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SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. Q3 F2026 Earnings Call Transcript
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We stand by. Your meeting is about to begin. Good morning and welcome everyone to the SolarEdge conference call for the third quarter ended September 30th, 2026. This call is being webcast live on the company's website at www.solaredge.com in the investor section on the events calendar page. The call is the sole property and copyright of SolarEdge with all rights reserved and any recordings Reproduction or transmission of this call without the expressed written consent of SolarEdge is prohibited. You may listen to a webcast replay of this call by visiting the event calendar page of the SolarEdge investor website. I would now like to turn the call over to Mr. Jeff Osborne, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir.
Jeff Osborne
Head of Investor Relations
Good morning, and thank you for joining us to discuss SolarEdge's operating results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2026, as well as the company's outlook for the fourth quarter of 2026. With me today are Shuki Nir, Chief Executive Officer, Maoz Sigron, Chief Financial Officer, and Meir Adest, co-founder of SolarEdge. Shuki will begin with a brief review of the results for the third quarter ended September 30th, 2026. Maoz will review the financial results for the third quarter, followed by the company's outlook for the fourth quarter of 2026. We will then open the call for questions. Please note that this call will include forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from management's current expectations. We encourage you to review the safe harbor statements contained in our earnings press release and our filings with the SEC for more complete description of such risks and uncertainties. We disclaim any obligation to update our forward-looking statements. Please note, during this earnings call, we may refer to certain non-GAAP measures, which are not measures prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The non-GAAP measures are being presented because we believe they provide investors with a means of evaluating and understanding how the company's management evaluates the company's operating performance. Reconciliation of these measures can be found in our earnings press release and SEC filings and are provided directly as part of this earnings call. These non-GAAP measures should not be considered in isolation from, as substitutes for, or superior to financial measures prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Listeners who do not have a copy of the quarter-ended September 30, 2026 press release may obtain a copy by visiting the investor relations section of the company's website. With that, I will turn the call over to Shuki.
Shuki Nir
Chief Executive Officer
Thank you, Jack. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining our call today. As highlighted on previous calls, our turnaround continues to be guided by four priorities. Driving profitable growth, expanding global market share, scaling the SolarEdge Nexus platforms, and Advancing Our Opportunity in FSTs for Data Centers. In the third quarter, we made further progress on each of them. We met the midpoint of our revenue and gross margin guidance, even as the market presented a more challenging near-term break drop as we continued to pursue profitable growth. This was also our fifth consecutive quarter of positive free cash flow, reflecting the steady progress we have made over the past two years. But before I get into the details of Q3, I would like to address the outlook. We expect Q4 revenue of $245 to $275 million below the expectations provided at our investor day. This decline is a result of two main developments. First, our two main markets are expected to be soft in Q4 and Q1. The US residential market continues to be slow mainly due to delays in additional guidance surrounding fuel clarity and higher interest rates. And Germany is currently reforming its renewable policy act called EEG. If the current draft is adopted, the reduction of feed-in tire support could meaningfully weigh on demand for new installations. When adjusting for the expected levels of installation in the U.S. and Germany, and in order not to overship products into the channel, we expect our revenue in Q4 to further decline. We believe this inventory discipline is warranted as Q4 is typically followed by a seasonally weak Q1. Second, we are making deliberate decisions to exit select underperforming geographic markets and redirect resources towards our core markets and higher growth opportunities. In addition, Given the lower revenue outlook, we are taking additional actions to reduce costs, simplify operations, and support profitability. These are difficult but necessary decisions to build a more focused and competitive SolarEdge. Maoz will walk you through the financial impact of the actions we are taking. While the near-term backdrop is soft, the underlying fundamentals and growth drivers we laid out at our investor day remain in place. Even in this environment, our third quarter results provide solid evidence that the underpinnings of our growth initiatives are taking shape. Shifting to our second priority, market share gains. Starting with the U.S. commercial and