Good day, and welcome to the Qorvo, Inc. Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note that this conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Doug DeLieto, Vice President, Investor Relations. Thank you, and over to you.

Thanks very much. Hello, everyone, and welcome to Qorvo's Fiscal 2026 Second Quarter Earnings Call. This call will include forward-looking statements that involve risk factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from management's current expectations. We encourage you to review the safe harbor statement contained in the earnings release published today as well as the risk factors associated with our business in our annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC because these risk factors may affect our operations and financial results. In today's release and on today's call, we provide both GAAP and non-GAAP financial results. We provide this supplemental information to enable investors to perform additional comparisons of operating results and to analyze financial performance without the impact of certain noncash expenses or other items that may obscure trends in our underlying performance. During our call, our comments and comparisons to income statement items will be based primarily on non-GAAP results. For a complete reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures, please refer to our earnings release issued earlier today available on our Investor Relations website at ir.qorvo.com under Financial Releases. Lastly, for detailed information regarding the Skyworks and Qorvo combination announced on October 28, I encourage you to review the press release, investor presentation and related materials available on our Investor Relations website at ir.qorvo.com under Events and Presentations. Today's call, however, will focus on our fiscal second quarter results as well as our outlook for the December quarter. Joining us today are Bob Bruggeworth, President and CEO; Grant Brown, CFO; Dave Fullwood, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing; and other members of Qorvo's management team. And with that, I'll turn the call over to Bob.

Thanks, Doug, and welcome, everyone, to our call. Qorvo delivered solid operating performance during our fiscal second quarter. I will cover the business strategy driving these results as well as restructuring actions we are taking to enhance profitability and quarterly strategic achievements. After that, Grant will discuss the financials. Qorvo is sharply focused on our highest performing businesses and we regularly evaluate each of our investment areas. We have divested or exited businesses that do not meet our financial or strategic objectives, and we continue to do so. We are restructuring CSG to increase our focus on our top opportunities and improve profitability. We are narrowing our focus in ultra-wideband opportunities to automotive, industrial and enterprise markets where customer pull for our technologies is increasing and we are reducing our spend related to mobile and consumer applications, which are more fragmented today. We have consolidated our CSG organizational structure to reflect this increased focus. These actions coupled with associated cuts and corporate support functions are expected to reduce operating expenses by approximately $70 million per year in fiscal 2027. In ACG, we're driving a richer mix toward premium and flagship smartphone tiers as we reduce exposure to lower-margin mass tier Android. Our pricing and portfolio actions are ahead of expectations and now we anticipate lower margin Android revenue to decline by roughly $200 million this fiscal year and by more than $200 million next year. This disciplined approach is improving ACG's profitability as we concentrate on higher-value 5G RF content for premium and flagship smartphones that demand more advanced RF performance. Within our factory network, we are also executing on cost and productivity initiatives to reduce capital intensity and structurally enhance gross margin. Our manufacturing strategy is to internally produce the most differentiated elements of our products, geographically aligned production…

Thank you, Bob, and good afternoon, everyone. Qorvo's fiscal second quarter revenue of $1.059 billion, non-GAAP gross margin of 49.7% and non-GAAP diluted earnings of $2.22 per share, all compared favorably to guidance. During the quarter, our largest customer represented approximately 55% of revenue. On the balance sheet, as of quarter end, we held approximately $1.1 billion in cash and equivalents. We currently have approximately $1.5 billion of long-term debt outstanding and no near-term maturities. We ended the quarter with a net inventory balance of $605 million. This represents a sequential reduction of $33 million and a decrease of $89 million on a year-over-year basis. During the quarter, we generated operating cash flow of approximately $84 million and incurred $42 million of capital expenditures, which resulted in free cash flow of $42 million. Regarding our outlook for fiscal Q3, our guidance reflects strong execution and demand across multiple end markets. We are seeing continued momentum in HPA, offset by our exit from lower-margin entry-tier Android and the normal seasonal decline at our largest customer heading into December. Our expectations for the December quarter are as follows: revenue of $985 million plus or minus $50 million, non-GAAP gross margin between 47% and 49% and non-GAAP diluted EPS of $1.85, plus or minus $0.20. Gross margin continues to improve on a year-over-year basis. Q2 non-GAAP gross margin increased approximately 270 basis points versus last fiscal year and Q3 non-GAAP gross margin is expected to increase 150 basis points versus last quarter at the midpoint. This improvement is a direct result of multiple initiatives. We've actively managed our product portfolio and pricing strategies to reduce exposure to mass tier Android 5G. We have positioned the company to benefit from growth in D&A, which is margin accretive given the high mix, low-volume nature of…

