AmpliTech Group Q1 2025 Earnings Report

AmpliTech Group EPS Results

• Actual EPS: -$0.09
• Consensus EPS: -$0.08
• Beat/Miss: Missed by -$0.01
• One Year Ago EPS: N/A

AmpliTech Group Revenue Results

• Actual Revenue: $3.60 million
• Expected Revenue: $3.50 million
• Beat/Miss: Beat by +$99.00 thousand
• YoY Revenue Growth: N/A

AmpliTech Group Announcement Details

• Quarter: Q1 2025
• Date: 5/15/2025
• Time: Before Market Opens
• Conference Call Date: Thursday, May 15, 2025
• Conference Call Time: 5:00PM ET

AmpliTech Group (NASDAQ:AMPG) develops and manufactures radio-frequency (RF) and microwave components, subassemblies and related systems. Its product portfolio includes low-noise amplifiers, power amplifiers, filters, antennas and integrated RF assemblies designed to support demanding communications and electronic systems.

The company serves markets including satellite communications, telecommunications, aerospace and defense, space applications, industrial technology and quantum computing. Its products are used in applications such as signal reception and transmission, 5G infrastructure, satellite ground stations, radar and other high-frequency communications equipment.

AmpliTech Group was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Bohemia, New York. The company sells products to customers in the United States and internationally. Fawad Maqbool is the company’s founder and chief executive officer.

AmpliTech Group Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

Key Takeaways

• Revenue rose 57% year‐over‐year to $3.6 million in Q1, the strongest quarter since Q4 FY 2023.
• Record backlog of $19.6 million as of April 30, with cash and receivables of $19.1 million, $4.6 million in working capital, and zero debt.
• Net loss of $1.8 million in Q1 driven by higher operational spending in the 5G division and R&D initiatives.
• Fiscal 2025 revenue guidance raised to nearly $21 million—more than double last year’s total—backed by strong 5G demand.
• Secured over $12 million of firm orders from a $118 million LOI pipeline for its ORAN 5G radios, including shipments to a Tier 1 North American MNO.

Presentation

[Operator]

Afternoon, and welcome to the AmpliTech Group's first quarter 2025 investors' update call. Today's call will cover the company's financial results and strategic progress for the quarter ended March 31, 2025. All participants will be in listen-only mode during the presentation. A Q&A session will follow management's remarks. This call is being recorded, and a replay will be made available on AmpliTech's investor relations webpage. I'm now turning the call over to Mr. Jorge Flores, Chief Operating Officer.

[Jorge Flores, COO at AmpliTech Group]

Thank you and welcome, everyone. We appreciate you joining today's call to hear updates on AmpliTech's operational and financial progress, as well as our growth initiatives. Joining me are Fawad Maqbool, our Founder and CEO, and Louisa Sanfratello, our CFO. After our prepared remarks, we will open the floor for investor questions. An archived replay of today's call will be posted to the investor relations section of AmpliTech's corporate website. Please note that today's discussion may contain forward-looking statements as defined under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Please refer to our filings with the SEC for a full list of risk factors. We undertake no obligation to update these statements after today's call. With that, I would like to turn the call over to our CEO, Mr. Fawad Maqbool.

[Fawad Maqbool, CEO at AmpliTech Group]

Thank you, Jorge. Thank you all for joining us today. We're pleased to report continued progress across all our divisions in Q1 2025. While we recorded a net loss of $1.8 million this quarter, driven by increased operational spending in our 5G division and R&D efforts, I'd like to emphasize that these are strategic investments. They directly support the certification, scaling, and deployment of our next-generation O-RAN 5G platform, and we're confident that they'll position AmpliTech for long-term success in high-growth markets. With that, I'll go to the Q1 2025 highlights and strategic progress. The revenue of $3.6 million, up 57% year-over-year, our strongest quarter since Q4 fiscal year 2023. Gross profit of $1.1 million. The record backlog of $19.6 million as of April 30, driven by strong bookings. Cash and receivables of $19.1 million, $24.6 million of working capital, and zero debt.

