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SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. - Quarter Report: 2023 March (Form 10-Q)




UNITED STATES
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-Q
 
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023
 
OR
 
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the transition period from _________ to __________
 
Commission File Number: 001-36894
 
SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 
20-5338862
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
1 HaMada Street
Herziliya Pituach, 4673335, Israel
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, zip code)
 
972 (9) 957-6620
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share
SEDG
NASDAQ (Global Select Market)
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
 
  Yes ☒       No 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
 
  Yes  ☒       No 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
 
Large accelerated filer
Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer
Smaller Reporting Company
   
Emerging growth company
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
 
Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
 
Yes        No 
 

As of May 1, 2023, there were 56,344,727 shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value of $0.0001 per share, outstanding.

 


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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 

SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited)
 
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
   
March 31,
2023
   
December 31,
2022
 
ASSETS
           
CURRENT ASSETS:
           
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
727,849
   
$
783,112
 
Marketable securities
   
410,820
     
241,117
 
Trade receivables, net of allowances of $4,422 and $3,202, respectively
   
969,543
     
905,146
 
Inventories, net
   

874,212

     
729,201
 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
   

259,642

     
241,082
 
Total current assets
   

3,242,066

     
2,899,658
 
LONG-TERM ASSETS:
                 
Marketable securities
   
509,127
     
645,491
 
Deferred tax assets, net
   

46,612

     
44,153
 
Property, plant and equipment, net
   
556,138
     
543,969
 
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net
   
69,710
     
62,754
 
Intangible assets, net
   
17,933
     
19,929
 
Goodwill
   

29,934

     
31,189
 
Other long-term assets
   
24,906
     
18,806
 
Total long-term assets
   

1,254,360

     
1,366,291
 
Total assets
 
$

4,496,426

   
$
4,265,949
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
 

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SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited) (Cont.)
 
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
   
March 31,
2023
   
December 31,
2022
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
           
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
           
Trade payables, net
 
$

408,523

   
$
459,831
 
Employees and payroll accruals
   
90,853
     
85,158
 
Warranty obligations
   
129,278
     
103,975
 
Deferred revenues and customers advances
   
27,507
     
26,641
 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
   

243,881

     
214,112
 
Total current liabilities
   

900,042

     
889,717
 
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES:
               
Convertible senior notes, net
   
625,182
     
624,451
 
Warranty obligations
   
313,693
     
281,082
 
Deferred revenues
   
196,917
     
186,936
 
Finance lease liabilities
   
43,711
     
45,385
 
Operating lease liabilities
   
50,855
     
46,256
 
Other long-term liabilities
   

15,232

     
15,756
 
Total long-term liabilities
   

1,245,590

     
1,199,866
 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
           
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
               
Common stock of $0.0001 par value - Authorized: 125,000,000 shares as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022; issued and outstanding: 56,343,164 and 56,133,404 shares as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively
   
6
     
6
 
Additional paid-in capital
   
1,545,777
     
1,505,632
 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
   

(77,204

)
   

(73,109

)
Retained earnings
   

882,215

     
743,837
 
Total stockholders’ equity
   

2,350,794

     
2,176,366
 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
 
$

4,496,426

   
$
4,265,949
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (Unaudited)
 
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
   
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
   
2023
   
2022
 
Revenues
 
$
943,889
   
$
655,080
 
Cost of revenues
   
643,763
     
476,122
 
Gross profit
   
300,126
     
178,958
 
Operating expenses:
               
Research and development
   
79,873
     
66,349
 
Sales and marketing
   
40,966
     
35,316
 
General and administrative
   
36,567
     
26,429
 
Other operating income, net
   
(1,434
)    
-
 
Total operating expenses
   
155,972
     
128,094
 
Operating income
   
144,154
     
50,864
 
Financial income (expense), net
   
23,674
 
   
(4,605
)

Other loss

    (125 )     (844 )
Income before income taxes
   
167,703
     
45,415
 
Income taxes
   

29,325

     
12,292
 
Net income
 
$

138,378

   
$
33,123
 
Net basic earnings per share of common stock
 
$

2.46

   
$
0.62
 
Net diluted earnings per share of common stock
 
$

2.35

   
$
0.60
 
Weighted average number of shares used in computing net basic earnings per share of common stock
   
56,215,490
     
53,134,937
 
Weighted average number of shares used in computing net diluted earnings per share of common stock
   
59,193,831
     
56,315,193
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Unaudited)
 
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
   
Three Months Ended

March 31,

 
   
2023
   
2022
 
Net income
 
$

138,378

   
$
33,123
 
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
               
Available-for-sale marketable securities
   

6,177

 
   
(9,506
)
Cash flow hedges
   

(331

)
   
(680
)
Foreign currency translation adjustments on intra-entity transactions that are of a long-term investment nature
   
(10,800
)
   
(6,983
)
Foreign currency translation adjustments
   
859
 
   
(1,579
)
Total other comprehensive loss
   

(4,095

)
   
(18,748
)
Comprehensive income
 
$

134,283

 
 
$
14,375
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (Unaudited)
 
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
   
Common stock
   
Additional paid in
Capital
   
Accumulated
other comprehensive
loss
     
Retained earnings
   
Total
 
   
Number
   
Amount
                 
Balance as of January 1, 2023
   
56,133,404
   
$
6
   
$
1,505,632
   
$
(73,109
)
 
$
743,837
   
$
2,176,366
 
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock-based awards
   
209,760
     
*-
     
75
     
-
     
-
     
75
 
Stock based compensation
   
-
     
-
     
40,070
     
-
     
-
     
40,070
 
Other comprehensive loss adjustments
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
(4,095
)
   
-
     
(4,095
)
Net income
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
138,378
     
138,378
 
Balance as of March 31, 2023
 
$
56,343,164
   
$
6
   
$
1,545,777
   
$
(77,204
)
 
$
882,215
   
$
2,350,794
 
 
* Represents an amount less than $1.
 
   
Common stock
   
Additional paid in
Capital
   
Accumulated
other comprehensive
income (loss)
     
Retained earnings
   
Total
 
   
Number
   
Amount
                 
Balance as of January 1, 2022
   
52,815,395
   
$
5
   
$
687,295
   
$
(27,319
)
 
$
650,058
   
$
1,310,039
 
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock-based awards
   
270,751
     
*-
     
1,478
     
-
     
-
     
1,478
 
Stock based compensation
   
-
     
-
     
34,107
     
-
     
-
     
34,107
 
Issuance of common stock in a secondary public offering, net of underwriters' discounts and commissions of $27,140 and $834 of offering costs
   
2,300,000
     
1
     
650,525
     
-
     
-
     
650,526
 
Other comprehensive loss adjustments
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
(18,748
)
   
-
     
(18,748
)
Net income
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
33,123
     
33,123
 
Balance as of March 31, 2022
   
55,386,146
   
$
6
   
$
1,373,405
   
$
(46,067
)
 
$
683,181
   
$
2,010,525
 
 
* Represents an amount less than $1.
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)
 
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
   
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
   
2023
   
2022
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
           
Net income
 
$
138,378
   
$
33,123
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
   
13,464
     
11,660
 
Stock-based compensation expenses
   
39,235
     
34,107
 
Deferred income taxes, net
   
(3,930
)
   
(1,034
)
Loss (gain) from exchange rate fluctuations
   
(20,441
)
   
1,725
 
Other items
   
2,810
     
4,167
 
Changes in assets and liabilities:
               
Inventories, net
   
(141,521
)
   
(51,323
)
Prepaid expenses and other assets
   
(20,591
)
   
(17,163
)
Trade receivables, net
   
(55,002
)
   
(224,865
)
Trade payables, net
   
(50,410
)
   
(28,045
)
Employees and payroll accruals
   
10,227
     
9,246
 
Warranty obligations
   
57,864
     
27,629
 
Deferred revenues and customers advances
   
9,325
     
15,029
 
Accrued expenses and other liabilities, net
   
28,515
     
22,755
 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
   
7,923
     
(162,989
)
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
Proceed from sales and maturities of available-for-sale marketable securities
   
11,597
     
53,096
 
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
   
(38,338
)
   
(43,210
)
Investment in available-for-sale marketable securities
   
(38,979
)
   
(26,712
)
Investment in a privately-held company
   
(5,500
)
   
-
 
Other investing activities
   
3,440
     
1,692
 
Net cash used in investing activities
 
$
(67,780
)
 
$
(15,134
)
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited) (Cont.)
 
