Kurt Binder
Analyst · Canaccord Genuity
Thank you, Michael. It is a pleasure to be here today. My commentary will include references 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 first quarter earnings that was issued earlier today. As Michael mentioned, we had a strong start to the year. Consolidated revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2019 was $94.9 million, an increase of 8% year-over-year. Additionally, there are a number of balance sheet and liquidity metrics that highlight our strong business and financial performance that I will discuss later in the call. Our telematics systems and software and subscription service businesses both delivered solid financial results for the first quarter. Within our telematics systems business, revenue for the first quarter was $76.4 million, up 6% year-over-year. The revenue growth is due to solid demand and increased sales volume within our MRM Telematics and network and OEM product categories. Revenue from MRM Telematics products reached another new record in the first quarter of $43.9 million, an increase of 24% year-over-year. The revenue performance is attributable to consistent demand from a well-balanced base of customers, especially our global enterprise accounts, several of which are transitioning to our newer LTE products. Sales of LoJack SVR products were down year-over-year, though US SVR product sales were modestly up from the prior quarter. The year-over-year decline is due principally to lower SVR product sales to US auto dealers. This decline was partially offset by an increase in CalAmp telematics products sold to LoJack international licensees as well as new telematics based technology solutions sold through domestic dealership channels. Network and OEM products revenue was $16.1 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2019, representing an increase of 9% year-over-year. The increase in revenue is due to continued demand from Caterpillar as well as from one other global heavy equipment OEM customer. Caterpillar continues to be our largest customer, representing 12% of our consolidated revenue in the first quarter. Additionally, one other global heavy equipment OEM customer demonstrated strong revenue growth in the first quarter of fiscal 2019, generating revenue of $1.7 million, which represents a 6% sequential increase over the prior quarter. The software and subscription services business experienced notable revenue growth in the first quarter of fiscal 2019. Software and subscription services revenue was $18.5 million, up 15% sequentially and year-over-year. This strong first quarter performance offers clear evidence that our investment in building a foundation for increased recurring revenue is starting to pay dividends. Across all of our SaaS and recurring service platforms, we now have approximately 776,000 unique subscribers compared to approximately 730,000 in the prior quarter. This increase was driven principally by new subscription from our fleet management applications and LoJack Italia operations. LoJack Italy once again produced exceptional results in the first quarter, generating revenue of $5.6 million, up 41% year-over-year. LoJack Italy as well as our network of international licensees have been key drivers to our international revenue growth. For the first quarter of fiscal 2019, our international revenue was $24.5 million or 26% of consolidated revenues, driven by strong demand from European customers. Consolidated gross profit for the first quarter was $38.1 million, an increase of 2% year-over-year. Consolidated gross margin was approximately 40% in the first quarter, down from 43% in the same period last year. Gross margin was down from the prior year, partly due to product mix, but a larger factor was the impact of high margin revenue earned on a strategic technology partnership arrangement in the first quarter of fiscal 2018. As we migrate our customers from the older 3G products to the newer LTE technologies, we may experience near term fluctuations in our gross margins from new product releases. However, over the long term, we expect our expanding LTE product portfolio to help drive gross margin expansion. In OpEx, our GAAP basis R&D, sales and marketing and G&A expenses in the first quarter as percentages of revenue were 7%, 13% and 14% respectively. Our G&A expenses increased in the quarter due to nonrecurring professional service fees of approximately $1 million for certain existing legal matters as well as incremental accounting and auditing services. We do not expect these unusual expenses to have a material impact on the remaining quarters of fiscal 2019. For fiscal 2019 as a whole, GAAP basis R&D, sales and marketing and G&A expenses as percentages of revenue are expected to be approximately 8%, 13% and 13% respectively. Turning to our non-GAAP basis OpEx for the full year, R&D, sales and marketing and G&A expense as percentages of revenue are expected to be 7%, 12% and 10% respectively. In the first quarter of fiscal 2019, we commenced a plan to capture certain synergies and cost savings related to streamlining our global operations and sales organization as well as through the consolidation of leased properties that are not fully utilized. Our plan is to integrate the global sales organization and further outsource manufacturing functions in order to drive future growth and reduce operating expenses. Effective May 31, 2018, we recorded an accrual of $3.4 million for severance and employee related costs as well as costs for idle facilities. We do not expect any material financial impact