Beam Global Reports Full Year 2024 Operating Results

SAN DIEGO, April 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Beam Global, (Nasdaq: BEEM), (the "Company"), a leading provider of innovative and sustainable infrastructure solutions for the electrification of transportation, smart cities, and energy security, today announced its operating results for the year ended December 31, 2024.

2024 and Recent Company Highlights:

Financial:

   -- Revenues of $49.3 million, more than double any previous year's revenue 
      in the Company's history excluding 2023 
 
   -- Five-year Revenue CAGR 68% 
 
   -- Revenues from non-government commercial entities increased by 229% from 
      2023 to 2024 
 
   -- Positive full year gross margins of 15% - an improvement of 13 percentage 
      points over 2023 
 
   -- Adjusted non-GAAP gross margins, net of non-cash costs were 21% 
 
   -- Net cash used in Operations for 2024 was $2.2 million vs. 2023 at $13.3 
      million 
 
   -- Backlog of $5.6 million on December 31, 2024 
 
   -- Debt free and $100 million line of credit available and unused 

Operational:

   -- Acquisition of Serbia-based Telcom -- provides Beam with in-house 
      production capabilities for power electronics 
 
   -- Received $7.4 million order from the U.S. Army for 88 off-grid EV ARCTM 
      systems 
 
   -- Received $4.8 million order from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security 
      for EV ARCTM systems 
 
   -- Achieved CE (Conformité Européenne) certification on EV ARCTM 
 
   -- Achieved Build America, Buy America $(BABA)$ Act Compliance for EV ARC$(TM)$ 
 
   -- Launched four new products BeamSpot(TM), BeamBike(TM), BeamPatrol(TM), 
      BeamWell(TM) 
 
   -- Received first orders for BeamSpot(TM) and BeamWell(TM) 
 
   -- Closed and deployed first "Driving on Sunshine" sponsorship deal with 
      Globos Osiguranje 
 
   -- Introduced the Beam Global Reseller Program -- expanding outside sales 
      resources 
 
   -- Delivered UK Ministry of Defence EV ARC(TM) systems to Cyprus 
 
   -- Entered Middle Eastern and African markets through reselling partnerships 
 
   -- Added new police and international airport fleet customers, further 
      expanding our customer base in critical sectors 
 
   -- Enhanced Beam Global leadership team: 
 
          -- COO -- Mark Myers, former Nuclear Navy Officer 
 
          -- VP of Sales - Andy Lovsted joined Beam Global in the U.S. 
 
          -- Director of Channel Partnerships - Igor Labovic joined Beam Global 
             in Europe 
 
   -- Announced partnership with Benzina Zero, an innovative provider of 
      electric mopeds, scooters, electric bicycles and micro-mobility solutions 
 
   -- Announced partnership with Zero Motorcycles, an innovative provider of 
      electric motorcycles 
 
   -- Expanded global patent portfolio: 
 
          -- Awarded European Patent for Thermal Management Technology that 
             Makes Lithium-ion Batteries Safer 
 
          -- Awarded U.S. Patent for Wireless / Inductive Electric Vehicle 
             Charging Powered by Renewable Energy 
 
          -- Granted U.S. Patent for High-Volume Battery Assembly and Safety 
             Technology 

"2024 was a year of tremendous expansion for Beam Global," said Desmond Wheatley, CEO of Beam Global. "It was a year in which we introduced more new e-mobility and energy security products in the last quarter of the year than we have done in the last decade. It was also a year in which we expanded geographically into markets with billions of potential new customers for Beam. We completed another acquisition in Serbia, which will make our products less expensive, more effective, and harder to compete with. We won new patents as we continued to build our intellectual property portfolio. Using our technological differentiation, we won new customers with unique requirements that we believe only we can fulfill. With these strategic moves and others, we created a platform for growth, which is unlike anything that we've had in the Company's history. We have made dramatic improvements to our gross profitability and set the Company on a clear path to being cash-flow positive. We have sufficient cash and other working capital resources to allow us to continue to execute on our plans and we remain debt free while still having access to our $100 million line of credit which remains untapped. We believe that the Company retains excellent opportunities for growth in 2025 as a result of our geographic and product portfolio expansions, and in spite of political and economic uncertainty in the United States."

