, Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities were $544.9 million as of September 30, 2021, compared to $485.7 million as of December 31, 2020. Cash spend (operating cash flow less capital expenditures) was $37.5 million in Q3 and $98.4 million year-to-date.

__________________________________

1 https://www.luminartech.com/nvidia
2 https://www.luminartech.com/iaa2021/

Webcast Details

Founder and CEO Austin Russell and CFO Tom Fennimore will host a video webcast, featuring a business update followed by a live Q&A session.

What: Video Webcast featuring Quarterly Business Update, Q3 Financials and Live Q&A
Date: Today, November 11, 2021
Time: 2:00 p.m. PT (5:00 p.m. ET)

A live webcast of the event will be available on Luminar’s Investor site at https://luminartech.com/quarterlyreview.
A replay of the webcast will be available following the presentation.

For additional information or to be added to our investor distribution list, please visit us at https://investors.luminartech.com/ir-resources/email-alerts.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to disclosing financial measures prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), this press release contains certain non-GAAP financial measures. Non-GAAP financial measures do not have any standardized meaning and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. Luminar considers these non-GAAP financial measures to be important because they provide useful measures of the operating performance of the Company, exclusive of factors that do not directly affect what we consider to be our core operating performance, as well as unusual events. The Company’s management uses these measures to (i) illustrate underlying trends in the Company’s business that could otherwise be masked by the effect of income or expenses that are excluded from non-GAAP measures, and (ii) establish budgets and operational goals for managing the Company’s business and evaluating its performance. In addition, investors often use similar measures to evaluate the operating performance of a company. Non-GAAP financial measures are presented only as supplemental information for purposes of understanding the Company’s operating results. The non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP.

This presentation includes non-GAAP financial measures, including non-GAAP net loss, Free Cash Flow (“FCF”) and Order Book. Non-GAAP net loss is defined as GAAP net loss plus stock-based compensation expense, plus amortization of intangible assets, plus change in fair value of warrant liabilities, plus loss on extinguishment of debt, plus expenses related to registration statement on Form S-1 on behalf of selling stockholders, plus benefit from income taxes. FCF is defined as operating cash flow less capital expenditures.

Order Book is defined as the forward-looking cumulative sales estimates of Luminar’s hardware and software products over the lifetime of given programs which Luminar’s technology is integrated into or provided for, based primarily on projected/actual contractual pricing terms and good faith estimates of “take rates” of Luminar’s technology on vehicles. Such anticipated programs and volumes/take rates are based on commitments by our partners that are dependent on successful performance through development and validation and entering definitive purchase orders for series production, which may change for a variety of reasons as disclosed herein and other SEC filings, including, without limitation, the risks set forth in the “Forward-Looking Statements” section below. Customer production vehicle volume estimates (and take rates when applicable) are largely sourced from (i) the OEM/customer, (ii) IHS Markit or other third party estimates, and/or (iii) Luminar’s management good faith estimates.

Luminar defines a “major win” as a written agreement with a major industry player, including based on their past experience in high volume production, leadership in autonomy, or market leadership, that selects our technology for what is expected to be a significant commercial program, including OEM series production programs. We only include major commercial wins, disclosed or undisclosed, in our forward-looking order book calculation, which are subject to the risks set forth in the “Forward-Looking Statements” section below. Note, NVIDIA is a major commercial win because they publicly announced selection of our lidar as part of their Hyperion reference platform, which is expected to result in significant commercial programs. NVIDIA is a technology/platform provider and relevant written agreements would ultimately be made directly with the end user of NVIDIA’s Hyperion reference platform.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements included in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally are accompanied by words such as “aims”, “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “set,” “continue,” “towards,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “should,” “would,” “forward,” and similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the commercial implications of Luminar’s selection by NVIDIA to be part of its Hyperion platform and the extent to which this will lead to significant customer programs, the expected timing of entering into the C-phase for Luminar’s Iris sensor, the delivery timing of the full-stack Sentinel software and its expected functionality and safety benefits, that Luminar will succeed in achieving its commercial wins target in 2021, that Luminar will achieve its order book growth outlook, and that Luminar will meet its year-end cash position target. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this press release, and on the current expectations of Luminar's management and are not predictions of actual performance. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements including the risks discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by Luminar on April 14, 2021, the registration statements on Form S-1 (Nos. 333-251657 and 333-257989) filed with the SEC and amendments thereto, and other documents Luminar files with the SEC in the future. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made and Luminar undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release.

