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Align Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:ALGN)

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Common-Size Income Statement
Quarterly Data

Align Technology Inc., common-size consolidated income statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 30, 2018 Mar 31, 2018
Net revenues 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
Cost of net revenues -30.94 -28.79 -29.95 -31.48 -30.46 -29.08 -27.11 -27.79 -25.67 -24.96 -24.33 -26.85 -27.25 -36.33 -28.42 -27.37 -27.96 -28.04 -26.75 -28.26 -26.42 -25.43 -25.07
Gross profit 69.06% 71.21% 70.05% 68.52% 69.54% 70.92% 72.89% 72.21% 74.33% 75.04% 75.67% 73.15% 72.75% 63.67% 71.58% 72.63% 72.04% 71.96% 73.25% 71.74% 73.58% 74.57% 74.93%
Selling, general and administrative -42.49 -45.22 -46.62 -45.49 -44.76 -43.98 -45.15 -43.76 -42.17 -42.73 -44.38 -41.75 -42.57 -72.94 -51.35 -43.01 -45.69 -44.61 -45.01 -42.47 -42.33 -43.26 -45.69
Research and development -9.24 -8.83 -9.27 -9.26 -8.64 -7.53 -7.38 -7.03 -6.46 -5.71 -6.10 -5.86 -6.07 -11.46 -7.54 -6.36 -6.53 -6.47 -6.83 -6.70 -6.47 -6.28 -6.77
Restructuring and other charges 0.00 0.00 0.00 -1.27 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Impairments and other charges (gains), net 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.12 0.00 -5.43 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Litigation settlement gain 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.49 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Operating expenses -51.73% -54.05% -55.89% -56.02% -53.41% -51.50% -52.53% -50.79% -48.63% -48.44% -50.48% -47.61% -48.63% -84.39% -58.89% -49.37% -51.11% -42.58% -57.27% -49.18% -48.80% -49.54% -52.46%
Income (loss) from operations 17.32% 17.16% 14.16% 12.50% 16.13% 19.41% 20.35% 21.42% 25.71% 26.60% 25.20% 25.55% 24.12% -20.72% 12.69% 23.26% 20.94% 29.38% 15.98% 22.56% 24.78% 25.03% 22.47%
Interest income 0.58 0.44 0.25 0.31 0.19 0.03 0.07 0.07 0.04 0.04 0.18 0.04 0.04 0.13 0.36 0.45 0.57 0.58 0.48 0.42 0.44 0.39 0.50
Other income (expense), net -1.02 -0.48 -0.13 -0.01 -2.55 -1.53 -1.16 -0.15 0.04 -0.05 3.86 0.12 0.97 -0.27 -3.37 0.27 -0.36 2.31 -1.05 -0.14 -0.17 -1.45 0.04
Interest income and other income (expense), net -0.44% -0.03% 0.12% 0.30% -2.36% -1.50% -1.09% -0.09% 0.08% -0.01% 4.04% 0.16% 1.02% -0.14% -3.01% 0.72% 0.21% 2.89% -0.57% 0.28% 0.28% -1.06% 0.54%
Net income (loss) before (provision for) benefit from income taxes 16.88% 17.12% 14.27% 12.79% 13.77% 17.91% 19.26% 21.34% 25.79% 26.59% 29.24% 25.71% 25.14% -20.86% 9.68% 23.98% 21.14% 32.27% 15.41% 22.84% 25.06% 23.97% 23.01%
(Provision for) benefit from income taxes -4.24 -5.96 -4.96 -8.16 -5.61 -6.27 -5.47 -2.82 -7.98 -6.83 -6.84 -6.66 -6.15 9.34 265.86 -5.31 -4.26 -7.18 -1.60 -4.22 -4.87 -1.57 -0.66
Equity in losses of investee, net of tax 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.60 -0.72 -0.39 -0.22 -0.75 -0.41
Net income (loss) 12.65% 11.16% 9.31% 4.63% 8.17% 11.63% 13.80% 18.52% 17.81% 19.76% 22.39% 19.05% 18.98% -11.52% 275.54% 18.66% 16.88% 24.50% 13.09% 18.24% 19.96% 21.64% 21.94%

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31).

An analysis of the common-size income statement reveals a period of relative stability followed by significant volatility in 2020 and a gradual compression of margins through 2023. The most prominent feature of the data is the impact of external shocks in early 2020, followed by a strategic shift in expense allocation.

Gross Profit Margins
Gross margins remained consistently high between 71% and 75% from early 2018 through late 2021. A sharp, temporary contraction occurred in June 2020, where gross profit fell to 63.67%. Since late 2021, a steady downward trend has emerged, with the gross margin declining from 72.21% in September 2021 to 69.06% by September 2023, indicating rising costs of revenues relative to net sales.
Operating Expense Dynamics
Selling, General and Administrative (SG&A) expenses typically fluctuated between 42% and 45% of net revenues. However, a severe spike was recorded in June 2020, reaching 72.94%, which heavily impacted operating results for that quarter. Research and Development (R&D) spending shows a clear long-term upward trend; while it hovered around 6% to 7% from 2018 to 2020, it consistently increased starting in 2021, peaking at approximately 9.2% in the final quarters of the analysis period.
Operating Income Trends
Operating margins were robust in 2018 and 2019, generally ranging between 20% and 25%. After the volatility of 2020—which included a significant operating loss of 20.72% in June—margins recovered to a peak of 26.60% in June 2021. Subsequently, a sustained decline is observed, with operating income falling to 12.50% by December 2022 before recovering slightly to 17.32% by September 2023.
Net Income and Anomalies
The net income margin exhibits an extreme outlier in March 2020, reaching 275.54% due to a massive benefit from income taxes (265.86% of net revenues). Excluding this anomaly, the net profit margin demonstrates a gradual erosive trend. From a baseline of approximately 18% to 22% in 2018, the net margin declined to a low of 4.63% in December 2022, before showing a modest recovery to 12.65% by September 2023.

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