Jim Kempton
Analyst · Benchmark. Please go ahead
Thanks, Bill, and good afternoon everyone. I'll now be covering the financial details of the second quarter of 2024. Please note all of my comments today regarding per share metrics reflect the impact of the 1 for 8 reverse stock split that was approved by our shareholders and effectuated in April 2024. For the second quarter we posted revenue of $5.1 million compared to $10.3 million in the same quarter of 2023, a decrease of approximately 50%. When compared to the first quarter of 2024, revenue decreased by approximately $700,000 or 11%. Year-to-date revenues through June 30th, 2024 were $10.9 million versus $21.3 million through the second quarter of last year. The 48% year-to-date decline is primarily due to the conclusion of the Verizon Family Safety Contract in the fourth quarter of 2023, coupled with the decline in legacy Safe And Found family safety revenue related to the continued attrition of legacy Sprint subscribers driven by T-Mobile's acquisition of Sprint. During the second quarter of 2024, Family Safety revenue was $4.2 million, which decreased by approximately $4.5 million or 52% compared to the second quarter of the prior year, primarily due to our having recognized no Verizon Family Safety revenues during the second quarter of 2024, as that contract concluded in the fourth quarter of 2023, coupled with a continued decline in legacy Sprint Safe and Found revenue. Family Safety revenues decreased by approximately $200,000 or 5% compared to the first quarter of 2024, primarily driven by the continued decline in legacy Sprint Safe and Found revenue. During the second quarter of 2024, CommSuite revenue was approximately $500,000, which decreased by approximately $200,000 compared to the second quarter of 2023. Revenue from CommSuite decreased by approximately $100,000 compared to the first quarter of 2024. However, we have been experiencing subscriber growth on the Boost CommSuite premium visual voicemail platform more recently and expect CommSuite revenue to increase modestly in the third quarter as a result. ViewSpot revenue was approximately $400,000 for the second quarter of 2024, which declined by approximately $500,000 compared to the second quarter of the prior year. The decline in ViewSpot revenues compared to the second quarter of 2023 was primarily due to the previously announced termination of one of our ViewSpot contracts in the second half of 2023. ViewSpot revenues decreased by approximately $300,000 compared to the first quarter of 2024. In the third quarter of 2024, we are expecting consolidated revenues to be in the range of approximately $4.5 million to $5 million. This anticipated decline in revenue as compared to the second quarter, is driven in part by a projected decrease in ViewSpot revenues. For the second quarter of 2024, gross profit was $3.5 million, compared to $7.7 million during the same period of the prior year. A decrease of approximately $4.2 million, primarily due to the period over period decline in revenues. Gross margin was at 69% for the quarter, compared to 75% realized in the second quarter of 2023. The gross profit of $3.5 million in the second quarter of 2024 decreased sequentially by approximately $300,000 compared to the gross profit produced in the first quarter of 2024, driven primarily by the sequential decline in revenues quarter-over-quarter. In the third quarter of 2024, we expect gross margins to be in the range of 70% to 73%. For the year-to-date period ended June 30, 2024, gross profit was $7.3 million compared to the $15.4 million during the corresponding period last year. Gross margin was 67% for the June 30th, 2024 year-to-date period. GAAP operating expenses for the second quarter of 2024 were $10.5 million, a decrease of approximately $500,000 or 4% compared to the second quarter of 2023, primarily as a result of the effect of cost reduction activities undertaken during the second quarter of 2024, partially offset by severance-related costs. GAAP operating expenses for the year-to-date period ended June 30, 2024 were $45.8 million compared to $25.6 million in the prior year-to-date period, an increase of $20.2 million compared to the last year. This period-over-period increase was driven by the non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $24 million incurred in the first quarter of this year. Non-GAAP operating expenses for the second quarter of 2024 were $7.5 million compared to $8.3 million in the second quarter of 2023, a decrease of approximately $700,000 or 9%. Sequentially, non-GAAP operating expenses decreased by approximately $600,000 or 7% from the first quarter of 2024. As we noted on our last earnings call, we did undertake cost reduction actions in the second quarter, as we worked to return the company to profitability. We continue to expect to achieve the targeted savings that we established on our last earnings call. In other words, based on the actions taken to-date, we anticipate that our total non-GAAP operating expenses and cost of sales for the third quarter will decrease by $1 million to $1.3 million compared to the first quarter of 2024. In addition, as Bill had discussed in his opening remarks, we plan to undertake additional expense reductions in the very near-term to further realign our cost structure. As a result of both of these cost reduction initiatives, we expect third quarter 2024 non-GAAP operating expenses to decrease by 6% to 10% compared to the second quarter of 2024. Given the timing of the actions that we plan to take in the third quarter, a partial quarter effect of these reductions will be realized in Q3 2024. In the full quarterly effect of the additional reductions will be realized in the fourth quarter of 2024. As such, we would anticipate a further decline in non-GAAP operating expenses in the fourth quarter of 2024 as compared to the third quarter of 2024. Non-GAAP operating expenses for the year-to-date period through June 30, 2024 were $15.6 million compared to $19.5 million for the year-to-date period ended June 30, 2023, a decrease of $3.9 million or 20% compared to last year. The GAAP net loss for the second quarter of 2024 was $6.9 million or a $0.66 loss per share compared to the GAAP net loss of $5.7 million or a $0.73 loss per share in the second quarter of 2023. The non-GAAP net loss for the second quarter of 2024 was $4 million or a $0.38 loss per share compared to a non-GAAP net loss of approximately $600,000 or an $0.08 loss per share in the second quarter of 2023. Within today's press release, we have provided a reconciliation of our non-GAAP metrics to the most comparable GAAP metric. For the second quarter of 2024, the reconciliation includes adjustments for intangible asset amortization of $1.5 million, stock compensation expense of $1.1 million, depreciation expense of $100,000, and other non-recurring charges, including severance-related costs of $300,000, partially offset by nominal changes to the fair value of warrants. For the year-to-date period, The non-GAAP reconciliation includes adjustments for goodwill impairment of $24 million, intangible asset amortization of $3.3 million, stock compensation expense of $2.3 million, depreciation of approximately $200,000, and non-recurring expenses including severance-related costs of approximately $400,000, partially offset by approximately $200,000 in changes to the Fair Value of Warrants. 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 the second quarter of 2024 and 2023. The resulting non-GAAP tax expense reflects the actual income taxes expense during each period. We did conduct a capital raise during the second quarter grossing approximately $4.1 million in cash before transaction-related fees. As a result of this equity offering, we reported $5.6 million of cash and cash equivalents as of June 30th, 2024. This concludes my financial review. Now, back to Bill.