2024 Financial Summary

Revenues

Beam Global's revenues as of December 31, 2024, was $49.3 million compared to $67.4 million in 2023. Although there was a decrease year over year, this was a 124% increase over 2022 revenue of $22.0 million and twice any full year's revenue in our history except 2023. Additionally, revenues derived from non-government commercial entities increased by 229% for the twelve months from 2023 to 2024 and were 38% of total revenues in 2024. We believe that the decrease in revenue is a result of order timing, uncertainty in the U.S. government's zero emission vehicle strategy related to the presidential election. These matters have mainly impacted our larger federal customers, and we do not believe that they signify any fundamental reduction in global demand for our products. We have continued to invest in our sales resources with new hires in both the U.S. and Europe and we have further expanded our selling resources without costs through adding external resources who are paid only when they make sales.

Gross Profit

The Company reported a positive gross profit of $7.3 million, or 15% gross margin, for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to a gross profit of $1.2 million, or 2% gross margin in 2023. As a percentage of revenue, the full year margin improved by thirteen percentage points primarily because we have implemented cost improvements in late 2023 as a result of design changes to the EV ARC(TM) as well as operational improvements and positive margins generated from the acquisitions in Europe. The gross profit includes a non-cash negative impact of $2.4 million for depreciation and $0.7 million for amortization of intangible assets resulting from the AllCell acquisition. Without this non-cash expense, our gross profit for 2024 was $10.5 million, a 21% gross margin. The Company's engineering teams have continued to implement design changes during 2024 which further reduce costs of the bill of materials and improve the product margins. We expect the Company's revenue to grow in the future and our fixed overhead absorption to continue to improve.

Operating Expenses

Total operating expenses were $19.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, compared to $17.5 million in the prior year. The operating expenses in 2024 includes an increase of $3.8 million due to having a full year of operating expenses for the Serbian acquisitions and a non-cash positive impact of $0.4 million, without these, adjusted operating expenses increase for the year ended December 31, 2024 would be $1.6 million compared to the same period in 2023. The increase is mostly attributable to salaries and benefits of $0.7 million related to new hires in 2024, $0.4 million related to outside services, partially related to acquisitions, and $0.4 million related to marketing expenses.

Loss from Operations

Loss from operations was $11.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to $16.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. Backing out the non-cash items that included $3.7 million for depreciation and amortization, $3.3 million for stock-based compensation and $0.4 million for allowance for credit losses, offset by $4.7 million for change in fair value of contingent consideration liabilities pertaining to the true-up of the earnout payment for the Amiga acquisition, the non-cash loss from operations was $8.9 million for 2024, compared to loss from operations of $11.8 million for 2023. The Non-GAAP loss from operations decreased 24% year over year due to increased gross profit of 13 percentage points in 2024 and management of operating expenses.

Cash

On December 31, 2024, we had cash of $4.6 million, compared to cash of $10.4 million at December 31, 2023. The cash decrease between December 31, 2023 and 2024 included cash payments for our acquisitions of $3.2 million. Net cash used for operating activities was $2.2 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024 compared to $13.3 million for the same period in 2023.

