Earnings Sentiment

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Bullish Statements during Earnings call

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But I believe that this complementary product is the best in the market as far as the hand free category
Moreover, we keep our gross margin the highest in the industry, strong and steady at 84% for both Q4 and the full year, all while maintaining our established price structure for the platforms and for the consumable
Once again, we ended the quarter with a strong balance sheet
And we have improved dramatically the performance of the Morpheus8, which is, as everybody know, one of the biggest brand name in the medical aesthetic
Non-GAAP gross margins remained the highest in the industry and within our target range at 84% for both the fourth quarter and the full year of 2023
The second quarter is also strong, and the first quarter is in between
As I said before, the Board of Directors decided not to do buyback because of many reasons that I have explained before, but rather to keep the money to try to do M&A, more strategic M&A, which we believe will benefit the company much better than buying our own stock
And then you obviously have a very strong balance sheet
As Moshe mentioned, we are pleased with the successful launches of Envision and Define
However, we are pleased to have grown our full year revenue to a record of $492 million, reflecting an 8% increase compared to the full year of 2021
We have developed a very unique and very, I would say, breakthrough technology for new minimal invasive to be able to do plastic surgery with one incision point with revolutionary hand pieces
We take pride in being the only company in the industry that consistently generate over $100 million per quarter, demonstrating growth even in the face of a challenging year
So we're very, very encouraged, very, very encouraged
Both platforms have made significant progress in North America, gaining traction amongst practices and patients
As regard to the Define, as you know, the first generation of the Define was the Evoke which was very successful when it was introduced during the COVID time because it enabled the doctor to do social distancing treatment without being in the room
If we look back at '23, obviously, the first half of '23 was still a very solid year, especially in the first quarter, but both quarters were solid
We introduced all this during the sales meeting of North America in the beginning of - at the end of January, and it was well accepted
We intend to bring some doctors from the United States and Canada who are luminary for us in this particular category, ophthalmology and bring them to do workshop in Europe so we can expedite the penetration process, but we're very encouraged with Envision
We are encouraged by the results from the soft launch of our Envision platforms last year, and we expect Envision to expand outside the U.S
InMode continue to innovate, bringing new and exciting products to the market
We see that the doctors and the users are happy with the results
I hope 2024 will be a better year for us
For full year 2023, revenue totaled a record $492 million, an increase of 8% compared to 2022
And everybody was excited
We will help to using our strong balance sheet, as Yair said and I said to help the leasing company or share the risk with them to expedite the process of clearing transaction for the doctors
Among our global contributors, Asia and Europe were the primary drivers fueling our growth rate
So the only thing that we can say is we expect some improvement in the situation of the macro look sometime in the second half of the year, not in the first year of the year
And the first half of 2023 was with the right momentum
The fourth quarter is the strongest one
Additionally, capitalizing on this lower year and our robust balance sheet, in 2023, we expanded our R&D activity by hiring more engineers and recruiting training professional
       

Bearish Statements during earnings call

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This resulted in 5% year-over-year decline in Q4 revenue, which amounted to $126.8 million
The second half of 2023 presented challenges for InMode for their aesthetic industry as all and to the aesthetic -- and to the surgical aesthetic sector in particular
This macroeconomic environment has also affected patients who are more sensitive to the price of the aesthetic treatment, resulting in lower underlying demand for our minimally invasive treatment
But as we mentioned, there is also some slowdown in the demand in the underlying market
In the fourth quarter, we revised our guidance for the first time in the history of the company due to the increased impact of the industry slowdown
It's a slowdown of the rate of growth
So with this - as Moshe mentioned, we do see some slowdown in the growth rate
So in the second half of the year, we start seeing some slowdown in the growth rate
We see some slowdown, not just in the equipment sales, but also we see some slowdown in the disposable sales because we believe that the slowdown affect the consumer as well and less people are going right now to do minimal invasive procedures, which is a little bit more effective than non-invasive procedure these days
So if I put all that kind of in the mix, it would seem to me that it's just a logical statement to say the first half of the year, probably down mid to upper single digits on a year-over-year basis from a revenue perspective
As everybody knows, we are facing a very challenging time in Israel
And as you noticed, they went down in the second half of the year, they did not report the second half, but in the first half of the year, they went down
Considering the anticipated slower market demand this year, we've implemented changes within our sales team in North America
The third quarter is the slowest one because of the summer
Although 2023 was not - I don't want to say that it was a tough year, but not a bad year
We're not doing cost cutting
But I'm sure you'll see that they did not grow this year
So it's in the high teens, but it's definitely lower than 40% - 40% that we saw in the first half of the year
On the opposite, they went down
Just curious, I know, Moshe, you mentioned January so far you haven't seen an improvement
   

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