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| We're excited by this recent development, and we're pleased that Amazon's review of our platform has confirmed our belief about the significant value it delivers |
| During that strategy call, we stated that we expected to finish 2023 with more than $25 million in revenue and better than breakeven adjusted EBITDA |
| But suffice it to say we're optimistic about the new developments we're seeing in both our authentication and Precision Logistics segments |
| We're pleased to support our customers as well as Amazon's efforts to combat counterfeit |
| I'm excited by the opportunity the company has and our shareholders have in 2024, we're a company with cash to fund our operations, we generate cash, and we have a proven tech stack that solves real problems that face consumers and companies in today's environment |
| So we feel very good about where we are from a go-to-market and from a pipeline perspective of integration of our platform into the large providers who are going to take it to the marketplace |
| It's good for the brand sold in the Amazon marketplace, it's good for consumers, and it should be very good for VerifyMe shareholders |
| Jeff Porter That's very exciting going forward because I think from an investor viewpoint, the way the company can be viewed is rather than a freight forwarder/logistics company as a value-added technology company in the authentication I think that's got a lot of sizzle to it, and it would be very attractive to investors because of the potential growth |
| During 2023, we improved the gross margin significantly for Precision Logistics |
| So the fourth quarter -- a very, very strong record third quarter gross margin, obviously |
| The net result for 2023 was the Precision Logistics segment experienced organic growth over our pro forma 2022 numbers, experienced a significant increase in gross margin dollars in 2023 versus 2024, including in Q4 2023 as compared to Q4 2022 |
| So the gross margin improvement has primarily been an effort of managing pricing and as well as driving efficiency into the business |
| In addition, I believe our Precision Logistics business is transforming into an efficient operation with a clear value proposition and a clear target market |
| I'm confident our strategy of integrating our authentication platform into the go-to-market strategy of key industry leaders will generate value |
| In addition, we've added 3 sales associates to the team within this segment to accelerate our growth by increasing awareness of our industry-leading technology stack |
| We also discussed that we're seeing those conditions improve, and we anticipate they will contribute to our organic growth in 2024 |
| In addition to that, we believe that we can provide meaningful support for Amazon's efforts to combat counterfeit products in the marketplace |
| We feel very comfortable |
| I completely agree with you that we should be able to generate leverage as revenue grows on the G&A side |
| So first off, I'd say we're excited |
| And I was expecting the fourth quarter gross margin to come down, but it held up -- it was much stronger than I thought as well |
| We finished 2023 with $25.3 million in revenue and $0.4 million in adjusted EBITDA, which was supported by very healthy profits in Q4, and Nancy will discuss those more |
| So hopefully, if we can drive the revenue there, and it becomes a greater percentage of our revenue mix, we could really see the gross margin expand going forward? Adam Stedham Absolutely |
| So as you start to apply the math and you start to look at the impact it would have is if we're successful, and we believe we will be successful at adding these brands, it could have a very significant impact on our run rate ARR going forward |
| So I'll simply conclude by saying, I'm excited |
| Now the company had positive cash flow from operations in 2023, as for Q4, our ending total cash was $3.1 million |
| I mean really, our product -- our product is ideally suited for customers that go from 5 million to 100 million units a year |
| My true sense is I think the overall market is very widely overvalued, which is why I look at companies like you during periods of time where you're not overvalued, but give a simple regression to the mean of the overall market valuation may give you an opportunity, even though your company will be doing well, an opportunity to repurchase your stock at a really attractive price |
| And as a result, our adjusted EBITDA increased by $1.2 million to positive $0.4 million for the fiscal year 2023 versus a loss of $0.8 million for fiscal year 2022, an increase by $0.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2023 to $1.1 million compared to $0.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2022 |
| Now I do anticipate our H2 growth rate to exceed our H1 growth rate |
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| We pointed out in our strategy call that the APAC portion of this segment had been experiencing challenges associated with difficult market conditions |
| Revenue on our authentication segment decreased from $1.4 million to $0.7 million for the fiscal year and from $0.8 million to $0.1 million in Q4 2023 due to a large order in Q4 2022 that did not recur in 2023 |
| During the fourth quarter, revenue decreased in our Precision Logistics segment by $0.3 million from $8.9 million to $8.6 million due to the discontinued relationship with some lower-margin customers in our proactive service revenue, partially offset by an increase in our premium service revenue |
| We're continuing to work with them around models if this is -- this is a very -- if you look at the press releases and this isn't related to FedEx alone, if you look at FedEx, UPS, if you look at the major freight companies, they're forecasting a challenging year in 2024 and so there's a lot of attention put on that |
| And this isn't a business that is just slow strategic year-over-year growth |
| Our net income for the quarter was less than $0.1 million versus $0.1 million in 2022 |
| Precision Logistics segment itself in terms of revenue mix and the actual kind of types of revenue or customer relationships you have, it makes sense that the fourth quarter kind of down year-over-year, just given that particular customer that was a proactive services customer |
| And really, we believe that our current pipeline is well below where it could be to drive more growth on the proactive side of the business |
| And right now, we have in our mind, there's certain no-brainer prices that we would buy our shares, and we think that they just grossly miss the mark on what our real value is |
| And for the fourth quarter, they decreased by $0.2 million to $0.3 million versus $0.5 million in 2022 |
| I'm wondering, well, it's gross margin, is there a chance gross margin actually expands going forward? Because I really assumed as Precision Logistics became a bigger part of the business that most likely that would continue to decline at least slightly |
| I don't see it retracting from here |
| So no real surprises, all good stuff |
| We continue to believe in the strategy, but it hasn't had a lot of progress thus far |
| I mean it's hard to set expectations when all you've done it right now is just rebuild the company in a lot of ways |
| Number two, while I know you wisely didn't want to rehash everything you did just 1.5 months ago |
| It should be understood that actual results could differ materially from those projected due to a number of factors, including those described under the forward-looking statements caption and on the Risk Factors of the company's annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q |
| You can expect some variability of gross margin in the Precision Logistics segment as shifts in customer mix and service offerings occur |
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