[Operator Instructions] We have the first question from the line of Karl Ackerman from BNP Paribas.

It seems like you're now assuming a $200 million headwind from exiting the low end of the China Android market. I think that's a bit more than you previously envisioned of $150 million to $200 million. Could you address why that is the case for this year and next year? And if there's anything else that's happening with respect to the mid-tier market or if it's just something else?

Karl, this is Dave. I can answer that one. Yes. So the $200 million decline that Bob mentioned is going to be more weighted towards the back half of the year and even more so in March for a couple of reasons. So if you recall, last time, we said we gained content in our largest Android customer in their second half flagship. So we'll be on the other side of that when we get into March. And we also mentioned that we would have lower content this year on their first half flagship ramp next year. So those two are factors, but the bigger factor is really just the timing of those mass tier models that we continue to support as we made this pivot in our Android business. Those are now ramping down, and we're not obviously replacing them with new designs heading into next year. So that's probably the bigger impact that you're seeing is driving now.

Got it. for my follow-up, how would you rank order the December quarter outlook across HPA, CSG and ACG? I appreciate some of the initial commentary you gave with respect to the decline of Android and seasonal decline of Apple, but I guess as we look out into HPA from December quarter and into next year, just click on that and see if that, in fact, will be the best performing segment for December of next year.

Sure, Karl. Let me take a stab at it and then Philip can jump in. Over the course of the year, we do expect our D&A business to continue to increase quarter-over-quarter just given the seasonal nature of customer order patterns there, and we're still expecting that to be the case. We had some very strong growth in that business. On a year-over-year basis, it was over 25%. HPA was up 25% on a year-over-year basis in the last quarter. And we feel very strongly that that's a very high-performing area from a growth perspective.

Yes. I would add. So outside of D&A, we're also seeing quite a bit of strength in our infrastructure business. In our broadband business, as we've talked about, DOCSIS 4.0 continues to roll out really, really strong ramp. We see continuing throughout this year and into next year as well. And then on our base station business, kind of our core base station business that goes into kind of the radio stuff, that's doing well. But we're really seeing a proliferation of those products into some new markets that we're excited about. The first is drones both two-way and one-way drones are using both 4G and 5G products as one of their communication path. So we're seeing strength this year. This quarter, next quarter and into next year for that. And then also, if you think about it, as you look at these direct to cell satellites, really, they're base stations in the sky. And so we're seeing the same products that we use going here, terrestrial going up into space into these applications. So we expect that to continue, and that's why we're pretty optimistic about double-digit growth going into next year as well.

We have the next question from the line of Chris Caso from Wolfe Research.

I guess the first question is in light of some of what you're saying about some of the Android decline weighted towards the March quarter. What should we think with regard to March quarter seasonality? What do you consider normal seasonality to be? And what are the factors that we should consider when comparing to normal seasonality this year?

Sure. Chris, this is Grant. Let me take that one. We're not guiding Q4 or the full year at this time. But we're encouraged by the strength that we saw in the first half, but we're mindful of the typical seasonality as you mentioned, in the back half where we see our largest customer ramping down typically in the March and June periods and then as we pivot away from some of the lower-margin Android business as Dave pointed out earlier, to be especially impactful in fiscal Q4. Now that said, we are executing on our strategy to focus on driving meaningful productivity improvements. And so from our standpoint, we're executing that strategy. We're focusing on a premium flagship tiers and this is something you're starting to see in our gross margin profile. I mean, we committed to hitting high 40s and we're doing just that and we're getting very close to 50 points of gross margin in a seasonally strong quarter. So we are hard at work executing on profitability and executing to our strategy to pivot away from Android -- low-tier Android, excuse me.

