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| We've been the beneficiary of continued growth and opportunity in serving Google indeed around helping them on the generative AI front, as I mentioned in my prepared remarks earlier, Stephanie, and previously Bard, now [indiscernible], we're quite proud of and excited about the participation role that we had there and continue to have |
| And for those of you celebrating it, Happy Lunar New Year and the Year of the Dragon bring all of us and our families good health and happiness |
| Adjusted EBITDA was $164 million in the fourth quarter, a year-over-year increase of 4%, benefiting from the favorable impact of our cost efficiency efforts and certain other favorable items, including vendor volume rebates, lower variable incentives and favorable customer mix in the quarter |
| We also saw strong growth in Central America, where revenues increased 26% in Q4 and 24% -- and 23% rather for the full year, driven by TELUS along with certain technology clients and growth in AI Data Solutions |
| In the fourth quarter, TI grew revenues 10% year-over-year, and importantly, saw a continued improvement in our adjusted EBITDA margin to exit the year at 23.7%, demonstrating the efficacy of our cost efficiency programs that we discussed over the past two quarters |
| Revenues in North America grew by 27% year-over-year in Q4 and 28% for the full year, driven by growth in Google, expanded volumes from our parent company, TELUS Corporation and its business units as well as the addition of WillowTree Clients across several industry verticals |
| We will continue to deliver strong profitable growth and free cash flow yield as the demand environment recovers |
| TELUS also continues to drive year-over-year growth in our health vertical, which was up 83% in the quarter and an impressive 174% for the full year |
| Moreover, our team at WillowTree continues to gain incremental market share in the financial services vertical, in which we already count numerous Fortune 500 brands as clients |
| Our parent company, TELUS Corporation, continues to drive growth in our communications and media verticals with quarterly revenues increasing 21% year-over-year, while growing at 11% for the full year |
| And as we said we would, we exited the year with a margin profile much closer to our historical average with improved cost base that sets us up much better for the year ahead |
| Taken in the context of a very challenging year, this is a solid result supported by the expansion in services provided to existing clients like TELUS Corporation and Google amongst others and the addition of new clients |
| We see that as a very, very exciting opportunity going forward |
| And in terms of service line, again, we think all four service lines will see meaningful improvement, particularly in the back half of the year |
| Just as importantly, I've admired Vanessa's indefatigable work ethic, exceptional intellect, expertise and insights, as well as her ability to forge and sustain excellent relationships with our stakeholder community |
| And that's again why I continue to be optimistic about our opportunity, given the credentials we have, the experience we have and the head start we garnered in terms of investing in tools and technology, where again, you've heard me say this before, drinking our own champagne, eating our own gourmet cooking |
| The solution our WillowTree team worked on demonstrates the power of GenAI in enhancing customer service and empowering customers with a robust conversational financial literacy tool |
| In terms of industry verticals, again, we're seeing really exciting growth in healthcare |
| I have tremendous confidence in the company's leadership team, its strategy and future prospects and wish everyone at TI continued success |
| We believe our robust cash flow profile will continue to drive further deleveraging through 2024 |
| Indeed, our compound annual growth rates from 2020 to 2023 has been remarkable, and I'm honored to have been a part of that, while further building our foundation for the future |
| It has been an absolute honor to serve as CFO of TELUS International for the last three and a half years and to have helped to guide its resilient financial profile |
| It's these tangible contributions by our team members and making our communities better that truly inspired me and are foundational to our differentiated culture at TI and reflect our broader approach to sustainability |
| We do have a very strong and robust market as we've discussed many times in the past |
| We've been seeing solid momentum in working with hyperscalers such as Google, in particular, in supporting the development of their large language models to enhance their respective GenAI products and services |
| And those of you who've been following our story since our IPO debut will remember that I have been lamenting our failure to have better success in the growth there, and I am so excited about what we derived last year, not just exclusively, but in fairness, significantly off the back of enabling TELUS Health and we then being able to repurpose that experience and expertise on behalf of other health care providers as well |