industrial markets, we continue to build on our higher than 50% market share in rooftop CNIs, and our pipeline remains healthy. The outlook for the CNI market remains solid, supported by rising electricity prices, data center-driven demand, and the expectation that storage attach rates will increase over time. Within the U.S. resi market, demand remains soft. It is consistent with the broader, financing-driven headwind and the higher interest rates. Beyond the near term, we continue to believe the market's evolution towards higher battery attach rates and third-party ownership plays to our strength. Namely, our long-standing position as a leading provider to PPOs and our fully integrated DC-coupled battery architecture. Our confidence is supported by the visibility provided by the safe harbor transaction in both Resi and CNI. These agreements amount to $1.7 billion and may reach $3.3 billion when required optimizers are added. Turning to Europe. In the third quarter, we witnessed the expected seasonal decline, but continued to ramp up Nexus 3 phase to deliver commercial storage solutions and to accelerate our battery upsell activities. Speaking of battery upsell activities, we continue to leverage our installed base of over 1 million homes in the Netherlands and Germany. In the quarter, we recognized more than $30 million in revenue from upselling to them, up from more than $20 million in Q2. Turning to our third priority, scaling the Nexus platform. Nexus systems delivered strong sequential growth and contributed over $100 million in revenue this quarter. We see continued adoption of three-phase Nexus in European markets since we started shipping in the second quarter. Nexus installations have shown higher average system size as it addresses the 10 to 30 kilowatt segment in Germany. They've also come with a higher attach rate of storage due to the built-in advantages the Nexus solution has in a PV-plus storage environment. In the US, Nexus has been added to the approved vendor list of every leading CPO and prepaid list company we work with. And our meter collar solution was approved by California's top utilities. It allowed us to start rolling out Nexus in July, and so far, We have received very positive feedback, which aligns with our value proposition. With Nexus, homeowners get higher savings, installers can complete more jobs faster, and TPO can maximize fleet return on investment. It's important to note that the Nexus packable battery has led to installations of systems ranging between 5 to 40 kWh to address different market segments. As VPPs gain market momentum, we are seeing average battery system sizes increase. We expect to begin rolling out single-phase Nexus in Europe in the first quarter of next year, completing the platform launch globally. As many of you are aware, Nexus is also a key enabler of the continued shift in our mix towards PV plus storage solutions. Storage revenue grew again this quarter, driven by both higher attach rates on new systems and rising retrofit volume. Storage was our largest product category by revenue for the second quarter in a row. We view this as an important marker of the transition we've been describing towards a holistic energy solution, which we believe more than doubles SolarEdge potential revenue. Turning to our fourth priority in the data center market. In the third quarter, We continue to advance our DC native grid-to-rack powertrain from medium voltage to 800 volt DC. It is important to note that our solution is designed to support medium voltage ranging between 13.8 kilovolts through 34.5 kilovolts. Based on the live lab demonstrations we discussed last quarter, our three-phase conversion stage is now operating under load in our lab. with system-level validation of the full power path underway. At the heart of the system is our SSD cell. During the quarter, the cell completed high-voltage insulation testing in our lab at the level used for 34.5 kilovolt class equipment, and its transformer completed partial discharge testing well above its operating voltage. This is a key step toward direct connection to 34.5 kilovolt grid. Our SST cell has continued demonstrating efficiency above 99% in all demonstrations. In the ecosystem, we issued our 800-volt DC protection and grounding whitepaper developed with NVIDIA and offered as a technology-neutral framework. We have also extended our collaboration with Infineon on solid-state circuit protection. and at OCP, we showcased our FST sales on NVIDIA's AI Factory MGX ecosystem wars. At the same time, we have continued live demonstrations to prospective customers and active engagement in several RFIs. We remain on track for a working system in our lab by the end of 2026, pilot installations in 2027 and volume shipments in 2028, consistent with the timeline we discussed at the investor date. To summarize, in the third quarter, we continued to execute against a challenging new-term backdrop. We delivered on our guidance, grew Nexus meaningfully, continued to shift our mix towards storage, advanced our data center opportunity with a high visibility customer showcase, and took further action to streamline the business. The opportunity ahead remains strong and promising, and we remain focused on improving our execution, and capitalizing on our advantages in the markets we participate in. With that, I will turn the call over to Maoz.