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
   
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
   
2023
   
2022
 
Cash flows from financing activities:
           
Proceeds from secondary public offering, net of issuance costs
 
$
-
   
$
650,526
 
Proceeds from exercise of stock-based awards
   
75
     
1,478
 
Tax withholding in connection with stock-based awards, net
   
(4,541
)
   
822
 
Other financing activities
   
(756
)
   
(491
)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
   
(5,222
)
   
652,335
 
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
   
(65,079
)
   
474,212
 
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period
   
783,112
     
530,089
 
Effect of exchange rate differences on cash and cash equivalents
   
9,816
     
(1,529
)
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period
 
$
727,849
   
$
1,002,772
 
                 
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash activities:
               
Right-of-use asset recognized with a corresponding lease liability
 
$
11,258
   
$
27,248
 
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
 
$
12,304
   
$
19,536
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
 

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SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
 
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)
 

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

NOTE 1:      GENERAL
 
  a.
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries design, develop, and sell an intelligent inverter solution designed to maximize power generation at the individual photovoltaic (“PV”) module level while lowering the cost of energy produced by the solar PV system and providing comprehensive and advanced safety features. The Company’s products consist mainly of (i) power optimizers designed to maximize energy throughput from each and every module through constant tracking of Maximum Power Point individually per module, (ii) inverters which invert direct current (DC) from the PV module to alternating current (AC) including the Company’s Energy Hub inverter which supports, among other things, connection to a DC-coupled battery for full or partial home backup, and optional connection to the Company's smart EV charger, (iii) a remote cloud-based monitoring platform, that collects and processes information from the power optimizers and inverters to enable customers and system owners, to monitor and manage the solar PV system (iv) a residential storage and backup solution which includes a company designed and manufactured lithium-ion DC-coupled battery that is used to increase energy independence and maximize self-consumption for homeowners including a battery, and (v) additional smart energy management solutions.
 
The Company and its subsidiaries sell products worldwide through large distributors, electrical equipment wholesalers, as well as directly to large solar installers and engineering, procurement, and construction firms.
 
  b.
The Company has expanded its activity to other areas of smart energy technology organically and through acquisitions. The Company now offers a variety of energy solutions, which include lithium-ion cells, batteries, and energy storage systems (“Energy Storage”), full powertrain kits for electric vehicles, or EVs (“e-Mobility”), as well as automated machines for industrial use (“Automation Machines”).
 
  c.
Basis of Presentation:
 
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). In management’s opinion, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments of a normal recurring nature that are necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods presented. The Company’s interim period results do not necessarily indicate the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the full fiscal year.
 
The significant accounting policies applied in the annual consolidated financial statements of the Company as of December 31, 2022, contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 22, 2023, have been applied consistently in these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation.
 
  d.
Use of estimates:
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, costs and expenses and related disclosures in the accompanying notes. The duration, scope and effects of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine, government and other third-party responses to it, and the related macroeconomic effects, including to the Company’s business and the business of the Company’s suppliers and customers are uncertain, rapidly changing and difficult to predict. As a result, the Company’s accounting estimates and assumptions may change over time in response to this evolving situation. Such changes could result in future impairments of goodwill, intangibles, long-lived assets, inventories, incremental credit losses on receivables and available-for-sale marketable debt securities, or an increase in the Company’s insurance liabilities as of the time of a relevant measurement event.
 
  e.
Concentrations of supply risks:
 
The Company depends on two contract manufacturers and several limited or single source component suppliers. Reliance on these vendors makes the Company vulnerable to possible capacity constraints and reduced control over component availability, delivery schedules, manufacturing yields, and costs.
 
As of March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, two contract manufacturers collectively accounted for 31.3% and 34.3% of the Company’s total trade payables, net, respectively.
 
In the second quarter of 2022, the Company announced the opening of “Sella 2”, a two gigawatt-hour (GWh) Li-Ion battery cell manufacturing facility located in South Korea. Sella 2 began producing and shipping cells at the end of 2022 and is expected to reach full manufacturing capacity in 2023. Sella 2 is the Company's second owned manufacturing facility following the establishment of Sella 1 in 2020. Sella 1 is the Company's manufacturing facility in the North of Israel that produces power optimizers and inverters for the Company's solar activities.
 
  f.
New accounting standards updates:
 
From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") or other standard setting bodies are adopted by the Company as of the specified effective date. The Company believes that the impact of recently issued or newly effective standards were not applicable to the Company, did not have a material impact on the condensed consolidated financial statements or are not expected to have a material impact on the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Unaudited)

 

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

NOTE 2:       MARKETABLE SECURITIES
 
The following is a summary of available-for-sale marketable securities as of March 31, 2023:
 
   
Amortized
cost
   
Gross unrealized
gains
   
Gross unrealized
losses
   
Fair value
 
Available-for-sale – matures within one year:
                       
Corporate bonds
 
$
390,012
   
$
82
   
$
(8,595
)
 
$
381,499
 
Governmental bonds
   
29,788
     
-
     
(467
)
   
29,321
 
     
419,800
     
82
     
(9,062
)
   
410,820
 
Available-for-sale – matures after one year:
                               
Corporate bonds
   
515,425
     
698
     
(15,855
)
   
500,268
 
Governmental bonds
   
9,251
     
-
     
(392
)
   
8,859
 
     
524,676
     
698
     
(16,247
)
   
509,127
 
Total
 
$
944,476
   
$
780
   
$
(25,309
)
 
$
919,947
 
 
The following is a summary of available-for-sale marketable securities as of December 31, 2022:
 
   
Amortized
cost
   
Gross unrealized
gains
   
Gross unrealized
losses
   
Fair value
 
Available-for-sale – matures within one year:
                       
Corporate bonds
 
$
222,482
   
$
-
   
$
(4,657
)
 
$
217,825
 
Governmental bonds
   
23,845
     
-
     
(553
)
   
23,292
 
     
246,327
     
-
     
(5,210
)
   
241,117
 
Available-for-sale – matures after one year:
                               
Corporate bonds
   
657,238
     
80
     
(26,460
)
   
630,858
 
Governmental bonds
   
15,250
     
-
     
(617
)
   
14,633
 
     
672,488
     
80
     
(27,077
)
   
645,491
 
Total
 
$
918,815
   
$
80
   
$
(32,287
)
 
$
886,608
 
 
As of March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the Company did not record an allowance for credit losses for its available-for-sale marketable securities.

 

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SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Unaudited)

 

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

NOTE 3:       INVENTORIES, NET
 
   

March 31,

2023

   
December 31,
2022
 
Raw materials
 
$
503,445
   
$
503,257
 
Work in process
   
37,754
     
23,407
 
Finished goods
   
333,013
     
202,537
 

Total inventories, net

 
$
874,212
   
$
729,201
 

 

NOTE 4:       PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
 
   
March 31,
2023
   
December 31,
2022
 
Vendor non-trade receivables (*)
 
$
147,238
   
$
147,597
 
Government authorities
   
57,275
     
55,670
 
Prepaid expenses and other
   
55,129
     
37,815
 
Total prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
$
259,642
   
$
241,082
 
 
(*) Vendor non-trade receivables derived from the sale of components to manufacturing vendors who manufacture products for the Company. The Company purchases these components directly from other suppliers. The Company does not reflect the sale of these components to the contract manufacturers in its revenues.

 

F - 10


SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Unaudited)

 

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

NOTE 5:       DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

 
During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company instituted a foreign currency cash flow hedging program to reduce the risk of a forecasted increase in the value of foreign currency cash flows, resulting from payment of salaries in Israeli currency, the New Israeli Shekels (“NIS”). The Company hedges portions of the anticipated payroll denominated in NIS for a period of one to nine months with hedging contracts. These hedging contracts are designated as cash flow hedges, as defined by ASC 815 and are all effective hedges.
 
As of March 31, 2023, the Company entered into forward contracts and put and call options to sell U.S. dollars (“USD”) for NIS in the amount of approximately NIS 231 million and NIS 125 million, respectively.
 
In addition to the above-mentioned cash flow hedge transactions, the Company occasionally enters into derivative instrument arrangements to hedge the Company’s exposure to currencies other than the USD. These derivative instruments are not designated as cash flow hedges, as defined by ASC 815, and therefore all gains and losses, resulting from fair value remeasurement, were recorded immediately in the statement of income, under "Financial income (expense), net".
 
The Company classifies cash flows related to its hedging as operating activities in its condensed consolidated statement of cash flows.
 
The fair values of outstanding derivative instruments were as follows:
 
 
Balance sheet location
 
March 31,
2023
   
December 31,
2022
 
Derivative assets of options and forward contracts:
             
Designated cash flow hedges
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
$
353
   
$
-
 
Derivative liabilities of options and forward contracts:
                 
Designated cash flow hedges
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
 
$
(2,583
)
 
$
(1,874
)
 
Gains (losses) on derivative instruments are summarized below:
 
     

Three Months Ended

March 31,

 
 
Affected line item
 
2023
   
2022
 
Foreign exchange contracts
             
Non Designated Hedging Instruments
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income - Financial income (expense), net
 
$
-
   
$
934
 
Designated Hedging Instruments
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income - Cash flow hedges
 
$
(2,057
)
 
$
(1,178
)
 
See Note 13 for information regarding losses from designated hedging instruments reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss.

 

F - 11


SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Unaudited)

 

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

NOTE 6:    FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
 
In accordance with ASC 820, the Company measures its cash equivalents and marketable securities, at fair value using the market approach valuation technique. Cash and cash equivalents are classified within Level 1 because these assets are valued using quoted market prices. Marketable securities and foreign currency derivative contracts are classified within level 2 due to these assets being valued by alternative pricing sources and models utilizing market observable inputs.
 