| Leaving aside the other top two, we continue to see an exciting and robust landscape for growth, particularly around next GenAI enabled solutions in particular and our significant increase in investment in sales, marketing, solution, entire ecosystem to grow our capability is really a bit of a push me pull you in terms of a belief and a confidence and observation that this is going to be a target rich fertile environment for growth |
| And we continue to believe that we have a meaningful opportunity to participate in that ecosystem, as a consequence of our skills, experience, scale and in particular, our bifurcated but concurrent focus not just on the efficacy of the outcomes we can produce through the use of our digital first responders, but our focus on the wellness of that digital first responder community as well, which again, I think is a source of differentiation and competitive advantage |
| I think we will recognize that technology and patient experience excellence is going to be how we solve the world's challenges around affordability and access for healthcare, and the EAP solutions that TELUS provides in particular via its LifeWorks acquisition that we think is going to be a fantastic engine for continued growth across the board |
| But outside of that, we continue to believe in the thesis that underpinned our investment back four years ago now, that got us into content moderation at scale, with tools and platforms and capabilities, and we continue to see meaningful upside opportunities there |
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| For the full year, revenue declined 6% due to a reduction in service volume from the aforementioned client |
| Finally, and as expected, we saw a year-over-year decline in revenue from Europe of 8% in Q4 and 7% on a full year basis |
| Much like our industry peers, we remain cautious given the ongoing challenging demand environment, with delayed decision making expected to continue, contributing to headwinds in Q1 and Q2 in particular, while we're hopeful to start seeing broader demand improvement in the second half of 2024 |
| For the full year, adjusted net income decreased by 24% to $252 million, while adjusted diluted earnings per share was $0.91, a decrease of 26% |
| This growth was tempered by meaningfully lower revenues from one of our largest clients, a leading social media company, as well as a global financial institution client |
| Adjusted net income in the Q4 was $72 million, a decrease of 24%, while adjusted diluted earnings per share was $0.26, a decrease of 26% year-over-year largely as a result of the higher operating expenses, interest expense and tax expense outpacing revenue growth |
| Adjusted EBITDA margin for the year was 21.5%, a contraction of 310 basis points from the prior year due to the previously mentioned cost imbalances, which were partially offset by cost efficiency efforts initiated in Q2 2023 and realized during the second half of the year |
| For the full year, adjusted EBITDA was $583 million, a decrease of 4%, primarily due to the increase in salaries and benefits, outpacing revenue growth resulting from lower utilization of team members in certain regions and changes in our revenue mix |
| But right now it is still a challenge |
| For the full year, e-commerce and fintech revenue declined due to a decline in service volumes during the first half of the year, which subsequently improved during the second half of the year |
| While the macro environment remains challenging and the sentiment across our industry is still cautious |
| And, as we just said and I as I shared in my prepared remarks, we are expecting a bit of a decline, continuing in that third largest client |
| We're sort of anticipating uplift across the board, the only area of continued softness through 2024 that is reflected in our guide is really Europe |
| And goodness, you can't read a news article today without seeing someone somewhere talking about the shifting regulatory landscape, the understandable sensitivity and concern about the impact of content on the audience, not just for the youth of the world, but for all of us |
| We don't expect, the growth in TELUS to slow down |
| Looking at our top three clients, revenue from TELUS and Google increased 31% and 32%, respectively in Q4, while revenue from our third largest client, a leading social media network, declined 31% year-over-year |
| For that particular sort of larger client, I would step it down a little bit from the Q4 exit rate because we think there'll be a bit more softness there, and then apply whatever is left to the balance of the client account |
| In Q4, our income was $14 million and our effective tax rate was $26.9 million compared with a negative ETR of 9.7% rather in the same quarter of the prior year, primarily due to a change in the foreign tax differential |
| Acquisition, integration and other charges in the fourth quarter were $7 million a decrease of 70%, while for the full year were $55 million up 38%, primarily due to expenses associated with our cost efficiency efforts, which included stock reduction to address lower service volume and acquisition and integration costs incurred in connection with our recent acquisition |
| I think, we are going to refrain from guiding by client |
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