Good day and welcome to AstroNova's Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2023 Financial Results Conference Call. Today's conference is being recorded. [Operator Instructions]. I would now like to turn the conference over to Scott Solomon of the company's investor relations firm, Sharon Merrill Associates. Please go ahead, sir.

Thank you, Drew. Good morning, everyone, and thanks for joining us. Hosting this morning's call are Greg Woods, AstroNova's President and CEO, and David Smith, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Greg will discuss the company's operating highlights. David will take you through the financials at a high level. Greg will make some concluding comments and then management will be happy to take your questions. By now, you should have received a copy of the earnings release that was issued this morning. If you do not have a copy, please go to the Investor page of the AstroNova website www.astronovainc.com. Please note that statements made during today's call that are not statements of historical fact are considered forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on a number of assumptions that could involve risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, actual results could differ materially, except as required by law. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of today, December 7, 2022. AstroNova undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements. For further information regarding the forward-looking statements and the factors that may cause differences, please see the risk factors in AstroNova's annual report on Form 10-K and the other filings that the company makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission. On today's call, management will be referring to non-GAAP financial measures. AstroNova believes that the inclusion of these financial measures helps investors gain a meaningful understanding of the changes in the company's core operating results. It also helps investors who wish to make comparisons between AstroNova and other companies on both GAAP and a non-GAAP basis. A reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measures is available in today's earnings release. And with that, I'll turn the call over to Greg.

Thank you, Scott. Good morning, everyone. And thank you for joining us. Let me begin by saying that we are pleased with our Q3 performance, particularly considering the still challenging macroeconomic environment. On the top line, we delivered record revenue of $39.4 million. The year-over-year increase of 37% was primarily driven by our August acquisition of Astro Machine coupled with another strong quarter in Test & Measurement and mid-single digit growth in our base Product Identification business. Inflation, supply chain shortages, and geopolitical volatility have continued to make things tough for businesses in many industries, including ours. But I'm extremely proud of the way our team has continued to navigate those challenges to deliver for our customers. Turning to our segment results. Product Identification revenue grew 36% in the quarter to $29 million, largely reflecting the addition of Astro Machine. To give you some perspective, on our acquisition call in August, we noted that Astro Machine's revenue for the trailing 12 months ended June 30 was about $22 million. And we are tracking slightly ahead of that run rate. Astro Machine is a perfect fit for our Product Identification segment in two specific ways. First, it's a great complement to our label printer business. Label printers currently represent about a third of Astro Machine's revenue, and we can scale that portion of the business by expanding the distribution of those products through a much broader distribution channel. There are also cross selling opportunities between our business bases, as well as product development and acceleration advantages in our R&D efforts with the combined teams. Second, Astro Machine expands our addressable market into the high speed overprinting space, as well as mail and package printing applications. This market accounts for the other two-thirds of Astro Machine's revenue, and is benefiting from the…

Thanks, Greg. And good morning, everybody. I'll provide a couple of brief comments on the quarter's financial results, including the impact of Astro Machine. Comparing the third quarter this year to last year, we saw revenue growth in all areas, reflecting both the acquisition that Greg highlighted in his remarks as well as the ongoing business. Hardware sales were up 57% for the quarter to $11.9 million. Year-to-date, hardware is tracking 29% ahead of fiscal 2022 at about $30 million. Supplies revenue of $23 million was 27% ahead of last year's third quarter. And through nine months of the year, revenue from supplies is up just over 9% to $57.8 million. Third quarter revenue from service and other was up 42% year-over-year to $4.5 million. Year-to-date, this category is 31% ahead of last year's pace, coming in at $12.7 million. By geography, year-to-date, the US accounted for $65.5 million in revenue or 63.8% of total sales, with the international side making up the remainder $37.2 million or 36.2%. Turning to expenses, we remain focused on really diligently managing those areas of the business that are under our control. Our GAAP results this quarter, I want to note, include $217 million in acquisition-related expenses, relating obviously to the costs associated with getting the Astro Machine transaction completed. For more useful comparison to 2022, I'm going to talk about operating expenses including the acquisition or highlighting the differences, but as always, please review the tables in the earnings release for a reconciliation to GAAP to the non GAAP results. On a total basis, operating expenses in the third quarter were $10.4 million, 3.3% higher than the comparable period last year, but they would have been slightly lower without Astro Machine. Operating expenses on a non GAAP basis have been really very stable…

Thanks, David. In closing, we posted a strong quarter and are confident in the underlying fundamentals and secular trends shaping our business. The integration of Astro Machine is on track, and we are excited about the future potential from this transaction. With a record backlog and a healthy order demand exiting Q3, we are well positioned to continue executing on our growth strategy as we move through the fourth quarter and into fiscal 2024. Now David and I would be happy to take your questions. Operator?

Great, thank you. Thank you all for joining us here this morning. As always, we look forward to keeping you updated on our progress. Stay safe and have a wonderful holiday, everyone.

That concludes today's AstroNova, Inc. fiscal second quarter 2023 financial results. You may now disconnect your line.