Maoz Sigron
Chief Financial Officer
Thank you, Shuki, and good morning, everyone. Starting with our quarterly results. Gap revenue for the third quarter was $326.1 million, down 5.8% quarter over quarter and 4.1% year over year. Non-gap revenue was $325.4 million, Gap revenue from the U.S. amounted to $145.9 million, down 5.8% quarter-over-quarter, representing 44.7% of revenue. Revenue from Europe was $141.7 million, Down 8.2% quarter over quarter, representing 43.5% of revenue. International market revenue was $38.5 million, up 4.3% quarter over quarter, representing 11.8% of revenue. Gap gross margin was 33.2% this quarter, compared to 27.5% in the second quarter and 21.2% in the third quarter of last year. Non-GAAP gross margin was 34.7% this quarter, compared to 28.6% in the second quarter and 18.8% in the third quarter of last year. This quarter's results included the benefit of approximately $36 million related to IPA tariff methods. Excluding this item, we estimate non-GAAP gross margin was approximately 23.6%, The year-over-year improvement was driven by the EPO refund for the 5x benefit associated with the transition to U.S. manufacturing and the continued cost discipline. Gap operating expenses for the third quarter were $110.1 million compared to $111.2 million in the second quarter and $107.3 million in the third quarter of last year. Non-GAAP operating expenses were $88.8 million compared to $88.5 million in the second quarter and $87.7 million in the third quarter of last year, essentially flat on a sequential and year-over-year basis and in line with the midpoint of our previous guidance range of $86 to $91 million. As Shuki discussed, we recently took additional restructuring actions to streamline our core structure, including deemphasizing select geographic markets while reallocating resources to more profitable regions and activities. Specifically, we have chosen to accelerate our investment in the data center opportunity relatively to our initial plan. This action will create a more agile organization while supporting continual innovation. From a modeling perspective, we are expected to deliver net savings in the mid-single-digit million each quarter, including approximately $3 million from Cox and $2 million from OPEX. From a top-line perspective, the regions in which we are de-emphasizing giving the lower profitability profile represent approximately $40 to $50 million of final revenue, giving the timing of We expect to see the top-line headwinds starting in the fourth quarter, while the full expense benefit will be realized in the first quarter of 2027. Gap operating loss was $1.9 million, compared to $16 million in the second quarter and $35.2 million in the third quarter of last year. Non-gap operating income for the third quarter was $23.9 million, compared to $10.2 million in the second quarter and a non-GAAP operating loss of $23.8 million in the third quarter of last year. As for the gross margin, this result included the benefit of approximately $36 million related to IPA tariff metrics. GAAP net loss was $8.4 million compared to $30.8 million in the second quarter and $50.1 million in the third quarter of last year. Non-GAAP net income was $21.1 million in the third quarter and the non-GAAP net loss of $18.3 million in the third quarter of last year. GAAP net loss per diluted share was $0.14 in the third quarter and the non-GAAP net income per diluted share was $0.29. Adjusted EBITDA was $31.8 million in the third quarter compared to $18.3 million in the second quarter and an adjusted EBITDA loss The quarterly results included the benefit of approximately $36 million related to IPA tariff matters. We generate $20.4 million of operating cash flow and $7.8 million of free cash flow in the third quarter, compared to $3.1 million of free cash flow in the second quarter and $22.8 million in the third quarter of last year. Marking the fifth consecutive quarter of positive free cash flow. Year to date, free cash flow was 31.7 million. Our capital expenditure this quarter was 12.6 million, up from 8.3 million in the second quarter, including continued investment in our SST program, manufacturing capacity, and investment in our new headquarters in Israel, which consolidates several locations into one. including expanding our advanced