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| Our mark leading position has been built on our first-mover advantage, scale and customer trust and will continue to be strengthened by innovative products and customer focus |
| We remain encouraged by bookings ARR being above $5 million for the second quarter in a row and bookings ARR ARPU exceeding $8 for the third consecutive quarter |
| Our strong cash and balance sheet position allow us to deploy cash prudently to generate highly attractive returns for shareholders while maintaining sufficient liquidity for ample financial flexibility |
| For the calendar year 2023, total gross profit increased to $49.5 million from $1.3 million in 2022 and total gross margin improved to 21% from 1% |
| In short, we remain extremely optimistic about prospects for growth in the coming years |
| SaaS margins, a part of hosted services improved to 76%, an increase from 71% a year ago |
| Since then, we have steadily improved quarterly operating results, consistent revenue growth, expanding margins and tight control of operating expenses |
| Posted services contributed $11.4 million of gross profit and hosted services margin increased to 67%, up from 64% last quarter and 60% a year ago |
| Efficiencies in manufacturing, logistics and distribution continue to drive expanded margins and hardware |
| Adjusted EBITDA profitability was accomplished through deliberate strategic actions shaping how we operate and by focusing on our three sustainable competitive advantages, namely purpose-built hardware, open API software and robust end-to-end implementation and support |
| Operational improvements continued to drive gross margin expansion for hardware and hosted services |
| Our agnostic approach ensures we are able to provide remarkable and repeatable experiences for clients, while continuing to lead the way in innovation |
| That's why we're -- we remain excited about the back half of the year, as Daryl commented on |
| This creates a better experience for rental operators to maintain community and in-home functionality of smart devices, a smarter living experience for residents and a more efficient implementation process |
| Manufacturing SmartRent-owned hardware also gives us the opportunity to control cost, maintain rigorous quality standards and benefit from increased margins |
| These metrics demonstrate, however, to cross-sell and upsell our suite of products are starting to flow through to the P&L, which we expect to drive our path to the expansion of SaaS revenue and ultimately, greater shareholder value |
| And then we're able to draft behind that IoT at access control at other products as you're seeing from sort of the SaaS ARPU jump that we had, we're successful at sort of cross-selling on those |
| We've also booked a new Wi-Fi project should be, we believe, the beginning of a good real strong relationship with a customer for the back half of the year on both WiFi and IoT projects |
| By managing the entire implementation process from initial site surveys to expert implementation and support, we enable customers and the residents to achieve maximum benefits |
| We eliminate this and are the single phone call clients make, we have excelled in taking on complex projects in the rental industry with more than 90% of our implementations in retrofit units |
| And so while these are -- these projects are moving out of Q1 and Q2, I think it's really a net positive showing the momentum we're getting around our ability to sell and deploy WiFi and be really the only company that can do both an IoT and WiFi implementation at the same time |
| This past year has been a pivotal one for SmartRent as we continue our positive momentum as the leading provider of smart communities and smart operation solutions to the rental housing industry |
| In addition to competitive advantages, our commitment to expense control and reduction while optimizing operations, has established a solid financial foundation, upon which we will aim to continue to build in 2024 |
| From 2020 to the end of 2023, SMRT's competitive positioning has strengthened as evidenced by the growth in the metrics we report |
| Since then, we have incrementally improved quarterly operating results by delivering revenue growth, expanded margins and tightly controlling operating expenses |
| And while it's not ideal to have units move out of Q1 and Q2 really, if you look at the strength of the business, this is an incredibly positive thing that we're seeing |
| Q4 marked another quarter of continued strong execution |
| We believe investing in community WiFi now will enable us to deliver higher shareholder value while also capturing a sizable market share |
| Our strong balance sheet, coupled with achieving adjusted EBITDA profitability while sustaining a high growth rate, gives us the opportunity to invest in our company to maximize shareholder value |
| This was an increase of 7% sequentially and a 43% increase year-over-year that primarily resulted from increasing total units deployed to 720,000 and our expanded product line |
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| Bookings for the quarter were approximately $40 million, and there were approximately 42,000 new units booked, down 20% and 10%, respectively, from the previous quarter |
| And I think the only downside to that is that it slows down the IoT deployments |
| Can you help us understand what assumptions you're baking into the guidance across the different revenue buckets, hardware, professional services, SaaS? And on SaaS ARPU, in particular, the 550 ARPU this quarter has been, I'd say, relatively stagnant in the last two quarters despite the acceleration in the bookings metrics |
| So it looks like you're guiding to a 20% decline in revenue in the first quarter sort of breakeven profitability |
| As a reminder, in the first quarter of 2022, we had an adjusted EBITDA loss of $23.1 million |
| If you are a commercial operator managing tens of thousands of rental units, the maintenance logistics are replacing batteries annually can quickly become a drag on NOI |
| And -- but the actual cadence related to further deployment do cause some predictability issues with regards to software revenue |
| The reduction in bookings is primarily attributable to two factors |
| A common challenge in rental housing is at fatigue with operators having to drive multiple applications to support their operations |
| The only thing is that it's slow to get going |
| Total operating expenses were $22.8 million, a decrease of 3% from $23.5 million in Q3 and a decrease of 13% from $26.2 million a year ago |
| And if you think about an occupied unit and disruption of residents and construction going on around you, not fun to have that happen |
| Second, we are seeing some deferrals as certain customers are planning to purchase IoT concurrently with community WiFi |
| Accordingly, guidance for Q1 and full year 2024 are as follows: Q1 guidance for revenue of $47 million to $53 million and adjusted EBITDA of a loss of $1 million to positive $250,000 |
| Brett Knoblauch And then I guess on the recurring revenue duration, I think it was 2.6 years last or at the end of last year and a decline of 1.6 |
| I think there's a bit of an aberration caused by the mix of bookings that we had during the quarter |
| You've had, I think, some larger REIT’s trialing issues |
| One of the issues, if you will, that we're faced with on these projects is getting the fiber to the community, and there's often a couple of month delay between the signing of the contract when we can even begin the project |
| I know there's some seasonality and some are getting pushed back |
| But we expect the WiFi projects will have both longer sales cycles and longer project implementation time lines |
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