The following table sets forth the Company’s assets that were measured at fair value as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, by level within the fair value hierarchy:
 
   
Fair Value Hierarchy
 
Fair value measurements as of
 
Description
   
March 31, 2023
   
December 31, 2022
 
Assets:
               
Cash and cash equivalents:
               
Cash
 
Level 1
 
$
667,384
   
$
695,004
 
Money market mutual funds
 
Level 1
 
$
17,486
   
$
25,149
 
Deposits
 
Level 1
 
$
42,979
   
$
62,959
 
Derivative instruments
 
Level 2
 
$
353
   
$
-
 
Short-term marketable securities:
                   
Corporate bonds
 
Level 2
 
$
381,499
   
$
217,825
 
Governmental bonds
 
Level 2
 
$
29,321
   
$
23,292
 
Long-term marketable securities:
                   
Corporate bonds
 
Level 2
 
$
500,268
   
$
630,858
 
Governmental bonds
 
Level 2
 
$
8,859
   
$
14,633
 
Liabilities:
                   
Derivative instruments
 
Level 2
 
$
(2,583
)
 
$
(1,874
)
 
NOTE 7:       WARRANTY OBLIGATIONS
 
Changes in the Company’s product warranty obligations for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, were as follows:
 
   
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
   
2023
   
2022
 
Balance, at the beginning of the period
 
$
385,057
   
$
265,160
 
Additions and adjustments to cost of revenues
   
91,570
     
47,907
 
Usage and current warranty expenses
   
(33,656
)
   
(20,401
)
Balance, at end of the period
   
442,971
     
292,666
 
Less current portion
   
(129,278
)
   
(82,340
)
Long term portion
 
$
313,693
   
$
210,326
 

 

F - 12


SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Unaudited)

 

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

NOTE 8:       DEFERRED REVENUES AND CUSTOMERS ADVANCES
 
Deferred revenues consist of deferred cloud-based monitoring services, communication services, warranty extension services and advance payments received from customers for the Company’s products. Deferred revenues are classified as short-term and long-term deferred revenues based on the period in which revenues are expected to be recognized.
 
Significant changes in the balances of deferred revenues and customer advances during the period are as follows:
 
   
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
   
2023
   
2022
 
Balance, at the beginning of the period
 
$
213,577
   
$
169,345
 
Revenue recognized
   
(11,742
)
   
(14,529
)
Increase in deferred revenues and customer advances
   
22,589
     
29,429
 
Balance, at the end of the period
   
224,424
     
184,245
 
Less current portion
   
(27,507
)
   
(25,511
)
Long term portion
 
$
196,917
   
$
158,734
 
 
The following table includes estimated revenues expected to be recognized in the future related to performance obligations that are unsatisfied (or partially unsatisfied) as of March 31, 2023:
 
2023
 
$
23,888
 
2024
   
12,073
 
2025
   
10,764
 
2026
   
10,389
 
2027
   
8,363
 
Thereafter
   
158,947
 
Total deferred revenues
 
$
224,424
 

 

NOTE 9:       ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES
 
   
March 31,
2023
   
December 31,
2022
 
Accrued expenses
 
$
127,018
   
$
117,638
 
Government authorities
   
87,159
     
67,514
 
Operating lease liabilities
   
17,215
     
16,183
 
Accrual for sales incentives
   
5,746
     
6,790
 
Other
   
6,743
     
5,987
 
Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities
 
$
243,881
   
$
214,112
 

 

F - 13


SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Unaudited)

 

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

NOTE 10:       CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES
 
On September 25, 2020, the Company sold $632,500 aggregate principal amount of its 0.00% convertible senior notes due 2025 (the “Notes”). The Notes were sold pursuant to an indenture, dated September 25, 2020 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. The Notes do not bear regular interest and mature on September 15, 2025, unless earlier repurchased or converted in accordance with their terms. The Notes are general senior unsecured obligations of the Company. Holders may convert their Notes prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding June 15, 2025 in multiples of $1,000 principal amount, only under the following circumstances: (1) during any calendar quarter commencing after the calendar quarter ending on December 31, 2020 (and only during such calendar quarter), if the last reported sale price of the common stock for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during the period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the conversion price on each applicable trading day; (2) during the five-business-day period after any five consecutive trading day period in which the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes for each trading day of that five consecutive trading day period was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of the common stock and the conversion rate on each such trading day; or (3) upon the occurrence of specified corporate events as described in the Indenture. In addition, holders may convert their Notes, in multiples of $1,000 principal amount, at their option at any time beginning on or after June 15, 2025, and prior to the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the stated maturity date of the Notes, without regard to the foregoing circumstances. The initial conversion rate for the Notes was 3.5997 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $277.80 per share of common stock, subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain specified events as set forth in the Indenture.
 
Upon conversion, the Company may choose to pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash, shares of common stock, or a combination of cash and shares of common stock.
 
In addition, upon the occurrence of a fundamental change (as defined in the Indenture), holders of the Notes may require the Company to repurchase all or a portion of their Notes, in multiples of $1,000 principal amount, at a repurchase price of 100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus any accrued and unpaid special interest to, but excluding the fundamental change repurchase date. If certain fundamental changes referred to as make-whole fundamental changes occur, the conversion rate for the Notes may be increased.
 

The Convertible Senior Notes consisted of the following as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022:

   
March 31,
2023
   
December 31,
2022
 
Liability:
           
Principal
 
$
632,500
   
$
632,500
 
Unamortized issuance costs
   
(7,318
)
   
(8,049
)
Net carrying amount
 
$
625,182
   
$
624,451
 
 
For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 the Company recorded amortized debt issuance costs related to the Notes in the amount of $731 and $728, respectively.
 
As of March 31, 2023, the unamortized issuance costs of the Notes will be amortized over the remaining term of approximately 2.5 years.
 
The annual effective interest rate of the Notes is 0.47%.
 
As of March 31, 2023, the estimated fair value of the Notes, which the Company has classified as Level 2 financial instruments, is $823,730. The estimated fair value was determined based on the quoted bid price of the Notes in an over-the-counter market on the last trading day of the reporting period.
 
As of March 31, 2023, the if-converted value of the Notes exceeded the principal amount by $59,537.

 

F - 14


SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Unaudited)

 

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

NOTE 11:       STOCK CAPITAL
 
a. Common stock rights:
 
Common stock confers upon its holders the right to receive notice of, and to participate in, all general meetings of the Company, where each share of common stock shall have one vote for all purposes, to share equally, on a per share basis, in bonuses, profits, or distributions out of fund legally available therefor, and to participate in the distribution of the surplus assets of the Company in the event of liquidation of the Company.
 
b. Secondary public offering:
 
On March 17, 2022, the Company offered and sold 2,300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, at a public offering price of $295.00 per share. The shares of Common Stock were issued and sold in a registered offering pursuant to the underwriting agreement dated March 17, 2022, among the Company, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (the “Underwriting Agreement”). All of the offered shares were issued at closing, including 300,000 shares of Common Stock that were issued and sold pursuant to the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares under the Underwriting Agreement, which was exercised in full on March 18, 2022.
 
The net proceeds to the Company were $650,526 after deducting underwriters' discounts of $27,140 and commissions of $834.
 
c. Equity Incentive Plans:
 
The Company’s 2007 Global Incentive Plan (the “2007 Plan”) was adopted by the board of directors on August 30, 2007. The 2007 Plan terminated upon the Company’s IPO on March 31, 2015 and no further awards may be granted thereunder. All outstanding awards will continue to be governed by their existing terms and 379,358 available options for future grants were transferred to the Company’s 2015 Global Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”) and are reserved for future issuances under the 2015 plan. The 2015 Plan became effective upon the consummation of the IPO. The 2015 Plan provides for the grant of options, restricted stock units ("RSU"), performance stock units ("PSU"), and other share-based awards to directors, employees, officers, and non-employees of the Company and its subsidiaries. As of March 31, 2023, a total of 20,853,755 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to stock awards under the 2015 Plan (the “Share Reserve”), an aggregate of 12,005,195 shares are still available for future grants.
 
The Share Reserve will automatically increase on January 1st of each year during the term of the 2015 Plan, commencing on January 1st  of the year following the year in which the 2015 Plan becomes effective, in an amount equal to 5% of the total number of shares of capital stock outstanding on December 31st of the preceding calendar year; provided, however, that the Company’s board of directors may determine that there will not be a January 1st increase in the Share Reserve in a given year or that the increase will be less than 5% of the shares of capital stock outstanding on the preceding December 31st.
 

The Company granted under its 2015 Plan, PSU awards to certain employees and officers which vest upon the achievement of certain performance or market conditions subject to their continued employment with the Company.

 

In 2021, the Company has also committed to issuing additional shares, which carry certain performance conditions (including business performance targets and a continued service relationship with the Company) and are treated as PSUs for accounting purposes.
 

The market condition for the PSUs is based on the Company’s total shareholder return ("TSR") compared to the TSR of companies listed in the S&P 500 index over a one to three year performance period. The Company uses a Monte-Carlo simulation to determine the grant date fair value for these awards, which takes into consideration the market price of a share of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant less the present value of dividends expected during the requisite service period, as well as the possible outcomes pertaining to the TSR market condition. The Company recognizes such compensation expenses on an accelerated vesting method.
 
The aggregate maximum number of shares of common stock that may be issued on the exercise of incentive stock options is 10,000,000. As of March 31, 2023, an aggregate of 8,617,974 options are still available for future grants under the 2015 Plan.