R&D facilities. Year-to-date, capital expenditure was approximately $25 million and we now expect full-year capital expenditure in the range of approximately $45 to $55 million. We continue to expect positive free cash flow for the full year reflecting our improving operating performance, continued discipline in managing expense and capital investments, and our ongoing ability to monetize 45x credits. Turning now to our balance sheet. As of September 30, 2026, our cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities net of debt were 260.9 million, compared to 264.6 million as of June 30, 2026. Cash and cash equivalents were 555.1 million, up from approximately 527.3 million in the second quarter Rate receivables decreased to 209.6 million from 211.9 million in the second quarter with DSO increasing to 60 days from 57 days in the second quarter this year Inventory increased to 621.1 million from 599.8 million in the second quarter this year Reflecting higher finished goods and lower raw materials, we are watching both closely and continue to manage our cash conversion cycle actively. Turning now to our outlook for the fourth quarter of 2026. As Shuki mentioned, we expect overall market conditions to remain soft. We anticipate continued weakness in the U.S. and further weakening in Germany ahead of the decision of feed-in tariff reforms. We expect revenue to be within the range of $245 million to $275 million. This revenue is below the $310 million we outlined as part of our full year 2026 target at the investor day. The net change at the midpoint is $50 million and I will detail the three main contributions. The first is $35 million for proactive channel inventory management in both the U.S. and Germany. In the U.S., this is affected in part due to delays in additional guidance surrounding fuel clarity and interest rates. In Germany, it is driven in part by the lack of clarity of potential regulatory changes. We believe these proactive measures should reduce the risk of channel inventory challenges in 2027. Second, we expect our decision to de-emphasize less profitable markets to reduce fourth quarter revenue by approximately $10 million. Third is the euro exchange rate, which is anticipated to reduce revenue by another $5 million. We expect non-GAAP gross margin to be within the range of 17% to 21%. This range reflects the underabsorption of fixed costs in the fourth quarter and does not include any impact from a potential IPA refund. During the second quarter, we received 13.3 million IPA refunds and 36 million in the third quarter. We believe approximately 4 million remain to be returned during the fourth quarter. We expect non-GAAP operating expenses to be within the range of 87 to 91 million. Looking ahead to Q1 2027, we believe normal winter seasonality combined with continued regulatory uncertainty in the U.S. and Germany will result in a 10%-plus sequential decline in revenue. Beyond the first quarter, our expectation is that the policy uncertainty in the U.S. and Germany will be behind us. We believe that this will allow the growth drivers we have discussed, namely our nexus solution, storage retrofit opportunity, and safe harbor backlog to result in a flat year-over-year growth profile for our business, which following our recent restructuring actions is expected to result in an adjusted EBITDA breakeven profile for 2027. In addition, as we expect customer pilots of our SST to conclude during 2027, we anticipate further clarity on the growth trajectory of our SST business for 2028. With these growth opportunities, and our continued focus on operational discipline, we believe we will continue to drive profitable growth in the years ahead. I will now turn the call over to operator to open it up for questions. Operator?
Operator
Conference Call Operator
Thank you, gentlemen. Ladies and gentlemen, at this time, if you would like to ask a question, please press star 1. If you find your question has been addressed, you may remove yourself from the queue by pressing star 2. Once again, that's star one for questions. Additionally, we ask that you please try to limit yourself to one question and one follow-up. We will pause for one moment to allow everyone a chance to respond. And we'll go first this morning, gentlemen, to Brian Lee with Goldman Sachs.
