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| At the midpoint of our range of guidance, we expect EBITDA to grow in 2024 and margins to expand by approximately 290 basis points |
| Furthermore, I'm pleased to share some notable wins, including our success with MRO, a customer in the healthcare IT space and expert for the exchange of clinical data and the initiation of a partnership with Lexmark, a leading provider of printing and imaging products, software solutions and services |
| New prospects and existing customers have shown great interest in adoptable AI and a real-world solution, yielding them immediate savings |
| We see customers -- I mean, we have a very broad spectrum of corporate customers, right? But especially on the upper end on the larger customers, we see tremendous growth in individual customers |
| The strong bottom line results, combined with the finance team's collection efforts allowed us to be $10 million better in free cash flow versus Q4 of 2022 |
| I'm happy to report that the go-to-market realignment efforts have resulted in increased operational efficiency, steady booking results, a stable sales pipeline and data-driven adjustments to our strategies |
| In addition, we have been seeing initial benefits from the go-to-market realignment that we implemented approximately one year ago |
| We remain positive on the opportunity within the healthcare sector for our core fax products and interoperability solutions |
| So we still see a tremendous momentum within our existing customers |
| Our go-to-market realignment strategy has yielded positive outcomes, particularly with the earlier noted success of eFax protect, our corporate e-commerce offering |
| We are excited to report the continued success of our SoHo upsell strategy with approximately 1,250 accounts added in Q4 and a total of approximately 4,700 accounts that shifted from SoHo throughout the year |
| Our strategy centers around prioritizing high LTV customers, which will positively influence the profitability of newly acquired SoHo customers |
| Additionally, our eFax protect offering has yielded impressive results, garnering approximately 1,000 paid customer adds in the quarter thanks to the Q3 introduction of a new e-commerce channel specifically tailored to corporate clients |
| We continue to build a solid pipeline for Clarity CD for clinical documentation and Clarity PA for prior authorizations |
| Encouragingly, we are already observing positive indicators with a decrease in CAC resulting from an increase in organic sign-ups and reduced overall spending |
| As a result, we anticipate to reach a seven-digit contribution in 2024 with a promising runway beyond that |
| ARPA of 15.12% increased by $0.41 year-over-year, benefiting from last year's price increase |
| I am pleased that for the quarter, we generated near our target EBITDA, notwithstanding the headwinds on the top line |
| While this effort has improved cash generation, it has also resulted in an increase in customer terminations impacting both our 2023 revenues and run rate entering the new year |
| And then just maybe more on the margins, you're doing a really nice job holding the margins despite the revenue shortfall |
| We clearly have stated now for several calls running a desire to deleverage if we can continue to get the bonds at a discount, that is an attractive investment |
| These initiatives position us for accelerated corporate growth in 2025, while we remain committed to cash generation |
| So what happens is the cohorts get better and better as the percentage of the base is increasingly larger than the new sign-ups |
| Additionally, our first-generation Harmony offering is now in production, marking a significant milestone in our product roadmap |
| Others that see improvements in cash flow |
| In the fourth quarter of 2023, our corporate revenue reached $49.4 million, reflecting a steady increase compared to the previous year's $47.8 million |
| But I agree there are some great shoots, and we're able to close deals here and there |
| This effort improved collections by 9% from slow paying customers and, however, did result in terminations of nonpaying customers |
| but you still have to get on the priority list, right? And we're successful here and there, but it's not at the rate that we would like to see it, obviously, always being patient from the sales side |
| As a result, we have made some additional cuts against our Q4 forecast that had a slight negative impact on revenues in the quarter but favorably affected EBITDA productivity and margin |
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| Adjusted non-GAAP EPS of $1.11 was lower than the prior comparable period by 1.8% or $0.02 |
| Adjusted non-GAAP EPS of $5.09 was lower than the prior comparable period by 4.5% or $0.24 |
| Adjusted EBITDA of $186.6 million was a decrease of approximately $10 million or 5.1% compared to the prior comparable period, delivering a 51.5% within our 50% to 55% guidance expectations |
| Q4 2023 revenue of $38.3 million, a decrease of $4.1 million or 9.6% over the prior comparable period |
| As we had anticipated and regularly communicated, there was an expected decrease in revenue during Q4 of 2023, with $38.3 million compared to the previous year's $42.2 million |
| As Johnny mentioned, Q4 year-over-year revenue was impacted negatively by the cleanup initiated related to the Q4 collection efforts, migration of FaxBox to legacy platform and Summit |
| Full year 2023 SoHo revenue was $162.9 million from $7.3 million or 4.3% decline over 2022 results, and essentially in line with our full year SoHo guidance range of negative 4% to negative 2% |
| Adjusted EBITDA of $47.2 million and 53.8% margin was a decrease of $1.8 million or 3.7% over Q4 2022 |
| Adjusted non-GAAP net income of $21.3 million, a decrease of $1.3 million or 5.6%, driven by lower revenues, a higher tax rate, offset by interest income of $1.5 million and noncash foreign exchange revaluation of intercompany accounts of $0.5 million |
| As a result, we will see a faster decline in revenue for SoHo in 2024 than previously articulated |
| Regarding other impacts on our baseline, the FaxBox migration in Europe resulted in the discontinuation of that platform, retaining less than half of its base |
| Our bottom line EPS, while strong, were negatively impacted by a severe rallying of the euro against the US dollar that resulted in a charge of $5.8 million or $2.4 million more than our forecast |
| So that gave us some additional pressure |
| On the corporate side, the revenues were impacted by the enhanced collections process that reduced our outstanding receivables, but also resulted in some account closures |
| But with adding from the SoHo base, it's creating a little bit of ARPA pressure on the corporate |
| But I think clearly, in '24, you should expect for each of the four quarters, a decline in the base from the predecessor quarter |
| Adjusted non-GAAP net income of $99.8 million decreased $6.8 million or 6.4%, driven by lower operating income, offset in part by interest income, expense benefit by $4.2 million and lower tax expense by $2.7 million |
| In 2023, we encountered some challenges related to significant changes implemented by our primary digital advertising partners |
| Year-over-revenue was also affected by the cleanup initiative related to Q4 collection efforts, migration in FaxBox and Summit |
| They -- we do see some that are still under economic pressure |
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