Jim Kempton
Analyst · Dawson James. Please go ahead
Thanks, Bill. Good afternoon, everyone. I'll now be covering the financial details of the fourth quarter and full year 2023. For the fourth quarter, we posted revenue of $8.6 million compared to $11.4 million for the same quarter of 2022, a decrease of approximately 25%, primarily attributable to a decline in Family Safety revenues period-over-period. As anticipated, when compared to the third quarter of 2023, revenue decreased by $2.4 million, or 22%, primarily as a result of the conclusion of the Verizon Family Safety post-termination transition period, with no revenue recognized in December 2023 related to this contract. Revenues for 2023 were approximately $40.9 million versus $48.5 million produced last year. The approximate $7.6 million decrease was primarily due to a decline in legacy Safe & Found Family Safety revenue related to the continued attrition of legacy Sprint subscribers driven by T-Mobile's acquisition of Sprint and the conclusion of the Verizon contract, coupled with a decline in CommSuite revenues. During the fourth quarter of 2023, Family Safety revenue decreased by approximately $2.1 million or 22% compared to the fourth quarter of prior year, primarily due to the decline in Verizon Family Safety revenues in the fourth quarter of 2023, as the post-termination transition period for that contract concluded, and the continued decline in legacy Sprint Safe & Found revenues. Family Safety revenues decreased by approximately $1.7 million or 18%, compared to the third quarter of 2023. During the fourth quarter of 2023, CommSuite revenue was $500,000, which decreased by approximately $400,000 compared to the fourth quarter of 2022. This decrease is attributable to a decline in DISH revenue, coupled with a period-over-period decline in revenue generated from the legacy Sprint deployment, which generated no CommSuite revenue in the fourth quarter of 2023. Revenue from CommSuite decreased by approximately $200,000 compared to the third quarter of 2023. I would note that in December, we were able to expand our premium visual voicemail offering more broadly across the DISH network, and did see an increase in subscribers in that offering post-expansion. We are expecting a further expansion of the [PVBM] offering across the DISH network in the first half of 2024, which we anticipate will yield additional growth in subscribers. ViewSpot revenue was approximately $600,000 for the fourth quarter of 2023, which declined by approximately $300,000 compared to the fourth quarter of prior year, and decreased by approximately a $0.5 million compared to the third quarter of 2023. The decline in ViewSpot revenues was in line with our expectations. In the first quarter of 2024, we are expecting consolidated revenues to decrease by 32% to 36% or $2.7 million to $3.1 million, compared to the fourth quarter of 2023, driven primarily by no further Verizon Family Safety revenues being recognized in the first quarter, as the post-termination transition period for that contract concluded in the fourth quarter of 2023. For the fourth quarter of 2023, gross profit was $6.4 million compared to $8.1 million during the same period of the prior year, a decrease of approximately $1.7 million. While gross profit declined for the fourth quarter of 2023 versus the same period of 2022, gross margin was higher at 74.9% for the fourth quarter of 2023, compared to 70.8% realized in the fourth quarter of 2022. The gross profit of $6.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2023 decreased sequentially by approximately $2 million compared to the gross profit produced in the third quarter of 2023, driven primarily by the sequential decline in revenues quarter-over-quarter. In the first quarter of 2024, we expect gross margins to be in the range of 64% to 68%. For the year-to-date period ended December 31, 2023, gross profit was $30.3 million compared to $34.3 million during 2022. Gross margin was 74.2% for the year ended December 31, 2023, versus a gross margin of 70.7% produced in 2022, an improvement of approximately 350 basis points. GAAP operating expenses for the fourth quarter of 2023 were $12.1 million, a decrease of $3.1 million or 20% compared to the fourth quarter of 2022. GAAP operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2023 were $48.4 million, a decrease of $16.9 million or 26% compared to the prior year. non-GAAP operating expenses for the fourth quarter of 2023 were $8 million compared to $11.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2022, a decrease of approximately $3.8 million or 32%. Sequentially, non-GAAP operating expenses increased by approximately $200,000 or 3% from the third quarter of 2023. We expect first quarter 2024 non-GAAP operating expenses to increase by 1% to 4% compared to the fourth quarter of 2023, partially attributable to an increase in marketing and event activities, including Mobile World Congress, our largest trade show event of the year. Non-GAAP operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2023 was $35.3 million, a decrease of $16.2 million or 31% compared to last year. The GAAP net loss for the fourth quarter of 2023 was $6.7 million or $0.09 loss per share compared to a GAAP net loss of $8 million or $0.14 loss per share in the fourth quarter of 2022. The GAAP net loss for 2023 was $24.4 million or a $0.38 loss per share compared to a GAAP net loss of $29.3 million or a $0.53 loss per share in 2022. The non-GAAP net loss for the fourth quarter of 2023 was $1.7 million or a $0.02 loss per share compared to a non-GAAP net loss of approximately $4 million or a $0.07 loss per share in the fourth quarter of 2022. The non-GAAP net loss for 2023 was $5.3 million or an $0.08 loss per share compared to a non-GAAP net loss of approximately $17.6 million or a $0.32 loss per share in 2022. Within today's press release, we have provided a reconciliation of our non-GAAP metrics to the most comparable GAAP metric. For the fourth quarter of 2023, the reconciliation includes adjustments for intangible asset amortization of $2.4 million, stock compensation expense of $1.5 million, note in stock offering amortization of $600,000, changes to derivatives and warrants of $300,000, costs related to severance and reorganization activities of approximately $100,000, and depreciation of approximately $100,000. For the year-to-date period, the non-GAAP reconciliation includes adjustments for intangible asset amortization of $6.8 million, stock compensation expense of $4.8 million, note in stock offering amortization of $6 million, changes to derivatives and warrants of approximately $200,000, depreciation of approximately $600,000, and costs related to severance and reorganization activities of approximately $1.1 million. Due to our cumulative net losses over the past few years, our GAAP tax expense is primarily due to certain state and foreign income taxes. For non-GAAP purposes, we utilized a 0% tax rate for 2023 and 2022. The resulting non-GAAP tax expense reflects the actual income taxes expense during each period. From a balance sheet perspective, we reported $7.1 million of cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2023. During the fourth quarter, use of cash and operating activities amounted to $1 million. I would also note that at the end of 2023, our senior secure convertible notes were retired in maturity. This concludes my financial review. Now, back to Bill.