Brian Lee
Analyst, Goldman Sachs
Thanks for having me on the call, guys. Good morning. I guess a couple questions. Just appreciate all the additional color on the puts and takes around what happened year in to year end and how to think about it heading into 27. The gross margin view here, I guess, should we anticipate that given the lower volume in Q1, that gross margin is going to be even lower in Q1 off of the Q4 level? And then what's the pace of recovery on gross margins? I know you said adjusted break-even for the year, but how should we be thinking about how that translates to gross margins as well as free cash flow for 2017?
Maoz Sigron
Chief Financial Officer
Okay, thank you for the question. Hi, Brian. So we share the 90% midpoint gross margin. It actually takes the fixed cost that we have to more or less 17%. So if you are looking on the improvement that we are keeping and doing, this is about 2%. This is how we're getting to the 90%. Of course, with the seasonality, and as we said, we're expecting more or less A 10% and plus reduction in Q1. Of course, the growth margin will impact as well. As you know, we are not guiding more than the quarter for the full year. And as we said, about 2027, we are expecting a flattish year from revenue. And on EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA point of view, we're expecting more or less a break even. So more or less, you can actually take a reasonable assumption Based on the yearly margin that we're expecting for the full year 2026, kind of same start point for 2027, with some improvement that we already have in the numbers that I just shared, and the efforts that we shared also in the investor day. First is the nexus, second is the 45X, expecting more revenue from youth manufacturing next year, and the operational excellence that's still running, and we're expecting to see more improvement next year.
Shuki Nir
Chief Executive Officer
And actually, to add to that, Brian, as you know, scale, and as you mentioned, scale is actually driving the margin, and our expectation is that once the field clarity hopefully is going to be finalized, we will see resumed growth in the U.S. resi, where we are very, very well positioned. Between our long-term engagement with the TPO's and the way that we have worked together with them for many, many years, coupled with the fact that Nexus, we've just started actually with Nexus, but it shows very, very positive feedback that we are receiving from installers and from the TPOs about the value that it brings, the ease of installation, and the round-trip efficiency that actually delivers better returns to the TPOs. So we feel that when the market is coming back, we will be very well positioned to benefit from that. and hopefully we will get some clarity in Germany as well by that time and then similar to cases that happened before in which there is a change in regulation, the initial drop is a little bit harder and then it recovers a little bit. So we believe or we hope that scale is going to come back later in 2027 and that will allow us not only to gain share and to increase revenue but also to extend our march.
Brian Lee
Analyst, Goldman Sachs
That's super helpful, Colin. Maybe just quickly on that, because, you know, you guys have a diversified business geographically as well as end market. When you talk about a flat revenue growth outlook for next year, what are you embedding in there? Are you embedding share gains? Are you embedding, you know, U.S. is flat, Europe is up, or vice versa? Just kind of what are some of the underlying sort of Yes, it's a great question.
Shuki Nir
Chief Executive Officer
And I'd like to remind everybody, we are guiding only for the current quarter. We are not guiding beyond that. So we are trying to give color here about Q1-27 and then a little bit more about the rest of the year. So what we currently know about the beginning of the year is Q1, both in the U.S. and in Europe, is expected to be soft for the reasons that we mentioned in our prepared remarks, you know, the new expected regulation in Germany. And even if Fioc is clarified in Q1, it does take time for the financial system to actually go about it. Now... In terms of what is going to happen next in the year, as we mentioned, we are pleased with the feedback that we're receiving on nexus in the US. Nexus 3 phase in Europe is actually getting more traction because we started that in early Q2. And what we are seeing over there is actually average size of each system is actually growing, and that tax rate percentage is actually growing. So that gives us Early indications that we can gain share in Europe, and we believe that if Nexus is actually coming up as expected, and the market is trending more and more towards storage, which Nexus was designed to actually support, we will be in a position to gain some market share in Europe, and also to gain some storage share in the U.S. We mentioned the Safe Harbor that gives us confidence for that, so that's on the ready side. On the CNI side in the U.S., we're coming from the very same place that we've discussed in our earnings data. Our market share is supported by something that is structural. Both the advantages of the technology as well as FIOC, domestic content, and FCC listings, all are supporting our current market share and hopefully will support additional market share in the future.