Great. Well, you mentioned gross margins and that was going to be my follow-up. And there's a lot of moving parts as we go into next year. There's still some things you're doing with the factories in order to drive efficiency, but you just said that -- I would imagine the mix gets better as you exit some of the low-tier Android. So how does that result in gross margins? What are the puts and takes we should think about gross margins next year?

Sorry, you're breaking up. Can you repeat the end of your question?

Just what -- in terms of what we should expect, the puts and takes on gross margins for next year?

Sure. So the business mix is one of them. It will be meaningfully helpful for us as we see HPA and defense and aerospace and other areas grow as a percentage of our total top line. That's very impactful. And then product mix within the segments, especially ACG, where we have already communicated our exit from the low-tier Android area. So the premium and flagship products there. In terms of that portfolio will be helping from a mix standpoint. And then the factory actions that we're executing on bringing more volume to our other locations also helps significantly. We've talked through Costa Rica and the closure there is on track. Transfer of our SAW capacity from Greensboro to Texas is also on track, and we'd expect that to be beyond fiscal '27 and I think all the other cost reduction efforts that we're doing, the standard blocking and tackling, yield improvements, cost downs and all the other things are more standard activity are all on target.

We have the next question from the line of Harsh Kumar from Piper Sandler.

First of all, really good results. Maybe, Grant, one for you. In your guidance, I'm looking at your margins versus what you just delivered for the September quarter. And I would have thought that your margins wouldn't be down quite the way they're guiding to. So I guess I'm curious if it's just revenues that are driving this? Or is there other factors in play? Because you've got a lot of positives going on in the margin structure as well that fundamentally that you're driving to. So I just want to understand the factors driving the margin for the December quarter guidance.

Sure. It's generally the case that as we're ramping down and as we start to see that happen in the December quarter as we are heading into the March, it tends to -- the utilization tends to lead the revenue there. So we're seeing some of that. It's not atypical. I would say that the margin performance is still substantially improved on a year-over-year basis. And so even on the revenue bases that we've been guiding to, you can see that impact. So my view is it's strong improvement and we'd expect that to continue as we move through fiscal '26 and into '27. I wouldn't read anything too meaningful into any of the subtle variations from a quarter-to-quarter basis other than generally the mix.

Okay. And then maybe one for Bob. Bob, on aerospace and defense, you've got some pretty good -- pretty large goals, but you're also doing really well. We know the market is healthy. So maybe help us understand two things. One, what is the scale right now? Like how big is this business right now? You mentioned it's up 25% year-on-year, but just in absolute dollars, if you can. And then specifically, right now, what kind of technologies or end applications are working for Qorvo to drive that revenue growth?

Thanks, Harsh. It's hard for me to contain Philip when it comes to this. So I'm just going to let him go ahead and talk and add a little color but I appreciate the question on the Defense business. As you said, it's doing fantastic, and producing great products and really doing an extremely good job. Philip?

