InterDigital Announces Annual Recurring Revenue Target Of $1 Billion By 2030
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InterDigital (Nasdaq: IDCC), a mobile, video, and AI technology R&D company, has set ambitious targets for 2030, aiming to achieve $1 billion in annual recurring revenue and $600 million in adjusted EBITDA. CEO Liren Chen highlighted the company's significant progress over the past four years, including nearly doubling revenue and enhancing shareholder value. Chen emphasized InterDigital's strong position for future growth, citing their world-class innovation in wireless, video, and AI, accelerating business momentum, and large addressable markets. The company recently held an investor day to discuss these new targets and strategies, with presentation materials and a full replay available online.
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- Target of $1 billion in annual recurring revenue by 2030
- Target of $600 million in adjusted EBITDA by 2030
- Nearly doubled revenue in the past four years
- Improved business execution and enhanced shareholder value
- Strong position in wireless, video, and AI innovation
- Accelerating business momentum
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Investors should note that while these targets are ambitious, they're based on InterDigital's strong position in wireless, video and AI technologies - all high-growth sectors with expanding addressable markets. However, achieving these targets will require consistent execution and successful monetization of their R&D efforts.
InterDigital's focus on wireless, video and AI technologies positions them at the forefront of critical tech trends. The company's research-driven model allows them to capitalize on emerging technologies without the capital-intensive requirements of product manufacturing.
Their strategy aligns well with the ongoing 5G rollout, increasing video streaming demand and the AI boom. As these technologies mature and new applications emerge, InterDigital's patent portfolio and ongoing R&D efforts could become increasingly valuable.
However, the tech landscape is highly competitive and rapidly evolving. InterDigital will need to maintain its innovation edge and successfully license its technologies to achieve its ambitious targets. The company's ability to stay ahead in AI research, in particular, could be a key driver of future growth given the sector's explosive potential.
WILMINGTON, Del., Sept. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InterDigital, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDCC), a mobile, video and AI technology research and development company, has announced targets of
“In the past four years, we have almost doubled our revenue, improved our execution across the business, and taken multiple steps to enhance shareholder value,” noted Liren Chen, President and CEO, InterDigital. “Based on our world-class innovation in wireless, video and AI, accelerating momentum across the business, the large addressable markets available to us, and new greenfield opportunities, we believe we are perfectly positioned to deliver significant growth in revenue and profitability in coming years.”
InterDigital’s executive team announced and discussed the new targets at a recent investor day. Links to investor day materials can be found below:
The presentation is here.
A full replay is here.
About InterDigital®
InterDigital is a global research and development company focused primarily on wireless, video, artificial intelligence (“AI”), and related technologies. We design and develop foundational technologies that enable connected, immersive experiences in a broad range of communications and entertainment products and services. We license our innovations worldwide to companies providing such products and services, including makers of wireless communications devices, consumer electronics, IoT devices, cars and other motor vehicles, and providers of cloud-based services such as video streaming. As a leader in wireless technology, our engineers have designed and developed a wide range of innovations that are used in wireless products and networks, from the earliest digital cellular systems to 5G and today’s most advanced Wi-Fi technologies. We are also a leader in video processing and video encoding/decoding technology, with a significant AI research effort that intersects with both wireless and video technologies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on Nasdaq.
InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc.
For more information, visit the InterDigital website: www.interdigital.com.
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