Innoviz Technologies Ltd (INVZ)

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Innoviz Technologies Provides Commercial Updates and Reports Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results
November 09 2022
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New customer win in Asia expands Innoviz's geographic footprint and adds new leading autonomous driving platform partner

Innoviz grew its forward-looking order book to $6.9 billion, upgraded production throughput, shipped D-Sample units to customers, and accelerated its momentum in non-automotive markets

TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Innoviz Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INVZ) (the "Company" or "Innoviz"), a Tier-1 supplier of high-performance, solid-state LiDAR sensors and perception software, today provided updates on commercial progress, technology leadership, and corporate developments and reported its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022.

Management Commentary

"Our results in the third quarter underscore our ongoing strategic execution and the substantial progress we are making to strengthen our position as a Tier-1 supplier to the world's top car makers, along with a rapidly growing list of non-automotive customers," said Omer Keilaf, CEO of Innoviz. "We are proud of our latest OEM program win in Asia and our recent customer momentum, having posted a win in back-to-back quarters. We are encouraged by our robust pipeline, which includes many of the world's largest OEMs, in addition to the well-known names that are already in our order book. We are excited with where Innoviz stands today, and as we look ahead, we are confident in our ability to maintain our position as a leader in our industry as we continue to deliver for our customers."

Commercial Progress

As previously announced on September 8, 2022, an Asia-based, emerging global EV leader selected Innoviz to serve as its direct LiDAR supplier for series production passenger vehicles. Innoviz plans to supply the emerging EV leader with the InnovizTwo LiDAR sensor for its production vehicles, further strengthening the Company's leadership in L3 automation around the world.

- The selection represents Innoviz's first win in Asia, fourth major design win and second consecutive Tier 1 win for series production of passenger vehicles as a direct LiDAR supplier, validating the Company's strategy to become a direct supplier.
- We expect this new win, when combined with the two existing production launches next year, will further support the Company's ability to grow its revenues meaningfully in the coming years.
- From a geographic standpoint, the design-win expands Innoviz's global reach and production footprint in Asia, marking an important step in the Company's platform expansion efforts. We believe it also strengthens Innoviz's position with other Asian OEM's currently in the Company's pipeline.
-The deal also marks the Company's first production win with a new technology partner. Innoviz now has production wins with two of the industry's three major autonomous driving technology platform partners, offering an important advantage over competitors in upcoming customer decision making, as we increasingly become an off-the-shelf solution for OEMs.
- Following the Company's recent quarterly business progress, Innoviz is updating its forward-looking order book to $6.9 billion.

Innoviz is accelerating its production and design efforts and positioning the business to continue growing and delivering for customers across the automotive space.

- The Company made significant progress towards series production for customers, moving to the D-sample stage, the final step before the start of production.
- The Company currently works directly with OEMs representing roughly 15% of the global market.
In Q2 2022, Innoviz disclosed 12 programs in the RFI or RFQ process. - With the Company's new Asia-based OEM converted to a full production customer, it now has 11 OEMs in the RFI and RFQ process and expects an additional one to three new decisions by OEMs in the next six months.
- Collectively, the 11 OEM's in the Company's pipeline produce approximately 40 million vehicles per year, representing an additional roughly 42% of the global market.
- The Company targeted 10 pre-production programs, one commercial agreement and a 30% increase in its forward-looking order book in 2022. As of September 30, 2022, the Company boasts 14 pre-production programs, two commercial agreements and a 165% year to date increase in its forward-looking order book.

Technology Leadership

Innoviz remains committed to investing in technology development and perception software.

- The Company remains on track to introduce the all-new Innoviz360 at CES in January 2023. This breakthrough product is expected to unlock exceptional price and performance metrics for a spinning LiDAR, opening new markets in both the automotive and non-automotive segments.

Innoviz also remains focused on leveraging the maturity of InnovizOne to benefit non-automotive segments, expanding its global market reach further beyond the automotive industry. During the quarter, Innoviz announced three new strategic projects with existing and new non-automotive partners:

- Kudan, a 3D digital mapping solutions provider for a broad range of applications including HD maps, robotics, construction, surveying, and "digital twinning" and the "industrial metaverse;"
- Sensagrate, a smart city technology provider that enables real-time traffic, pedestrian and cyclist safety via intersection monitoring and analysis; and
- HiRain Technologies, a leading technology solution provider for the transportation market in China that provides autonomous trucks and AGVs, as well as Vehicle to Anything (V2X) applications, to improve operational efficiency, mitigate risks and enhance worker safety.

Corporate Developments

To better position itself for long-term growth, Innoviz moved its corporate headquarters to a new facility in Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel. The move included the Company's Israel-based production lines, and the resulting downtime and re-installation was used for meaningful improvements in its systems. These upgrades have resulted in substantially reduced cycle times and a significant improvement in throughput for the calibration and testing processes. The move has eliminated a key bottleneck in the overall production process that will enable more InnovizOne units to be sold into non-automotive markets beginning in the fourth quarter of 2022 and ramping into 2023.

Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results

Revenues in the third quarter of 2022 were $0.9 million, compared to $2.1 million in the third quarter of 2021, with revenues impacted primarily by downtime from the Company's headquarter move and related testing and calibration system upgrades. The Company expects InnovizOne sales to normalize in the fourth quarter of 2022.

Operating expenses in the third quarter of 2022 were $31.3 million, compared to $30.0 million in the third quarter of 2021. Operating expenses in the third quarter of 2022 included $4.9 million of share-based compensation compared to $8.2 million of share-based compensation in the third quarter of 2021. The increase in operating expenses in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the third quarter of 2021 was primarily due to an increase in head count, partially offset by a decrease in share-based compensation.

Research and development expenses in the third quarter of 2022 were $24.2 million, an increase from $20.6 million in the third quarter of 2021. Research and development expenses in the third quarter of 2022 included $3.2 million attributable to share-based compensation compared to $3.7 million in the third quarter of 2021.

Innoviz maintains a high liquidity level with approximately $218 million in cash, short term deposits, short term restricted cash and marketable securities as of September 30, 2022.

Guidance

Innoviz reaffirms the following 2022 guidance it has previously provided:

- The Company has achieved its stated goal of winning at least one new series production award in 2022, and to date has delivered two.
- The Company expects to increase its forward-looking order book by more than 30% by the end of 2022 and has already delivered a 165% increase year to date.
- The Company has achieved its expected stated goal to secure 10 pre-production programs during 2022. To date, the Company has participated in 14.

Conference Call

Innoviz management will hold a web conference today, November 9, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time (6:00 a.m. Pacific time) to discuss these results. Innoviz CEO Omer Keilaf and CFO Eldar Cegla will host the call, followed by a question-and-answer session.

Investors are invited to attend by registering in advance here. All relevant information will be sent upon registration.

A replay of the webinar will also be available shortly after the call in the Investors section of Innoviz's website for 90 days.