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| The Puerto Rico macro environment continues to be supportive for EVERTEC as we look 2024 |
| As we've gotten into the business, we're incredibly optimistic and excited, as I've spent a lot of time, they're spending time with customers |
| We believe EVERTEC is well-positioned for growth in 2024 and beyond |
| We delivered a record $695 million in revenue, a 12% increase over the prior year |
| And while some of the growth was driven by the closing of Sinqia, revenue excluding the acquisition also exceeded our expectations |
| In Latin America, we saw strong organic growth from new and existing customers as well as revenue contribution from the acquisitions completed in 2022 and 2023 |
| Increased sales and transaction volumes benefited both our Payments Puerto Rico and Caribbean segment and our Merchant Acquiring segment |
| Payments Puerto Rico revenue grew approximately 14% year-over-year, reflecting continued strong digital payments growth, primarily from ATH Movil Business, while Merchant Acquiring grew approximately 7% on a year-over-year basis benefiting from sales volume growth and pricing initiatives |
| But what I can tell you is having met with the customers, I'm incredibly excited about their desire to do more business with Sinqia as we invest and our ability to sell our payments products to their nearly 1,000 customers |
| Throughout the year, we benefited in Puerto Rico from overall strong volumes, higher spread, pricing initiatives and continued growth of ATH Movil Business, partially offset by the impact from the Popular transaction during the first half of the year |
| The revenue increase was driven by approximately 7% growth in overall transactions processed and at ATH Movil Business which continues to drive growth in the segment |
| In Puerto Rico, we also benefited from higher POS transaction volumes and continued growth from ATH Movil Business |
| We are pleased to announce another record year of results, as revenue continues to benefit from strong organic growth across most markets, complemented by the contribution from acquisitions, including the Sinqia deal that closed during the fourth quarter |
| Net revenue increased by approximately 1% year-over-year to $40.2 million, in part due to a tough comparable period last year which is very strong |
| For Merchant Acquiring, we expect low- to mid-single-digit growth in 2024 as we expect a stable Puerto Rico economy to contribute to sales volume growth, the revenue share with Popular to result in incremental referrals and the execution of strategic pricing actions in segments where we have pricing power |
| Additionally, arrivals to the International Airport in San Juan are above pre-COVID-19 levels, positively impacting tourism on the island |
| Recall that we had not included any contribution from Sinqia in our guidance and we are pleased with the performance of Sinqia in the quarter |
| Finally, on Slide 12, we continue to sign new wins and extensions that should keep our strong organic momentum going in 2024 and beyond |
| We believe these are areas that will provide benefits on a multi-year basis |
| Organic growth remained strong across the region with contribution from existing customers like Getnet Chile and others still driving double-digit organic growth for the quarter |
| And these investments should strengthen and broaden the economic base on the island going forward |
| The quarter also benefited from an increase in revenue for services provided to the LATAM segment, mainly due to a higher volume of transactions processed |
| So, like I said, we're very, very excited about the acquisition |
| In Payments Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, we expect mid-single-digit growth also resulting from a stable Puerto Rico economy that will support continued strong transaction growth, in part resulting from a declining average ticket and continued growth contribution from ATH Movil |
| In summary, we are pleased with our fourth quarter and full year results in 2023, especially as we executed on the closing of the largest acquisition in EVERTEC's history and are focused on delivering on the five areas Mac walked through |
| We have now been working for the past four months as an official part of EVERTEC and we remain confident that Sinqia will be a big part of EVERTEC's success going forward |
| Total revenue for the quarter was $194.6 million, up approximately 20% compared to the prior year reflecting strong growth in our Latin America segment that benefited in the last two months of the year from the Sinqia acquisition as well as continued strong organic growth |
| Additionally, our liquidity remains strong at $490 million as of December 31 |
| Our LATAM revenue was up nearly 45% with growth in the high teens excluding M&A |
| We're committed to building a strong product roadmap by modernizing product offerings while also consulting platforms over time to meet our customer needs |
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| The lower margin was due primarily to lower-than-expected revenue, higher operating expenses and higher equipment costs |
| Adjusted EBITDA was $20 million, down approximately 19% from a year ago and adjusted EBITDA margin was down approximately 770 basis points from the prior year to 34.6%, below our expectations for the quarter |
| We are now also expecting Mercado Libre to begin migrating their issuing volume to their new internal platform, creating a headwind going into the second half of the year |
| An adjusted EBITDA margin was 36.8%, down approximately 590 basis points from the prior year, partially as a result of the Sinqia acquisition, which, as expected is coming in at lower overall margins |
| Adjusted EBITDA for the segment was $14.4 million and adjusted EBITDA margin was 35.9%, down approximately 190 basis points from the prior year |
| Margin was also negatively impacted by the paySmart acquisition, which similar to Sinqia, came in at lower margins and an increase in operating expenses |
| The margin decrease was primarily due to higher operating expenses, namely higher processing costs driven by lower average tickets |
| The Business Solutions segment was down modestly year-over-year as expected, mainly due to the impact in the first half of 2023 from the Popular transaction completed in 2022 |
| For this year, we've given, obviously, a guidance that's significantly lower than what we've done in the past |
| Latin America will now represent close to 40% of our total business and as we have said previously, as we become more and more successful in Latin America at lower margins, this will put pressure on our EVERTEC consolidated margin |
| The quarter saw sales volume growth in the low-single-digits with deterioration in the overall spread as we anniversary pricing initiatives implemented last year managed through a lower average ticket and a card mix that led to a lower overall spread |
| Adjusted EPS was $0.62, a decrease of approximately 6% from the prior year for the same reasons pointed out impacting adjusted net income and to a lesser extent the impact from the incremental shares issued to complete the Sinqia acquisition |
| I would also call out a couple of expected headwinds to consider, the first being the revenue adjustment from Getnet in Q3 of approximately $6.3 million that will present a tough comparable for the third quarter of 2024 |
| The revenue decline was primarily driven by a decrease in core banking services as the prior year included revenue generated from the transition services agreement with Popular post-closing the transaction |
| Revenue was $57.8 million, a decrease of approximately 2% from the prior year |
| So just curious, kind of what caused that modest downtick? Is it slower? Just more investment needed, slower revenue growth than you expected? Just curious |
| The decrease in margin primarily reflects the expected impact from the Popular transaction due to the sale of higher margin assets in prior year and the effect of a full year of the revenue sharing agreement, as well as the effect of the Sinqia acquisition which is contributing at a lower margin |
| Adjusted net income was $40.8 million, a decrease of approximately 6% year-over-year driven by higher interest expense resulting from the increased debt raised to finance the Sinqia acquisition, higher operating depreciation and amortization partially offset by a lower adjusted effective tax rate |
| Adjusted EBITDA was $18.3 million, up approximately 55% from the prior year with adjusted EBITDA margin of 27.7%, down approximately 620 basis points from the prior year, primarily due to the inclusion of Sinqia which contributes at a lower margin compared to the segment average |
| Most of the assets we've acquired in the past had a lower margin than the segment, and then we brought those to the segment margin over some period of time |
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