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MAXWELL TECHNOLOGIES INC

No Longer Reporting

The company has not filed an annual or quarterly report since its Q1 FY2019 10-Q, filed May 1, 2019. Its latest SEC filing is a SC 13G/A from Feb 14, 2020.

The sections below describe the company as of the FY2018 annual report.

What Did They Do?

Sells ultracapacitor and lithium-ion capacitor products to automakers, utilities, and industrial customers, and develops dry battery electrode technology for lithium-ion batteries.

How Did They Make Money?

Customers mainly pay for manufactured products after delivery or pickup by their freight forwarder; payment is generally due after delivery. Specialized services are billed as work progresses, and royalties are tied to sales using licensed technology.

FY2018 revenue

Who Were Their Customers?

Markets and sells worldwide through direct and indirect channels to integrators and original equipment manufacturers, which incorporate its products into end products; it also sells electrode material to YEC.

Customers above 10% of revenue, FY2018
of revenue from two customers (12%, 11%)
FY2017: 36% from three customers

Did Revenues Turn Into Profits?

No. It lost $36.5M in FY2018.

Operating income, FY2018
−45% of revenue
▼ −21% (Loss) vs FY2017 (−$51.7M, −59%)
Net income, FY2018
−40% of revenue
▼ −15% (Loss) vs FY2017 (−$43.1M, −49%)
Free cash flow, FY2018
−71% of revenue
▲ +247% (Loss) vs FY2017 (−$18.4M, −21%)

How Were They Changing?

Since the FY2018 annual report
Latest quarter: Q1 FY2019, the three months to Mar 31, 2019
Revenue
▼ −33%
vs $23M in Q1 FY2018
Net income
▲ +91% (Loss)
vs −$9.2M in Q1 FY2018
  • May 16, 2019 Tesla completed its acquisition of Maxwell Maxwell became a wholly owned Tesla subsidiary, and its shares ceased trading on Nasdaq.

Shrank. Revenue fell 52% in 4 years, from $186.6M in FY2014 to $90.5M in FY2018, about 17% a year.

A narrower product portfolio The older report covered high-voltage capacitors and radiation-hardened space electronics; the latest says the high-voltage business was sold and the microelectronics line divested, with energy storage as the commercialized product line.

Dry electrodes applied to batteries The older report described a solvent-free process for making ultracapacitor electrode material; the latest also presents dry electrode technology as a way to manufacture lithium-ion battery electrodes.

Who Did They Compete With?

Competes with Panasonic, LS Mtron, Supreme Power Solutions, Vina Technology, Samxon, Skeleton Technologies, Yunasko, and Ioxus

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