Earnings Sentiment

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Bullish Statements during Earnings call

Statement
I'm very happy with our progress
So Energous' smart IoT strategy is showing very promising results and that our customers see the value offered by our IoT wireless power networks as evident by the 31 POC trial installations as of third quarter 2023
So we're very, very happy with what we see so far
Let me mention again that we believe that the best indicators of increased interest in Energous technology has a potential revenue in the future quarters is our POC growth status
Energous' smart IoT strategy is showing very promising results and our customers see the value offered by our IoT wireless power networks and evidence of this is the fact [Technical Difficulty]
We believe that this was driven by a growing appreciation of the value proposition of wire-free charging and Energous wireless power networks, which help them to overcome their cost and operational bottlenecks
As we continue to rollout POC deployments and gain experience and knowledge of the technology system capabilities of businesses in our target markets, we have improved the efficiency of our IoT wireless power network installations
We believe our POCs in these environments have generated efficiency and automation improvements that large-scale supply chains and logistics companies need nowadays
In summary, Energous is well positioned as the leader to execute our proprietary smart IoT strategy across wireless-powered networks within our chosen segments
Energous continues to successfully execute its smart IoT-centric strategy that we initiated in early 2022 when we reposition and we retargeted the company to develop IoT power charging products at a distance using the intellectual property, regulatory knowledge and the market experience that had been built by the company from the previous years of operation and which is backed by our 200-plus patent portfolio
By learning from each POC deployment, we are able to leverage our experience to shorten the installation times
Our continued focus on aligning our operations with our IoT vertical strategy and trimming access expenses has resulted in a positive trend in declining year-over-year net losses
We have been reporting a steady growth in POC deployments over the past year
So I'm very, very happy to see products to see certification and so on
Additionally, we continue to manage our OpEx tightly, making efficiency improvements as we progress and align the company further to our strategy
From our continued efforts and cost containment and improving operations efficiencies, we were able to decrease our quarterly cash burn rate to $3.9 million for Q3 2023
This important trial demonstrates the ability to integrate Energous technology into a broader system for real-time asset tracking in a logistics application across warehouses and trailers using digitized pallets and plastic containers
Finally, on the financial side, I am pleased to report that in Q3 2023, we recognized revenue of approximately $169,000 representing a growth of 44% over the prior quarter
These networks allow our customers greater placement freedom, mobility, security, and lower installation costs by removing the need for wires and batteries across RF-tags, electronic smart labels and sensor applications typically within a cloud-enabled environment
To summarize, Energous has been executing and making significant progress as we reposition and retarget the company on the smart IoT applications
Now I'm happy to report that we have 31 POCs across the U.S., Europe and Asia across multiple markets covering retail, industrial, medical and smart office, smart home represented a 15x increase in just one year
The revenue in the third quarter was approximately $169,000 and as mentioned by Cesar, this was a 44% increase from the prior quarter
Compared to the cash burns approximately – cash burn of approximately $5.7 million one year ago, which is over 30% improvement over last year
Veea product simplifies secured competing in a way that improves responsiveness and bandwidth cost while offloading central cloud dependency through a full range of connectivity options capable of bypassing current customer limited information infrastructure
This critical trial brought together several companies and their products, demonstrating the Energous capabilities to pre-RF-tags and sensors from wires and batteries in a real-time asset tracking logistics application using our wireless power network products
So we're very thankful to Ecobyte for allowing us to share those names and for all those companies that are well-known companies and large companies in Germany and Europe to allow us to stay and they are the ones that actually publicize
Energous and InPlay demonstrated a temperature and humidity IoT sensor solution using the 1-watt PowerBridge on the transmit side and the InPlay 100 SoC low energy beacon capabilities on our battery-free IoT sensor receiver
During this past quarter, Q3 2023, customer interest in our products accelerated
Revenue for the third quarter of 2022 was higher due to one-time bulk sale to a partner as we moved into the smart IoT-centric markets
The quarter-over-quarter increase compared to the second quarter of 2023 is mostly driven by the additional new proof-of-concept customers in Q3
       

Bearish Statements during earnings call

Statement
For the first nine months of 2023, we achieved revenues of $383,000, a decrease of 43% compared to the same period in 2022
Compared to the third quarter of 2022, revenue declined by 24%
This is a decrease in net loss of approximately $1 million compared to the prior quarter and $976,000 decrease compared to Q3 2022
To close, we expect our GAAP and non-GAAP cash operating expenses for full-year to trend downwards as we continue to find savings in costs and expenses to align our financial operations with our market strategy
Cost of revenue was $48,000 in Q3, a decrease of $34,000 compared to the prior period and $372,000 decrease compared to Q3 of 2022
Our Q3 net loss of $4 million or $0.36 loss per share on 4.6 million weighted average shares outstanding compared to Q3 2022, the net loss of $6 million or a $1.54 loss per share on 33.9 million weighted average shares outstanding
While incumbent warehouses tracking technologies have been useful, they have seen little innovation in recent decades
Net loss for the third quarter on a GAAP basis was approximately $4.1 million or an $0.86 loss per share on approximately 4.8 million weighted average shares outstanding
For the third quarter, total GAAP costs and expenses, which include the cost of revenue were $5.3 million, a $1 million decrease compared to the prior quarter
The significant decrease from the prior year is primarily due to a decrease in sale of higher-cost products to our partner, as mentioned earlier, and a decrease in the net realized value adjustments
Our non-GAAP net loss for Q3 was $4.2 million or an $0.89 loss per share, which includes a non-GAAP adjustment for $788,000 of other income for our warrant fair value adjustment in Q3
Total Q3 GAAP cost and expenses decreased by approximately $1.1 million compared to Q3 of 2022
I was just curious on the mechanics of those and what causes those bulk sales to happen
Cesar Johnston Yes, I'm sorry, but Polycom here was not behaving properly
   

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