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Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Ltd. (AOSL)
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Ltd. (AOSL)
Technology
August 11, 2022
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Alpha and Omega Semiconductor
Ltd. (AOSL)
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Revenue
Computing $175 $207 $191 $67 $65 $70 $77 $279 $79 $88 $90 $90 $346
Consumer $89 $81 $90 $37 $37 $37 $37 $148 $41 $39 $45 $36 $160
Pw r. supply & Ind. $85 $88 $95 $25 $29 $33 $36 $123 $38 $38 $38 $36 $149
Communications $59 $65 $81 $20 $25 $26 $23 $94 $26 $26 $29 $30 $110
Services $12 $7 $7 $3 $3 $3 $4 $12 $4 $3 $2 $3 $12
Total $422 $451 $465 $152 $159 $169 $177 $657 $187 $193 $203 $194 $778
Q/Q ⌂
Computing N/A N/A N/A 36% (3%) 9% 10% N/A 1% 12% 2% (0%) N/A
Consumer N/A N/A N/A 33% 0% 1% 0% N/A 9% (5%) 15% (20%) N/A
Pw r. supply & Ind. N/A N/A N/A 5% 16% 13% 11% N/A 4% (0%) (0%) (5%) N/A
Communications N/A N/A N/A 2% 25% 2% (12%) N/A 14% (1%) 14% 3% N/A
Services N/A N/A N/A 31.1% 6.3% 0.0% 22.3% N/A 12.8% (17.8%) (38.2%) 38.4% N/A
Total N/A N/A N/A 24% 5% 7% 5% N/A 5% 3% 5% (5%) N/A
Y/Y ⌂
Computing 17% 18% (8%) 45% 33% 49% 57% 46% 18% 36% 28% 16% 24%
Consumer (7%) (9%) 11% 71% 74% 87% 36% 64% 11% 5% 20% (4%) 8%
Pw r. supply & Ind. 11% 3% 8% (8%) 15% 71% 52% 29% 51% 30% 16% (1%) 21%
Communications 22% 9% 26% (4%) 20% 34% 14% 16% 27% 0% 12% 32% 17%
Services 0.5% (45.5%) 2.2% 63.1% 64.0% 126.1% 70.4% 77.4% $0 13.3% (29.9%) $0 0.5%
Total 10% 7% 3% 29% 35% 58% 45% 41% 23% 22% 20% 9% 18%
Product Mix $M FY18A FY19A FY20A 1Q21A 2Q21A 3Q21A 4Q21A FY21A 1Q22A 2Q22A 3Q22A 4Q22A FY22A
Pow er Discrete $342.1 $371.8 $391.9 $119.4 $118.5 $122.6 $122.2 $482.7 $130.7 $135.0 $140.6 $138.9 $545.2
Pow er IC $67.1 $70.2 $66.4 $29.5 $37.4 $43.4 $51.5 $161.7 $52.3 $55.1 $60.4 $53.1 $220.9
Packaging and Testing $12.3 $8.9 $6.6 $2.7 $2.9 $3.2 $3.6 $12.5 $4.0 $3.2 $2.2 $2.0 $11.4
Total $421.6 $450.9 $464.9 $151.6 $158.8 $169.2 $177.3 $656.9 $187.0 $193.3 $203.2 $194.0 $777.6
Product Mix %
Pow er Discrete 81.2% 82.5% 84.3% 78.8% 74.6% 72.5% 68.9% 73.5% 69.9% 69.8% 69.2% 71.6% 70.1%
Pow er IC 15.9% 15.6% 14.3% 19.4% 23.5% 25.6% 29.0% 24.6% 28.1% 28.2% 28.8% 26.4% 28.4%
Packaging and Testing 2.9% 2.0% 1.4% 1.8% 1.9% 1.9% 2.0% 1.9% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 1.5%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Y/Y ⌂
Pow er Discrete 18.5% 8.7% 5.4% 18.7% 19.3% 40.1% 16.9% 23.2% 9.5% 13.9% 14.7% 13.6% 13.0%
Pow er IC (18.6%) 4.7% (5.5%) 87.3% 122.2% 139.5% 228.1% 143.7% 77.6% 47.4% 39.2% 3.1% 36.6%
Packaging and Testing 1.3% (28.1%) (25.5%) 77.0% 72.1% 163.1% 67.4% 88.5% 47.0% 9.2% (30.3%) (45.2%) (8.4%)
Total 10.0% 7.0% 3.1% 28.6% 34.8% 58.4% 44.9% 41.3% 23.4% 21.7% 20.1% 9.4% 18.4%
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Adj. Gross Profit 129.8 44.0 49.9 53.9 61.9 209.8 65.9 70.9 74.5 65.6 276.9 73.5 74.8 74.8 79.1 302.2 342.3
Research & Development 51.3 14.7 15.4 15.6 17.3 63.0 17.8 16.5 16.5 20.4 71.3 20.4 20.6 20.8 21.0 82.8 85.3
