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| As Kevin mentioned, our balance sheet remains strong and provides us with the flexibility to invest in the business |
| These advanced product launches build upon our commitment to innovation and are expected to contribute to driving further growth for years to come |
| So Smarteq had a very strong position with the charging EV charging stations in the Nordic countries |
| Incoming orders improved in the quarter, driven in part by a large OEM customer increasing purchases as the higher-than-normal inventory levels began to decline |
| Scanning receiver incoming orders also increased and the revenue comparison is to a stronger-than-expected first quarter, as Kevin will highlight soon |
| Our talent is unmatched, and our solutions for antennas and industrial IoT devices and Test & Measurement solutions are recognized as best-in-class in the market |
| Incoming orders are increasing, and the underlying demand environment remains healthy |
| Our supply chain relationships remain strong |
| Our on-time delivery metrics remain high and our inventory is in a good position for the remainder of the year |
| We continue to make important progress with our industry-leading product launches, customer and distribution expansion and work to provide more components for our customer systems, which continue to serve as a foundation of our operational success |
| In addition, performance in the second quarter last year was very strong, impacting the comparison to that period |
| Moving to our third core growth strategy of increasing market share with existing customers by providing integrated solutions, we have enjoyed great success with providing our customers with the complementary products that leverage our expertise and antennas |
| Lastly, we are pleased to share that we received a large order from a European electric vehicle manufacturer, building backlog for the remainder of this year and into 2024 |
| We are pleased to report that customer supply chain issues are improving, which also contributed to the increase in orders |
| Due to continued improvement in logistical and operating costs relative to last year, coupled with a favorable shift in product and customer mix |
| We are encouraged that we continue to make strides in expanding our customer reach further penetrating and receiving large orders within electric vehicle, agriculture, construction and public safety markets to make it easier for customers to select the appropriate antenna for wireless routers we launched an online selector tool and expect to have the most comprehensive antenna selector tool in the market by the end of the year, which should increase antenna orders |
| As I mentioned, antenna incoming orders improved as supply chain headwinds began to ease |
| We see positive trends in some areas as we expect continued improvement in the inventory and supply chain headwinds that David mentioned previously |
| While there is on-going uncertainty around the global operating environment in 2023, we're confident in our ability to grow our product offerings and ensure we use the cash generated by the business in accretive and value-enhancing ways for our shareholders |
| We also saw a number of positive developments for our Test & Measurement business |
| Beginning with our innovative product launches, we are pleased to have announced multiple industry-leading products in the quarter, including the addition of 4G and 5G network monitoring capabilities to our SeeHawk Monitor product |
| Non-GAAP gross profit margin percentage for antennas and industrial IoT devices in the second quarter of 2023 improved by 6.5% compared to the second quarter of 2022 |
| And non-GAAP diluted earnings per share was $0.07 in the second quarter of 2023, exceeding our expectations of between $0.02 to $0.04, but was lower by $0.03 compared to the second quarter 2022 |
| We view the Edge Sensor as an exciting next step in PCTEL's evolution and the integration of our antennas with active components, including radios and sensors |
| Giacomo's experience and tenure added a great deal value to PCTEL |
| As I mentioned earlier, these include launching innovative wireless products expanding and leveraging distribution channels and increasing market share by expanding our reach and providing more components of the overall customer systems |
| We're not at the same scale as we are in Europe, but it does provide some excellent reference accounts |
| Q2 seemed to outperform initial guidance |
| Within Test & Measurement, I mentioned that we see ample opportunity within public safety markets and for 5G rollouts |
| We've been able to optimize the head count and lower that contact to get some lower operating costs from here |
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| Top line performance was in line with our expectations and the decline both on a sequential and year-over-year basis was due to lower revenues in both product lines |
| With lower antenna revenues for enterprise and public safety applications due to customer inventory levels as well as customer supply chain challenges and other system components |
| Test & Measurement revenues were $6.2 million for the second quarter of 2023 and 1.2 million lower compared to the second quarter of 2022, primarily due to lower OEM sales, which declined following a particularly strong first quarter |
| Total revenues were $20.6 million, essentially the midpoint of our guidance range and 17.6% lower compared to the prior year period |
| It is worth noting that these issues are starting to abate, but still impacted performance during the quarter |
| The decrease in earnings per share and adjusted EBITDA can be attributed to the lower sales volumes |
| Adjusted EBITDA decreased by approximately 33% to $1.7 million in the second quarter of 2023 compared to $2.6 million in the year-ago period |
| Revenues for antennas and industrial IoT devices were $14.4 million in the period, a decrease of roughly $3.2 million compared to the second quarter of 2022 |
| We also started to receive orders from a major material handling customer that have been delayed for more than a year |
| The non-GAAP gross profit margin percentage for Test & Measurement products was lower by 4.2% in the second quarter of 2023 compared to the second quarter of 2022 due to higher component costs |
| I know you mentioned mix as well as some logistic costs coming down |
| As previously noted, customers continue to work through temporary inventory issues, and there is still work to be done |
| While these forward-looking statements and projections reflect PCTEL's best current judgment, they are subject to risks and uncertainties, particularly related to global supply chain and logistics challenges, global political and economic circumstances, including inflation and a potential recession, ability to generate sales of our innovative new products, success of our expansion efforts in Europe, and ability to leverage our distribution channels that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements and projections |
| Operating expenses on a non-GAAP basis were $9 million in the second quarter of 2023, a decrease of $0.7 million compared to the second quarter 2022 |
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