Rakon Limited Analysis

Overview

Rakon is a global high technology company which was founded in 1967 by Warren Robinson. Rakon designs and manufactures advanced frequency control and timing solutions. The company has four manufacturing plants, including two joint ventures plants, located in New Zealand, France, India and China and five research and development (R&D) centres. Customer support centres are located in ten offices worldwide.

The company's focus is on enabling next generation technologies in the telecommunications, global positioning and space & defence markets.

Rakon designs and manufactures advanced frequency control and timing solutions for telecommunications, global positioning and space and defence applications. Rakon products are found at the forefront of communications where speed and/or reliability are paramount. The company's products provide extremely accurate clocking signals, which are then used to generate precise electrical, radio or optical signals in networks and systems around the globe. Additionally Rakon offers a broad product portfolio to meet its customers timing and frequency control requirements.

Whether it be within wired, wireless and fibre telecommunications networks, navigation devices, or satellites in space. Rakon products enable connectivity.

In May 2006, the company listed on the NZX, raising $66m in a 41.25m offering at $1.60 per share. Since listing, Rakon has achieved a number of key merger and acquisition milestones:

• In 2007 Rakon acquired the frequency control products division of Britain's C-MAC MicroTechnology.
• In 2008 Rakon entered into a joint venture relationship with Indian owned and based Centum Electronics, together establishing Centum Rakon India.
• In 2008 Rakon entered into a joint venture agreement with China based Timemaker Crystal Technology.
• In 2010 Rakon acquired the assets of French based competitor Temex.
• In 2013 Rakon sold its majority stake in Rakon Crystal Chengdu (RCC) to ECEC, as a result of a strategic exit from smart wireless device (SWD) business.
• In December 2015 Rakon announced its investment in Thinxtra, an Internet of Things (IoT) company. Thinxtra became the exclusive Sigfox network operator for Australia and New Zealand and began deploying the network in Australasia in the second quarter of 2016 and announced its expansion into Hong Kong in December 2016.
• In December 2016, Rakon announced that Taiwanese company Siward Crystal Technology Company Limited would invest in Rakon, taking a 16.6 percent share in the company. The investment completed on 15 February 2017.

Performance

The following information was extracted from Rakon Limited's Market Update, released on 28 April 2026:

FY26 Results (unaudited) update

Further to Rakon’s last guidance update for its FY26 results given on 19 March 2026, Rakon has closed strongly delivering a return to profitability after two loss-making years:

• Group revenue: NZ$128.8m (FY25: NZ$103.7m), up 24%
• Gross margin: NZ$62.2m (FY25: NZ$44.7m), up 39%
• Underlying EBITDA:1 NZ$20.3m (FY25: NZ$9.5m), up 113%
• NPAT: NZ$3.1m (FY25: NZ$-5.8m)

This Group performance includes absorption of one-off takeover-related expense items, including additional consulting advisory fees and accelerated employee incentive.

A balance sheet snapshot as at 31 March 2026 records:

• Cash: NZ$12.2m
• Borrowings: NZ$21.2m
• Inventory: NZ$54.0m
• Working capital: NZ$82.8m

Cash and working capital remain the primary balance-sheet constraint, with management continuing to prioritise cash conversion following the strong year-end trading performance.

These results are unaudited and based on provisional management accounts. The audited FY26 financial statements will be released as part of Rakon’s Annual Report following completion of the audit process.