 

F - 15


SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Unaudited)

 

(in thousands, except per share data)

 
A summary of the activity in stock options and related information is as follows:
 
   
Number of options
   
Weighted average exercise price
   
Weighted average remaining contractual term in years
   
Aggregate intrinsic Value
 
Outstanding as of December 31, 2022
   
339,029
   
$
50.64
     
4.86
   
$
79,414
 
Exercised
   
(3,645
)
   
20.46
     
-
     
1,073
 
Outstanding as of March 31, 2023
   
335,384
   
$
50.97
     
4.63
   
$
84,989
 
Vested and expected to vest as of March 31, 2023
   
334,950
   
$
50.80
     
4.62
   
$
84,937
 
Exercisable as of March 31, 2023
   
311,240
   
$
40.47
     
4.43
   
$
82,079
 
 
The aggregate intrinsic value in the tables above represents the total intrinsic value (the difference between the fair value of the Company’s common stock as of the last day of each period and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money options) that would have been received by the option holders had all option holders exercised their options on the last day of each period.
 
A summary of the activity in the RSUs and related information is as follows:
 
   
Number of RSUs
   
Weighted average grant date fair value
 
Unvested as of December 31, 2022
   
1,488,515
   
$
232.05
 
Granted
   
103,081
     
296.64
 
Vested
   
(197,866
)
   
164.31
 
Forfeited
   
(31,296
)
   
254.24
 
Unvested as of March 31, 2023
   
1,362,434
   
$
246.27
 
 
A summary of the activity in the PSUs and related information is as follows:
 
   
Number of PSUs
   
Weighted average grant date fair value
 
Unvested as of December 31, 2022
   
149,232
   
$
295.88
 
Granted
   
31,911
     
314.22
 
Vested
   
(8,249
)
   
270.93
 
Unvested as of March 31, 2023
   
172,894
   
$
300.45
 
 
d.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP"):
 
The Company adopted an ESPP effective upon the consummation of the IPO. As of March 31, 2023, a total of 4,150,380 shares were reserved for issuance under this plan. The number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the ESPP will increase automatically on January 1st of each year, for ten years, by the lesser of 1% of the total number of shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding on December 31st of the preceding calendar year or 487,643 shares. However, the Company’s board of directors may reduce the amount of the increase in any particular year at their discretion, including a reduction to zero.
 
The ESPP is implemented through an offering every six months. According to the ESPP, eligible employees may use up to 15% of their salaries to purchase common stock up to an aggregate limit of $15 per participant for every six months plan. The price of an ordinary share purchased under the ESPP is equal to 85% of the lower of the fair market value of the ordinary share on the subscription date of each offering period or on the purchase date.
 
As of March 31, 2023, 738,876 shares of common stock had been purchased under the ESPP.
 
As of March 31, 2023, 3,411,504 shares of common stock were available for future issuance under the ESPP.
 
In accordance with ASC No. 718, the ESPP is compensatory and, as such, results in recognition of compensation cost.

 

F - 16


SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Unaudited)

 

(in thousands, except per share data)

 
e.
Stock-based compensation expenses:
 
The Company recognized stock-based compensation expenses related to all stock-based awards in the condensed consolidated statement of income for the three months ended March 31, 2023, and 2022, as follows:
 
   
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
   
2023
   
2022
 
Cost of revenues
 
$
5,927
   
$
5,062
 
Research and development
   
17,209
     
14,985
 
Selling and marketing
   
8,079
     
6,701
 
General and administrative
   
8,020
     
7,359
 
Total stock-based compensation expenses
 
$
39,235
   
$
34,107
 
 
For the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company capitalized stock-based compensation expenses in the amount of $430 related to ERP implementation, which were included within other long-term assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets and $405 related to inventory.
 
For the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company did not capitalize any stock-based compensation expenses.
 
The total tax benefit associated with share-based compensation for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 was $4,197 and $3,478, respectively. The tax benefit realized from share-based compensation for three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 was $2,842 and $2,927, respectively.
 
As of March 31, 2023, there were total unrecognized compensation expenses in the amount of $335,864 related to non-vested equity-based compensation arrangements granted. These expenses are expected to be recognized during the period from April 1, 2023 through February 28, 2027.

 

F - 17


SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Unaudited)

 

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

NOTE 12:     COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

a. Guarantees:

As of March 31, 2023, contingent liabilities exist regarding guarantees in the amounts of $5,876, and $1,899 in respect of office rent lease agreements and customs and other transactions, respectively.

b. Contractual purchase obligations:

The Company has contractual obligations to purchase goods and raw materials. These contractual purchase obligations relate to inventories and other purchase orders, which cannot be canceled without penalty. In addition, the Company acquires raw materials or other goods and services, including product components, by issuing authorizations to its suppliers to purchase materials based on its projected demand and manufacturing needs.

As of March 31, 2023, the Company had non-cancelable purchase obligations totaling approximately $1,617,376, out of which the Company recorded a provision for loss in the amount of $8,052.

As of March 31, 2023, the Company had contractual obligations for capital expenditures totaling approximately $121,347. These commitments reflect purchases of automated assembly lines and other machinery related to the Company’s general manufacturing process and mainly to its plans to establish manufacturing capabilities in the United States.

c.  Legal claims:

From time to time, the Company may be involved in various claims and legal proceedings. The Company reviews the status of each matter and assesses its potential financial exposure. If the potential loss from any claim or legal proceeding is considered probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated, the Company accrues a liability for the estimated loss. These accruals are reviewed at least quarterly and adjusted to reflect the impact of negotiations, settlements, rulings, advice of legal counsel, and other information and events pertaining to a particular matter.

In September 2018, the Company’s German subsidiary, SolarEdge Technologies GmbH, received a complaint filed by competitor SMA Solar Technology AG (“SMA”). The complaint, filed in the District Court Düsseldorf, Germany, alleges that SolarEdge's 12.5kW - 27.6kW inverters infringed on two of the plaintiff’s patents. SMA asserted a value in dispute of EUR 5.5 million (approximately $5,983) for both patents. The Company challenged the validity of both patents and the first patent was invalidated and SMA’s appeal on the matter was denied in January 2023. In August 2021, the German Patent Court rendered SMA's second patent invalid, and this invalidity has been appealed by SMA and a hearing is pending. The Company believes that it has meritorious defenses to these claims and intends to vigorously defend against the remaining lawsuit.

On July 28, 2022, the Company was served with complaints filed by Ampt LLC in the International Trade Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, in the District Court for the District of Delaware alleging patent infringement against the Company and its subsidiary SolarEdge Technologies Ltd. On October 24, 2022, the complaint filed in the District Court of Delaware was administratively stayed until the Commission's action is resolved. The Company believes that it has meritorious defenses to the complaints and intend to vigorously defend against them.

As of March 31, 2023, an immaterial amount for legal claims was recorded in accrued expenses and other current liabilities.

 

F - 18


SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Unaudited)

 

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

NOTE 13:       ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
 
The following table summarizes the changes in accumulated balances of other comprehensive gain (loss), net of taxes:
 
 
   
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
   
2023
   
2022
 
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale marketable securities
           
Beginning balance
 
$
(25,449
)
 
$
(4,709
)
Revaluation
   
7,570
     
(12,721
)
Tax on revaluation
   
(1,471
)
   
2,471
 
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications
   
6,099
     
(10,250
)
Reclassification
   
107
     
844
 
Tax on reclassification
   
(29
)
   
(100
)
Losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income
   
78
     
744
 
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)
   
6,177
     
(9,506
)
Ending balance
 
$
(19,272
)
 
$
(14,215
)
Unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges
               
Beginning balance
 
$
(1,761
)
 
$
874
 
Revaluation
   
(2,196
)
   
(1,337
)
Tax on revaluation
   
139
     
159
 
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications
   
(2,057
)
   
(1,178
)
Reclassification
   
1,840
     
565
 
Tax on reclassification
   
(114
)
   
(67
)
Losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss
   
1,726
     
498
 
Net current period other comprehensive loss
   
(331
)
   
(680
)
Ending balance
 
$
(2,092
)
 
$
194
 
Foreign currency translation adjustments on intra-entity transactions that are of a long-term investment in nature
               
Beginning balance
 
$
(37,960
)
 
$
(17,420
)
Revaluation
   
(10,800
)
   
(6,983
)
Ending balance
 
$
(48,760
)
 
$
(24,403
)
Unrealized gains (losses) on foreign currency translation
               
Beginning balance
 
$
(7,939
)
 
$
(6,064
)
Revaluation
   
859
     
(1,579
)
Ending balance
 
$
(7,080
)
 
$
(7,643
)
Total
 
$
(77,204
)
 
$
(46,067
)

 

F - 19


SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Unaudited)

 

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

The following table summarizes the reclassifications from "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" into the statement of income:
 
Details about Accumulated Other Comprehensive
Loss Components
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
Affected Line Item in the Statement of Income
   
2023
   
2022
   

Available-for-sale marketable securities

             
   
$
(107
)
 
$
(844)
 
Financial income (expense), net
     
29
     
100
 
Income taxes
   
$
(78
)
 
$
(744)
 
Total, net of income taxes

Cash flow hedges

                 
     
(212
)
   
(67
)
Cost of revenues
     
(1,129
)
   
(338
)
Research and development
     
(225
)
   
(71
)
Sales and marketing
     
(274
)
   
(89
)
General and administrative
   
$
(1,840
)
 
$
(565)
 
Total, before income taxes
     
114
     
67
 
Income taxes
     
(1,726
)
   
(498
)
Total, net of income taxes
Total reclassifications for the period
 
$
(1,804
)
 
$
(1,242)
   
 
NOTE 14:       OTHER OPERATING INCOME
 
In the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company recorded a gain from sale of property, plant and equipment and other assets in the amount of $1,434.

