Sequans Communications Preliminary First Quarter 2025 Financial Results
- Revenue increased 33.6% year-over-year to $8.1 million
- Product revenue grew 42.2% year-over-year to $3.5 million
- Strong 3-year revenue pipeline of $480 million with over 50% in design-wins
- Healthy gross margin of 64.5%
- Management expects revenue growth acceleration in H2 2025 and 2026
- Revenue decreased 27.1% quarter-over-quarter
- Operating loss of $6.8 million, wider than Q4 2024's $5.6 million loss
- Net loss increased to $7.3 million from $2.4 million in Q4 2024
- Cash position declined to $45.9 million from $62.1 million in Q4 2024
Insights
Sequans posted mixed Q1 results with YoY revenue growth but widening losses; cash burn accelerated due to one-time payments.
Sequans reported $8.1 million in Q1 2025 revenue, exceeding their guidance while showing a 33.6% year-over-year improvement but a 27.1% sequential decline from Q4. The company's product revenue demonstrated healthy annual growth of 42.2%, driven by Monarch 2 projects and Calliope 2 pre-production shipments. However, this positive development is tempered by continuing operational losses.
The operating loss widened to $6.8 million from $5.6 million in Q4, though this represents an improvement from the $8.5 million loss in Q1 2024. The company's cash position declined significantly from $62.1 million to $45.9 million in just one quarter, with approximately $9 million attributed to non-recurring items including bonus payments, severance packages, factoring facility termination, and ACP acquisition payments.
Gross margin remained relatively stable at 64.5%, showing resilience in the company's pricing power and cost structure. This margin profile, combined with their non-IFRS operating expenses decreasing to $11 million from $12.5 million in Q4, suggests management is making efforts to control costs while pursuing growth.
Looking forward, Sequans projects Q2 2025 revenue between $8-9 million, indicating flat to modest sequential growth. More importantly, management highlights their expanding 3-year revenue pipeline of approximately $480 million, with over half representing design wins. This metric, combined with their expectation for revenue acceleration in H2 2025 and into 2026, suggests their product development investments may finally be approaching commercial fruition after prolonged losses.
Sequans shows product momentum despite financial challenges, with significant pipeline growth and next-gen 5G platform developments indicating future growth potential.
Sequans is demonstrating encouraging traction in the IoT semiconductor market despite quarterly fluctuations. The 42.2% year-over-year product revenue growth highlights increasing market adoption of their Monarch 2 platform, which targets massive IoT applications, while pre-production shipments of Calliope 2 indicate customers are progressing toward commercial deployments. This diversified platform approach allows Sequans to address multiple segments of the cellular IoT market.
Particularly noteworthy is the expansion of their 3-year revenue pipeline to $480 million, with over half representing design wins. This metric is a crucial leading indicator in the semiconductor industry, as design cycles typically precede volume production by 12-24 months. The growing pipeline suggests Sequans is successfully positioning its technology in customer roadmaps despite intense competition from larger players.
The company's announcement of next-generation Monarch 3 and Calliope 3 platforms supporting 5G eRedCap is strategically significant. eRedCap (enhanced Reduced Capability) represents an important mid-tier 5G standard that balances performance and power consumption for IoT applications. By supporting this emerging standard, Sequans is future-proofing its product portfolio and potentially opening new market opportunities in industrial IoT, wearables, and smart infrastructure.
The semiconductor industry's cyclical nature and lengthy design-to-production cycles explain why Sequans expects revenue acceleration in the second half of 2025 and into 2026. With a growing number of projects entering production stages, the company appears positioned to translate its technical innovations and design wins into more sustainable revenue growth, provided they can effectively manage their cash position through this transition period.
Paris, France--(Newsfile Corp. - May 6, 2025) - Sequans Communications S.A. (NYSE: SQNS) ("Sequans" or the "Company"), a leading developer and provider of 5G/4G semiconductors and IoT modules, today announced preliminary financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025.
