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| We're very good at partnering in the HCM space, and it's sort of been a proven differentiator for us |
| We remain confident in HireRight's balance sheet and ability to generate cash flow, enabling us to invest in the long-term future of the business and opportunistically repurchase shares as well as reducing our debt |
| For the quarter, we generated adjusted EBITDA of $52.1 million, despite lower revenues, while improving margins more than 200 basis points, demonstrating our ability to improve profitability in a challenging environment |
| I would say that we still have a very good momentum from the team in our upsells and cross-sells |
| Our pipeline continues -- if opportunities continues to grow and we continue to feel very, very good |
| So, we're very optimistic about our technology stack, our ability to continue to win on partnerships like this, our ability to prove our differentiated offering in the marketplace and that's showing in some of these results |
| While we cannot predict short-term hiring patterns or changes, we have generated improved margins and converted revenue to free cash flow in this unique operating environment |
| Year-to-date, new business revenue has driven more than $36 million in growth and our pipeline remains as strong as it has ever been |
| And so we're seeing good increased transaction flow through them as well |
| Retention of our top customers remains strong as well at just under 97% |
| Our restructuring program is beginning to generate improved profitability as exhibited by our 200 basis point improvement in adjusted EBITDA margin |
| In addition to the high customer satisfaction that drives our impressive retention, we are very pleased to announce we have enrolled in the Oracle independent software vendor, ISV Accelerator Program, expanding beyond our Gold level Oracle partnership |
| Our seamless integrations improve and streamline the company's background screening process by automatically pre-populating recruiting forms, reducing redundant data entry, automating background request accuracy and providing timely tracker updates |
| In addition, customers benefit from increasing administrative efficiency through our integrated support and ongoing platform updates |
| You guys have really done a great job attacking the buyback here; good to see the debt get refinanced |
| Continue to feel good about the actions we've taken and the track we're tracking to |
| The mention that we made on the increased position on the ride-sharing company, we continue to expand our presence with what I would call the largest player in that industry as we continue to prove that we provide a superior solution to other providers |
| Also during the quarter, we began integrating our acquisition of DTIS and are excited about the opportunities to leverage our FBI-approved channeler capabilities |
| The growth of our biometric-based screening capabilities will enable future product, service and revenue opportunities as we expand solutions supporting our complex, highly regulated customers |
| So, we feel really good about deal flow |
| And then, you'll continue to see really nice new customer wins |
| Looking at current market trends and the murky macroeconomic outlook, we firmly believe that over the long term, our markets will benefit from the favorable secular changes in the employment market, such as growth in the freelance economy and increasing turnover rates |
| We're also, as you know, Scott, we don't disclose that level of detail, but we do like to highlight that at a particular point there is we see good momentum on new business |
| During the quarter, we continued to improve our delivery cost of service, helping to drive gross margins, excluding restructuring charges and depreciation and amortization to 50.3%, which is up more than 300 basis points year-over-year and is consistent with our previous commentary |
| So, we see good growth in Latin America, again, through our existing clients, and we see good opportunities for the team on the ground |
| And then, clearly, we feel really good about our ability to continue to generate cash |
| It's -- we think we have and are proving that we have better technology to service global clients who want to consolidate screening |
| Our business remains resilient, and we have demonstrated our ability to expand margins regardless of the economic environment |
| Of the big three, we have the best global capabilities |
| In closing, we are pleased with our results, especially given the backdrop of the broader macro headwinds |
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| As Guy mentioned, our third quarter revenue was $188.3 million, down 10.5% versus the prior year due to reduced hiring volumes driven by economic headwinds |
| Looking ahead, we continue to operate in a challenging environment driven by both geopolitical concerns as well as an uncertain economic outlook |
| Guy also mentioned the softness in financial services, which declined nearly 19% year-over-year, largely driven by a slowdown in turnover at our large European-based banking customers |
| Lastly, our remaining core vertical of financial services declined 14% compared to Q2, primarily driven by our European-based banking customers |
| I would tell you that we see concerns from clients over the increasing cost of doing employment verifications, especially because of the vendor -- vendor pass-through costs |
| We reported $52.1 million of adjusted EBITDA just $1.9 million lower than last year despite reduced revenues |
| But again, just to reiterate cautious optimism, but uncertainty around what turnover will look like, especially in our very large enterprise clients |
| Base growth from our top roughly 1,800 customers, which represent approximately 75% of total revenue, was negative 16% year-over-year |
| For the third quarter, revenue was $188.3 million, down $22 million year-over-year |
| And finally, our long-tail SMB business consisting of more than 30,000 customers represented a 2% decline year-over-year |
| APAC and India continued to be impacted by the softness in technology and services, and were down to combined 20% from the prior year |
| Healthcare was down nearly 7% year-over-year, nearly exclusively driven by our largest customers who have completed a number of rescreening projects in the year prior |
| Uncertainty in the macro outlook, coupled with geopolitical concerns have certainly slowed the recovery |
| It's lower order volume from that sector |
| But having said that, I would say the main word that we continue to hear is uncertainty in that |
| But when you look at just within our SMB customer base quarter-to-quarter, it was down much more in line with the broader business about 10% |
| As a contribution to the overall growth algorithm, it represents a decline year-over-year |
| So as you can see in our prepared remarks, we did break out the existing base trend being down 16% year-over-year in the quarter |
| You mentioned SMB performance fell slightly year-over-year in the quarter |
| While job openings remain higher than pre-pandemic levels, there has been a clear slowing of employee turnover |
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