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| I don't know that it would be dramatic changes to the go-to-market approach because I think we feel like that approach really benefits us in terms of new business wins, retention rates, cross-sell and up-sell capabilities |
| Looking further back, our 3Q 2023 revenues grew at a 15% CAGR over the past 3 years since 2020, demonstrating strong segment quarter we've delivered through this cycle |
| In Q4, we also expect revenue growth to meaningfully improve because of easing comps in our base business |
| We're continuing to see really good opportunities in all markets and all verticals around the world |
| As we mentioned in previous quarters, we will benefit in Q4 from a significant number of larger new clients that have gone live as a result of our industry-leading innovation and sales engine |
| So we were pleased to see that improvement |
| In the third quarter we delivered revenues of approximately $181 million, including strong year-over-year trends within new client growth, up-sell and cross-sell and customer retention |
| However, thus far in Q4, we have seen an improvement in our year-over-year based trends, leading us to expect that the fourth quarter will see year-over-year total revenue growth at the midpoint of our revised guidance range |
| We're particularly optimistic about growth from new clients where we expect to return to our long-term target range of 7% to 8% by year-end |
| While cyclical hiring trends will come and go, the long-term health of this industry and our business is exciting |
| We continue to see a solid growth in items within our control, including new client wins and up-sell/cross-sell and we expect an improvement in those revenue drivers from Q3 to Q4 |
| Our guidance reflects the expectations for substantial margin expansion in Q4 of approximately 170 basis points to 26%, driven by our revenue growth, the benefits from our cost actions ramping and easing of year-over-year margin comps |
| Our Q3 adjusted EBITDA margin was in line with our prior expectations despite the revenue shortfall, a result we are very proud of and which was driven by our progress on cost optimization efforts |
| We expect these strategic initiatives centered around focused automation, efficiency and process re-engineering to result in a stronger, more scalable and more profitable company for the long-term |
| Over the long term, we are targeting 9% to 11% organic revenue growth levels with margins expanding to 29% to 32% plus and adjusted net income growth of 15% to 20% per year |
| Our culture of innovation, technological excellence and elevated client experiences, once again enabled strong results in Q3 on the revenue drivers in our control |
| Even in the absence of revenue growth this year, we expect 2023 to be a healthy step towards achieving our profitability targets |
| We have achieved this double-digit growth from these two factors for 12 of the past 13 quarters, which is a compelling reflection of the market share gains we have been able to consistently generate regardless of the macro environment |
| During the third quarter, we saw increased win rates, more signed enterprise logos and improving customer retention year-over-year |
| We think that continues to benefit us in the new business generation and the cross-sell/up-sell, so investing in things like identity and monitoring |
| What we've seen so far in Q4 is actually consistent with the guidance that we've provided here today, which is a -- an improvement, which is what we had expected all along in Q4 based on the comp from last year |
| clients by enhancing and otherwise manual fulfillment process and greatly improving turnaround times |
| We plan for these initiatives to drive permanent reductions in our cost profile and position the company to scale efficiently and profitably over the long-term, creating the foundation for significant margin expansion when our base revenues inflect positively |
| So I think, first of all, we're pleased with where we are on our cost optimization efforts in terms of achieving the $10 million in savings that we had targeted for this year and expect to achieve that as well as the $25 million run rate saves that we expect to have as we go into next year and expect to fully achieve those somewhere in the beginning part of the year |
| So it really is the comp that's helping there along with stronger performance on new business, cross-sell/up-sell and maintaining our industry-leading retention rate |
| This positive outcome was a direct result of continued progress on our cost optimization initiatives and financial discipline |
| That is exciting and that's something that we think could drive both efficiency and cost savings that could be significant |
| As we look to the future, we see strong evidence that we can continue executing on the organic revenue drivers in our control |
| In particular, we are excited by our robust opportunity pipeline representing new clients, up-sell and cross-sell deal both in the U.S |
| So we're seeing intelligent document extraction as a really exciting opportunity for us in terms of both using a combination of bot and AI to do that |
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| These organic results were below the expectations we provided on our August earnings call due to softness in base hiring volumes in the second half of the third quarter, driven by continued macro choppiness |
| At the same time, our Q3 revenues came in below our prior expectation due to lower base hiring volumes resulting from a softer macro than we anticipated in the second half of the quarter |
| Our third quarter adjusted EBITDA was $47.6 million, a 10.4% decline compared to last year due to the base revenue declines |
| In the third quarter of 2023, we had adjusted net income of $25 million or $0.26 per diluted share, representing a year-over decline in adjusted EPS of 10% |
| And what we saw in the last half of Q3, really kind of mid-August through the end of September was that the base growth was worse than we expected and it led us to have a minus 17% on base growth in the quarter |
| Peter Walker And Mark, if we look back at 4Q of '22, that was the first time the base growth went negative for us, and that was negative in the low double-digits |
| During the third quarter of 2023, reported revenue was approximately $181 million, a 9.4% decline compared to the third quarter of 2022 on a reported basis and a 11.9% decline on an organic constant currency basis |
| Specifically, we expected base revenue to be down approximately 10% year-over-year, but base revenue remained down in the mid-double digits for Q3 comparable to our trend in the first half of the year |
| Adjusted EBITDA of $186 million to $191 million, representing year-over-year decline of 4% to 6% and adjusted net income of $95 million to $99 million represent a year-over-year decline of 7% to 11% |
| We saw softness in some verticals, including financial and business services, industrials and tech and media |
| And obviously, Q4 of last year was the first quarter where we saw a significant decline in the base, the first time, honestly, since 2020 that we saw that |
| So I think what we're seeing was the macro itself actually get a little bit worse in the back half of Q3 than what we expected |
| Our revenue guidance range includes full year organic constant currency revenue decline of 7% to 8.5% |
| For 2023, we expect to generate revenues of $720 million to $730 million, representing a year-over-year decline of 4.5% to 6% |
| We're not expecting the volumes to improve at all through Q4 |
| Free cash flow year-to-date was approximately $51 million, a 12% decrease from the prior year period |
| This year-over-year change was primarily driven by the decline in adjusted EBITDA with a lower tax rate, offset by higher interest expense |
| So I think as we shared in the prepared remarks, we have been expecting the base growth to still be down double-digits, around 10% in Q3 |
| We expect -- and that was based on what we had been seeing in early August, as we had shared on the call because we had seen June and July have kind of a drop off as well |
| And also, I would say that from our perspective, the cost of acquisition of those smaller clients is something that's unattractive |
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