Brian Lee
Analyst, Goldman Sachs
All right. Thanks, guys. I'll pass it on. Appreciate it.
Operator
Conference Call Operator
Thank you. We'll go next now to Philip Shin with Roth Capital Partners.
Philip Shen
Analyst, Roth Capital Partners
Hey, guys. Thanks for taking the questions. I want to ask a little bit more about the U.S. market. Specifically, the weakness is being driven by the delayed FIOC and PFE guidance. But I wanted to check in with a bit of a nuanced topic. In California, which is a big market, it seems like there could be a new – Thank you for joining us today.
Shuki Nir
Chief Executive Officer
Compared with the clarification that is required around FEOC and PFE, this change in regulation in California, it will have some impact, obviously, but it's one of these things that are gives and takes that are happening on an ongoing basis. We wouldn't attach major impact for something like that. As you know, and you know it very, very well, in different states, there are different incentives that are given for solar systems. Now there are many other benefits that are given for storage. Not only from VPPs, but actually some state-funded or utility-funded grants. So these are the ins and outs that are going on an ongoing basis. We believe that once FIOC and PFE are going to be clarified, it will allow the TPO's and the prepaid lease companies to raise more money and to raise it in better terms, and that will actually increased the demand for solar and storage systems. And over there, Nexus is very well positioned. So that's kind of how we look at it going into 2017.
Philip Shen
Analyst, Roth Capital Partners
Okay. Thanks, Shuki. And then on SST, I know I mentioned the timeline is the same as before. Nothing's really changed that much. But I was wondering if you might be able to give a little bit of color on the conversations that you're having. Do you have a sense for... How much 800 volts could be coming online? Is the share of 800 volts of data center billed in 28 to 29? Has that changed and increased at all? Just was curious if you could just give us a little more color. Thanks.
Shuki Nir
Chief Executive Officer
Yes, absolutely. First of all, we are excited with the progress that we've made on the SST and we talked about the restructuring and the fact that we are reducing expenses and de-emphasizing certain geographic markets. We're actually increasing our investment on the SST because we are satisfied with the progress that we've made and we believe that the opportunity is not only a big opportunity but actually it's a real opportunity. In the conversations that we've had With different players in the ecosystem, whether these are prospects, the incumbents, and other horizontal players, I think that the message coming from everybody is very similar. In order to move to the next next-gen of the Nvidia GPUs, the power architecture in the data center is going to change to 800 volts. Initially, people are going to do it with the sidecar, because that's the easy way, and call it the less There is less risk, but they are going to lose a ton of efficiency on the way. And as we described at our investor day, we believe that people will quickly move into DC native type solutions and definitely the SST. And these conversations are now, I would say that almost every hyperscaler or neocloud is talking about testing One flavor or another of the SSTs in the coming year. And this is why we're excited about where we are. As you know, we started early on the SST. We are in a leading position. And our intention is to continue to maintain the lead and, if possible, actually to extend it. And by the end of this year, we'll have a working system in our lab. and we are in discussions in order to see how we can actually have some pilot installations with customers in 2027. From that perspective, we're excited about where we are and from what we are hearing, the intention of the ecosystem is actually to move to 800 volts. There has been some confusion around 13.8 versus 34.5. Both of them are medium voltage. 13.8 is is there absolutely, but 34.5 is where the real large data centers are going to, this is going to be the power source of the large data centers. And our product and our solution is designed to work with 34.5. This is the way that we designed it, this is the way that we developed it, and this is the system that we are going to have available for customers. The gap between 13.8 to 34.5, and you definitely know that, is big. It's not like a linear progress that somebody who's made 13.8 can move into 34.5. Our products can definitely scale down to 13.8 if needed, but we feel that it's going in that direction, and there will be some POCs with 13.8, but later on, definitely the hyperscalers are going to go to the 34.5.
