ChargePoint Reports Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Results

+ Second quarter fiscal 2025 revenue of $109 million
+ Second quarter fiscal 2025 GAAP gross margin of 24% and non-GAAP gross margin of 26%
+ Second quarter fiscal 2025 subscription revenue of $36 million representing 21% year over year growth
+ Second quarter fiscal 2025 GAAP operating expense of $88 million and non-GAAP operating expense of $66 million, representing 29% and 25% year over year improvement
+ ChargePoint announces an estimated $41 million reduction in annualized GAAP operating expenses and $38 million reduction in annualized non-GAAP operating expenses
+ ChargePoint guides to third quarter fiscal 2025 revenue of $85 to $95 million

Campbell, Calif. – September 4, 2024 – ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CHPT) (“ChargePoint”), a leading provider of networked solutions for charging electric vehicles (EVs), today reported results for its second quarter of fiscal year 2025 ended July 31, 2024.

“ChargePoint continued to execute against its strategy and deliver results in line with our stated goals. Our second quarter revenue was within our stated guidance range and gross margin improved sequentially for the third consecutive quarter. Today, we have implemented an action plan to create efficiencies while reducing operating expenses,” said Rick Wilmer, CEO of ChargePoint. “Our focus on delivering new software and hardware solutions that make it easier to go electric remains unchanged."

Second Quarter Fiscal 2025 Financial Overview

Revenue. Second quarter revenue was $108.5 million, down 28% from $150.5 million in the prior year’s same quarter. Networked charging systems revenue for the second quarter was $64.1 million, down 44% from $114.6 million in the prior year’s same quarter. Subscription revenue was $36.2 million, up 21% from $30.0 million in the prior year’s same quarter.
Gross Margin. Second quarter GAAP gross margin was 24% as compared to 1% in the prior year's same quarter, and non-GAAP gross margin was 26% as compared to 3% in the prior year's same quarter, in both cases primarily due to $28.0 million inventory impairment charge taken in the prior year to address legacy supply-chain related costs and supply overruns on a particular DC product.
Operating Expenses. Second quarter GAAP operating expenses were $88.3 million, down 29% from $124.5 million in the prior year's same quarter. Non-GAAP operating expenses were $66.4 million, down 25% from $88.9 million in the prior year's same quarter.
Net Income/Loss. Second quarter GAAP net loss was $68.9 million, down 45% from $125.3 million in the prior year's same quarter. Non-GAAP pre-tax net loss was $43.0 million, down 50% from $86.1 million in the prior year's same quarter, both reflecting the $28.0 million inventory impairment charge taken in the prior year. Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA Loss was $34.1 million, down 58% from $81.2 million in the prior year's same quarter.
Liquidity. As of July 31, 2024, cash and cash equivalents on the balance sheet was $243.7 million. ChargePoint's $150 million revolving credit facility remains undrawn and ChargePoint has no debt maturities until 2028.
Shares Outstanding. As of July 31, 2024, the Company had approximately 431 million shares of common stock outstanding.

For reconciliation of GAAP and non-GAAP results, please see the tables below.

Business Highlights

ChargePoint and LG Electronics formed a strategic relationship leveraging each company’s technology and expertise for future innovations in EV charging. This may include commercial charging solutions, with areas under collaboration including LG's smart home solutions, home energy storage, and charging with out-of-home advertising.
ChargePoint launched Omni Port which aims to solve EV connector confusion by enabling drivers of all makes of EVs to charge in any parking space, regardless of connector type.
ChargePoint extended its commitment to delivering world-class driver experiences with the introduction of a new AI-powered driver support tool to rapidly accelerate the diagnosis and repair of charging stations in the field.

Reorganization
Today, ChargePoint announced the reorganization of its operations including a reduction of ChargePoint's current global workforce by approximately 15% (the “Reorganization”). The Reorganization is expected to result in estimated annualized GAAP and non-GAAP operating expense savings of approximately $41 million and $38 million, respectively, while creating efficiencies by streamlining functions across the Company. The Company estimates the aggregate restructuring costs associated with the Reorganization to be approximately $10 million, primarily consisting of severance payments, employee benefits and related costs. The Company expects to incur these costs primarily during the third and fourth fiscal quarters.

Third Quarter and Fourth Quarter of Fiscal 2025 Guidance

For the third fiscal quarter ending October 31, 2024, ChargePoint expects revenue of $85 million to $95 million.

The Company is concentrating on returning to growth and streamlining operations to continue on its path to positive non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA, which is now targeted during fiscal year 2026.

ChargePoint is not able to present a reconciliation of its forward-looking non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA goal to the corresponding GAAP measure because certain potential future adjustments, which may be significant and may include, among other items, stock-based compensation expense, are uncertain or out of its control, or cannot be reasonably predicted without unreasonable effort. The actual amounts of such reconciling items could have a significant impact on ChargePoint's GAAP Net Loss.

Conference Call Information

ChargePoint will host a webcast today at 1:30 p.m. Pacific / 4:30 p.m. Eastern to review its second quarter fiscal 2025 financial results.
Investors may access the webcast, supplemental financial information and investor presentation at ChargePoint’s investor relations website (investors.chargepoint.com) under the “Events and Presentations” section. A replay will be available after the conclusion of the webcast and archived for one year.

About ChargePoint Holdings, Inc.

