National Instruments (NATI) Misses Q1 EPS by 44c; Not Providing Guidance

National Instruments (NASDAQ: NATI) reported Q1 EPS of $0.26, $0.44 worse than the analyst estimate of $0.70. Revenue for the quarter came in at $309 million versus the consensus estimate of $315.2 million.

GUIDANCE:

The total impact of COVID-19 on our economy remains highly uncertain and we have limited visibility into the second quarter making the impact hard to quantify. As a result, we will not provide guidance for Q2 2020 at this time. We do plan to release a business update on June 9 when we expect to have clearer insight into the quarter.

With so much uncertainty for 2020, our goal is to focus on our profitability while maintaining our capacity to accelerate our growth in the future. On the expense side, we will continue to be diligent in managing expenses. Some of the actions we will take include significantly limiting hiring, cutting discretionary spending, shifting marketing from in-person events to a more virtual experience, temporarily reducing executive pay, pushing out our merit cycle to 2021, and prioritizing travel for customer visits. In addition, our variable pay will adjust with actual business results. We believe these actions will enable us to avoid layoffs and maintain capacity in order to accelerate our growth in the future. For Q2, we are currently estimating non-GAAP operating expenses to be down 1 percent to 2 percent sequentially.

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