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| Interest income growth also contributed to improved profitability was $190,000 for 2023 compared to $34,000 for the previous year |
| Finally, point to our strong operating leverage, we delivered increased profits with adjusted EBITDA increasing to $2.3 million for the year, up over $1 million from the prior year, and net income was positive, as I mentioned earlier |
| Some of it is a function of volume, but a lot of it is also a function of operational efficiencies, and that translates to improved profitability |
| So examples, material cost reduction, logistics improvement, lower inventory and the associated impact on obsolescence and carrying costs, all those initiatives will help us improve the gross margin line |
| For all of 2023, sales were $28.1 million, up 16% from $24.2 million, again, reflecting continued growth in the automotive electronics and IoT industries, favorable comparison to post-lockdown recovery one year ago, and a strong backlog of $4.8 million at the start of 2023 |
| The full year cash increase reflects improved operating profitability, lower inventory levels and higher interest earnings |
| Data I/O's financial condition remains strong at the end of Q4 with $12.3 million in cash, up $831,000 from the prior year |
| The combination of spending control and top-line growth is an exciting combination for us in 2024 |
| We delivered very strong financial performance in 2023 with a 16% growth in revenue and a return to profitability |
| I also read that the Chinese market, they'd cut prices pretty sharply which is maybe not as great for them, but good for us because that should stimulate demand |
| Our global reach proved very positive for the year as we had excellent growth in the Americas region as well as Asian region outside of China |
| I think what we're saying with our sales funnel is we see the opportunities have gone up sharply in our sales funnel, and we believe that translates into double-digit bookings growth |
| Based on continued strength amid a stable global operating environment, we expect double-digit bookings growth in 2024 |
| Overall, we remain very solid financially with a strong cash position, no debt and a return to full year profitability |
| The improvements were driven by a combination of higher sales volume, favorable mix of new systems and recurring revenue growth, material cost reductions and, of course, operational efficiency improvements |
| The '23 revenue increase of $3.8 million, the 320 basis point improvement in gross margin and the second half operating expense reductions contributed to a net income increase of $1.6 million or 42% leverage from 2022 |
| We also experienced encouraging business momentum which is carried over into 2024 |
| This is the basis for our positive outlook for the year |
| We continue to see strong growth worldwide |
| Excluding costs related to sales volume changes, we expect to maintain this strong operational discipline, which will generate near-term cost savings and longer-term operating capacity growth |
| And across the board, not only in automotive, but industrial and programming centers, our sales funnel has added significant opportunities in the past quarter, it is at its highest level in several years |
| Cost containment and efficiency improvements undertaken in the third quarter contributed to lower operating expenses and improved profitability in the second half of 2023 |
| Similarly, adjusted EBITDA was $514,000 for Q4 and $2.3 million for 2023, again, representing a full year improvement of $1 million |
| As mentioned earlier, SentriX overall grew our software and pay-per-use revenue 150% in the year |
| So, we see continued momentum in automotive going into 2024 |
| We're a good supplier to the global electronics industry for automotive, period |
| In Japan, we're pleased with our new partnership launched in the first part of the year with a leading company to establish the first SentriX security provisioning service in Japan, as well as a separate collaboration we formed with Nuvoton Technology to support their latest generation of IoT microcontroller products with our SentriX platform |
| And cash grew about $830,000 for the year, reflecting operating profitability, inventory reductions and spending controls |
| We continue to critically review spending, manage non-critical costs and increase operational efficiencies |
| Our PSV platform for programming is the most successful platform in the industry and now has over 485 deployments worldwide |
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| Fourth quarter revenue at $6.9 million reflects lower coming-into-the-period backlog because of booking delays from the third quarter, which resulted in a decline of $397,000 as compared to Q4 2022 |
| And we're seeing some headwinds in the news about EVs, some of the manufacturers backing off of EV production, and we're also hearing headlines about China, the recovery in China being very slow and the economy still not really hitting on all cylinders |
| But I think the expectation would be revenue would grow a little bit less than the double-digit bookings |
| I have a similar opinion to what I think the Ford CEO has mentioned and others have mentioned, that the -- their biggest threat in the Americas region is probably from very low-cost imported electric vehicles from China |
| Obviously, if the world has a serious breakdown of global supply chains, that would impact us, it would impact everybody |
| And it would be like having Christmas shift from December to January and then wondering why your comparisons year-over-year were distorted |
| Operating expenses at $3.8 million in Q4 represented two consecutive quarterly decline from the high of $4.2 million reached in the second quarter of 2023 |
| Now for us, that's partially a threat |
| Inventories declined nearly $900,000 as we unwound our COVID era supply chain strategies |
| These factors include uncertainties as to the impact on global and geopolitical events, international trade regulations, order levels for the company and the activity level of the automotive and semiconductor industry overall, ability to record revenues based on the timing of product deliveries and installations, market acceptance of new products, changes in economic conditions and market demand, part shortages, pricing and other activities by competitors and other risks, including those described from time to time in the company's filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission, press releases and other communications |
| So, my question is, what is being done about looking at every OpEx expenditure that we are making right now and can we get to a savings of $2 million a year? Because otherwise really barring more than 10% growth, we're just never going to get there to where we have a successful stock because we're not going to earn enough to be an attractive investment for shareholders |
| I think this year would be certainly more aggressive than we're forecasting |
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