Turtle Beach reports Q4 EPS 10c, consensus 21c

Reports Q4 revenue $100.9M, consensus $110.4M. "We executed well in the fourth quarter, and despite the macro circumstances that impacted the industry throughout 2022, we are well-positioned for the inevitable gaming accessories market turnaround and remain encouraged by the strong underlying long-term trends in the gaming market," said Juergen Stark, CEO. "Per Newzoo, the number of gamers continues to grow, and the global gaming market is projected to add another 335 million gamers by 2025. Although our profitability was impacted by macroeconomic conditions causing lower consumer demand, heavy competitive discounting as well as extraordinarily high freight costs, we believe the gaming market is recovering, freight costs have dropped significantly, and we anticipate that discounting will return to normal over time. We believe our brand leadership and diverse product portfolio positions us for continued success including revenue growth and a return to positive EBITDA in 2023 as the gaming and macro environments continue to improve. Our industry-leading console headset portfolio continued to expand and perform well, as our Stealth 600 wireless headset was the best-selling headset series in 2022 per NPD. We also launched our first $199 MSRP headsets, the Stealth 700 Max series, and took over 40% US retail sales share of that premium-price-tier. In fact, despite the extremely promotional competitive environment, we increased our console headset ASPs by over 7% in 2022, per US NPD. Additionally, we announced innovative new products across our award-winning PC portfolio, and our newest product categories of flight simulation, console and mobile controller product lines all expanded in the year, performing well relative to our expectations. In fact, our VelocityOne Flight became the #1 best-selling flight controller by dollar sales in the US in its first full year per NPD, and in total, our product diversification strategy delivered 25% of non-console headset revenues for the full year 2022. We remain optimistic that the gaming and operating environment will improve in 2023, and we continue to diligently manage the business in order to best position the Company for future growth and value creation."