We have historically met our cash needs through a combination of debt and equity financing and more recently through increasing gross profit contributions. Our cash requirements are generally for operating activities and acquisitions.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement our condensed consolidated financial statements, which are prepared in accordance with GAAP, we present Non-GAAP Loss from Operations which is non-GAAP financial measures, in this press release. We use Non-GAAP Loss from Operations in conjunction with GAAP measures as part of our overall assessment of our performance to evaluate the effectiveness of our business strategies and to communicate with our board of directors concerning our financial performance. We believe Non-GAAP Loss from Operations is also helpful to investors, analysts and other interested parties because it can assist in providing a more consistent and comparable overview of our operations across our historical financial periods. Non-GAAP Loss from Operations has limitations as an analytical tool. Therefore, you should not consider it in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Because of these limitations, you should consider Non-GAAP Loss from Operations alongside other financial performance measures, including net loss attributable to other GAAP measures. In evaluating Non-GAAP Loss from Operations you should be aware that in the future

we may incur expenses that are the same as, or similar to, some of the adjustments reflected in this press release. Our presentation of Non-GAAP Loss from Operations should not be construed to imply that our future results will be unaffected by the types of items excluded from the calculations of Non-GAAP Loss from Operations. Non-GAAP Loss from Operations is not presented in accordance with GAAP and the use of these terms vary from others in our industry. Reconciliation of this non-GAAP measure has been provided in the financial statement tables included within this press release, and investors are encouraged to review this reconciliation.

Conference Call April 11, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. ET

Management will host a conference call on Friday, April 11, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. ET to review financial results and provide an update on corporate developments. Following management's formal remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session.

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About Beam Global

Beam Global is a clean technology innovator which develops and manufactures sustainable infrastructure products and technologies. We operate at the nexus of clean energy and transportation with a focus on sustainable energy infrastructure, rapidly deployed and scalable EV charging solutions, safe energy storage and vital energy security. With operations in the U.S. and Europe, Beam Global develops, patents, designs, engineers and manufactures unique and advanced clean technology solutions that power transportation, provide secure sources of electricity, save time and money and protect the environment. Beam Global is headquartered in San Diego, CA with facilities in Chicago, IL and Belgrade and Kraljevo, Serbia. Beam Global is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol BEEM. For more information visit BeamForAll.com, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

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                   Beam Global 
           Consolidated Balance Sheets 
                  (In thousands) 
 
                                     December 31,    December 31, 
                                     ------------    ------------ 
                                         2024            2023 
                                     ------------    ------------ 
 
Assets 
Current assets 
    Cash                            $       4,572   $      10,393 
    Accounts receivable, net of 
     allowance for credit losses 
     of $259 and $448                       8,027          15,943 
    Prepaid expenses and other 
     current assets                         2,243           2,453 
    Inventory, net                         12,284          11,933 
Total current assets                       27,126          40,722 
                                     ------------    ------------ 
 
Property and equipment, net                13,704          16,513 
Operating lease right of use 
 assets                                     1,893           1,026 
Goodwill                                   10,580          10,270 
Intangible assets, net                      8,037           9,050 
Deposits                                      119              62 
Total assets                        $      61,459   $      77,643 
                                     ============    ============ 
 
Liabilities and Stockholders' 
Equity 
Current liabilities 
    Accounts payable                $       8,959   $       9,732 
    Accrued expenses                        2,462           2,737 
    Sales tax payable                         195             209 
    Deferred revenue, current                 847             828 
    Note payable, current                      63              40 
    Deferred consideration                      -           2,713 
    Contingent consideration, 
     current                                   93               - 
    Operating lease liabilities, 
     current                                  696             615 
Total current liabilities                  13,315          16,874 
                                     ------------    ------------ 
Commitments and contingencies 
(F-14) 
Deferred revenue, noncurrent                  800             402 
Note payable, noncurrent                      199             160 
Contingent consideration, 
 noncurrent                                   216           4,725 
Other liabilities, noncurrent               3,380           3,787 
Deferred tax liabilities, 
 noncurrent                                 1,290           1,698 
Operating lease liabilities, 
 noncurrent                                   971             455 
Total liabilities                          20,171          28,101 
                                     ------------    ------------ 
 
Commitments and contingencies 
(Note 9) 
 
