Kurtis Binder
Analyst · Andrew DeGasperi
Thank you, Michael. It is a pleasure to be here today. My commentary will include reference to the non-GAAP financial measures of adjusted basis net income, adjusted EBITDA, and adjusted EBITDA margin. A full reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures with the closest corresponding GAAP basis measures is included in the press release announcing our second quarter earnings that was issued earlier today. Consolidated revenue for the fiscal 2018 second quarter was $89.8 million, a decrease of approximately 1% year-over-year. However, excluding last year’s revenue of the satellite business, which ceased operations effective August 31, 2016, revenue in the latest quarter, was up 7% from $83.8 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2017. The second quarter, we completed the alignment of our operations into two reportable business segments, Telematics System and software and subscription services. This was done in order to drive profitable growth, global sales effectiveness and operational efficiencies. These two reportable segments are supported by one global sales organization, a structure, we put in place early in the second quarter. Telematics Systems revenue for the second quarter was $74.1 million, up 7.6% year-over-year, driven by our MRM telematics and OEM product sales. Revenue from MRM telematics products was a record $38.1 million or 51.5% of our Telematic Systems revenue. The increase is attributable to strong demand and increased sales volume from our top customers for our fleet management and asset tracking solutions. Sales of LoJack products and services including telematics sales to LoJack licensees were essentially flat to the prior quarter. We expect LoJack SVR product sales to remain roughly at second quarter level through the balance of the year as we augment legacy offerings with new telematics based technology solutions through our domestic dealership channel and LoJack licensee network. Network in OEM products revenue was up 15.2% year-over-year due principally to an increase in sales to our largest customer Caterpillar. Our revenue to Caterpillar was $10.5 million, up 7.4% sequentially from the prior quarter. As mentioned earlier, we have a very strong relationship with Caterpillar, which we believe will continue to contribute revenue growth in the second half of this fiscal year. We remain focused on growing our Software and Subscription Services revenue to provide a strong foundation of recurring revenue. Software and subscription services revenue was $15.7 million in the second quarter, up 5% year-over-year, due largely to an increase in our Subscription Services in the Italian market. Revenues from SVR services in Italy represents 24% of our Software & Subscription Services revenue for Q2. Across all of our SaaS and recurring service platforms, we have approximately 655,000 unique subscribers compared to approximately 646,000 subscribers in the prior quarter. The increase was driven principally by new subscriptions from our Italian operation. Consolidated gross profit for the second quarter was $36.8 million, a decrease of $0.8 million year-over-year. Consolidated gross margin was 41% in the second quarter, down from 41.6% year-over-year. Gross profit and gross profit margin performance was down primarily due to a decline in our domestic and international SVR product sale compared to the relatively strong second quarter of last year. These declines were partially offset by an increased gross profit for our network and OEM products due to favorable product mix and lower warranty expense. In OpEx, our R&D, sales and marketing, and G&A expenses in the second quarter as percentages of revenue were 7.5%, 13.9%, and 12%, respectively. Our R&D expenses increased year-over-year due to increased engineering headcount to support strategic customer engagement and our robust core telematics technology and solutions roadmap. For fiscal 2018, we expect that R&D, sales and marketing and G&A expenses as percentages of revenue will be approximately 7%, 14% and 13% respectively. While we invest in our growth initiatives, we will remain focused on keeping our cost aligned with revenue and rationalizing all investments to deliver long-term profitable growth. The GAAP basis net income in the second quarter was $12.2 million or $0.34 per diluted share compared to a net income of $0.5 million or $0.01 per diluted share in the same prior year period. The increase in GAAP basis net income is due to the $15 million gain on legal settlement for a battery claim with a former LoJack supplier announced last quarter. Non-GAAP net income for the second quarter was $9.6 million or $0.27 per diluted share compared to $10.1 million or $0.27 per diluted share in the same prior year period. The decline in non-GAAP net income is attributable to higher R&D expense and a slight decrease in gross margin. Adjusted EBITDA was $12.3 million in the second quarter with an adjusted EBITDA margin of 13.7% compared to adjusted EBITDA of $12.9 million and an adjusted EBITDA margin of 14.2% in the same prior year period due to the same factors cited for the lower non-GAAP net income. I will now move on to our liquidity position and balance sheet. at the end of the second quarter, we had total cash and marketable securities of $130.6 million and total outstanding debt of $150.5 million which represents the carrying value of our convertible unsecured notes that we issued in 2015. Net cash provided by operating activities was $36 million in the first half of fiscal 2018 which is attributable to our strong cash flows from operations plus the $15 million of net proceeds from the favorable settlement with the former LoJacks supplier in June 2017. Pursuant to the settlement we expect to receive approximately $31 million of additional net proceeds over the next four quarters, thereby further contributing to our strong free cash flows. These net settlement payments are due in three installments of approximately $13 million in October 2017, $13 million in February 2018 and $5 million in June 2018. Our consolidated net accounts receivable balance was $64.5 million at the end of the second quarter representing an average collection period of 59 days while total inventory at the end of the second quarter was $31.1 million representing annualized inventory turns of approximately 6.9 times. Our cash conversion cycle time was 47 days at the end of the latest quarter compared to 55 days in the prior quarter. For the first half of fiscal 2018, our GAAP basis effective tax rate was 20% as compared to 15% for the same prior year period. The higher effective tax rate during the second quarter is due to over half of the $15 million gain from legal settlement being taxable in United States. Now turning to our Q3 outlook, we expect third quarter consolidated revenues in the range of $89 million to $94 million. At the bottom line we expect third quarter GAAP basis net income to be in the range of $0.28 to $0.34 per diluted share which includes the contribution of approximately $0.28 from the expected receipt of the second quarter installment of legal settlement with LoJack's former supplier. We'd also expect third quarter non-GAAP net income in the range of $0.27 to $0.33 per diluted share and adjusted EBITDA in the range of $12 million to $14.5 million. The ranges for these non-GAAP measures excludes the effects of the expected third quarter receipt under the supplier settlement arrangement. With that, I'll turn the call back to Michael to provide some final comments before we open the call up for questions.