 

NOTE 15:       INCOME TAXES
 
The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2023, and 2022 was 17.5% and 27.1%, respectively.
 
The lower tax rate in the current quarter compared to the first quarter of 2022 is mainly due to the fact that the Company's income before tax, most of which is subject to tax rates lower than the US statutory rate, increased. Conversely, the IRC Section 174 R&D capitalization, and other expenses not recognized for GILTI purposes, did not increase in the same proportion.
 
As of March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, unrecognized tax benefits were $2,883 and $2,756, respectively. If recognized, such benefits would favorably affect the Company’s effective tax rate.
 
The Company accrues interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in its provision for income taxes. The total amount of penalties and interest were immaterial as of March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022.
 
In August 2022, the U.S. government enacted the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”), which includes several incentives intended to promote clean energy, battery and energy storage, electrical vehicles, and other solar products, and is expected to impact our business and operations. As part of such incentives the IRA, will among other things, extend the investment tax credit (“ITC”) through 2034 and is therefore expected to increase the demand for solar products. The IRA is expected to further incentivize residential and commercial solar customers and developers due to the inclusion of a tax credit for qualifying energy projects of up to 30%. Since these regulations are new and their implementation is still pending administrative guidance from the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Treasury Department, the Company will be examining the benefits that may be available to it, such as the availability of tax credits for domestic manufacturers, in the coming months. The Company also announced its plans to establish manufacturing capabilities in the United States during 2023.

 

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SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Unaudited)

 

(in thousands, except per share data)

 
NOTE 16:       EARNINGS PER SHARE
 
The following table presents the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”):
 
   
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
   
2023
   
2022
 
Basic EPS:
           
Numerator:
           
Net income
 
$
138,378
   
$
33,123
 
Denominator:
               
Shares used in computing net earnings per share of common stock, basic
   
56,215,490
     
53,134,937
 
Diluted EPS:
               
Numerator:
               
Net income attributable to common stock, basic
 
$
138,378
   
$
33,123
 
Notes due 2025
   
552
     
553
 
Net income attributable to common stock, diluted
 
$
138,930
   
$
33,676
 
Denominator:
               
Shares used in computing net earnings per share of common stock, basic
   
56,215,490
     
53,134,937
 
Notes due 2025
   
2,276,818
     
2,276,818
 
Effect of stock-based awards
   
701,523
     
903,438
 
Shares used in computing net earnings per share of common stock, diluted
   
59,193,831
     
56,315,193
 
Earnings per share:
               
Basic
 
$
2.46
   
$
0.62
 
Diluted
 
$
2.35
   
$
0.60
 
                 
Shares excluded from the calculation of diluted net EPS due to their anti-dilutive effect
   
192,339
     
223,776
 

 

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SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Unaudited)

 

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

NOTE 17:      SEGMENT INFORMATION
 
Following the discontinuation of Critical Power in June 2022, the Company operates in four different operating segments: Solar, Energy Storage, e-Mobility and Automation Machines.
 
The Company’s Chief Executive Officer, who is the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), makes resource allocation decisions and assesses performance based on financial information presented on a consolidated basis, accompanied by disaggregated information about revenues and contributed profit by the operating segments.
 
The Company does not allocate to its operating segments revenue recognized due to advance payments received for performance obligations that extend for a period greater than one year, related to Accounting Standard Codification 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (ASC 606).
 
Segment profit is comprised of gross profit for the segment less operating expenses that do not include amortization of purchased intangible assets, impairments of goodwill and intangible assets, stock based compensation expenses, and certain other items.
 
The Company manages its assets on a group basis, not by segments, as many of its assets are shared or co-mingled. The Company’s CODM does not regularly review asset information by segments and, therefore, the Company does not report asset information by segment.
 
The Company identified one operating segment as reportable – the Solar segment. The other operating segments are insignificant individually and therefore their results are presented together under “All other”.
 
The Solar segment includes the design, development, manufacturing, and sales of an intelligent inverter solution designed to maximize power generation at the individual PV module level and a residential storage solution, compatible with the Company’s Energy Hub inverter, intended to store and supply power for back-up and to maximize self-consumption. The Solar segment solution consists mainly of the Company’s power optimizers, inverters, batteries, and cloud‑based monitoring platform.
 
The “All other” category includes the design, development, manufacturing, and sales of energy storage products, e-Mobility products, UPS products, and automated machines.

 

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SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  (Unaudited)

 

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

The following table presents information on reportable segments profit (loss) for the period presented:

 
   
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
   
2023
   
2022
 
   
Solar
   
All other
   
Solar
   
All other
 
Revenues
 
$
908,505
   
$
35,197
   
$
607,997
   
$
46,948
 
Cost of revenues
   
590,105
     
46,216
     
424,500
     
44,341
 
Gross profit (loss)
   
318,400
     
(11,019
)
   
183,497
     
2,607
 
Research and development
 
$
55,823
   
$
6,528
   
$
43,131
   
$
7,930
 
Sales and marketing
   
31,145
     
1,561
     
25,805
     
2,574
 
General and administrative
   
24,743
     
3,778
     
15,849
     
3,625
 
Segments profit (loss)
 
$
206,689
   
$
(22,886
)
 
$
98,712
   
$
(11,522
)
 
The following table presents information on reportable segments reconciliation to consolidated revenues for the periods presented:
 
   
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
   
2023
   
2022
 
Solar revenues
 
$
908,505
   
$
607,997
 
All other segment revenues
   
35,197
     
46,948
 
Revenues from financing component
   
187
     
135
 
Consolidated revenues
 
$
943,889
   
$
655,080
 
 
The following table presents information on reportable segments reconciliation to consolidated operating income for the periods presented:
 
   
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
   
2023
   
2022
 
Solar segment profit
 
$
206,689
   
$
98,712
 
All other segment loss
   
(22,886
)
   
(11,522
)
Segments operating profit
   
183,803
     
87,190
 
Amounts not allocated to segments:
               
Stock based compensation expenses
   
(39,235
)
   
(34,107
)
Other unallocated expenses
   
(414
)
   
(2,219
)
Consolidated operating income
 
$
144,154
   
$
50,864
 
 
NOTE 18:      SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
 
On April 6, 2023, the Company completed the acquisition of all outstanding shares of Hark Systems Ltd. ("Hark"), a UK-based energy IoT company for the commercial and industrial ("C&I") sector for approximately USD 16.7 million in cash. Hark's platform is expected to enable the Company to offer its commercial and industrial customers expanded capabilities in energy management and connectivity, including identification of potential energy savings, detection of anomalies in assets’ energy consumption, and optimization of energy usage and carbon emissions through load orchestration and storage control.

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
Statements contained in this Form 10-Q or statements incorporated by reference from documents we have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission may contain forward-looking statements that are based on our management’s expectations, estimates, projections, beliefs and assumptions in accordance with information currently available to our management. Forward-looking statements should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included in Part 1, Item 1 of this report. This discussion contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements include information concerning our possible or assumed future results of operations, business strategies, technology developments, new products and services, financing and investment plans, competitive position, industry and regulatory environment, effects of acquisitions, growth opportunities and the effects of competition. Forward-looking statements include statements that are not historical facts and can be identified by terms such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “seek,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “will,” “would” or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms.
 
Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Also, forward-looking statements represent our management’s beliefs and assumptions only as of the date of this filing. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations include:
 
 
future demand for renewable energy including solar energy solutions;
 
 
changes to net metering policies or the reduction, elimination or expiration of government subsidies and economic incentives for on-grid solar energy applications;
 
 
changes in the U.S. trade environment, including the imposition of import tariffs;
 
 
federal, state, and local regulations governing the electric utility industry with respect to solar energy;
 
 
changes in tax laws, tax treaties, and regulations or the interpretation of them, including the Inflation Reduction Act;
 
 
the retail price of electricity derived from the utility grid or alternative energy sources;
 
 
interest rates and supply of capital in the global financial markets in general and in the solar market specifically;
 
 
competition, including introductions of power optimizer, inverter and solar photovoltaic (“PV”) system monitoring products by our competitors;
 
 
developments in alternative technologies or improvements in distributed solar energy generation;
 
 
historic cyclicality of the solar industry and periodic downturns;
 
 
product quality or performance problems in our products;
 
 
our ability to forecast demand for our products accurately and to match production with demand;
 
 
our dependence on ocean transportation to timely deliver our products in a cost-effective manner;
 
 
our dependence upon a small number of outside contract manufacturers and limited or single source suppliers;
 
 
capacity constraints, delivery schedules, manufacturing yields, and costs of our contract manufacturers and availability of components;
 
 
delays, disruptions, and quality control problems in manufacturing;
 
 
shortages, delays, price changes, or cessation of operations or production affecting our suppliers of key components;
 
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existing and future responses to and effects of Covid-19;
 
 
business practices and regulatory compliance of our raw material suppliers;
 
 
performance of distributors and large installers in selling our products;
 
 
disruption in our global supply chain and rising prices of oil and raw materials as a result of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine may adversely affect our business;
 
 
our customers’ financial stability, creditworthiness, and debt leverage ratio;
 
 
our ability to retain key personnel and attract additional qualified personnel;
 
 
our ability to effectively design, launch, market, and sell new generations of our products and services;
 
 
our ability to maintain our brand and to protect and defend our intellectual property;
 
 
our ability to retain, and events affecting, our major customers;
 
 
our ability to manage effectively the growth of our organization and expansion into new markets;
 
 
our ability to integrate acquired businesses;
 
 
fluctuations in global currency exchange rates;
 
 
unrest, terrorism, or armed conflict in Israel;
 
 
macroeconomic conditions in our domestic and international markets, as well as inflation concerns, financial institutions instability, rising interest rates and recessionary concerns;
 
 
consolidation in the solar industry among our customers and distributors;
 
 
our ability to service our debt; and
 
 
the other factors set forth under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and subsequent reports on Form 10-Q and in other documents we file from time to time with the SEC that disclose risks and uncertainties that may affect our business.
 