First Quarter 2025 Summary Preliminary Results Table:
(in US$ millions, except share and per share data) | Q1 2025 (1) | Q4 2024 (2) | Q1 2024 (3) |
| Revenue | | | |
| Gross profit | | | |
| Gross margin (%) | 64.5 % | 67.4 % | 63.9 % |
| Operating income (loss) | ( | ( | ( |
| Net profit (loss) | ( | ( | ( |
| Diluted income (loss) per ADS | ( | ( | ( |
| Non-IFRS diluted income (loss) per ADS (4) | ( | ( | ( |
| Weighted average number of diluted ADS (IFRS) | 25,156,570 | 25,008,543 | 24,645,504 |
| Weighted average number of diluted ADS (Non-IFRS) | 25,156,570 | 25,008,543 | 24,645,504 |
| (1) Final results are subject to finalization of the allocation of the ACP acquisition purchase price | |||
| (2) The final results presented here differ from the preliminary results published on February 11, 2025 due to the finalization of the accounting for the Qualcomm transaction and other adjustments. | |||
| (3) Reflects the change in ADS to ordinary share ratio effective October 9, 2024 | |||
| (4) See Use of Non-IFRS/non-GAAP Financial Measures disclosure on page 3. IFRS Net Loss in Q1 2024 includes significant non-cash interest expense, debt amendment and change in value of embedded derivative that are excluded from Non-IFRS measures | |||
"We are pleased to report solid progress in the first quarter of 2025, with revenue reaching
"Product revenue grew
Q2 2025 Outlook
The following statement is based on management's current assumptions and expectations. This statement is forward-looking, and actual results may differ materially.
Management expects total revenue for the second quarter to be in the range of
First Quarter 2025 Financial Summary:
Revenue: Revenue was
Gross margin: Gross margin was
Operating profit (loss): Operating loss was
Net profit (loss): Net loss was
Non-IFRS profit (loss) and diluted profit (loss) per ADS: Excluding the non-cash stock-based compensation, the non-cash impact of the fair-value and effective interest adjustments related to the convertible debt and associated embedded derivatives and other financings, non-IFRS net loss was
Cash: Cash and cash equivalents at March 31, 2025 totaled
Conference Call Details
| Date: | Tuesday, May 6, 2025 |
| Time: | 8:00 a.m. ET / 14:00 CET |
| U.S. toll-free: | 1-800-717-1738 |
| International: | +1-646-307-1865 |
| Access: | When prompted, provide the event title or conference ID: 80940. |
A live and archived webcast of the call will be available from the Investor Relations section of the Sequans website at https://sequans.com/company/investor-relations/. An audio replay of the conference call will be available until May 13, 2025, by dialing toll-free 1-844-512-2921 in the U.S. or +1 412-317-6671 from outside the U.S., using the following access code: 11180940.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains certain statements that are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and business of Sequans, including revenue expectations in Q2 2025, revenue trends in 2025 and 2026 and three-year revenue pipeline. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements that are not historical fact. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate to historical or current facts. Forward-looking statements also often use words such as "anticipate," "committed to", "target," "continue," "estimate," "expect," "forecast," "intend," "may," "plan," "goal," "believe," "hope," "aims," "continue," "could," "project," "should," "will" or other words of similar meaning. These statements are based on assumptions and assessments made by Sequans in light of its experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions, future developments and other factors they believe appropriate. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty, because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future and the factors described in the context of such forward-looking statements in this announcement could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Although it is believed that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to be correct, and you are therefore cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements which speak only as at the date of this announcement.
Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect expected results and are based on certain key assumptions. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, potential adverse reactions or changes to business relationships resulting from the completion of the Qualcomm transaction. Many factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or implied in any forward-looking statements. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements are changes in the global, political, economic, business and competitive environments, market and regulatory forces, including tariffs and trade wars. If any one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize or if any one or more of the assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ materially from those expected, estimated or projected. Such forward-looking statements should therefore be construed in the light of such factors. A more complete description of these and other material risks can be found in Sequans' filings with the SEC, including its annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2024, subsequent filings on Form 6-K and other documents that may be filed from time to time with the SEC. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this announcement. Sequans undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. All financial results described in this earnings release should be considered preliminary; final results are subject to finalization of the allocation of the ACP acquisition purchase price.
Use of Non-IFRS/non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement our unaudited consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS, we disclose certain non-IFRS, or non-GAAP, financial measures. These measures exclude the non-cash stock-based compensation and the non-cash impacts of convertible debt extensions, end effective interest adjustments related to the convertible debt with embedded derivatives and other financings. We believe that these measures can be useful to facilitate comparisons among different companies. These non-GAAP measures have limitations in that the non-GAAP measures we use may not be directly comparable to those reported by other companies. We seek to compensate for this limitation by providing a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable IFRS measures in the table attached to this press release.
