The Company and Basis of Presentation

6 Months Ended

Jun. 28, 2020

Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]

The Company and Basis of Presentation

Note 1. The Company and Basis of Presentation

NETGEAR, Inc. (“NETGEAR” or the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware in January 1996. The Company is a global company that delivers innovative, advanced high performance networking technologies and Internet connected products to consumers, businesses, and service providers. The Company’s products are designed to simplify and improve people’s lives. The Company’s goal is to enable people to collaborate and connect to a world of information and entertainment. The Company is dedicated to delivering innovative and advanced connected solutions ranging from mobile and cloud-based services for enhanced control and security, to smart networking products, video over Ethernet for Pro AV applications, easy-to-use WiFi solutions and performance gaming routers to enhance console, online and cloud game play. The Company's products are built on a variety of technologies such as wireless (WiFi and 4G/5G mobile), Ethernet and powerline, with a focus on reliability and ease-of-use. Additionally, the Company continually invests in research and development to create new technologies and to capitalize on technological inflection points and trends, such as WiFi 6, 5G and Pro-AV. NETGEAR's product lines consist of devices that create and extend wired and wireless networks, devices that attach to the network, such as smart digital canvasses as well as services that complement and enhance our product line offerings. These products are available in multiple configurations to address the changing needs of the Company’s customers in each geographic region.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of NETGEAR, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. They have been prepared in accordance with established guidelines for interim financial reporting and the instructions of Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The balance sheet dated December 31, 2019 has been derived from audited financial statements at such date. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes typically found in the audited consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K. In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments considered necessary to fairly state the Company’s financial position, results of operations, comprehensive income, stockholder's equity and cash flows for the periods indicated. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the notes to the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.

The Company’s fiscal year begins on January 1 of the year stated and ends on December 31 of the same year. The Company reports its interim results on a fiscal quarter basis rather than on a calendar quarter basis. Under the fiscal quarter basis, each of the first three fiscal quarters ends on the Sunday closest to the calendar quarter end, with the fourth quarter ending on December 31.

COVID-19 Pandemic

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the global economy, disrupted global supply chains and work force participation and created significant volatility and disruption of financial markets. The COVID-19 pandemic may impact the Company’s supply chain to timely produce finished goods, its workforce and the operations of its customers, and has led to increased airfreight rates. An extended period of global supply chain, workforce availability and economic disruption could significantly affect the Company’s business and statement of financial condition, including the carrying value of long-lived assets, intangibles and goodwill. During the first fiscal quarter of 2020, the Company recognized an impairment charge of $4.5 million, brought about by triggering events impacting the valuation of a number of its privately held long-term investments, partially due to the onset of the pandemic. The Company did not recognize any impairment pertaining to long-term investments in the three months ended June 28, 2020. While the duration of the disruption from the pandemic is uncertain, the dynamic nature of the virus makes it difficult to reasonably estimate the impact of COVID-19 on the Company’s business operations.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect (i) the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, (ii) the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and (iii) the reported amounts of net revenue and expenses during the reported period. The Company bases these estimates on historical and anticipated results, trends and various other assumptions that it believes are reasonable under the circumstances. As of the date of issuance of these condensed consolidated financial statements, the Company is not aware of any specific event or circumstance that would require it to update its estimates, judgments or revise the carrying value of its assets or liabilities. These estimates may change, as new events occur and additional information is obtained, and are recognized in the condensed consolidated financial statements as soon as they become known. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates and operating results for the three and six months ended June 28, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2020 or any future period.