The preceding list is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all of our forward-looking statements. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee that future results, levels of activity, performance and events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or will occur. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.
 
Overview
 
We are a leading provider of an optimized inverter solution that has changed the way power is harvested and managed in a solar photovoltaic, known as PV systems. Our direct current or DC optimized inverter system maximizes power generation while lowering the cost of energy produced by the solar PV system, for improved return on investment, or ROI. Additional benefits of the DC optimized inverter system include comprehensive and advanced safety features, improved design flexibility, efficient integration (DC coupled) with SolarEdge storage solutions, and improved operating and maintenance, or O&M with remote monitoring at the module level. The SolarEdge Energy Hub inverter which supports, among other things, connection to a DC-coupled battery for full or partial home backup, and optional connection to the SolarEdge smart EV charger. The typical SolarEdge optimized inverter system consists of power optimizers, inverters, a communication device which enables access to a cloud-based monitoring platform and in many cases, a battery and additional smart energy management solutions. Our solutions address a broad range of solar market segments, from residential to commercial and small utility-scale solar installations.
 
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Since introducing the optimized inverter solution in 2010, SolarEdge has expanded its activity to other areas of smart energy technology, both through organic growth and through acquisitions. SolarEdge now offers energy solutions which also include energy storage systems or ESS, home backup systems, electric vehicle or EV components and charging capabilities, home energy management, grid services and virtual power plants or VPPs, and lithium-ion batteries.
 
In the third quarter of 2020, we began commercial shipments to the U.S. from our manufacturing facility in the North of Israel, “Sella 1”. The proximity of Sella 1 to our R&D team and labs, enables us to accelerate new product development cycles, as well as define equipment and manufacturing processes of newly developed products which can then be adopted by our contract manufacturers world-wide. In 2023, we plan to expand the manufacturing capacity of Sella 1 to add an additional inverter line. In May 2022, we announced the opening of “Sella 2”, a 2GWh Li-Ion cell factory in Korea. The new factory is intended to help the Company meet the growing global demand for Li-Ion cells and batteries, specifically in the ESS market. Sella 2 began producing and shipping cells at the end of 2022 and is expected to reach full manufacturing capacity in 2023. In addition, as part of our manufacturing regionalization efforts, we expanded our manufacturing capabilities with a manufacturing site in Mexico significantly increased our capacity and gave us further flexibility to manage growing demand. In light of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (“IRA”) legislation in the United States which incentivizes the local manufacturing of renewable energy products by providing benefits to installers for the purchase and installation of US-manufactured products, as well as by incentivizing manufacturers of such products domestically, we are planning to establish manufacturing capabilities in the United States by using contract manufacturers and by establishing our own manufacturing facility.
 
We are a leader in the global module-level power electronics or MLPE market. As of March 31, 2023, we shipped approximately 114.1 million power optimizers, 4.9 million inverters and 171.2 thousand residential batteries. Over 3.3 million installations, many of which may include multiple inverters, are currently connected to, and monitored through, our cloud-based monitoring platform. As of March 31, 2023, we shipped approximately 43.6 GW of our DC optimized inverter systems and approximately 1.2 GWh of our residential batteries.
 
Our revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2023, and 2022 were $943.9 million and $655.1 million, respectively. Gross margins for the three months ended March 31, 2023, and 2022 was 31.8% and 27.3%, respectively. Net income for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 was $138.4 million and $33.1 million, respectively.
 
Global Circumstances Influencing our Business and Operations
 
Covid-19 Impact & Response
 
Due to the worldwide growing trend in availability and administration of vaccines against Covid-19, many restrictions that were placed during the pandemic were gradually lifted by governments across the globe. However, the future impact of the Covid-19 pandemic remains highly uncertain. Resurgences of Covid-19 cases and the emergence of new variants may adversely impact our results of operations. For example, in the second quarter of 2022, the mandatory government shutdowns resulting from the increase in Covid-19 cases in Shanghai, that were eased in the beginning of the third quarter of 2022, led to delays in our scheduled shipments from the Shanghai port. Our first priority continues to be to protect and support our employees while maintaining company operations and support of our customers with as few disruptions as possible. We follow the guidance issued by applicable local authorities and health officials in each region in which we do business, including in our headquarters located in Israel.
 
While we have not experienced any new disruptions resulting directly from Covid-19 in the first quarter of 2023, long lasting impacts of the pandemic and general global economic conditions continue to present challenges to our operations and business. In the first quarter of 2023, we continued to witness a decrease in shipment prices and transit times, both however are still not at their pre-Covid-19 levels. In fiscal 2022 as a whole and the first quarter of 2023 specifically, the industry-wide component shortages which originated from Covid-19 and amplified by the increase in demand for our products, as well as other manufacturers who are competing for the same components, continued to impact our ability to accurately plan and forecast the delivery of our products to customers and have also increased cost of ocean and air freight for components and finished goods. To mitigate the impact of these disruptions on our supply chain, we extended in some cases shipment terms that differ from our standard terms in certain transactions, including Free-Carrier and Ex-works (INCOTERMS, 2020) delivery from our manufacturing facilities. This change was implemented as part of our ongoing efforts to expedite shipments to our customers and improve visibility throughout our supply chain. Moreover, industry-wide component shortages require our R&D teams to focus their attention on manufacturing and production design workarounds solutions, which can impact our ability to meet our plans to roll out new innovative products and services and may also result in a higher failure rate of products due to the rapid changes in product designs made prior to the commercial release of the products. Our operation team is working tirelessly to mitigate the impact of the disruptions described above.
 
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Impact of Ukraine’s Conflict on the Energy Landscape
 
The conflict between Ukraine and Russia, which started in early 2022, and the sanctions and other measures imposed in response to this conflict have increased the level of economic and political uncertainty. While we do not have any meaningful business in Russia or Ukraine and we do not have physical assets in these countries, this conflict has, and is likely to continue to have, a multidimensional impact on the global economy, the energy landscape in general and the global supply chain. On one hand, in 2022, rising global interest in becoming less dependent on gas and oil led to higher demand for our products. On the other hand, the conflict further adversely affected the prices of raw materials arriving from Eastern Asia and resulted in an increase in gas and oil prices. Furthermore, various shipment routes were adversely impacted by the conflict resulting in increased shipment lead times and shipping costs for our products. While the impact of this conflict cannot be predicted at this time, the circumstances described above may have an adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
 
Inflation Reduction Act
 
In August 2022, the U.S. government enacted the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”), which includes several incentives intended to promote clean energy, battery and energy storage, electrical vehicles, and other solar products and is expected to impact our business and operations. As part of such incentives the IRA, will among other things, extend the investment tax credit (“ITC”) for residential solar installations through 2034 and for commercial installations through 2024 and is therefore expected to increase the demand for solar products. The IRA is expected to further incentivize residential and commercial solar customers and developers due to the inclusion of a tax credit for qualifying energy projects of up to 30%. Since these regulations are new and are still pending administrative guidance from the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Treasury Department we will be examining the benefits that may be available to us, such as the availability of tax credits for domestic manufacturers, in the coming months. To the extent that tax benefits or credits may be available to competing technology and not to our technology, our business could be adversely disadvantaged.
 
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Key Operating Metrics
 
In managing our business and assessing financial performance, we supplement the information provided by the financial statements with other operating metrics. These operating metrics are utilized by our management to evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business and formulate projections. We use metrics relating to shipments of inverters, power optimizers and megawatts to evaluate our sales performance and to track market acceptance of our products. We use metrics relating to monitoring (systems monitored) to evaluate market acceptance of our products and usage of our solution.
 
We provide the “megawatts shipped” and “megawatts hour shipped” metrics, which are calculated based on inverter or battery nameplate capacity shipped, respectively, to show adoption of our system on a nameplate capacity basis. Nameplate capacity shipped is the maximum rated power output capacity of an inverter or battery, and corresponds to our financial results in that higher total nameplate capacities shipped are generally associated with higher total revenues. However, revenues may increase in a non-correlated manner to the “megawatt shipped” metric since other products such as power optimizers, are not accounted for in this metric.
 