About Sequans Communications
Sequans Communications S.A. (NYSE: SQNS) is a leading semiconductor company specializing in wireless cellular technology for the Internet of Things (IoT). Our engineers design and develop innovative, secure, and scalable technologies that power the next generation of connected devices. We offer a wide range of solutions, including chips, modules, IP, and services. Our LTE-M/NB-IoT, 4G LTE Cat 1bis, and 5G NR RedCap/eRedCap platforms are optimized for IoT, delivering breakthroughs in wireless connectivity, power efficiency, security, and performance. Established in 2003, Sequans is headquartered in France and has a global presence with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore, Finland, Taiwan, and China.
Visit Sequans at sequans.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.
Sequans investor relations: Kim Rogers (USA), +1 385.831.7337, ir@sequans.com
Sequans media relations: Linda Bouvet (France), +33 170721600 media@sequans.com
Condensed financial tables follow
SEQUANS COMMUNICATIONS S.A.
PRELIMINARY UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
| Three months ended | |||||||||||
| (in thousands of US$, except share and per share amounts) | March 31, 2025 (1) | Dec 31, 2024(2) | March 31, 2024 (3) | ||||||||
| Revenue : | |||||||||||
| Product revenue | $ | 3,509 | $ | 4,747 | $ | 2,468 | |||||
| License and services revenue | 4,545 | 6,302 | 3,559 | ||||||||
| Total revenue | 8,054 | 11,049 | 6,027 | ||||||||
| Cost of revenue | (2,863 | ) | (3,605 | ) | (2,173 | ) | |||||
| Gross profit | 5,191 | 7,444 | 3,854 | ||||||||
| Research and development expense | (7,227 | ) | (7,522 | ) | (6,613 | ) | |||||
| Sales and marketing expense | (2,337 | ) | (2,411 | ) | (2,872 | ) | |||||
| General and administrative expense | (2,451 | ) | (3,072 | ) | (2,902 | ) | |||||
| Operating profit (loss) | (6,824 | ) | (5,561 | ) | (8,533 | ) | |||||
| Financial income (expense): | |||||||||||
| Interest income (expense), net | 368 | 540 | (3,318 | ) | |||||||
| Change in fair value of convertible debt derivative | - | - | (36 | ) | |||||||
| Foreign exchange gain (loss) | (517 | ) | 854 | 264 | |||||||
| Profit (Loss) before income taxes | (6,973 | ) | (3,835 | ) | (11,623 | ) | |||||
| Income tax expense | (281 | ) | 1,458 | (167 | ) | ||||||
| Profit (Loss) | $ | (7,254 | ) | $ | (2,377 | ) | $ | (11,790 | ) | ||
| Attributable to : | |||||||||||
| Shareholders of the parent | (7,254 | ) | (2,377 | ) | (11,790 | ) | |||||
| Minority interests | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Basic income (loss) per ADS | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||
| Diluted income (loss) per ADS | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||
| Weighted average number of ADS used for computing: | |||||||||||
| - Basic | 25,156,570 | 25,008,543 | 24,645,504 | ||||||||
| - Diluted | 25,156,570 | 25,008,543 | 24,645,504 | ||||||||
| (1) Final results are subject to finalization of the allocation of the ACP acquisition purchase price. | |||||||||||
| (2) The final results presented here differ from the preliminary results published on February 11, 2025 due to the finalization of the accounting for the Qualcomm transaction and other adjustments. | |||||||||||
| (3) Reflects the change in ADS to ordinary share ratio effective October 9, 2024 | |||||||||||
SEQUANS COMMUNICATIONS S.A.
