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| I am happy to say that our pipeline of pilots all are going extremely well, which I believe bodes well for future quarters |
| So where it really matters that you catch the bad guys, we have pricing power in, again, some of the age-restricted spaces |
| You will see that by the -- our wins with new banking clients and new banking use cases in addition to clients in new verticals not tied to traditional retail that we are confident that this pivot is working |
| Our gross profit margins continue to remain strong, running at 92% for the year |
| We believe that being an integral part of a larger platform creates an incremental growth opportunity in the real estate transaction space that is seeing a significant pickup in fraud |
| This is especially encouraging as it continues to speak to the testament of the value realized by our customers |
| Continuing to cast a critical eye to the metrics of our SaaS revenue, it's encouraging to see a 16% increase in our average price per scan versus the prior year as we have continued rightsizing the price of our legacy accounts and enforce internal disciplines on CPI increases |
| We are very excited by another step forward |
| What I'm happy about is we continue to build the strength of our organization |
| Our SVP of Sales, Chris Meyer, delivered a well-attended tech talk on next-gen fraud prevention and how it increases conversion rates by 20% |
| I'm pleased with the continued progress we have been making across all levels of organization as we continue our efforts to recalibrate our spend and redistribute investment into the areas that will fuel our growth and profitability |
| I'm very happy and comfortable with what I have seen signed and what I expect to be signed |
| But as the product team has shown, we've been able to maintain reoccurring margins of 92% as the re-architecture progresses |
| In closing, we remain committed to the continued improvement of our corporate performance, maintaining our strong balance sheet and driving shareholder value within these new initiatives |
| As Bryan mentioned earlier, we are also pleased to see the continued trailing 12-month growth progression in SaaS revenues each month, which has been achieved consecutively for the last 4 years |
| We believe that when a bank of this size goes with Intellicheck, this is a tremendous validation of what we do and provides a great foundation for 2025 and beyond |
| We are excited by the win |
| Across all of our use cases, the number of people in North America that are processed through Intellicheck is impressive, continues to grow and we believe provides value to our clients |
| She has a fantastic track record of helping to ignite sales at several high-growth cybersecurity and technology companies |
| As mentioned in earlier remarks, we continue to improve our cost structure, which when adjusted for the previously noted adjustments increased to near 8.5% for the full year versus 2022, while revenue increased 18.4% |
| With the new hires we have in place, our pipeline and our gross margin and expense structures, we believe that we are well positioned for accelerated growth and to be adjusted EBITDA positive in 2024 |
| We truly are the hardware-free, go-anywhere identity validation platform that we believe provides the best identity experience for their customers that their customers never knew they had |
| But because of how Intellicheck simplifies account opening, they realized an impressive 20% increase |
| A higher adjusted EBITDA result for 2024 will be the combined disciplines of executing on our revenue plans, ensuring consistency in our gross margins and holding all the team accountable for their FY '24 operating budgets |
| We have also successfully signed our first cohort of partners |
| I mean we've got a very high revenue per employee |
| In consideration to our 2024 outlook, we expect to see continued gross margins of approximately 92%, while we continue to improve our architecture and data intelligence capabilities |
| Given our growth expectations, we expect this trend will continue into 2024 and anticipate that we will also end 2024 adjusted EBITDA positive |
| As it stands today, we anticipate Q1 revenues in the range of $4.3 million to $4.4 million with year-over-year growth accelerating sequentially throughout the remainder of the year |
| We have remained committed to the entire year to achieve an adjusted EBITDA breakeven for the year, which we have exceeded and now puts us in a position to start moving that result into a more positive position for 2024 |
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| One of the things we as a management team foresaw was that retail was potentially running into challenges |
| As it stands today, we've seen year-over-year declines in scanning volumes in the first quarter at our retail partners that we believe is driven by some of our larger clients reducing door counts and weaker store traffic in general |
| Given the fact that major retailers are shutting down locations, we were correct in our assumptions as Q4 transactions at our largest retailers were off 15% |
| Because when you're as accurate as us, you're cutting your revenue |
| And then as far as -- you said you saw some margin in past 15% to 25% decline in Q4 |
| So a bit worse thus far in Q1 than Q4? Bryan Lewis I'm comparing -- yes, so I can do apples-to-apples because we always see a decline in retail in Q1 just because the holiday shopping, and everybody is like not spending a lot of money |
| Where we always win and certainly have pricing power is where it hurts our client financially if somebody gets through and commits identity theft |
| So I don't see it getting much worse than where we are now |
| So overall, I'd say that in our -- in the core markets where people really care, title and auto and banking and all those things and even crypto because you get crypto while empty, you're kind of in trouble |
| So in terms of pricing, the only time that we see pricing pressure, I'd say, is if we're looking at bringing on people in the age-restricted space |
| Additionally, as I mentioned in my prepared remarks, we have had longer than originally anticipated implementation times to onboard larger customers, for example, the 2 regional banks that are now live |
| And then if you could segue into transaction, I think you talked about -- I don't know if you just meant at the big retailers like down 15% |
| And if I compare this year to -- Q4 this year to Q4 last year, I'm looking at some of our very large retailers down anywhere between 15% to 25% in terms of their transaction volumes |
| So it's always, in my mind, an underestimation of what the ACV could really be |
| So what I'm seeing where they're down is mostly -- those large amounts is mostly those types of things |
| I think, again, retailers that kind of lost their way that we've all been reading about for a while |
| What have you seen quarter-to-date? I know you said down year-over-year quarter to-date in Q1, but like what level of decline? Has it gotten worse throughout Q1? Or is it -- Bryan Lewis I think Q1, I think -- and that's part of the reason, and I think what we're seeing in Q1 |
| And it just always takes longer than we would hope and certainly longer than their business folks would hope |
| I'm just kind of curious, like are you seeing pricing pressure, pricing power? Trying to understand that a little bit |
| So it continues to move down |
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