[Fawad Maqbool, CEO at AmpliTech Group]

Inventory of over $7 million to support near-term deliveries and demand rebound across both the L&A and semiconductor distribution divisions. Looking at the growth outlook in the fiscal year 2025 guidance, following a challenging 2024, we're pleased to see strong demand recovery. Semiconductor and L&A orders are accelerating. AmpliTech has already booked more sales in the first four months than it recorded in all of 2024. Our 5G division leads the charge with over $12 million in firm orders already booked from $118 million LOI pipeline. We now forecast fiscal year 2025 revenue of nearly $21 million, almost more than double that of the prior fiscal year. We expect this to be the trend going into fiscal year 2026. Our key strategic achievements in Q1: we secured CE, FCC, and REACH certifications for our O-RAN 5G radios, enabling global deployments.

[Fawad Maqbool, CEO at AmpliTech Group]

We expanded proprietary L&A product lines with the next-generation satellite solutions based on AmpliTech's low-noise IP foundation, for which we received three patents this year already. Based on quoting activity and demand trends, L&A revenues projected to match L&A sales within 12 months. We boosted our visibility through Mobile World Congress, IEEE Milcom, and LEAP 2026 trade shows, and we see emerging opportunities with AI. We are partnering with leading AI-native wireless companies to develop technologies for spectrum sensing, network optimization, and digital twin applications using our O-RAN platform. Our certified O-RAN 5G radios are already being deployed globally. Over $12 million of our $118 million in signed LOIs will be delivered to customers this year. The LOIs are very meaningful for the company. We expect continued delivery on these LOIs well into fiscal year 2026.

[Fawad Maqbool, CEO at AmpliTech Group]

Shipments are being made to a tier-one MNO in North America, so this validates our ability to service and provide high-level equipment in live environments. We're going to address the tariff resilience and adaptability since that's basically a question by many, many investors. Thanks to our sourcing strategy and operational foresight, we've successfully managed tariff-related risks. We're prepared to adjust pricing if industry trends shift costs and customers while maintaining the value and efficiency. As mentioned earlier, we have ample inventory to avoid any immediate effects of the new tariff policies and have not seen a noticeable effect on our supply chain and business at this point in time. In the closing perspective, AmpliTech is in a position of strength: record backlog, zero debt, certified global products, and a growing IP portfolio.

[Fawad Maqbool, CEO at AmpliTech Group]

With a strong pipeline and execution in place, we expect to deliver continued revenue growth and value creation in 2025 and beyond. That's pretty much in a nutshell. Thank you for your continued trust and support. Operator, please welcome the call for Q&A.

[Operator]

Thank you. We'll now begin the question-and-answer portion of the call. To ask a question, you may press star and one on your telephone keypad. If you're using a speakerphone, please pick up your handset before pressing the keys. To withdraw your question, please press star and two. At this time, we'll pause momentarily to assemble our roster. Our first question will come from Jack Vander Aard with Maxim Group. You may now go ahead.

[Jack Vander Aarde, SVP and Senior Research Analyst at Maxim Group]

Okay, great. Hey, great to hear all the positive momentum. Congrats on that, especially with the backlog, the strong outlook, the two LOIs, and the FCC certification. Great to see. Fawad, it's been a long time coming here. I just want to ask you some more color on the LOIs you've secured that you've publicly announced and the acquisition of the O-RAN assets, I believe, in Canada as well that are kind of tied to that. Can you maybe just touch on the acquisition of those assets? Has that closed and sort of what does that do for you? How do we connect the dots back to the LOIs you do have and the purchase orders you've received? Thanks.

