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| Record Q1 revenue of approximately $1.245 billion was up 4.8% year-over-year in constant currency |
| We continue to see very strong momentum in all our cloud-related activities and we see and we predict another year of double-digit growth in this domain |
| Record revenue of $1.25 billion was up 5% from a year ago and in line with the midpoint of guidance, non-GAAP operating margin increased by 40 basis year-over-year and 30 basis points sequentially as our initiatives to accelerate profitability yield results, non-GAAP earnings per share was $1.56, consistent with the midpoint of our expectations, and we closed Q1 with a record 12-month backlog of $4.21 billion, up approximately 3% from a year ago and a healthy acceleration of $60 million on a sequential basis |
| Our 12-month -- our record 12-month backlog position reflects healthy first quarter sales momentum, as highlighted on slide 8 |
| As we said last quarter, we anticipate a gradual improvement in non-GAAP operating margin through fiscal year 2024, reflecting ongoing efforts to optimize Amdocs’ cost structure and the cumulative benefits of our continual initiatives to improve operational excellence |
| Additionally, we added new logos like Finetworks in Spain and DELTA Fiber in Netherlands and achieved another quarter of strong sales momentum in cloud with migration awards at operators in Canada, Southeast Asia and a new project with NTT Infranet in Japan |
| Q1 was also notable for Amdocs’ consistent project execution |
| Additionally, we remain firmly on track to deliver another year of double-digit growth in cloud activities, which, to remind you already represented more than 20% of total revenue in the prior fiscal year |
| Amdocs was instrumental in supporting the merger integration of T-Mobile and continues to support T-Mobile’s modernization journey to offer an unparalleled consumer and B2B customer experience in the industry |
| So I think right now we are really in a good position actually to enable this technology to our customers |
| We do see a very nice momentum in terms of our sales, both in terms of the cloud activities, as well as other modernization |
| As a final point, Amdocs’ strong financial position is reflected by our investment-grade credit ratings at S&P and also Moody’s, which upgraded Amdocs by one notch to Baa1 in November |
| As a I said in my opening remarks, we have started fiscal 2024 on a solid note and we are on-track to achieving a fourth consecutive year of double-digit non-GAAP earnings per share growth |
| On a geographic basis, all three operating regions delivered year-over-year growth in Q1, including North America which delivered a record quarter |
| I am pleased to report a solid start to the fiscal year, many thanks for which go to our amazing people around the world who work hard to deliver the innovation and value our customers need on their journeys to cloud-based 5G, fixed wireless access and fiber networks, improve digital consumer and B2B experiences, and harness the power of generative AI |
| We see this reflected in the great progress we have made across the three core pillars of our generative AI strategy over the last quarter |
| This includes the adoption of automation, other sophisticated tools and disciplined resources management, added to which we expect the implementation of gen AI to drive additional cost and efficiency improvements across our business |
| I am pleased with our solid financial performance in the first fiscal quarter, the highlights of which you can see on slide 17 |
| In fact, we are reporting in our first fiscal quarter, as you can see, a record high managed services revenue, as evidenced both by the high renewal rates we’re seeing, as well as new customers that are signing up with us managed services engagement |
| I think more importantly is, A, we continue to see 100% renewals; B, we continue to sign new logos; and C, as Shuky said, we’re very excited to see a growing pipeline of opportunities, some of which obviously signed already, as you can see from the $60 million sequential change in the 12-month backlog, which is quite significant, and some, of course, yet to be converted from the pipeline to deals |
| Fourth, we believe Amdocs is strongly positioned as a highly relevant and trusted partner to help our customers accelerate efficiency and productivity gains, enabling future long-term cost savings |
| Third, we continue to see a rich pipeline of opportunities to help our customers on their multiyear journeys to modernize for, cloud-based 5G, fixed wireless access and fiber networks, improved digital consumer and B2B experiences, and generative AI, where we believe Amdocs already has a dominant position as the industry’s leading enabler |
| Second, we remain confident in our relatively resilient business model from which we generate highly recurring revenue streams resulting from our support of mission critical systems under long-term engagements, including managed services |
| To summarize, we believe Amdocs has already established a leading role as a dominant industry technology enabler, capable of helping service providers to fully harness the power of generative AI by simplifying and accelerating the path to adoption |
| So it’s actually a very healthy and diversified growth story that we see in Europe |
| Amazing success in penetrating and expanding our relationship with the Hatchison Group in Europe |
| Moving to the cloud on slide 10, the strong sales momentum of last fiscal year carried into Q1, reflecting growing market recognition for our telco-industry expertise and ability to provide an end-to-end, fully accountable cloud migration paths |
| It gives huge benefits in -- especially in Care and other areas that we are experiencing right now and we are really, really bullish about the opportunity |
| So, we already jumped now 40 basis points in our Q1 numbers and we continue to have the expectation that it will gradually improve, and with that, comes also the EPS stronger performance in the second half of the year |
| Additionally, we extended our collaboration with a leading service provider in North Africa to enhance their 5G network capabilities with our cloud-native policy solution and deliver an improved user experience for their customers |
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| Interest and other expenses amounted to roughly $8 million in the first quarter, mainly due to adverse foreign currency movements in the quarter |
| Regarding the second part of the question, you’re right, we explained that if a customer decides to slow down on some legacy enhancements, that’s pretty immediate and we will see the revenue pressure pretty quickly |
| But your guidance for next quarter is about $0.04 below the street |
| On a sequential basis, revenue included an unfavorable impact from foreign currency movements of approximately $5 million |
| It was quite a challenge for us historically to convince European customers, giving different social demographic aspects to moving to managed services |
| Additionally, we remind you that free cash flow in the second fiscal quarter is typically lower due to the timing of annual bonus payments |
| The same headwind that we reported last quarter regarding mainly the legacy platform, it did not change |
| I guess I wanted to start by asking about the headwind I think you guys have been talking about the last couple of quarters, customers looking to hold back on maintenance-type projects in lieu of bigger transformation projects |
| DSOs of 75 days decreased by 12 days year-over-year in Q1 and increased by six days sequentially |
| Also, I know you guys are not putting AI features in the older products |
| What we’ve said is that, we’ve seen that pressure and enhancement of legacy systems |
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