from these efforts in future quarters. The GAAP basis net income in the first quarter was $8.5 million or $0.23 per diluted share compared to a net loss of $2.7 million or a loss of $0.08 per diluted share in the same prior year period. The increase in GAAP basis net income for the first quarter is attributable to revenue growth as well as the $13.3 million gain on the favorable settlement with a former LoJack supplier that was recognized during the quarter. Non-GAAP net income for the first quarter was $10.5 million or $0.29 per diluted share compared to $10.4 million or $0.29 per diluted share in the same prior year period. The slight increase in non-GAAP net income is due to an increase in gross profit attributable to revenue growth. Adjusted EBITDA was $12.2 million in the first quarter with an adjusted EBITDA margin of 13% compared to adjusted EBITDA of $13.2 million and an adjusted EBITDA margin of 15% in the same prior year period. The reduction in adjusted EBITDA is principally a result of the high margin revenue earned on a strategic technology partnership arrangement in the first quarter of fiscal 2018 that I mentioned earlier. I will now provide some additional details on our balance sheet and strong liquidity position as of our quarter end. At the end of the first quarter, we had total cash and marketable securities of $179 million and total outstanding debt of $156 million, which represents the carrying value of our convertible unsecured notes that we issued in May 2015. We used $5.7 million in the first quarter to purchase 270,000 shares as part of a one-year share repurchase program authorized by our board of directors in early May. Net cash provided by operating activities increased 183% to $30.9 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2019, which is attributable to our strong cash flows from operation, plus the $13.3 million of net proceeds from the favorable settlement with a formal LoJack supplier. We expect to receive the final $5 million of net proceeds from this settlement in the next few months. Our free cash flow for the quarter was $28.8 million, representing an increase of 226% over the prior year, which includes the $13.3 million received as part of the legal settlement. Our consolidated net accounts receivable balance was $69.8 million at the end of the first quarter, representing an average collection period of 60 days, while total inventory at the end of the quarter was $32.6 million, representing annualized inventory turns of approximately 6.9 times. Our cash conversion cycle was 40 days at the end of the latest quarter compared to 55 days in the prior quarter. Additionally, our deferred revenue balance was $43.8 million at quarter end compared to $34.5 million at the end of fiscal 2018. This is attributable to continued growth in our contract backlog as well as the adoption of the new revenue recognition standard commonly referred to as ASC 606. During the first quarter of fiscal 2019, we adopted ASC 606. Upon adoption, we recorded a one-time transition adjustment of $1.6 million, net of income taxes, as an increase to our accumulated deficit. Additionally, we recorded an increase of $7.2 million to deferred revenues and $4.5 million to deferred cost in Q1. The incremental deferred revenue and cost balances will be recognized over the remaining service periods of up to 48 months. The modest impact of ASC 606 is primarily related to our software and subscription services business and the requirement to recognize revenue over the expected average contract life for fleet and vehicle finance customers, instead of our historic practice of recognizing revenue for each individual non-cancelable contract term. As we adopted the standard using the modified retrospective transition approach, we are not restating our prior financial results. For the remaining quarters of fiscal 2019, the financial impact of adopting ASC 606 is immaterial to our consolidated revenues and results of operations. As discussed in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018, we adopted the Tax Cut and Jobs Act on December 22, 2017 and recorded the estimated charges related to re-measuring of certain deferred income tax balances and a one-time transition tax. We’ve continued to assess certain aspects of this new legislation and refine our current year estimates. For the first quarter of fiscal 2019, our GAAP basis effective tax rate was approximately 17%, which is attributable to the reduction in the federal tax rate due to the enacted tax legislation as well as over half of the $13.3 million gain from legal settlement being taxable in the US. Moving into fiscal 2019, we expect our full year GAAP basis effective tax rate to approximate 20%. However, the impact of the new tax law is not expected to materially impact our cash taxes due to our remaining federal net operating losses and other income tax credits. Now, turning to our Q2 outlook. We expect the second quarter consolidated revenues in the range of $93 million to $98 million. At the bottom line, we expect second quarter GAAP basis net income to be in the range of $0.10 to $0.16 per diluted share, which includes the expected contribution of approximately $5 million from the receipt of the final settlement of the legal settlement with LoJack’s former supplier. We also expect second quarter non-GAAP net income in the range of $0.25 to $0.31 per diluted share and adjusted EBITDA in the range of $11 million to $15 million. With that, I'll turn the call back over to Michael to provide some final comments, before we open the call up for questions.