PRELIMINARY UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
| At March 31, | At Dec 31, | ||||||
| (in thousands of US$) | 2025 (1) | 2024 (2) | |||||
| ASSETS | |||||||
| Non-current assets | |||||||
| Property, plant and equipment | $ | 4,702 | $ | 4,308 | |||
| Intangible assets | 13,310 | 5,641 | |||||
| Deposits and other receivables | 3,370 | 3,246 | |||||
| Other non-current financial assets | 402 | 353 | |||||
| Total non-current assets | 21,784 | 13,548 | |||||
| Current assets | |||||||
| Inventories | 3,034 | 2,874 | |||||
| Trade receivables | 3,501 | 4,809 | |||||
| Contract assets | 132 | 122 | |||||
| Prepaid expenses | 1,844 | 1,410 | |||||
| Other receivables | 16,678 | 17,492 | |||||
| Research tax credit receivable | 4,661 | 4,184 | |||||
| Short-term deposits | 34,000 | 53,000 | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 11,948 | 9,093 | |||||
| Total current assets | 75,798 | 92,984 | |||||
| Total assets | $ | 97,582 | $ | 106,532 | |||
| EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | |||||||
| Equity | |||||||
| Issued capital, | |||||||
| outstanding at March 31, 2025 (251,408,922 shares at December 31, 2024) | $ | 2,960 | $ | 2,934 | |||
| Share premium | 14,487 | 14,512 | |||||
| Other capital reserves | 75,518 | 74,504 | |||||
| Accumulated deficit | (43,049 | ) | (35,795 | ) | |||
| Other components of equity | (632 | ) | (796 | ) | |||
| Total equity | 49,284 | 55,359 | |||||
| Non-current liabilities | |||||||
| Government grant advances, loans and other liabilities | 4,768 | 6,285 | |||||
| Lease liabilities | 88 | 333 | |||||
| Trade payables and other non-current liabilities | 1,349 | - | |||||
| Provisions | 2,080 | 1,400 | |||||
| Deferred tax liabilities | 179 | 173 | |||||
| Contract liabilities | 782 | 809 | |||||
| Total non-current liabilities | 9,246 | 9,000 | |||||
| Current liabilities | |||||||
| Trade payables | 8,886 | 6,106 | |||||
| Interest-bearing receivables financing | - | 3,742 | |||||
| Lease liabilities | 1,376 | 1,439 | |||||
| Government grant advances and loans | 4,765 | 5,864 | |||||
| Contract liabilities | 8,650 | 11,021 | |||||
| Income tax liabilities - Parent | 2,943 | 2,827 | |||||
| Other current liabilities and provisions | 12,432 | 11,174 | |||||
| Total current liabilities | 39,052 | 42,173 | |||||
| Total equity and liabilities | $ | 97,582 | $ | 106,532 | |||
| (1) Final results are subject to finalization of the allocation of the ACP acquisition purchase price. | |||||||
| (2) The final results presented here differ from the preliminary results published on February 11, 2025 due to the finalization of the accounting for the Qualcomm transaction and other adjustments. | |||||||
PRELIMINARY UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW
| Three months ended March 31, | |||||||
| (in thousands of US$) | 2025 (1) | 2024 | |||||
| Operating activities | |||||||
| Loss before income taxes | $ | (6,973 | ) | $ | (11,623 | ) | |
| Non-cash adjustment to reconcile income before tax to net cash from (used in) operating activities | |||||||
| Depreciation and impairment of property, plant and equipment | 686 | 830 | |||||
| Amortization and impairment of intangible assets | 965 | 1,487 | |||||
| Share-based payment expense | 1,014 | 1,117 | |||||
| Increase in provision | (32 | ) | (82 | ) | |||
| Interest (income) expense, net | (368 | ) | 3,318 | ||||
| Change in the fair value of convertible debt embedded derivative | - | 36 | |||||
| Foreign exchange loss | (195 | ) | (111 | ) | |||
| Loss on disposal of intangible and tangible assets | 12 | - | |||||
| Working capital adjustments | |||||||
| Decrease in trade receivables and other receivables | 1,240 | 932 | |||||
| Decrease (increase) in inventories | (103 | ) | 1,089 | ||||
| Increase in research tax credit receivable | (355 | ) | (423 | ) | |||
| Increase (decrease) in trade payables and other liabilities | (281 | ) | 3,027 | ||||
| Decrease in contract liabilities | (3,868 | ) | (2,614 | ) | |||
| Decrease in government grant advances | (881 | ) | (199 | ) | |||
| Income tax paid | (245 | ) | (34 | ) | |||
| Net cash flow used in operating activities | (9,384 | ) | (3,250 | ) | |||
| Investing activities | |||||||
