Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: AEIS), a global leader in highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement, and control solutions, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.

“We delivered good results in the first quarter, largely due to strong manufacturing execution and our ability to secure additional key components,” said Steve Kelley, president and CEO of Advanced Energy. “Demand remains robust in all of our target markets. In addition, our recent acquisition of SL Power Electronics significantly improves our position in the medical and industrial markets.”

First Quarter Results

Sales were $397.5 million in the first quarter of 2022, compared with $396.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2021 and $351.6 million in the first quarter of 2021.

GAAP net income from continuing operations was $36.9 million or $0.98 per diluted share in the quarter, compared with $39.7 million or $1.05 per diluted share in the prior quarter, and $38.4 million or $0.99 per diluted share a year ago.

Non-GAAP net income was $46.7 million or $1.24 per diluted share in the first quarter of 2022. This compares with $51.5 million or $1.36 per diluted share in the fourth quarter of 2021, and $49.7 million or $1.29 per diluted share in the first quarter of 2021.

Advanced Energy generated $9.9 million of cash flow from continuing operations during the quarter, repurchased $6.6 million of common stock and paid $3.8 million in a quarterly dividend.

A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures is provided in the tables below.

Acquisition of SL Power Electronics

On April 25, 2022, Advanced Energy completed the acquisition of SL Power Electronics for a base purchase price of $144.5 million, subject to a customary adjustment for working capital.

Second Quarter 2022 Guidance

Based on the Company’s current view, beliefs, and assumptions, guidance for the second quarter of 2022 is within the following ranges:

Conference Call

Management will host a conference call today, May 4, 2022, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss the first quarter financial results. To participate in the live conference call, please dial 877-428-7458 approximately five minutes prior to the start of the meeting and an operator will connect you. International participants can dial 862-298-0702. A webcast will also be available on our investors web page at ir.advancedenergy.com in the Events & Presentations section. The archived webcast will be available approximately two hours following the end of the live event.

About Advanced Energy

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: AEIS) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement and control solutions for mission-critical applications and processes. Advanced Energy’s power solutions enable customer innovation in complex applications for a wide range of industries including semiconductor equipment, industrial, manufacturing, telecommunications, data center computing and healthcare. With engineering know-how and responsive service and support for customers around the globe, the company builds collaborative partnerships to meet technology advances, propels growth of its customers and innovates the future of power. Advanced Energy has devoted four decades to perfecting power. It is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, USA. For more information, visit www.advancedenergy.com.

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Non-GAAP Measures

This release includes GAAP and non-GAAP income and per-share earnings data and other GAAP and non-GAAP financial information. Advanced Energy’s non-GAAP measures exclude the impact of non-cash related charges such as stock-based compensation and amortization of intangible assets, as well as discontinued operations, and non-recurring items such as acquisition-related costs and restructuring expenses. The non-GAAP measures included in this release are not in accordance with, or an alternative for, similar measures calculated under generally accepted accounting principles and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. In addition, these non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. We believe that these non-GAAP measures provide useful information to management and investors to evaluate business performance without the impacts of certain non-cash charges, non-economic foreign currency remeasurements, and other cash charges which are not part of our usual operations. We use these non-GAAP measures to assess performance against business objectives, make business decisions, develop budgets, forecast future periods, assess trends, and evaluate financial impacts of various scenarios. In addition, management’s incentive plans include these non-GAAP measures as criteria for achievements. Additionally, we believe that these non-GAAP measures, in combination with its financial results calculated in accordance with GAAP, provide investors with additional perspective. To gain a complete picture of all effects on our financial results from any and all events, management does (and investors should) rely upon the GAAP measures as well, as the items excluded from non-GAAP measures may contribute to not accurately reflecting the underlying performance of the company’s continuing operations for the period in which they are incurred. Furthermore, the use of non-GAAP measures has limitations in that such measures do not reflect all of the amounts associated with our results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP, and these measures should only be used to evaluate our results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures.

Forward-Looking Statements

Our guidance with respect to anticipated financial results, potential future growth and profitability, guidance on possible future results, future business mix, expectations regarding future market trends, future performance within specific markets and other statements herein or made on the above-announced conference call that are not historical information are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: (a) supply chain disruptions and component shortages that may impact our ability to obtain in a timely manner the materials necessary to manufacture products; (b) the effects of global macroeconomic conditions upon demand for our products and services; (c) the volatility and cyclicality of the industries we serve, particularly the semiconductor industry; (d) delays in capital spending by end-users in our served markets; (e) the risks and uncertainties related to the integration of acquired companies including SL Power Electronics; (f) the continuing spread of COVID-19 and its potential adverse impact on our product manufacturing, research and development, supply chain, services and administrative operations; (g) the accuracy of our estimates related to fulfilling solar inverter product warranty and post-warranty obligations; (h) our ability to realize our plan to avoid additional costs after the solar inverter wind-down; (i) the accuracy of our assumptions on which our financial statement projections are based; (j) the impact of component or product price changes, which may result from a variety of factors; (k) the timing of orders received from customers; (l) our ability to realize benefits from cost improvement efforts including avoided costs, restructuring plans and inorganic growth; (m) unanticipated changes to management’s estimates, reserves or allowances; (n) changes and adjustments to the tax expense and benefits related to the U.S. tax reform that was enacted in late 2017; and (o) the impact of political, economic and policy tensions and conflicts between China and the United States, or between any countries in which we operate or sell products , any of which could negatively impact our customers’ and our presence, operations, and financial results. These and other risks are described in Advanced Energy’s Form 10 K, Forms 10 Q and other reports and statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). These reports and statements are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Copies may also be obtained from Advanced Energy’s investor relations page at ir.advancedenergy.com or by contacting Advanced Energy’s investor relations at 970-407-6555. Forward-looking statements are made and based on information available to us on the date of this press release. Aspirational goals and targets discussed on the conference call or in the presentation materials should not be interpreted in any respect as guidance. We assume no obligation to update the information in this press release.