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Corsair Gaming Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Financial Results

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Corsair Gaming, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRSR) ("Corsair" or the "Company"), a leading global provider and innovator of high-performance gear for gamers, streamers, content-creators, and gaming PC builders, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022.

Fourth Quarter 2022 Select Financial Metrics
  • Net revenue was $398.7 million compared to $311.8 million in the third quarter of 2022 and $510.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2021. Gamer and creator peripherals segment net revenue was $117.8 million compared to $96.8 million in the third quarter of 2022 and $176.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2021, while Gaming components and systems segment net revenue was $280.9 million compared to $214.9 million in the third quarter of 2022 and $333.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2021.
  • Net income attributable to common shareholders was $12.5 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, compared to net loss of $8.9 million, or $0.09 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2022 and net income of $24.7 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2021.
  • Adjusted net income was $20.7 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, compared to adjusted net income of $7.6 million, or $0.08 per diluted share in the third quarter of 2022 and adjusted net income of $34.7 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2021.
  • Adjusted EBITDA was $32.0 million, compared to $10.1 million in the third quarter of 2022, and $39.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2021.
  • Cash and cash equivalents were $154.1 million as of December 31, 2022.




Full Year 2022 Select Financial Metrics
  • Net revenue was $1,375.1 million compared to $1,904.1 million in 2021. Gamer and creator peripherals segment net revenue was $437.8 million compared to $647.2 million in 2021, while gaming components and systems segment net revenue was $937.3 million compared to $1,256.9 million in 2021.
  • Net loss attributable to common shareholders was $60.9 million, or $0.63 per diluted share, compared to net income of $101.0 million, or $1.01 per diluted share, for the full year 2021.
  • Adjusted net income was $18.4 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, compared to $144.9 million, or $1.45 per diluted share for the full year 2021.
  • Adjusted EBITDA was $46.5 million, compared to $199.2 million for the full year 2021.

Definitions of the non-GAAP financial measures used in this press release and reconciliations of such measures to their nearest GAAP equivalents are included below under the heading "Use and Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures."

Andy Paul, Chief Executive Officer of Corsair, stated, "We are pleased with our fourth quarter results, and our current positive trajectory for the first half of 2023, following a challenging 2022, impacted by the Russia-Ukrainian conflict, high freight costs and large channel inventory adjustments. Q4 2022 holiday sales were strong in all market categories in both Europe and our overall retail sales out from the channel was substantially above pre-pandemic 2019 levels. We benefitted from an uptick in demand in the Gaming PC market fueled by new GPU and CPU launches from Nvidia, AMD and Intel at the end of 2022, with more expected to roll out in Q1 2023. Our enthusiast customers are now able to build faster, more powerful gaming PCs with more features for less than they could during the pandemic. Adding to this, 2023 is expected to bring a stronger slate of popular game releases compared to 2022."

Michael G. Potter, Chief Financial Officer of Corsair, stated, "Q4 2022 tracked to the high end of our expectations and ended well with momentum carrying into Q1 2023. Shipping costs, which were a headwind for most of the year, declined over 70% in Q4 from the start of 2022. Supply chain lead times have continued to improve and are now at the same or similar levels as they were pre-pandemic. We have reduced inventory in our warehouses by approximately 23% and brought channel inventory to below target levels. We are hopeful that the broader industry's inventory in the channel is also in a better position, which would lead to less discounting in 2023. We also took the opportunity to fortify our balance sheet in Q4, ending the year with a cash balance of $154 million, which includes the addition of approximately $81 million net proceeds from our November equity offering. Our $100 million working capital revolver remains undrawn and fully available."

Financial Outlook
For the full year 2023, Corsair currently expects revenue to be flat to slightly up in a softer economic environment as compared to 2022, and does not expect its revenue to be affected by negative inventory trends in 2023. Corsair expects an improvement for the full year 2023 in adjusted EBITDA led by an improvement in margin, normalized shipping costs and continued tight operating expense controls.
  • Net revenue to be in the range of $1.35 billion to $1.55 billion.
  • Adjusted operating income to be in the range of $75 million to $95 million.
  • Adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $90 million to $110 million.

Certain non-GAAP measures included in our financial outlook were not reconciled to the comparable GAAP financial measures because the GAAP measures are not accessible on a forward-looking basis. We are unable to reconcile these forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures without unreasonable efforts because we are currently unable to predict with a reasonable degree of certainty the type and extent of certain items that would be expected to impact GAAP measures for these periods but would not impact the non-GAAP measures. Such items may include stock-based compensation charges, depreciation and amortization, inventory write-down charges and other items. The unavailable information could have a significant impact on our GAAP financial results.

The foregoing forward-looking statements reflect our expectations as of today's date. Given the number of risk factors, uncertainties and assumptions discussed below, actual results may differ materially. We do not intend to update our financial outlook until our next quarterly results announcement.