  
Three months ended
March 31,
 
  
2023
  
2022
 
Inverters shipped
  
329,653
   
211,114
 
Power optimizers shipped
  
6,440,683
   
5,724,131
 
Megawatts shipped1
  
3,608
   
2,130
 
Megawatts hour shipped - residential batteries
  
221
   
100
 
 
1 Excluding residential batteries, based on the aggregate nameplate capacity of inverters shipped during the applicable period. Nameplate capacity is the maximum rated power output capacity of an inverter as specified by the manufacturer.
 
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Results of Operations
 
The results of operations presented below should be reviewed in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this report.
 
The following table sets forth selected consolidated statements of income data for each of the periods indicated.
 
  
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
  
2023
  
2022
 
  
(In thousands)
 
Revenues
  
943,889
   
655,080
 
Cost of revenues
  
643,763
   
476,122
 
Gross profit
  
300,126
   
178,958
 
Operating expenses:
        
Research and development
  
79,873
   
66,349
 
Sales and marketing
  
40,966
   
35,316
 
General and administrative
  
36,567
   
26,429
 
Other operating income, net
  
(1,434
)
  
 
Total operating expenses
  
155,972
   
128,094
 
Operating income
  
144,154
   
50,864
 
Financial income (expense), net
  
23,674
   
(4,605
)
Other loss
  
(125
)
  
(844
)
Income before income taxes
  
167,703
   
45,415
 
Income taxes
  
29,325
   
12,292
 
Net income
  
138,378
   
33,123
 
 
Revenues
 
  
Three Months Ended
March 31,
  
2022 to 2023
 
  
2023
  
2022
  
Change
 
  
(In thousands)
 
Revenues
  
943,889
   
655,080
   
288,809
   
44.1
%
 
Revenues increased by $288.8 million, or 44.1%, in the three months ended March 31, 2023 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022, primarily due to (i) an increase of $245.4 million related to the number of inverters and power optimizers sold, with significant growth in revenues coming from Europe; and (ii) an increase of $64.6 million related to the number of residential batteries, sold primarily in Europe. Revenues from outside of the U.S. comprised 72.6% of our revenues in the three months ended March 31, 2023 as compared to 59.4% in the three months ended March 31, 2022.
 
The number of power optimizers recognized as revenues increased by approximately 0.8 million units, or 14.7%, from approximately 5.7 million units in the three months ended March 31, 2022 to approximately 6.5 million units in the three months ended March 31, 2023. The number of inverters recognized as revenues increased by approximately 126 thousand units, or 61.2%, from approximately 206 thousand units in the three months ended March 31, 2022 to approximately 332 thousand units in the three months ended March 31, 2023.
 
Our blended Average Selling Price (“ASP”) per watt for solar products excluding residential batteries is calculated by dividing the solar revenues, excluding revenues from the sale of residential batteries, by the nameplate capacity of inverters shipped. Our blended ASP per watt for solar products decreased by $0.052, or 19.4%, in the three months ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022. The decrease in blended ASP per watt is mainly attributed to the increase in the sale of commercial products that are characterized with lower ASP per watt, out of our total solar product mix, a relatively lower number of power optimizers and other solar products shipped compared to the number of inverters shipped, leading to a reduced overall effect on our ASP per watt. Moreover, the depreciation of the Euro and other currencies against the U.S. Dollar, coupled with our increased sales in Europe, accelerated this effect. This decrease in blended ASP per watt was partially offset by price increases that went into effect gradually during 2022 and 2023.
 
Our blended ASP per watt/hour for residential batteries is calculated by dividing residential batteries revenues, by the nameplate capacity of residential batteries shipped. Our blended ASP per watt/hour for residential batteries decreased by $0.055, or 10.4%, in the three months ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022. The decrease in blended ASP per watt/hour is mainly attributed to the addition of a three phase battery, that is sold at a lower ASP per watt/hour, to our product portfolio and the Euro’s depreciation against the U.S. Dollar. The combination of these factors, along with our growing European battery sales, has amplified this impact.
 
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Cost of Revenues and Gross Profit
 
  
Three Months Ended
March 31,
  
2022 to 2023
 
  
2023
  
2022
  
Change
 
  
(In thousands)
 
Cost of revenues
  
643,763
   
476,122
   
167,641
   
35.2
%
Gross profit
  
300,126
   
178,958
   
121,168
   
67.7
%
 
Cost of revenues increased by $167.6 million, or 35.2%, in the three months ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022, primarily due to:
 
 
an increase in direct cost of revenues sold of $98.4 million associated primarily with an increase in the volume of products sold;
 
 
an increase in warranty expenses and warranty accruals of $43.5 million associated primarily with an increased number of products in our install base;
 
 
an increase of $10.0 million in inventory accrual which is mainly attributed to changes in inventory valuations, and higher inventory accruals related to our initial manufacturing in Sella 2;
 
 
an increase in shipment and logistic costs in an aggregate amount of $5.5 million due to an increase in volumes shipped, which was partially offset by a decrease in air and expedited shipments and by a decrease in shipment rates;
 
 
an increase in personnel-related costs of $4.8 million, related to the expansion of our production, operations, and support headcount, which grew in parallel to our growing install base worldwide and manufacturing volumes which were partially offset by the depreciation of the New Israeli Shekel (“NIS”) and the Euro against the U.S. dollar; and
 
 
an increase in other production costs of $1.4 million, which is mainly attributed to ramp up costs associated with Sella 2.
 
Gross profit as a percentage of revenue increased from 27.3% in the three months ended March 31, 2022 to 31.8% in the three months ended March 31, 2023 primarily due to:
 
 
gradual price increases across our product offerings;
 
 
a decline in the portion of air and expedited shipments, as well as a decrease in shipment rates;
 
 
favorable exchange rates on our cost of revenues;
 
 
decreased custom duties in the U.S. mainly attributed to a decrease in the portion of products manufactured in China; and
 
 
continued cost reduction efforts.
 
These were partially offset by:
 
 
an increased portion of sales of commercial products out of our total product mix, that are characterized with lower gross margin ;
 
 
unfavorable exchange rates on our sales outside of the U.S.;
 
 
an increase in warranty expenses and warranty accruals associated primarily with the change in the composition of our install base, as well as an increase in costs related to the different components of our warranty expenses, as reflected in our actual support costs; and
 
 
a negative impact on margin attributed to our non-solar businesses, that are characterized by a lower gross profit.
 
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Operating Expenses:
 
Research and Development
 
  
Three months ended
March 31,
  
2022 to 2023
 
  
2023
  
2022
  
Change
 
  
(In thousands)
 
Research and development
  
79,873
   
66,349
   
13,524
   
20.4
%
 
Research and development costs increased by $13.5 million or 20.4%, in the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022, primarily due to:
 
 
an increase in personnel-related costs of $8.5 million resulting from an increase in our research and development headcount, as well as salary expenses associated with employee equity-based compensation. The increase in headcount reflects our continuing investment in enhancements of existing products, as well as research and development expenses associated with bringing new products to the market, which were partially offset by the depreciation of the NIS and the Euro against the U.S. dollar;
 
 
an increase in expenses related to consultants and sub-contractors in an amount of $2.8 million; and
 
 
an increase in expenses related to overhead costs in an amount of $1.7 million.
 
Sales and Marketing
 
  
Three months ended
March 31,
  
2022 to 2023
 
  
2023
  
2022
  
Change
 
  
(In thousands)
 
Sales and marketing
  
40,966
   
35,316
   
5,650
   
16.0
%
 
Sales and marketing expenses increased by $5.7 million, or 16.0%, in the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022, primarily due to:
 
 
an increase in personnel-related costs of $3.8 million as a result of an increase in headcount supporting our growth in all geographies, as well as salary expenses associated with employee equity-based compensation, partially offset by the depreciation of the NIS and the Euro against the U.S. dollar; and
 
 
an increase of $1.4 million in training-related expenses as a result of resuming training activities that had been previously cancelled or postponed due to Covid-19 restrictions in prior years.
 
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General and Administrative
 
  
Three months ended
March 31,
  
2022 to 2023
 
  
2023
  
2022
  
Change
 
  
(In thousands)
 
General and administrative
  
36,567
   
26,429
   
10,138
   
38.4
%
 
General and administrative expenses increased by $10.1 million, or 38.4%, in the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022, primarily due to:
 
 
an increase in expenses related to consultants and sub-contractors in an amount of $5.0 million;
 
 
an increase in personnel-related costs of $2.9 million resulting from an increase in our general and administrative headcount, as well as salary expenses associated with employee equity-based compensation, partially offset by the depreciation of the NIS and the Euro against the U.S. dollar; and
 
 
an increase in expenses related to an accrual for doubtful debts in an amount of $0.9 million.
 
Other operating income
 
  
Three months ended
March 31,
  
2022 to 2023
 
  
2023
  
2022
  
Change
 
  
(In thousands)
 
Other operating income, net
  
(1,434
)
  
   
(1,434
)
  
(100.0
)%
 
Other operating income, net increased by $1.4 million, in the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022 due to an increase in income related to the sale of property, plant and equipment and other assets.
 