| Purchase of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment | (461 | ) | (1,576 | ) | |||
| Capitalized development expenditures | - | (9,124 | ) | ||||
| Investment in ACP Advanced Circuit Pursuit, net of cash acquired | (1,080 | ) | - | ||||
| Purchase of financial assets | (40 | ) | 58 | ||||
| Decrease of short-term deposit | 19,000 | - | |||||
| Interest received | 552 | 21 | |||||
| Net cash flow from (used in) investing activities | 17,971 | (10,621 | ) | ||||
| Financing activities | |||||||
| Proceeds (repayment of) from interest-bearing receivables financing | (3,742 | ) | 960 | ||||
| Proceeds from related party loans | - | 9,000 | |||||
| Payment of lease liabilities | (348 | ) | (359 | ) | |||
| Repayment of government loans | (326 | ) | (682 | ) | |||
| Repayment of loans | (420 | ) | - | ||||
| Repayment of interest-bearing research project financing | (370 | ) | (16 | ) | |||
| Interest paid | (528 | ) | (259 | ) | |||
| Net cash flows used in (from) financing activities | (5,734 | ) | 8,644 | ||||
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 2,853 | (5,227 | ) | ||||
| Net foreign exchange difference | 2 | (4 | ) | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at January 1 | 9,093 | 5,705 | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period | 11,948 | 474 | |||||
| (1) Final results are subject to finalization of the allocation of the ACP acquisition purchase price. | |||||||
SEQUANS COMMUNICATIONS S.A.
PRELIMINARY UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF NON-IFRS FINANCIAL RESULTS
| | Three months ended | ||||||||||
| (in thousands of US$, except share and per share amounts) | March 31, 2025 (3) | Dec 31, 2024 (4) | March 31, 2024 (5) | ||||||||
| IFRS profit (loss) as reported | $ | (7,254 | ) | $ | (2,377 | ) | $ | (11,790 | ) | ||
| Add back | |||||||||||
| Non-cash stock-based compensation expense according to IFRS 2 (1) | 1,014 | 480 | 1,117 | ||||||||
| Non-cash change in the fair value of convertible debt embedded derivative | - | - | 36 | ||||||||
| Non-cash interest on convertible debt and other financing (2) | 111 | 62 | 1,833 | ||||||||
| Non-IFRS profit (loss) adjusted | $ | (6,129 | ) | $ | (1,835 | ) | $ | (8,804 | ) | ||
| IFRS basic profit (loss) per ADS as reported | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||
| Add back | |||||||||||
| Non-cash stock-based compensation expense according to IFRS 2 (1) | $ | 0.04 | $ | 0.02 | $ | 0.05 | |||||
| Non-cash change in the fair value of convertible debt embedded derivative | $ | 0.00 | $ | 0.00 | $ | 0.00 | |||||
| Non-cash interest on convertible debt and other financing (2) | $ | 0.01 | $ | 0.01 | $ | 0.07 | |||||
| Non-IFRS basic profit (loss) per ADS | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||
| IFRS diluted profit (loss) per ADS | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||
| Add back | |||||||||||
| Non-cash stock-based compensation expense according to IFRS 2 (1) | $ | 0.04 | $ | 0.02 | $ | 0.05 | |||||
| Non-cash change in the fair value of convertible debt embedded derivative | $ | 0.00 | $ | 0.00 | $ | 0.00 | |||||
| Non-cash interest on convertible debt and other financing (2) | $ | 0.01 | $ | 0.01 | $ | 0.07 | |||||
| Non-IFRS diluted profit (loss) per ADS | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||
| (1) Included in the IFRS profit (loss) as follows: | |||||||||||
| Cost of product revenue | $ | 16 | $ | 18 | $ | 17 | |||||
| Research and development | 205 | 228 | 318 | ||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 223 | (41 | ) | 243 | |||||||
| General and administrative | 570 | 275 | 539 | ||||||||
| (2) Related to the difference between contractual and effective interest rates | |||||||||||
| (3) Final results are subject to finalization of the allocation of the ACP acquisition purchase price. | |||||||||||
| (4) The final results presented here differ from the preliminary results published on February 11, 2025 due to the finalization of the accounting for the Qualcomm transaction and other adjustments. | |||||||||||
| (5) Reflects the change in ADS to ordinary share ratio effective October 9, 2024 | |||||||||||
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