Recent Developments
  • Launched Stream Deck + a new addition to our award-winning lineup of tactile control interfaces. Stream Deck + expands the Stream Deck beyond streamers to enable a wide range of shortcuts and workflow improvements for creative professionals, production and beyond. With a combination of eight LCD keys, four push dials and a dynamic touch strip, Stream Deck + puts a new tier of control at the hands of Stream Deck users, and integrates seamlessly with Elgato software, namely Camera Hub, Control Center and the lauded Wave Link virtual mixer.
  • Our world-first XENEON FLEX 45WQHD240 OLED Gaming Monitor launched in December to strong press interest and coverage, announcing the arrival of a whole new class of high-performance bendable gaming monitors created in close partnership with LG Display. With the ability to manually adjust the curvature of its 45 inch 21:9 aspect ratio panel from fully flat to up to 800R curvature, owners can set their own curve depending on whether they're using the display for work, gaming or movies. The XENEON FLEX 45 also sets new standards for high-frame rate, low response time gaming monitors, offering a compelling specification that sets it apart from competing panels as the first available 240 Hz OLED gaming monitor. We look forward to further expanding our range of gaming monitors, in continued partnership with LG, throughout 2023.
  • Expanded the webcam product line with the launch of Elgato's Facecam Pro, the first webcam to offer 4K capture at 60 frames per second. Boasting a large area Sony sensor, a wide-angle photographic lens with variable focus, a revolutionary image processor, and onboard flash memory, the premium plug-and-play webcam allows creators to produce Ultra High-Definition video without the need for an elaborate camera setup. This groundbreaking technology combined with Elgato's powerful Camera Hub software makes Facecam Pro a benchmark in the global webcam industry, and a compelling choice for creators as they upgrade their production setup.
  • Released the first of a several new 2022 product launches that will significantly improve the utility and build experience of our DIY products with a new line of RMx SHIFT power supplies. With a revolutionary side-mounted connector layout, RMx SHIFT power supplies make cable installation and routing, commonly the most negative aspects associated with building a DIY PC easier. Improvements such as this helps remove barriers to entry for customers considering building their first PC, and makes PC building accessible to a whole new group of customers. RMx SHIFT is also the first Corsair PSU to offer compatibility for ATX 3.0, a new industry power supply standard with native support for next-generation graphics cards, ensuring a future proof feature set for customers, and announcing Corsair's arrival in the ATX 3.0 PSU space.
  • Added iCUE Murals, a new major new lighting control feature, to the iCUE software suite. Many Corsair products utilize customizable lighting, typically controlled via iCUE software, and the ability to easily create unique and individual lighting profiles is important to our customers. iCUE Murals substantially improves the user experience and differentiates our ecosystem by providing a straightforward interface to arrange all of a customer's RGB hardware on screen, and then create an amazing lighting profile for it from an image, a video, a GIF, or even music. Customers can also add and control ambient lighting products from iCUE partners Philips HUE and Nanoleaf, extending the iCUE ecosystem beyond Corsair products and controlling all a customer's setup lighting in one place. In beta since November, iCUE Murals is now live to all Corsair iCUE users.

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Corsair is slowly becoming jack of all trades, master of none. They are now selling mural lighting? Come on. They are starting to look like a greedy company that's slowly developing towards a quantity over quality mentality, to me at least.
 
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Corsair is slowly becoming jack of all trades, master of none

Agreed, back in the day when they only made a handful of products (Cases, AIO's, fans), Corsair was one of the top companies in the pc world (Air 740/540/240 anyone ?), but recently they seem to be going off the deep end by trying to exploit anything & everything with rainbow circus puke in it.... not a good thing IMHO :)
 
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Corsair is slowly becoming jack of all trades, master of none. They are now selling mural lighting? Come on. They are starting to look like a greedy company that's slowly developing towards a quantity over quality mentality, to me at least.

Don't hate the player hate the game. They're still doing what they do well and have their different brands (scuff, elgato, etc.) also doing the same, but if there's suckers (yes i said it, suckers!) that like spending a fortune on rgb crap why not profit from it right?

Air 740/540/240 anyone

Oh man, those cases were amazing, they really deserved a modern refresh with less but better plastics and maybe aluminum to bring the price down. Lian li stole the show when it comes to that format it seems
 
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They're doing want people want ...
And if people doesn't want it, the push the trend with fine marketing ...
I find their product not so bad, bit overpriced
To be honest, i've just bought a 4000D Airflow case ... doesn't seem so bad
The Fractal Pop i wanted was out of stock :/
 
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why not profit from it right?
Sure, but everything has a price. They are grinding away their reputation. I don't want to see Western Digital monitors or gaming chairs, nor do I want to see Intel o AMD power supplies. Everyone should just focus on their talents and spend everything they can on innovation instead of fashion fads and silly cashgrabs
 
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Sure, but everything has a price. They are grinding away their reputation. I don't want to see Western Digital monitors or gaming chairs, nor do I want to see Intel o AMD power supplies. Everyone should just focus on their talents and spend everything they can on innovation instead of fashion fads and silly cashgrabs

I get your point and somewhat agree, they are dilluting their brand, but hey, high margin rgb crap pays the bills. Maybe it's time they spin up a new sub brand dedicated to that crap, but otherwise, this is an easy profit for them to get that can be reinvested in the good stuff, that's how any business would like to be able to operate.
 

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I get your point and somewhat agree, they are dilluting their brand, but hey, high margin rgb crap pays the bills. Maybe it's time they spin up a new sub brand dedicated to that crap, but otherwise, this is an easy profit for them to get that can be reinvested in the good stuff, that's how any business would like to be able to operate.
they are not doing great. revenues are down YOY, gross is way down eps is a loss etc. Im gonna ignore the article since they are doing some 3rd quarter comparison which is nonsensical since revenue is not earned homogeneously but yoy they are not doing great . I would expect a re bounce from pandemic years but maybe theres some explanation in their mda. We shall see where this goes but so far looking at those snipits they are not doing better this year. Also their 2023 outlook at this point in the year is likely BS sprinkled with crack to please the investors so i would ignore
 

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Corsair is slowly becoming jack of all trades, master of none. They are now selling mural lighting? Come on. They are starting to look like a greedy company that's slowly developing towards a quantity over quality mentality, to me at least.
What are you talking about - they have tons of good gear and dominate in several areas when it comes to sales; PSUs, AIOs especially but they are exploiring other areas all the time, like any tech company should be doing. Sadly everyone is focussing on RGB garbage products sadly

ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, Corsair, they ALL wants to have all products available; Keyboards, monitors, mice etc.

Why would they focus on ONE segment when they can fill many, this is how companies grow
 
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