BlackBerry: Not Enough Progress Yet

Seeking Alpha2021-12-23

Summary Fiscal Q4 revenue guidance was very weak. Patent deal still has not been finalized. Balance sheet only getting worse. MF3d/E+ via Getty Images After the bell on Tuesday, we received fiscal ...

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On a GAAP basis, the company reported a large profit, but this was only due to the fall in BlackBerry shares resulting in the company's convertible bonds being re-valued lower by $110 million. Normalized operating losses came in at $59 million, which was an improvement of $15 million sequentially, but that's still a loss of more than 32 cents for every dollar of revenue generated.\nA few internal items also showed a little weakness. Total annual recurring revenue (\"ARR\") dipped by $4 million sequentially, as Cyber Security ARR was down $6 million but IoT ARR was up $2 million. This metric continues to be quite weak, while a competitor like CrowdStrike (CRWD) just added $170 million in new ARR in its latest quarter. BlackBerry's deferred revenue balance also declined by $9 million sequentially to $235 million, and is down by $81 million in just the past five quarters.\nThese weaker internals may not be surprising to those like me who have followed the company, but it did result in much weaker than expected guidance. Management is calling for fiscal Q4 revenues in a range of $175 million to $200 million, but the street was looking for nearly $207 million. This will probably lead to even more future estimate cuts for the fiscal 2023 year that starts in a couple of months. Since the beginning of this calendar year, the average revenue forecast for the company's next fiscal year has gone from a little over $1.05 billion to less than $882 million. Company supporters have been hoping for a better future revenue growth trajectory, but it's taking much longer than expected to happen.\nInvestors are hoping a patent deal can be completed to bring in some much needed capital. BlackBerry has a somewhat inflexible balance sheet, with nearly 58% of its asset base tied up in either goodwill or intangible assets. The company finished its latest quarter with $772 million in cash against $365 million in debt, although at the current stock price those notes would be converted into shares at $6 per. Given how this year's performance has been rather weak, I'll be curious to see if there are any major goodwill or intangible write-downs at the end of year Q4 report.\nEven before the weak guidance, analysts have not had a very positive rating on the stock recently. Of the 10 street ratings posted in the last 90 days, 8 are either bearish or very bearish, with just 2 being neutral. The average street price target going into the Q3 report was $8.13 as compared to Tuesday's close of $9.25. Despite a few pops here and there, including the retail trading / meme stock rally earlier this year, BlackBerry shares have been a tremendous laggard. As the chart below shows, they are up just 46% since John Chen was named interim CEO, compared to a nearly 417% gain for the iShares U.S. Technology ETF (IYW).\nSource: Yahoo Finance\nIn the end, the same old story just continues for BlackBerry. The headline numbers showed beats after dramatically reduced estimates, but the internal figures didn't show too much improvement. Management still has not been able to seal a patent deal, and Q4 revenue guidance was much weaker than the street was hoping for. While we should see the top line grow a bit next year, not enough progress is being made yet. 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