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| While we got this this near-term dip, we are absolutely confident in the long-term growth rates of our end markets and of Digi |
| But I would project as we watch this transition take place from one-time to more of recurring, that we would manage our bottomline in appropriately, part of why we say that we see ARR and profits growing faster than revenue |
| And so I think that’s just a really good favorable backdrop and trend for this position on solutions and then having that translate, of course, for us to ARR |
| We connected millions of industrial things to the Internet, unlocking savings, improving customer service and reducing our customer’s carbon footprint with fewer truck rolls and higher uptime |
| So we feel really boldened on this journey and feel, first and foremost, it’s in the customer’s best interests, and of course, secondly, that we deliver incredible, impeccable solutions that are performing at a higher level than what could they could do on their own |
| We paid down $36 million in debt and improved our gross and adjusted EBITDA margins |
| We expect to grow ARR and adjusted EBITDA faster than the topline, continuing the improvement of our model |
| We are moving away from a one-time sale to a service and that revenue is lower upfront, but of course, it helps ARR and provides increased visibility and overall better economics for the customer and for Digi |
| We are excited to grow ARR faster than the topline |
| So we are confident in that long-term trend |
| We are proud to have essentially achieved our three $100 million goals, and now we begin our next journey to double ARR and adjusted EBITDA to $200 million in the next five years |
| The ROI is compelling in good times and even in times of more stressed macroeconomic concerns like we potentially have today |
| There are just so many opportunities to connect remote assets, to connect people to their remote assets and the ROI is compelling |
| So we think we are doing better than most and we don’t want to let up the gas pedal on the investments, whether they be capital or labor resources |
| But we are really excited to see that progress of 2022 over 2023 |
| One of the opportunity certainly is on the channel side to bring them into some of our solutions and have them partake and embrace the solutions element, which we are seeing really good results, because again they don’t let select other companies as well |
| I think really it’s similar story across the segments in terms of our expectations and we do expect ARR to grow faster and that’s one of the really important contributing factors to Digi’s mission as a whole, which is to increase the amount of ARR on an absolute basis and then as a percentage of our overall revenue |
| We think we are outperforming the market when we look at other public companies, as well as private companies that we think are down significantly double digits |
| I think it was close to 50% increase in the recurring and that’s a combination of having greater attach rates with our solutions |
| So I would expect cash conversion on that adjusted EBITDA line to improve from where it was in 2023, and probably, could predict that that would equate into more aggressive debt paydown in 2024 |
| There are billions of industrial things that need to be connected and Digi is excited to play a leading role by providing secure, resilient and easy-to-manage solutions |
| So we think overall it’s a real compelling message and we are seeing a lot of our customers quite frankly focus on their internal expertise and decide to trust us with the solution rather than management internally |
| New opportunities were much more convicted and courageous on positioning ourselves as solution provider with -- part -- provider, which both quite frankly allows us to avoid opportunities that don’t have a good match, as well as pursuing those that do have a good match |
| So at the segment level, are we expecting something similar for both or one is up, one is down? And then, on the EBITDA line, you are showing progression on flat revenues, so there must be some driver for that margin expansion |
| I do think we are seeing some improvement |
| But the key for us is to translating our solutions strength and matching that very closely with the customer’s need |
| I think there still is a handful where we are tested, but largely I think we have navigated through that, either through the supply chain easing or through some of the strategic buys that we made that have really put us in a position to meet our customer demand |
| Our recurring revenue is generally at much higher margins than the consolidated gross revenue -- our gross margin level and so that’s the dynamic you are seeing play out |
| Thanks and congrats on the strong fiscal 2023 |
| Anthony Stoss Pretty good |
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| As many of you know, we are not alone in this trading, there are other companies that are going down |
| I think there’s more of an aberration, where probably, growth rates were a little bit higher than expected and also the logistics of putting things together |
| And so getting all that organized, deployed, matching that with demand profiles has taken a little bit longer than they originally projected |
| So it’s hardly an unfamiliar story |
| Although we will be off to a modest start in our fiscal 2024 period, we believe the dip is contained to a subset of long-term customers that need time to deploy their inventory |
| Tommy Moll Ron, you referenced the dip in terms of revenue as largely relating to a subset of customers and their extended deployment timeframes |
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