[Fawad Maqbool, CEO at AmpliTech Group]

Sure. Sure, Jack. How are you doing? Yeah, I'd be glad to answer that question. These LOIs that we announced were based on the relationships that we were having and discussions with large MNOs currently. The idea of that was to acquire assets. By the way, it's a closed deal. It's a closed deal. We acquired the assets that we needed to, and we're basically positioning the company so that we can become a viable supplier to a very large MNO that is looking for a complete push into O-RAN technology. This is a trend that's going around globally now that O-RAN is becoming the acceptable way of growth for all of these MNOs, and it gives them flexibility to go from a RAN-based environment, which has locked them into other suppliers like Nokia and Ericsson and Fujitsu. Those basically offer a one-shot solution to them.

[Fawad Maqbool, CEO at AmpliTech Group]

They have no flexibility. They are stuck with them forever, and they have to always go to them for any changes in technology. We're offering basically a plug-and-play type of solution with O-RAN. The whole idea is that we can replace their existing infrastructure, whether it be for replacing an integrated architecture or whether it's because it's Chinese architecture, any reason there is, we're able to come in and offer a flexible solution so that now the MNO has a choice to go and change the software partners or the actual hardware partners, even though we provide everything from top to bottom for these companies. It really is meaningful. It's a trend that's going up. You'll find that the O-RAN growth is over 30% or 40% combined annual growth, and the RAN growth with existing technology is flat and actually decreasing.

[Fawad Maqbool, CEO at AmpliTech Group]

We believe we're in the right positioning. We're a couple of years, a few years ahead of all the competitors. They don't have the kinds of products that we have. Making this deal and completing it and acquiring the assets that we need, it actually adds to the IP that we have right now. It basically goes right to our bottom line assets and also continued IP development that we're doing for all the other MNOs and private 5G.

[Jack Vander Aarde, SVP and Senior Research Analyst at Maxim Group]

Okay, great. I have probably at least two more questions, Fawad. Do you have line of sight into the remaining, let's call it, I guess, over $100 million left between those two LOIs, which I think both are they're kind of like three-year LOI agreements. You've received over $12 million between them. Do you have line of sight into how those extra $100 million will come in, if it will come in, how that would be kind of scattered? Just curious to know, how much visibility do you have there?

[Fawad Maqbool, CEO at AmpliTech Group]

I don't think we have, we haven't received $12 million yet. We have received the orders. We will deliver $12 million by the end of this year. Is that my right, Jorge?

[Jorge Flores, COO at AmpliTech Group]

When we receive purchase orders for $12 million, that's already in the backlog, right? For 2026 and 2027, we do expect that it's going to be scaling up with our best year 2026 with the higher number of radios that we need to deliver. 2026 is definitely going to be a great year for us when it comes to hundreds of deliveries for these radios.

[Fawad Maqbool, CEO at AmpliTech Group]

The bulk of them will be in 2026.

[Jack Vander Aarde, SVP and Senior Research Analyst at Maxim Group]

That was what I was going to follow up with. It sounds like you've already received $12 million of orders. You still have to ship those orders, but you've received $12 million. It sounds like you're expecting that to significantly ramp in 2026. I guess there would be even more coming in in 2027 from these two LOIs alone. Is that a fair way to think about it?

[Fawad Maqbool, CEO at AmpliTech Group]

Yes. Yeah. I mean, the programs, we believe they have legs. For example, in one of them with the $78 million that we negotiated already with the end user. Right now, at this first negotiation that we had, it was for a three-year program, but we are following very closely on their program with their end user as well. We have seen information that the program is extending through 2030. It is expanding as we speak.

[Jack Vander Aarde, SVP and Senior Research Analyst at Maxim Group]

Okay. That's fantastic to hear. I look forward to learning more about that. Fawad, maybe there's so much to chew on here, but I guess I'm trying to structure some of the more top-of-mind thoughts here. You obviously have one formal MNO relationship in Canada that you have announced publicly. Can you maybe speak to other potential discussions you're having or looking to have with other MNOs globally, North America, wherever? Are you gaining traction in any other discussions with other MNOs? Are they knocking on your doors? Did they catch word of this pretty large LOI contract you recently signed? Is this bringing more MNOs knocking on AmpliTech's door?