SG&A 64.8 17.5 19.7 19.3 20.9 77.5 21.8 24.1 24.6 24.7 95.3 25.2 25.4 25.7 26.0 102.3 105.4
Total Operating Expenses 102.0 28.6 31.5 30.9 32.8 123.9 35.1 33.5 34.0 36.7 139.3 36.7 37.1 37.5 37.9 163.9 159.2
EBIT 27.4 15.4 18.4 23.0 29.1 85.9 30.8 37.4 40.5 28.9 137.6 36.8 37.7 37.3 41.2 153.0 188.5
EBITDAS 51.8 27.6 31.6 35.9 40.9 136.1 44.8 46.7 48.4 36.9 176.8 42.0 42.9 42.1 50.7 177.7 215.8
Interest Income & Other (4.0) (0.5) 0.4 (1.8) (1.5) (3.5) (2.2) (0.1) (0.0) (0.6) (2.9) (1.2) (1.0) (1.0) (1.0) (4.2) (4.0)
Pretax Income 27.2 15.4 18.0 21.2 27.6 82.2 28.6 37.4 40.2 28.0 137.6 35.6 36.7 36.3 40.2 153.0 184.5
Total Income Taxes 0.8 (1.0) (0.7) (1.0) (1.2) (3.9) (1.3) (1.3) (2.3) (0.9) (5.8) (1.2) (1.5) (1.5) (1.6) (5.8) (9.2)
Net Income Cont. Ops 22.6 14.5 17.8 21.4 26.3 79.9 29.3 33.9 38.2 27.1 128.4 34.6 35.5 35.2 38.9 144.2 176.5
Discontinued Operations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Adjusted Net Income 22.6 14.5 17.8 21.4 26.3 79.9 29.3 33.9 38.2 27.1 128.4 34.6 35.5 35.2 38.9 144.2 176.5
GAAP Net Income (6.6) 9.6 13.7 16.1 19.5 58.8 23.4 383.1 31.7 15.1 453.2 21.9 22.8 22.5 28.3 95.5 126.1
EPS Proforma (Diluted) $0.88 $0.55 $0.65 $0.77 $0.95 $2.93 $1.06 $1.20 $1.34 $0.95 $4.55 $1.21 $1.24 $1.22 $1.34 $5.00 $6.00
GAAP EPS ($0.27) $0.38 $0.54 $0.62 $0.74 $2.28 $0.89 $14.40 $1.18 $0.56 $16.98 $0.81 $0.84 $0.82 $1.03 $3.50 $4.53
Shares Outstanding (Diluted) 24.8 25.3 25.5 25.9 26.3 25.7 26.4 26.6 26.8 27.0 26.7 27.1 27.2 27.4 27.5 27.3 27.9
Revenue YoY 3.1% 28.7% 34.7% 58.3% 44.9% 41.3% 23.4% 21.7% 20.1% 9.4% 18.4% 12.3% 9.7% 3.6% 14.0% 9.8% 11.2%
Revenue QoQ N/A 23.8% 4.8% 6.5% 4.8% N/A 5.5% 3.4% 5.1% -4.6% N/A 8.3% 1.0% -0.7% 5.0% N/A N/A
EPS YoY -28.0% 114.0% 177.9% 589.2% 221.7% 231.8% 92.2% 84.3% 74.1% 0.4% 55.4% 14.2% 3.2% -9.4% 40.7% 9.9% 23.2%
EPS QoQ N/A 87.0% 17.8% 18.6% 23.0% N/A 11.8% 12.9% 12.1% -29.0% N/A 27.1% 2.0% -1.5% 10.1% N/A N/A
Cost of Revenue 72.1% 71.0% 68.5% 68.1% 65.1% 68.1% 64.7% 63.3% 63.3% 66.2% 64.4% 65.0% 64.7% 64.5% 64.2% 64.6% 64.0%
Proforma Gross Margin 27.9% 29.0% 31.5% 31.9% 34.9% 31.8% 35.3% 36.7% 36.7% 33.8% 35.3% 35.0% 35.3% 35.5% 35.8% 35.4% 36.0%
Incremental Gross Margin 13.2% 35.3% 82.1% 38.2% 51.4% 41.7% 41.1% 78.6% 36.4% 95.9% 55.6% 49.6% 60.3% -0.2% 40.8% 33.2% 41.8%
GAAP Gross Margin 22.1% 28.1% 30.7% 31.1% 34.2% 31.1% 34.5% 35.4% 35.6% 32.6% 34.5% 33.8% 34.1% 34.3% 34.6% 34.2% 35.0%
Research & Development 11.0% 9.7% 9.7% 9.2% 9.7% 9.6% 9.5% 8.5% 8.1% 10.5% 9.2% 9.7% 9.7% 9.9% 9.5% 9.7% 9.0%
SG&A 13.9% 11.6% 12.4% 11.4% 11.8% 11.8% 11.7% 12.5% 12.1% 12.7% 12.3% 12.0% 12.0% 12.2% 11.7% 12.0% 11.1%
Total Operating Expense 21.9% 18.9% 19.8% 18.3% 18.5% 18.9% 18.8% 17.3% 16.7% 18.9% 17.9% 17.5% 17.5% 17.8% 17.1% 19.2% 16.8%
Operating Profit Margin 6.0% 10.2% 11.6% 13.6% 16.4% 12.5% 16.5% 19.3% 19.9% 14.9% 16.6% 14.8% 15.0% 16.6% 18.3% 16.2% 19.3%
Pretax Margin 5.8% 10.2% 11.4% 12.5% 15.6% 12.5% 15.3% 19.3% 19.8% 14.4% 17.7% 16.9% 17.3% 17.2% 18.2% 17.9% 19.4%