Financial income (expense), net
 
  
Three months ended
March 31,
  
2022 to 2023
 
  
2023
  
2022
  
Change
 
  
(In thousands)
 
Financial income (expense), net
  
23,674
   
(4,605
)
  
28,279
   
(614.1
)%
 
Financial income, net, was $23.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2023, compared to financial expenses, net, in the amount of $4.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2022, primarily due to:
 
 
an increase of $25.4 million in income due to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, primarily between the Euro and the NIS against the U.S. dollar; and
 
 
an increase of $2.7 million related to interest income from marketable securities.
 
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Other loss
 
  
Three months ended
March 31,
  
2022 to 2023
 
  
2023
  
2022
  
Change
 
  
(In thousands)
 
Other loss
  
(125
)
  
(844
)
  
719
   
(85.2
)%
 
Other loss decreased by $0.7 million, or 85.2%, in the three months ended March 31, 2023, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022, due to a decrease in realized loss on marketable securities.
 
Income taxes
 
  
Three months ended
March 31,
  
2022 to 2023
 
  
2023
  
2022
  
Change
 
  
(In thousands)
 
Income taxes
  
29,325
   
12,292
   
17,033
   
138.6
%
 
Income taxes increased by $17.0 million, or 138.6%, in the three months ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022, primarily due to an increase of $19.6 million in current tax expenses, mainly attributed to an increase in profit before tax in our foreign subsidiaries. This increase was partially offset by an increase of $2.7 million in deferred tax income.
 
Net Income
 
  
Three months ended
March 31,
  
2022 to 2023
 
  
2023
  
2022
  
Change
 
  
(In thousands)
 
Net income
  
138,378
   
33,123
   
105,255
   
317.8
%
 
As a result of the factors discussed above, net income increased by $105.3 million, or 317.8% in the three months ended March 31, 2023 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022.
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
The following table shows our cash flows from operating activities, investing activities, and financing activities for the stated periods:
 
  
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
  
2023
  
2022
 
  
(In thousands)
 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
  
7,923
   
(162,989
)
Net cash used in investing activities
  
(67,780
)
  
(15,134
)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
  
(5,222
)
  
652,335
 
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
  
(65,079
)
  
474,212
 
 
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As of March 31, 2023, our cash and cash equivalents were $727.8 million. This amount does not include $919.9 million invested in available-for-sale marketable securities and $0.3 million invested in restricted bank deposits. Our principal uses of cash are for funding our operations, capital expenditures, other working capital requirements and other investments. As of March 31, 2023, we have open commitments for capital expenditures in an amount of approximately $121.3 million. These commitments mainly reflect purchases of automated assembly lines and other machinery related to our manufacturing and operations. We also have purchase obligations in the amount of $1,617.4 million related to raw materials and commitments for the future manufacturing of our products.
 
We believe that cash provided by operating activities, as well as our cash and cash equivalents and available-for-sale marketable securities, will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash needs for at least the next 12 months, as well as in the longer term, including the self-funding of our capital expenditure and operational commitments.
 
Operating Activities
 
Operating cash flows consists primarily of net income adjusted for certain non-cash items and changes in assets and liabilities. Cash provided by operating cash flows in the three months ended March 31, 2023 was $7.9 million as compared to $163.0 million used in operating activities in the three months ended March 31, 2022, mainly due to higher net income adjusted for certain non-cash items and favorable changes in working capital due to a decrease in shipping times to customers which shortened the period of time between payment to our vendors and delivery to and collection from our customers, partially offset by an increase in inventory procurement in response to increased demand for our products and increased purchasing of battery cells for our residential storage solution.
 
Investing Activities
 
Investing cash flows consist primarily of capital expenditures, investment in, sales and maturities of available for sale marketable securities, investment and withdrawal of bank deposits and restricted bank deposits, cash used for acquisitions and cash provided by the sale of equity investments. Cash used for investing activities increased by $52.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2023, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2022, primarily driven by a $41.5 million decrease in proceeds provided by sales and maturities of available-for-sale marketable securities, an increase of $12.3 million in investments in available-for-sale marketable securities, and by a $5.5 million increase in an investment in a privately-held company. This increase in cash used for investing activities was partially offset by a decrease of $4.9 million in capital expenditures, as well as a $1.4 million increase in cash provided due to withdrawal from bank deposits and restricted bank deposits.
 
Financing Activities
 
Financing cash flows consisted primarily of the issuance and repayment of short-term and long-term debt and proceeds from the sale of shares of common stock in a public offering and employee equity incentive plans. Cash used in financing activities in the three months ended March 31, 2023 was $5.2 million compared to $652.3 million cash provided by financing activities in the three months ended March 31, 2022, primarily due to a $650.5 million decrease in cash provided by the issuance of common stock, net through a secondary public offering which occurred in March 2022.
 
Secondary public offering
 
On March 17, 2022, we offered and sold 2,300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a public offering price of $295.00 per share. The net proceeds to the Company after underwriters’ discounts and commissions and offering costs were $650.5 million. We intend to use the proceeds from the public offering for general corporate purposes, which may include acquisitions. See Note 11b to our condensed consolidated financial statements for more information.
 
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ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
 
We are exposed to market risk in the ordinary course of our business. Market risk represents the risk of loss that may impact our financial position due to adverse changes in financial market prices and rates. Our market risk exposure is primarily a result of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, customer concentrations and interest rates. We do not hold or issue financial instruments for trading purposes.
 
Foreign Currency Exchange Risk
 
Approximately 69.5% and 56.9% of our revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively, were earned in non U.S. dollar denominated currencies, principally the Euro. Our expenses are generally denominated in the currencies in which our operations are located, primarily the U.S. dollar, New Israeli Shekel (“NIS”), Euro, and to a lesser extent, the South Korean Won (“KRW”). Our NIS denominated expenses consist primarily of personnel and overhead costs. Our consolidated results of operations and cash flows are, therefore, subject to fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be adversely affected in the future due to changes in foreign exchange rates. A hypothetical 10% change in foreign currency exchange rates between the Euro and the U.S. dollar would increase or decrease our net income by $95.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023. A hypothetical 10% change in foreign currency exchange rates between the NIS and the U.S. dollar would increase or decrease our net income by $9.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023.
 
For purposes of our consolidated financial statements, local currency assets and liabilities are translated at the rate of exchange to the U.S. dollar on the balance sheet date, and local currency revenues and expenses are translated at the exchange rate as of the date of the transaction or at the average exchange rate to the U.S. dollar during the reporting period.
 
To date, we have used derivative financial instruments, specifically foreign currency forward contracts and put and call options, to manage exposure to foreign currency risks by hedging portions of the anticipated payroll payments denominated in NIS. These derivative instruments are designated as cash flow hedges.
 
In addition, from time to time we enter into derivative financial instruments to hedge the Company’s exposure to currencies other than the U.S. dollar, mainly forward contracts to sell Euro and AUD for U.S. dollars. These derivative instruments are not designated as cash flow hedges.
 
Concentrations of Major Customers
 
Our trade accounts receivables potentially expose us to a concentration of credit risk with our major customers. As of March 31, 2023, two major customers jointly accounted for approximately 27.8% of our consolidated trade receivables, net balance. As of December 31, 2022, three major customers jointly accounted for approximately 42.4% of our consolidated trade receivables, net balance. For the three months ended March 31, 2023 two major customers jointly accounted for approximately 21.9% of our total revenues. For the three months ended March 31, 2022 one major customer accounted for approximately 23.5% of our total revenues.
 
Commodity Price Risk
 
We are subject to risk from fluctuating market prices of certain commodity raw materials which are used in our products, including Copper, Lithium, Nickel and Cobalt. Prices of these raw materials may be affected by supply restrictions or other market factors from time to time, and we do not enter into hedging arrangements to mitigate commodity risk. Significant price changes for these raw materials could reduce our operating margins if we are unable to recover such increases from our customers, and could harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
 
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Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
 
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
 
Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as of March 31, 2023. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs.
 
Based on that evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective and operating to provide reasonable assurance that information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms, and to provide reasonable assurance that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
 
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
 
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that occurred during the third fiscal quarter of 2023 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
 
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION.
 
ITEM 1. Legal Proceedings
 
In the normal course of business, we may from time to time be named as a party to various legal claims, actions and complaints (including as a result of initiating such legal claims, action or complaints on behalf of the Company), including the matters described in Item 3 – “Legal Proceedings” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2022 and subsequent quarterly filings. It is impossible to predict with certainty whether any resulting liability from any such legal claims, actions or complaints would have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
 
ITEM 1A. Risk Factors
 
In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the risk factors as described in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors”, in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.
 
ITEM 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
 
None
 
ITEM 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities.
 
None
 
ITEM 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
 
Not applicable.
 
ITEM 5. Other Information
 
None
 
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ITEM 6. Exhibits
 
Index to Exhibits
 
Exhibit
No.
 
Description
 
Incorporation by Reference

 
 
Filed with this report.

 
 
Filed with this report.

 
 
Filed with this report.

 
 
Filed with this report.
101
 
The following financial statements from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, formatted in Inline XBRL: (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity, (v) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (vi) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Filed with this report.
104
 
The cover page from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 formatted in Inline XBRL
 
Included in Exhibit 101
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
Date: May 8, 2023
  
 
/s/Zvi Lando
 
 
Zvi Lando
 
 
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
Date: May 8, 2023
  
 
/s/ Ronen Faier
 
 
Ronen Faier
 
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
(Principal Financial Officer)
 
 
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