Yes. So Harsh, I would say that we've sized it publicly before. So I would say kind of mid-$400 million and growing. I think we had commented in our last call that we have funnel and it is continuing to grow. It actually grew another $2 billion in the funnel over this quarter alone. Really, where we're seeing the applications, they're pretty broad-based. And so it's maybe a long answer to your question, but I'll try to kind of hit some of the highlights. So one of the areas that we're really seeing it is the U.S. is looking at how do you build new capabilities both in drones which require a lot of different kind of technologies both radar and comms. So there's a whole lot of more and better RF that's needed to scale that up. The other area is in electronic warfare, where we're looking to come up with new ways to drive spectrum dominance in that area. And in electronic warfare, one area that is really growing rapidly is the use of solid-state PAs to be able to do more direct energy type defensive and offensive applications. That is a sweet spot for our technology. And so just a tremendous amount of opportunity there. But in addition to that, I would say in our core markets, whether -- and I would say, core markets in defense and aerospace is really the radar-based platform. Whether that's land, sea, air, we are seeing a whole new set of capability needs that are what the U.S. government calls an urgent need and it really fits into the sweet spot of what we do. And then you layer on top of that, the -- if you look at Golden Dome and what they're trying to do in any kind of missile defense system, you're going to need land-based assets, you're going to need air-based assets, you're going to need space-based assets. All of those platforms that they're looking at, we are in those platforms. And so that will be a tailwind for us as well. So it's really broad-based. I can't just pick one that is driving it. But we're seeing a lot of tailwinds and especially because I think I would add as the administration has really laying -- starting to become very clear on what their priorities are. And those priorities really do fit with what we're doing. And I mean that doesn't even include what's happening on the NATO side in Europe as they increase their defense budgets up to 3.5% of GDP. So again, a lot of positive things that are happening.

We have the next question from the line of Christopher Rolland from Susquehanna.

I guess as we think about '27, are we still thinking about like mid-single digit? Are we thinking about growth overall for ACG. And then additionally, you have talked increasingly about integrated modules. Would love an update there on your capabilities, your differentiation and the likelihood you think you get some new sockets here, that would be great.

Yes, sure, Chris. Let me take the first part, and then Frank can jump in. Obviously, really excited about our technology, but it's too early to comment on fiscal '27 at this point. So we won't be making any commentary there at this point in the game, but we'll have more to talk about probably as the year advances. I'll let Frank comment on integrated modules.

Yes. Chris, similar feedback with respect to things at our largest customer. Too early to say at this time. We're working very hard on product development, not just for next year, but for the next 3 years. I do want to say I'm really proud of the ACG team and all the work they do.

Great. And then as we talk about the merger, are there still any opportunities? Would you consider any merger opportunities, even tuck-ins, any acquisition from that standpoint, any divestitures, any buybacks, any OpEx changes or any like footprint consolidation beyond what you've already announced? Or should we just kind of think steady state Qorvo until all the approvals and the merger is done.

I appreciate the question. And I think what's most important is we also have to keep in mind that we are going to be running separate and independent companies. So there is latitude in our agreements for us to make changes and do things that we want to be able to do, but you got to remember, we're running these as separate companies.

We have the next question from the line of Krish Sankar from Cowen and Company.

I have two of them on mobile. First one, Bob, can you give an update on your progress with your biggest customer on the mid- to high band side. It seems like that's a big opportunity. Is there any way to figure out how that's progressing and when we should start seeing some results or any time line for that? I have a follow-up.

I appreciate the question. And you can imagine that's a topic that we just can't cover and comment about where we're at. And I think Frank has already said how proud he is on the team and how well they're executing. But time will tell and patience, please.

Fair enough. Fair enough. All right. And then a follow-up, post exiting the lower tier Android, how should we think about your Android and China exposure? Are you still chasing 15% to 20% of the Android market today? How to think about how it splits between China and your big non-China Android customer. And I think you kind of commented a little bit on March quarter. I'm just wondering, besides the lower tier Android in March and seasonality are there any idiosyncratic things you had to worry about in March quarter?

We still feel very strongly about our strategy to pursue the premium and flagship tiers of Android, right? They're going to have a product portfolio and they're going to compete against other devices in that segment, they're going to need to use premium performing parts and that's where the majority of the TAM and SAM is for us in the ACG side. We feel very well positioned. We're going to continue to support our Android customers. And we've been very successful at exiting some of the less attractive areas there, as Bob commented on in his prepared remarks. A little bit difficult to comment on share specific to one quarter given the ramp timing of all the different models in the Android ecosystem.

We have the next question from the line of Jim Schneider from Goldman Sachs.

On the HPA business, I'm wondering if you're seeing any kind of cyclical effects outside of the normal kind of secular growth you're -- in those product lines? And what are your customers telling you in terms of inventory levels, willingness to restock or anything else from a sort of a supply chain or cyclical point of view?

