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| We remain a very strong business in Europe and APAC and face less competition in those markets |
| We also saw strong growth in the capital business in the quarter, with revenue more than doubling year-over-year |
| We expect that by mid-fiscal 2025, the majority of our account managers will return to their traditional roles of selling software modules to existing customers and as a result, we expect software revenue growth to benefit in fiscal 2025 |
| Our Unified Payments initiative helped us deliver revenue of 239.7 million up 27% year-over-year and above the high end of our previously established outlook of between 232 million to 237 million |
| Adjusted EBITDA of 3.6 million also came in stronger than our outlook of 2 million, this is our second consecutive quarter of positive adjusted EBITDA performance |
| When removing the impact of share-based compensation expense, gross margin on subscription revenue was 77%, consistent with last quarter, thanks to a dedicated effort to consolidating cloud vendors and improved overall efficiencies |
| We found, because we have field reps today, and we found that the unit economics on a field reps customer that they signed are much better because they're much more efficient in going after our ideal customer profile |
| At this stage, I believe that Unified Payments has been a success and we're on track to end the year with GPV between 30% to 35% of GTV |
| Lightspeed Payments gross margin also improved thanks to an increasing mix of revenue coming from international markets where gross margins are better |
| But now we have enough kind of -- enough kind of time under our belt to know that these are really very good for Lightspeed and the unit economics are very good |
| In the quarter, revenue came in at $239.7 million, an increase of 27% year-over-year and ahead of our previously established outlook |
| And we undertook the necessary measures to achieve adjusted EBITDA profitability having now merged as a profitable company with strong organic revenue growth |
| And on that front we're seeing close rates that are strong adoption, that's strong |
| And so I just wanted to make this statement that we are really good at doing M&A and they've helped us tremendously over the years, and we now have really strong platforms that we couldn't have had without the M&A |
| And so for me, I'm very pleased that it's been many quarters now of true organic growth with easy to read organic growth |
| And I think maybe the last piece that I think is very interesting is Lightspeed Capital, where we are -- which commands a very strong growth margin |
| We are well positioned to benefit from this shift, and with payments now tightly integrated into the software platform and mandatory for all eligible customers, we believe our unit economics will only improve |
| Adjusted EBITDA in the quarter came in positive at $3.6 million |
| I think that the statement we wanted to make clearly is that these acquisitions have been very good for Lightspeed |
| This is much improved from an adjusted EBITDA loss of 5.4 million in the same quarter last year |
| Revenue and gross profit growth remained strong |
| We continue to deliver a very strong organic growth rate and achieve adjusted EBITDA profitability all while acquiring and integrating nine organizations |
| And that is the result of why churn hasn't ticked up, like we had forecasted because the customers are really seeing the benefit of having a full integrated payment solution |
| And then from a customer perspective, there's a ton of benefits that our customers are unlocking from having a fully integrated payment solution and our customers are seeing that as well |
| Two, our products are industry leading, especially for the more complex IGTV customers |
| At this stage, I'm highly confident that we will accomplish the goals we set ourselves at the beginning of the year, and particularly in the area of Unified Payments and profitability |
| In addition, we are pleased with the progress on our key performance indicators in the quarter |
| We continue to invest in our supplier network and remain highly confident it will be a significant differentiator for our retail platform as well as a valuable source of new revenue streams |
| I am very proud of everyone involved in Unified Payments |
| We achieved positive adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter in a row, and our goal is to continue to generate positive adjusted EBITDA |
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| GTV growth was more modest this year, owing to a challenging macro environment and given management's attention was focused on Unified Payments |
| It is also worth noting that our fiscal Q4 is our seasonally slowest quarter from a GTV perspective |
| Total adjusted gross margin, which excludes the impact of share-based compensation and related payroll taxes, came in at 43%, prior to the previous quarter and down year-over-year |
| I know transaction based gross margins have been on the decline given the lower referral fees |
| Churn rates in the quarter are still below the levels we had anticipated for Unified Payments and the vast majority of our overall customer churn is in the cohort of customers processing under 200,000 in annual GTV |
| Even though the holiday season was better than we had forecasted for last year it was still year-over-year growth was lower than we've seen historically at Lightspeed for the busy holiday season |
| But at the same time, they did not hinder our business momentum |
| As we focus on more complex higher GTV merchants, we expect the under 200,000 annual GTV cohorts to continue to decline |
| In January we actually saw similar levels in the retail side, but we saw larger declines when it comes to our U.S |
| And here as you know, we have planned for a slower adoption because it just simply puts more conservative markets |
| Referral fees continued to decline in the quarter as customers moved on to Lightspeed Payments |
| As expected, converting customers to payments in Europe and APAC will likely take longer than in North America |
| hospitality declines year-over-year |
| I know you called out some weakness relative to macro, but maybe I could clarify your comments, Asha, I think you said that the trends haven't improved into this quarter |
| Growing categories were partially offset by certain retail categories such as bike and home and garden that declined year-over-year |
| The benefits of combining payments with software are undeniable |
| And there are a couple of competing forces in there versus on the negative side, there's the declining residuals that come in at a 100% margin |
| As we churn off these lower value customers, we expect it will continue to impact our net location growth |
| If we exclude the growing capital business, overall, cash burn in the quarter was just under $5 million down from under $10 million last quarter |
| They have fewer users |
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