Stockholders' equity 
Preferred stock, $0.001 par 
value, 10,000,000 authorized, 
none outstanding as of December 
31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.                 -               - 
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 
 350,000,000 shares authorized, 
 14,835,630 and 14,398,243 shares 
 issued and outstanding as of 
 December 31, 2024 and December 
 31, 2023, respectively.                       15              14 
Additional paid-in-capital                147,072         142,265 
Accumulated deficit                      (104,643)        (93,361) 
Accumulated Other Comprehensive 
 Income (AOCI)                             (1,156)            624 
                                     ------------    ------------ 
 
Total stockholders' equity                 41,288          49,542 
                                     ------------    ------------ 
 
Total liabilities and 
 stockholders' equity               $      61,459   $      77,643 
                                     ============    ============ 
 
 
 
                             Beam Global 
                Consolidated Statements of Operations 
              ( In thousands, except per share amounts) 
 
                                                      Year Ended 
                                                     December 31, 
                                                ---------------------- 
                                                  2024       2023 
                                                 -------    ------- 
 
Revenues                                        $ 49,336   $ 67,353 
 
Cost of revenues                                  42,040     66,149 
                                                 -------    ------- 
 
Gross profit                                       7,296      1,204 
 
 
Operating expenses                                18,953     17,465 
                                                 -------    ------- 
 
Loss from operations                             (11,657)   (16,261) 
 
Other income (expense) 
   Interest income                                   205        261 
   Other income (expense)                            110        (36) 
   Interest expense                                  (34)       (12) 
Other income                                         281        213 
                                                 -------    ------- 
 
Loss before income tax expense                   (11,376)   (16,048) 
 
Income tax (benefit) expense                         (94)        12 
                                                 -------    ------- 
 
Net Loss                                        $(11,282)  $(16,060) 
                                                 =======    ======= 
 
Net foreign currency translation adjustments      (1,781)       624 
Total Comprehensive Loss                        $(13,063)  $(15,436) 
                                                 =======    ======= 
 
Net Income (loss) per share - basic/diluted     $  (0.77)  $  (1.30) 
                                                 =======    ======= 
 
Weighted average shares outstanding - 
 basic/diluted                                    14,621     12,345 
                                                 =======    ======= 
 
 
 
                         Beam Global 
      Reconciliation of Loss from Operations to Non-GAAP 
                     Loss from Operations 
                  (Unaudited, In thousands) 
 
                                            Year Ended 
                                           December 31, 
                                    -------------------------- 
                                      2024          2023 
                                     -------       ------- 
 
GAAP Total Revenue                  $ 49,336      $ 67,353 
 
GAAP Total COGS                       42,040        66,149 
Adjusted to exclude the following: 

  Depreciation and amortization        3,155           970 
Non-GAAP Total COGS                 $ 38,885      $ 65,179 
                                     =======       ======= 
 
Non-GAAP Gross Profit               $ 10,451      $  2,174 
Gross Margin %                            21%            3% 
 
GAAP Total Operating Expenses         18,953        17,465 
 
Adjusted to exclude the following: 
  Depreciation and amortization          558           581 
  Non-cash compensation                3,322         2,675 
  Allowance for credit losses            392             0 
  Fair value of contingent 
   consideration (1)                  (4,675)          260 
Non-GAAP Total adjustments          $   (403)     $  3,516 
                                     =======       ======= 
 
Non-GAAP Total Operating Expenses   $ 19,356      $ 13,949 
                                     =======       ======= 
 
GAAP Loss from Operations           $(11,657)     $(16,261) 
  Non-GAAP total adjustments           2,752         4,486 
Non-GAAP Loss from Operations       $ (8,905)     $(11,775) 
                                     -------       ------- 
 
 

(1) Fair value of contingent consideration is non-cash. The Earnout Consideration is paid in the Company's stock. See the financial statement notes included in prior quarterly and annual filings.

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