This is Philip. I would say channel inventory is healthy. We're not seeing any kind of unusual order patterns I would say it's more on the -- we're starting to get requests for hey, we need delivery sooner rather than... [Technical Difficulty]

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All right, we're back. Thank you. So the question, I think, was around HPA and channel inventory. What I was saying was we don't see any kind of excess of channel inventory. In fact, we see more kind of expedite ask than we do channel or pushouts or anything like that. So I'd say the channel is healthy. One area I would also maybe highlight is we are seeing really strong bookings and backlog in our power management business surrounded around the data center side for solid state drives. So that would be one area we're also -- don't see any inventory challenges, but we're seeing expedite requests.

That's helpful. And maybe as a quick follow-up. As a housekeeping question, maybe color on your guidance by segment expectations heading into the December quarter?

Yes. Thanks for the question. We don't guide by segment.

We have the next question from the line of Edward Snyder from Charter Equity Research.

Just a couple of housekeeping questions. Was there any underutilization charges, especially in regard to Oregon and what's your feeling on those for -- obviously, you could be seasonally down in the next couple of quarters because your largest customers, you're probably going to be burdened more. So just as a starting point, can we get color on that?

Yes. Ed, this is Grant. So no period related charges associated with underutilization. It's just the normal loadings are generating factory variances within the normal bands and that applies to product costing but nothing from a period charge perspective that would create an abnormal utilization charge.

Okay. And then I'm just try to feel for how much capacity you have, both in GaAs in Oregon and then BAW in Texas. I know you haven't been notified yet on anything that would occur next week, your largest -- next week, next year, it's your largest customer. But -- and I know it depends on share if you do win, et cetera, but I'm just trying to get a feel for what kind of CapEx you might be facing if any, especially with regard to GaAs because both of your product wins aren't really GaAs intensive. You got a lot of tuners, you got less SOI, et cetera. So I'm just trying to get a feel for where you sit in capacity in GaAs and BAW.

Yes. Thanks for the question, Ed. I think first, I want to say the team has done a fantastic job in both GaAs, as well as in the filters, BAW filters, in particular, in shrinking sizes. So as we ramp new technologies typically, we're reducing the size, so we don't have to add a lot of capacity to meet the same demand. So team's done a fantastic job there. And I think as we look at the outlook for next year, we do expect -- we'll spend money for expanding capacities and bringing in new technologies. But I think it's going to be less than what we spent this year. But again, I think people underestimate the tremendous work the team has done in reducing die sizes as we release new process technologies. So I think we're in good shape to support a lot of business.

Maybe, Ed, I would just further to -- just further Bob's comments. Obviously, you know -- I mean, in order to compete for business, you have to have an ample amount of capacity in place in advance. So we wouldn't be targeting business, we don't think we could support with our existing capacity.

And then we also have the ramp down of the Android business as well, which frees up capacity. So we're in a pretty good place.

We have the next question from the line of Peter Peng from JPMorgan.

Just on the content growth of about 10% plus for the last for the most recent generation, you mentioned that all of your four major products grew on a content wise year-over-year. Maybe if you can just give us a sense of contribution from these product groups?

Peter, thanks for the question. We haven't actually commented, I mean each of the four different categories of revenue at our largest customer and which was contributing to the growth other than to say that we're seeing growth in all categories.

Got it. Okay. And then for my follow-up, I think last quarter, you guys talked about the CSG being able to grow low single digits. Just give us some of the restructuring initiatives. What's the current expectation for this business group?

Sure. So CSG, as we commented last quarter, had experienced a pushout of a large award in our ultra-wideband business and that is still the case. There's no change there. In terms of growth, there would be some impact, but relatively marginal due to the restructuring activities. So you could see a roughly flat, perhaps year for CSG plus or minus.

This concludes our question-and-answer session. I would like to turn the conference back over to the management for any closing remarks.

I want to thank everyone for joining us tonight and hope everyone has a great evening. Thank you.

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