Net Margin 4.9% 9.6% 11.2% 12.6% 14.8% 12.2% 15.7% 17.5% 18.8% 14.0% 16.5% 16.5% 16.7% 16.7% 17.6% 16.9% 18.6%
Tax Rate 1.5% 6.6% 3.7% 4.8% 4.5% 5.1% 4.6% 91.2% 7.2% 3.4% 30.7% 3.5% 4.0% 4.0% 4.0% 4.3% 5.4%
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Ltd. (AOSL)
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Important Disclosures
Analyst Certification
The Benchmark Company, LLC (“Benchmark”) analyst(s) whose name(s) appears on the front page of this research report certifies that the
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securities or issues discussed herein. Furthermore, no part of the research analyst's compensation was, is, or will be, directly or indirectly,
related to the specific recommendations or views expressed by the research analyst(s) in this research report.
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Alpha and Omega Semiconductor
Ltd. (AOSL)
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Investment Risk
The Chongqing JV fab facility could fail and would materially
impact the company's ability to manufacture its products and
could negatively impact AOSL's customers, partners, and
liquidity. We believe the revenue trajectory can be achieved
based on existing market conditions and design wins the firm has
publicly acknowledged. If the market or macro conditions
deteriorate, the company would likely be negatively impacted,
which would adversely affect our revenue growth expectations.
We anticipate incremental improvements in the margin profile as
higher-value new products begin to contribute in addition to the
China fab coming online and efficiencies are recognized within a
one- to two-year period. If the company fails to achieve these
efficiencies or cannot meet yield expectations, it will materially General Disclosures
impact our projections and therefore our price target. We
believe certain risks are inherent in operating key facilities in The Benchmark Company, LLC. (“Benchmark” or “the Firm”)
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While we have no reason to believe issues will arise, we caution on the Firm’s overall revenue and profitability, which includes
any government interference or actions could disrupt a majority revenues from the Firm’s institutional sales, trading, and
of the business, with over 80% of products sold into Asia, and investment banking departments. No portion of the analyst’s
substantial manufacturing capacity, including the new JV facility compensation is based on a specific banking transaction. Analyst
on the continent. Trade tensions between the US and China are compensation is based upon a variety of factors, including the
ongoing, with no resolution to date. If the tensions escalate quality of analysis, performance of recommendations and overall
further or if AOSL customers are impacted by the government service to the Firm’s institutional clients.
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30% discount to the peer group average. When factoring the
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