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| Continuing strong EBITDA and positive cash flow will enable us to retire a portion of the convertible loan as it matures |
| Our international connected car business continued to deliver strong performance during the quarter, driven by expanding relationships with large automotive OEMs and rental customers, particularly in Europe |
| As demonstrated over the past few quarters, EBITDA performance has been strong and stable |
| Compared to the prior quarter, cash flow from operations excluding working capital increased by $100,000 sequentially and continues to be strong despite volume reductions |
| The company also delivered strong cash flow from operations of $7.1 million |
| The strength and adjusted EBITDA and cash flow from operations is primarily the result of cost savings initiatives |
| So, I mean, you know, it's clear that we've got to do better from a top line standpoint and generate sustainable, sufficient EBITDA |
| You know, we just launched Vision two, months ago, three months ago, and we're starting to see, you know, we're seeing very good pipeline and customer interest |
| Improvements in gross margin, trending back to our historical levels, and continued focus on our cost management |
| We expect this segment to continue to deliver consistent, profitable growth as we expand with our customers, secure new B2B customers, and grow new geographical markets such as Spain |
| In addition to having a great team, the company has other tremendous assets including excellent products and solutions, a blue chip customer base, and a large and growing market opportunity |
| But what you're experiencing is very strong cost management from management, as well as continued vigilance in that capacity |
| He had a truly remarkable life and career, and the outreach the company has received on his behalf following his unexpected passing is a testament to the positive impact he had on others along the way |
| While we have experienced challenges, we also see tremendous opportunity ahead, and we are confident in our ability to overcome these obstacles and to return to profitable growth |
| Nice to see the positive cash flow from ops |
| We believe that our future EBITDA run rate increases will be driven by several factors and initiatives, including the normalization of TSP revenues as we stabilize and then return to growth in this market segment, growth in recurring revenues driven by new solution introductions such as Vision 2.0, which we expect to drive significant ARPU growth with new and existing customers |
| And I will be helping the team to hone focus, to execute operationally, and to capture efficiencies as we strive to deliver profitable growth and positive cash flow |
| Higher the EBITDA, more optionality we'll have |
| In terms of recurring revenue, I would hope that we could do better |
| The solution provides seamless visibility across the customer's operations and illustrates our unique ability to integrate data from many different asset types into a variety of systems, thereby providing highly tailored insights that drive efficiency, safety, and compliance |
| Our ELD Solution is integrated with the rest of our fleet management product suite and adds to a portfolio that we plan to leverage to drive increased ARPU and gross margins in our fleet segments |
| We expect to see additional commercial traction with vision at our fleet customers in the coming months and quarters |
| We have an opportunity coming up in the December timeframe as school buses, kids go on vacation during school buses during the Christmas time and that we'll be able to fit a lot more of those vision opportunities onto our customers' fleets |
| I can report without hesitation that the CalAmp team is talented and passionate, and they believe in the opportunity before us |
| We also secured several new customer wins during the quarter, including with Transportes Castores, one of the largest transportation and logistics companies in Mexico |
| Our objective is to generate a high quality EBITDA run rate in order to optimize our options for refinancing the convertible notes |
| We also commenced commercial shipments of our new vision 2.0 Dash Cam Solution during the quarter and now have our first successful installations |
| That would have generated roughly an $8 million revenue increase -- I mean, our revenues would have been $8 million higher |
| One of these team members now leads new revenue generation, while the other leads customer success and sales operations |
| Thanks to all of you for your continued support and interest in the company |
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| Consolidated Q2 revenue is $61.7 million, which was below our guidance range |
| Much of the year-over-year and sequential revenue decline was driven by lower sales to our telematic service provider customers |
| Revenues declined 15% year-over-year and 13% sequentially from $70.9 million last quarter |
| The sequential gross margin decline was driven by lower volumes and unfavorable product mix |
| As Jason mentioned in his remarks, the revenue decline was driven by our TSP customers continuing to rebalance their inventories, while also navigating competitive pressures in their end markets |
| Revenue from TSP's, which was lower-than-expected, was the key driver of the revenue mess |
| I mean, it was the part of our business that was considerably softer than we expected in Q2 |
| Recurring application subscription revenues in the quarter were $18.7 million, a $500,000 sequential decline |
| These orders had been backlogged due to the severe supply chain constraints that we and many others encountered over the past few years |
| From a business outlook standpoint, we continue to manage through a dynamic situation with our TSP customers, and we expect Q3 FY ‘24 revenues and adjusted EBITDA to be slightly down sequentially |
| RPO declined $24 million and hardware backlog declined $6 million sequentially |
| The TSP softness is attributed to continued customer inventory rebalancing following the fulfillment of a large volume of orders in the second-half of fiscal year 2023 |
| Helpful and then lastly from me, on the Q3 revenue and adjusted EBITDA guide to be down slightly sequentially |
| The company's second quarter for fiscal year 2024 produced mixed results |
| But, you know, to be candid, there's still a little bit of uncertainty around that channel, where inventory levels are and should be, and the ability of our TSPs to compete in a pretty competitive marketplace |
| Adam Beavis Thanks for that and it looks like revenue per subscriber in the software and subscription segment was down sequentially |
| We now expect this inventory rebalancing with our TSP customers to take longer than previously expected |
| So down considerably from Q1 and down considerably from historical run rates |
| You know, we had some accounting errors in the past that we corrected in this quarter, right? It just caught up |
| The RPO and hardware backlog decline was driven by customer PO fulfillments, as well as TSP conversions that have already been completed |
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