CERAGON NETWORKS REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2022 FINANCIAL RESULTS

RICHARDSON, Texas, May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --

Q1 2022 Financial Highlights:

• Revenues of $70.3 million
• Operating loss of $(1.3) million on a GAAP basis, or $(0.6) million on a non-GAAP basis
• EPS of $(0.03) per diluted share on a GAAP basis, or $(0.02) per diluted share on a non-GAAP basis

Q1 2022 Business Highlights:

• Strong bookings in North America, India, Europe and LATAM
• Book to bill for the trailing 12 months is above 1
  
  
• North America:
    -   Current outlook suggests another record year
    -   Acquired new 5G customers including DISH and private networks
  
  
• Europe:
    -   Record quarter surpassing the last two years in terms of bookings
    -   Leading Tier 1 operator tested Ceragon's RAON software with a third-party DCSG; results show RAON works well with other open network elements 
    -   Successful POC with a Tier1 global operator as part of their TIP activity 
    -   Acquired a Tier 2 customer; supporting their nationwide 5G projects
  
  
• India: 
    -   Continued strong demand for site upgrades and network expansions to prepare for 5G 
    -   Leading Tier 1 operator placed orders for our all-outdoor 5G-ready multicore solution, with delivery scheduled for Q2 and Q3 2022  

• LATAM: 
    -   Very strong start to the year with strong bookings 
    -   Received POs for IP50 FX from leading Tier 1 operators in Paraguay and Argentina

Ceragon Networks Ltd. CRNT, the global innovator and leading solutions provider of 5G wireless transport, today reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.

Doron Arazi, CEO, commented: "We began the year with accelerated momentum reflected by very strong bookings in Q1. We are witnessing increased operator and private network activity, especially in terms of 5G deployments in North America and Europe. While we are successfully turning this new momentum into new customers, orders, and bookings, the global component shortage, supply chain disruptions, and shipping issues continue to create irregular volatilities in our industry and adversely impact the conversion of our business successes into revenue increase and healthy margins. We are taking measures to mitigate this impact and its effects. We continue to be laser-focused on the areas that add value to our business, such as our technological leadership in our core domain and in the open network market, as well as our growing Managed Services offering."

Primary First Quarter 2022 Financial Results:

Revenues were $70.3 million, up 2.9% from $68.3 million in Q1 2021 and down 9.6% from $77.8 million in Q4 2021. Revenues were generally in line with the effect of the challenges we experienced in each region, which involved delay in delivering some of our products on time due to component shortages and supply chain disruptions.

Gross profit was $19.3 million, giving us a gross margin of 27.5%, compared with a gross margin of 29.5 % in Q1 2021 and 29.4% in Q4 2021. The relatively low gross profit is mainly due to expedite costs and price increase derived from component shortages and increased shipping costs.

Operating income (loss) was $(1.3) million compared with operating income of $0.4 million for Q1 2021 and $1.0 million for Q4 2021.

Net loss was $(2.3) million, or $(0.03) per diluted share compared with $(1.2) million, or $(0.01) per diluted share for Q1 2021 and $(12.2) million, or $(0.15) per diluted share for Q4 2021.

Non-GAAP results were as follows: Gross margin was 27.7%, operating loss was $(0.6) million, and net loss was $(1.9) million, or $(0.02) per diluted share.

Cash and cash equivalents was $25.0 million at March 31, 2022, compared to $17.1 million at December 31, 2021.

For a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP results, see the attached tables.

Revenue Breakouts by Geography:

Outlook

We continue to target revenue growth in 2022. Assuming an improvement in the components, supply chain and shipping drawbacks, we now expect yearly revenue to be between $300-$315 million. Improvement in our gross margin is expected only during the second half of the year, assuming gradual improvement in our supply chain and shipping constrains and costs.

Conference Call

The Company will host a Zoom web conference today at 9:00a.m. ET to discuss the results, followed by a question and answer session for the investment community.

Investors are invited to register by clicking the following link. All relevant information will be sent upon registration.

If you are unable to join us live, a recording of the call will be available on our website at www.ceragon.com within 24 hours after the call.

About Ceragon Networks

Ceragon Networks Ltd. CRNT is the global innovator and leading solutions provider of 5G wireless transport. We help operators and other service providers worldwide increase operational efficiency and enhance end customers' quality of experience with innovative wireless backhaul and fronthaul solutions. Our customers include service providers, public safety organizations, government agencies and utility companies, which use our solutions to deliver 5G & 4G broadband wireless connectivity, mission-critical multimedia services, stabilized communications, and other applications at high reliability and speed.

Ceragon's unique multicore technology and disaggregated approach to wireless transport provides highly reliable, fast to deploy, high-capacity wireless transport for 5G and 4G networks with minimal use of spectrum, power, real estate, and labor resources. It enables increased productivity, as well as simple and quick network modernization, positioning Ceragon as a leading solutions provider for the 5G era. We deliver a complete portfolio of turnkey end-to-end AI-based managed and professional services that ensure efficient network rollout and optimization to achieve the highest value for our customers. Our solutions are deployed by more than 400 service providers, as well as more than 800 private network owners, in more than 150 countries. For more information please visit: www.ceragon.com

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Investor & Media Contact:
Maya Lustig
Ceragon Networks
Tel. +972-54-677-8100 
mayal@ceragon.com

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