[Fawad Maqbool, CEO at AmpliTech Group]

Yes. Actually, even before this was done, even before we did this MNO deal, we were talking to several MNOs in Europe and in Southeast Asia and Far East. We are constantly talking with them. This achievement obviously will make our chances much better to close deals with all these other MNOs. It gives us a working relationship, and it allows them to understand that we can receive these large orders and deliver them. I mean, we can say that we've already delivered, I guess, three-quarters to a half of what we were supposed to deliver this year to the first MNO already. We are really well into this cycle, and it shows that we can deliver it. That was the whole question. A company like us, the new company, but will we be able to service these MNOs in the proper way?

[Fawad Maqbool, CEO at AmpliTech Group]

That is what we are showing now. Yes, we do expect all these other MNOs to catch wind of this. They already have, actually, and they have approached us, and we are going to continue to build on that. We believe we will have more bookings.

[Jack Vander Aarde, SVP and Senior Research Analyst at Maxim Group]

Excellent. Okay. It looks like the balance sheet is very healthy, very strong. I am not going to ask questions about that. No debt. You have lots of cash. That is not an issue, I guess, in terms of satisfying any of these orders. My final kind of question, I guess, would be just if you could touch on the FCC certification and just maybe help us understand the importance of achieving that milestone. What does that enable you to do that you have not been able to do in the past? That is it. Thanks.

[Fawad Maqbool, CEO at AmpliTech Group]

Yeah. So the FCC certification is very important because it gives AmpliTech the entity and its own identity to be able to radiate in the spaces that the government allows in the U.S. It is really purely a U.S. certification, but it is very important for us because we are a U.S. manufacturer, and we are trying to gain the U.S. business, not just globally, but U.S. and the world. It is important to get that certification. At the same time, I'll add that we are also working on getting certifications for other countries, other regions, so that we can provide this technology to all of the other countries as well. We are actively working that way. FCC is important for U.S., really. Reaching that means that we have credibility on our equipment is actually tested.

[Fawad Maqbool, CEO at AmpliTech Group]

It's tested to a certain standard, and when it passes, that's when we get the FCC certification. Now we can radiate and provide our solutions anywhere in the country.

[Jack Vander Aarde, SVP and Senior Research Analyst at Maxim Group]

Excellent. Congrats again on the momentum. It's great to see you guys really executing. I look forward to tracking the story. Thanks.

[Fawad Maqbool, CEO at AmpliTech Group]

You're welcome.

[Operator]

Again, if you have a question, please press star and one. Our next question will come from Vishal Mishra with Bard Associates. You may now go ahead.

[Vishal Mishra, Investment Analyst at Bard Associates]

Hi, guys. Yeah. Great results and great quarter. Congratulations. It seems to me like the company is more becoming the third line of business, which is 5G O-RAN radios, with $12 million out of $21 million from these 5G O-RAN radios. Would you have any sort of guidelines or forecast of the margin, especially for the new business, and how much will it fall to bottom line? It seems like if past margins hold, you will reach break-even GAAP earnings by the end of the year. Is that what, if you can provide some context?

[Fawad Maqbool, CEO at AmpliTech Group]

That's a good assumption. I mean, basically, we have alluded to the fact that we are transforming the company to follow the 5G trend, and that's important for us. I think it will be the largest growth for the company, and that's why we're basically positioning the other groups to be basically supporting and making products to grow this whole 5G division. It is a chain reaction. The 5G radios, if we sell thousands of radios, we will generate, since we're putting our own MMIC chips inside them to make them better than our competitors, our own low-noise amplifier technology. Our own MMIC division has our own chips and front-end solutions for these radios. These radios will have our technology that makes it better, and that makes us even better than our competitors. Even if they have existing radios, they don't have our LNAs inside them.