Philip Shen
Analyst, Roth Capital Partners
Great. Thanks, Shuki. I'll pass it on.
Operator
Conference Call Operator
Thank you. And just a quick reminder, ladies and gentlemen, Star 1, please, for further questions this morning. We'll go next now to Corinne Blanchard with Deutsche Bank.
Corinne Blanchard
Analyst, Deutsche Bank
Hey, good morning, guys. Thank you for taking my question. Maybe I want to go back, actually, on the four priorities that you highlighted this morning, and maybe as well one that you mentioned, like exiting some of the Thank you very much.
Shuki Nir
Chief Executive Officer
On an ongoing basis, I would say, is continuously monitor different geographic markets that we operate in, as well as different segments of our business. And we are analyzing to see what their contribution is today, what the potential is, and how profitable they can be in the long term. Because our goal, and we've said it from day one, is profitable growth and not just growth for the sake of growth. In recent months, and obviously we have to analyze these things carefully and there are many moving parts, but in recent weeks, actually, we've come to the conclusion that there are several geographic markets that are underperforming and we don't see them coming in with the profitability that we would like to see. And because of that, we're de-emphasizing these markets. Actually, a year ago, we de-emphasized some markets already, and now we are repeating a similar process in these other markets. And it's important to note that at the end of the day, we need and we actually aimed at being able to meet the break-even point, adjusted EBITDA break-even point with a flattish year next year. Then we had to make some choices, and one of the choices, as I mentioned earlier, was due to our progress with the SST, we have to invest over there, and we've moved some additional people to work on the SST, and these markets are the ones that we had to de-emphasize in order to actually meet our financial goals.
Corinne Blanchard
Analyst, Deutsche Bank
Great, thank you. Maybe I'll now... Oh, sorry, go ahead.
Maoz Sigron
Chief Financial Officer
Just maybe to give some more color on the other process that we have shared. And you know that we shared the $50 million change, so part of it is definitely related to the concept that Yuki just mentioned with the $10 million change. We have additional $5 million from the exchange rate and another $35 million from the China inventory, which is the total $50 million compared to the implied number that we have from the investor day.
Corinne Blanchard
Analyst, Deutsche Bank
Great, thank you. And maybe on the same topic, I think you mentioned in the prepared remark at cost saving Reducing costs as well as part of the strategy. Is it just a question of exiting some of those markets or is it more a question of reducing your workforce? I think you guys went through that a couple of years ago. And then maybe as well on the overall strategy, are you considering any pricing cuts in some of the markets to remain in line with competition?
Maoz Sigron
Chief Financial Officer
Okay, so we did the process that is a combination between the countries that we have discussed before. This is, of course, part of the restructuring, but there is an additional part that is not related and related to a cross-optimization globally, including the reallocation of resources towards the SST sector. Thank you very much.
Shuki Nir
Chief Executive Officer
Thank you very much. At the moment, we don't see any reason to actually reduce our prices. The value is there, and people are actually quite happy with the product and the solution that they're getting.
Brian Lee
Analyst, Goldman Sachs
All right.
Corinne Blanchard
Analyst, Deutsche Bank
Thank you so much. Thank you.
Operator
Conference Call Operator
Thank you. Gentlemen, it appears we have no further questions this morning. Mr. Nir, I'd like to turn things back to you, sir, for any closing comments.
Shuki Nir
Chief Executive Officer
Thank you. Just before we end, I would like to express my appreciation to the outstanding team and our loyal partners whose hard work is actually driving our turnaround and positioning us very well to capture the exciting opportunities ahead of SolarEdge. And thank you for everyone who joined our call today.
Operator
Conference Call Operator
Thank you very much, gentlemen. Again, ladies and gentlemen, this will bring us to the conclusion of SolarEdge's third quarter conference call. We'd like to thank you all so much for joining us today and wish you all a great day. Goodbye.