About Luminar

Luminar Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: LAZR) is transforming automotive safety and autonomy by delivering lidar and associated software that meets the industry’s stringent performance, safety, and economic requirements. Luminar has rapidly gained over 50 industry partners, including a majority of the top global automotive OEMs. In 2020, Luminar signed the industry’s first production deal for autonomous consumer vehicles with Volvo Cars, which now expects to make Luminar’s technology part of the standard safety package on their next generation electric SUV. Additional customer wins include SAIC, Daimler Truck AG, Intel’s Mobileye, Pony.ai and Airbus UpNext. Founded in 2012, Luminar employs approximately 400 with offices in Palo Alto, Orlando, Colorado Springs, Detroit, and Munich. For more information, please visit www.luminartech.com.

LUMINAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

December 31, 2020

ASSETS

 

 

 

Current Assets:

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

129,323

 

 

$

208,944

 

Restricted cash

 

725

 

 

 

775

 

Marketable securities

 

415,544

 

 

 

276,710

 

Accounts receivable

 

1,033

 

 

 

5,971

 

Inventories, net

 

7,871

 

 

 

3,613

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

23,883

 

 

 

4,797

 

Total current assets

 

578,379

 

 

 

500,810

 

Property and equipment, net

 

11,128

 

 

 

7,689

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

10,165

 

 

 

 

Intangible assets, net

 

2,488

 

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

3,110

 

 

 

701

 

Other non-current assets

 

2,536

 

 

 

1,151

 

Total assets

$

607,806

 

 

$

510,351

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

Accounts payable

$

9,682

 

 

$

6,039

 

Accrued and other current liabilities

 

18,551

 

 

 

10,452

 

Operating lease liabilities

 

4,927

 

 

 

 

Debt, current

 

66

 

 

 

99

 

Total current liabilities

 

33,226

 

 

 

16,590

 

Warrant liabilities

 

27,753

 

 

 

343,400

 

Debt, non-current

 

177

 

 

 

302

 

Operating lease liabilities, non-current

 

6,639

 

 

 

 

Other non-current liabilities

 

911

 

 

 

1,318

 

Total liabilities

 

68,706

 

 

 

361,610

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

Class A common stock

 

26

 

 

 

22

 

Class B common stock

 

10

 

 

 

11

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

1,287,558

 

 

 

733,175

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

100

 

 

 

34

 

Accumulated deficit

 

(748,594

)

 

 

(584,501

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

539,100

 

 

 

148,741

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$

607,806

 

 

$

510,351

 

LUMINAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

2021

 

2020

 

2021

 

2020

Revenue

$

7,978

 

 

$

4,223

 

 

$

19,600

 

 

$

11,519

 

Cost of sales

 

10,762

 

 

 

6,924

 

 

 

26,254

 

 

 

18,209

 

Gross loss

 

(2,784

)

 

 

(2,701

)

 

 

(6,654

)

 

 

(6,690

)

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development

 

25,890

 

 

 

10,152

 

 

 

59,813

 

 

 

28,268

 

Sales and marketing

 

5,868

 

 

 

2,332

 

 

 

12,010

 

 

 

5,407

 

General and administrative

 

35,603

 

 

 

6,611

 

 

 

65,113

 

 

 

16,116

 

Total operating expenses

 

67,361

 

 

 

19,095

 

 

 

136,936

 

 

 

49,791

 

Loss from operations

 

(70,145

)

 

 

(21,796

)

 

 

(143,590

)

 

 

(56,481

)

Other income (expense), net:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in fair value of warrant liabilities

 

17,072

 

 

 

(7,988

)

 

 

(22,649

)

 

 

(12,562

)

Loss on extinguishment of debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(866

)

Interest expense and other

 

(374

)

 

 

(1,076

)

 

 

(860

)

 

 

(2,097

)

Interest income and other

 

843

 

 

 

(351

)

 

 

1,744

 

 

 

(221

)

Total other income (expense), net

 

17,541

 

 

 

(9,415

)

 

 

(21,765

)

 

 

(15,746

)

Loss before benefit from income taxes

 

(52,604

)

 

 

(31,211

)

 

 

(165,355

)

 

 

(72,227

)

Benefit from income taxes

 

(1,264

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,262

)

 

 

 

Net loss

$

(51,340

)

 

$

(31,211

)

 

$

(164,093

)

 

$

(72,227

)

Net loss attributable to common stockholders

$

(51,340

)

 

$

(37,458

)

 

$

(164,093

)

 

$

(78,474

)

Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

$

(0.15

)

 

$

(0.29

)

 

$

(0.48

)

 

$

(0.61

)

Shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to common stockholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

 

352,122,485

 

 

 

130,601,660

 

 

 

341,858,435

 

 

 

129,643,774

 

LUMINAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

2021

 

2020

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

Net loss

$

(164,093

)

 

$

(72,227

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

2,240

 

 

 

1,929

 

Noncash lease expense related to operating lease right-of-use assets

 

2,682

 

 

 

 

Change in fair value of warrants

 

22,649

 

 

 

12,562

 

Share-based compensation—vendor payments

 

2,744

 

 

 

 

Impairment of inventories

 

1,601

 

 

 

4,393

 

Loss on extinguishment of debt

 

 

 

 

866

 

Share-based compensation

 

49,904

 

 

 

4,710

 

Warranty related to sensors

 

1,239

 

 

 

 

Deferred taxes

 

(1,264

)

 

 

 

Other

 

883

 

 

 

389

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

5,748

 

 

 

723

 

Inventories

 

(6,658

)

 

 

(3,206

)

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

(16,971

)

 

 

(3,571

)

Other non-current assets

 

(88

)

 

 

544

 

Accounts payable

 

3,330

 

 

 

2,462

 

Accrued and other current liabilities

 

5,893

 

 

 

2,885

 

Other non-current liabilities

 

(4,095

)

 

 

(190

)

Net cash used in operating activities

 

(94,256

)

 

 

(47,731

)

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

Cash received from acquisition of Optogration, Inc.

 

358

 

 

 

 

Purchases of marketable securities

 

(530,179

)

 

 

(123,403

)

Proceeds from maturities of marketable securities

 

306,907

 

 

 

8,465

 

Proceeds from sales of marketable securities

 

83,493

 

 

 

4,448

 

Purchases of property and equipment

 

(4,155

)

 

 

(1,963

)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(143,576

)

 

 

(112,453

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of Series X convertible preferred stock

 

 

 

 

170,000

 

Issuance cost paid for Series X convertible preferred stock

 

 

 

 

(5,662

)

Proceeds from the issuance of debt

 

 

 

 

31,910

 

Repayment of debt

 

(159

)

 

 

(11,206

)

Proceeds from exercise of warrants

 

153,927

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

 

4,738

 

 

 

 

Other financing activities

 

(345

)

 

 

(1,238

)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

158,161

 

 

 

183,804

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

(79,671

)

 

 

23,620

 

Beginning cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

209,719

 

 

 

27,305

 

Ending cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

$

130,048

 

 

$

50,925

 

LUMINAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Reconciliation of GAAP Net Loss to Non-GAAP Net Loss

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

2021

 

2020

 

2021

 

2020

GAAP net loss attributable to common stockholders

$

(51,340

)

 

$

(37,458

)

 

$

(164,093

)

 

$

(78,474

)

Non-GAAP adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation

 

33,520

 

 

 

1,297

 

 

 

49,887

 

 

 

4,710

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

162

 

 

 

 

 

 

162

 

 

 

 

Expenses related to registration statement on Form S-1 on behalf of selling stockholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,982

 

 

 

 

Change in fair value of warrant liabilities

 

(17,072

)

 

 

7,988

 

 

 

22,649

 

 

 

12,562

 

Loss on extinguishment of debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

866

 

Benefit from income taxes

 

(1,264

)

 

 

(1,264

)

 

 

(1,262

)

 

 

 

Non-GAAP net loss attributable to common stockholders

$

(35,994

)

 

$

(28,173

)

 

$

(90,675

)

 

$

(60,336

)

GAAP net loss per share attributable to common stockholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

$

(0.15

)

 

$

(0.29

)

 

$

(0.48

)

 

$

(0.61

)

Non-GAAP net loss per share attributable to common stockholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

$

(0.10

)

 

$

(0.22

)

 

$

(0.27

)

 

$

(0.47

)

Shares used in computing GAAP net loss per share attributable to common stockholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

 

352,122,485

 

 

 

130,601,660

 

 

 

341,858,435

 

 

 

129,643,774

 

Shares used in computing Non-GAAP net loss per share attributable to common stockholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

 

352,122,485

 

 

 

130,601,660

 

 

 

341,858,435

 

 

 

129,643,774

 

 

Media Relations:
Press@luminartech.com

Investor Relations:
Trey Campbell
trey.campbell@luminartech.com

Source: Luminar Technologies, Inc.