[Fawad Maqbool, CEO at AmpliTech Group]

They give them the better coverage, the throughput, the fidelity of the signal. Therefore, the idea and strategy is that the other groups will feed this 5G division. As this grows, all the other groups will grow because the chips will be required. Hundreds of thousands of chips will be required to go into these radios. The packaging division, which is our distribution division in Silicon Valley, will provide the packaging for all these MMICs and chips that are developed by our Texas division. Therefore, all the way down the line, the revenues will grow, and we will be making our own chips that will be in these radios. It is really, as I mentioned many times before, a symbiotic relationship between all our divisions.

[Vishal Mishra, Investment Analyst at Bard Associates]

That is great. Yeah. Yeah. You've been speaking about 5G, and you're putting all the pieces together now. This is fantastic. These MNOs who seem to be the biggest customers, do they also sign LOIs with whoever else is the 5G O-RAN radio provider in addition to you? How is the relationship amongst these MNOs with the suppliers of 5G O-RAN radio? How does it look like?

[Fawad Maqbool, CEO at AmpliTech Group]

We do not need suppliers. No. They do sign LOIs in general with companies. I am sure they have LOIs for other products with other companies. This is basically just catered to the AmpliTech 5G division, and we were able to procure these because of the uniqueness of the radio solutions that we provided. In the past, we have not really done any LOIs with, we have not announced LOIs. This year, we feel that it is very important because it is a main ingredient and validator for our business, and we have to have that in place. We also went one step further and actually delivering on the LOIs and not just mentioning them, that we have an LOI. These LOIs, if they were not serious, we would not be mentioning them at all.

[Vishal Mishra, Investment Analyst at Bard Associates]

Is it mostly what I'm hearing is technology of your radios, these MNO customers like better than competitors, or is there something also like you are US-based with CADEX, or are the other competitors I don't know if they're here or they're abroad? How is that differentiating you, if at all?

[Fawad Maqbool, CEO at AmpliTech Group]

It's a combination of things. I mean, because we are a US company making these radios, there are no other US companies making these kinds of radios. It is important because, as I mentioned before, it's O-RAN technology. We are pretty much a leader now in O-RAN technology being actually deployed. There is no other company that has this large deployment or this large orders for O-RAN business. Since the whole world is going to be moving towards this, I mean, it gives us, it's a good position for us to be in as being a qualified supplier where there are not that many players in it.

[Vishal Mishra, Investment Analyst at Bard Associates]

Right. So going forward, and then you've such a large pipeline, that seems like your existing businesses will be smaller. Your O-RAN business will be larger going forward.

[Fawad Maqbool, CEO at AmpliTech Group]

Not necessarily. I mean, as I mentioned before, if we have a demand that's being created by the radios, we are going to fulfill that demand by providing our own products that go into these radios. And it's going to grow the MMIC chip business as well, and it's going to grow the Silicon Valley business to provide the packages. They're all growing. We're all scaling it up. Why would we pay in our own designs and our own radios? Why would we pay Qorvo or MACOM or other companies for these chips when we can make them ourselves? Right?

[Vishal Mishra, Investment Analyst at Bard Associates]

Right. Okay. Great. Thank you very much.

[Fawad Maqbool, CEO at AmpliTech Group]

You're welcome.

[Operator]

That concludes the Q&A. I'll now hand the call over back to Mr. Fawad Maqbool for closing remarks.

[Fawad Maqbool, CEO at AmpliTech Group]

Thank you. That concludes the Q&A. Thank you very much, Operator. Thank you to all who joined us today to hear about the progress we've made and the plans we have to further our company's mission of providing the communication systems of tomorrow today. We look forward to speaking with you again during our Q2 2025 update in August. Please reach out to Investor Relations for follow-up or one-on-one meetings. Stay safe, and thank you for being part of the AmpliTech journey.

[Operator]

That concludes today's conference call. Thank you and have a great day.

Participants

Executives

• Fawad Maqbool, CEO
• Jorge Flores, COO

Analysts

• Vishal Mishra, Investment Analyst at Bard Associates
• Jack Vander Aarde, SVP and Senior Research Analyst at Maxim Group