ChargePoint is creating a new fueling network to move people and goods on electricity. Since 2007, ChargePoint has been committed to making it easy for businesses and drivers to go electric with one of the largest EV charging networks and a comprehensive portfolio of charging solutions. The ChargePoint cloud subscription platform and software-defined charging hardware are designed to include options for every charging scenario from home and multifamily to workplace, parking, hospitality, retail and transport fleets of all types. Today, one ChargePoint account provides access to hundreds-of-thousands of places to charge in North America and Europe. For more information, visit the ChargePoint pressroom, the ChargePoint Investor Relations site, or contact the ChargePoint North American or European press offices or Investor Relations.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions including statements regarding the potential operating expenses savings and costs associated with our Reorganization, our projected revenue for the third quarter of fiscal year 2025 and our goal to achieve positive non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA. There are a significant number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made in this press release, including: macroeconomic trends including changes in or sustained inflation, interest rate volatility, or other events beyond our control on the overall economy which may reduce demand for our products and services, geopolitical events and conflicts, adverse impacts to our business and those of our customers and suppliers, including due to supply chain disruptions, component shortages, and associated logistics expense increases; our limited operating history as a public company; our ability as an organization to successfully acquire, integrate or partner with other companies, products or technologies in a successful manner; our dependence on widespread acceptance and adoption of EVs, including auto manufacture's plans and strategies to transition to predominately manufacture EV and any corresponding increased demand for installation of charging stations; our current dependence on sales of charging stations for most of our revenues; overall demand for EV charging and the potential for reduced demand for EVs if governmental rebates, tax credits and other financial incentives are reduced, modified or eliminated or governmental mandates to increase the use of EVs or decrease the use of vehicles powered by fossil fuels, either directly or indirectly through mandated limits on carbon emissions, are reduced, modified or eliminated; our ability, and our reliance on our customers, to successfully implement, construct and manage National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) grant opportunities in accordance with the respective terms of the NEVI program in order to validly secure and obtain awarded funding and win additional NEVI grant opportunities; our reliance on contract manufacturers, including those located outside the United States, may result in supply chain interruptions, delays and expense increases which may adversely affect our sales, revenue and gross margins; our ability to expand our operations and market share in Europe; the need to attract additional fleet operators as customers; potential adverse effects on our revenue and gross margins due to delays and costs associated with new product introductions, inventory obsolescence, component shortages and related expense increases; adverse impact to our revenues and gross margins if customers increasingly claim clean energy credits and, as a result, they are no longer available to be claimed by us; the effects of competition; risks related to our dependence on our intellectual property; and the risk that our technology could have undetected defects or errors. Additional risks and uncertainties that could affect our financial results are included under the captions “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 6, 2024, which is available on our website at investors.chargepoint.com and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Additional information will also be set forth in other filings that we make with the SEC from time to time. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we do not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements provided to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made, except as required by applicable law.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

ChargePoint has provided financial information in this press release that has not been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). ChargePoint uses these non-GAAP financial measures internally in analyzing its financial results. ChargePoint believes that the use of these non-GAAP financial measures is useful to investors to evaluate ongoing operating results and trends and believes they provide meaningful supplemental information to investors regarding ChargePoint’s underlying operating performance because they exclude items the Company believes are unrelated to, and may not be indicative of, its core operating results.

The presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable GAAP financial measures and should be read only in conjunction with ChargePoint’s consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation of ChargePoint’s historical non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measures has been provided in the financial statement tables included in this press release, and investors are encouraged to review these reconciliations.

Non-GAAP Gross Profit (Gross Margin). ChargePoint defines non-GAAP gross profit as gross profit excluding stock-based compensation expense and amortization expense of acquired intangible assets. Non-GAAP gross margin is non-GAAP gross profit as a percentage of revenue.

Non-GAAP Cost of Revenue and Operating Expenses (includes Non-GAAP research and development, Non-GAAP sales and marketing and Non-GAAP general and administrative). ChargePoint defines non-GAAP cost of revenue and operating expenses as cost of revenue and operating expenses excluding stock-based compensation expense, restructuring costs for severances and employment-related termination costs, amortization expense of acquired intangible assets, non-cash charges related to tax liabilities and litigation settlements, including associated non-recurring legal expenses.

Non-GAAP Net Loss. ChargePoint defines non-GAAP net loss as net loss excluding stock-based compensation expense, restructuring costs for severances and employment-related termination costs, amortization expense of acquired intangible assets, non-cash charges related to tax liabilities and litigation settlements, including associated non-recurring legal expenses. These amounts reflect the impact of any related tax effects. Non-GAAP pre-tax net loss is non-GAAP net loss adjusted for provision for income taxes.

Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA Loss. ChargePoint defines non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA loss as net loss excluding stock-based compensation expense, restructuring costs for severances and employment-related termination costs, amortization expense of acquired intangible assets, non-cash charges related to tax liabilities and litigation settlements, including associated non-recurring legal expenses, and further adjusted for provision of income taxes, depreciation, interest income and expense, and other income and expense (net).

Investors are cautioned that there are a number of limitations associated with the use of non-GAAP financial measures to analyze financial results and trends. In particular, many of the adjustments to ChargePoint’s GAAP financial measures reflect the exclusion of items that are recurring and will be reflected in its financial results for the foreseeable future, such as stock-based compensation, which is an important part of ChargePoint’s employees’ compensation and impacts hiring, retention and performance. Furthermore, these non-GAAP financial measures are not based on any standardized methodology prescribed by GAAP, and the components that ChargePoint excludes in its calculation of non-GAAP financial measures may differ from the components that other companies exclude when they report their non-GAAP results. In the future, ChargePoint may also exclude other expenses it determines do not reflect the performance of ChargePoint’s operating results.