Earnings Sentiment

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Bullish Statements during Earnings call

Statement
We had an excellent quarter, delivering fourth-quarter revenue of $45.7 million, reflecting 21.2% growth year-over-year
Increased employee engagement has translated into improved customer satisfaction and overall business performance
Powerful integrations and a seamless and personalized adoption journey will result in increased value for our customers, better customer retention, and more advocacy for our brand
This represents a $2.9 million improvement due to revenue acceleration and operating efficiencies
We are very pleased with the results here, and focusing on efficiency in all areas of our business, with gross and operating margins improving every single quarter throughout the year
We are pleased with our progress
So, the customer's businesses are doing well
We saw good customer volume growth
Weave delivered another strong quarter, capping off a terrific year in which we saw continuous quarterly improvements in revenue growth rate, gross and operating margin, adjusted EBITDA, free cash flow, and customer acquisitions
Since the release, we've seen strong demand for this integration from both new and existing customers
This is the fourth consecutive quarter of an accelerating year-over-year growth rate
We also exceeded the top end of our revenue guidance for the eighth quarter in a row
Our continued acceleration in revenue growth was driven by the addition of new customers at higher average sales prices, increased payments attach rate, and higher net expansion within existing customers
As mentioned earlier, integration with patient management systems strengthen our product market fit and is another key to success in this focus area
Gross margin reached 69.7%, 300 basis points higher than Q4 of last year, marking the eighth consecutive quarter of gross margin improvement
Our operating margin improved to negative 6.8%, a significant improvement over the negative 21.8% in 2022
To conclude, I'm incredibly proud of all of our team accomplished in Q4, capping off an excellent year
Our Q4 results showed significant improvement across the board
You saw in Q4, the business continued to do well
On a monthly and quarterly basis, we are already seeing NRR improving, and we expect to see our reported metric improve in 2024, primarily due to positive adoption of payments and software upsell
In 2023, total revenue grew by 19.9% to $170.5 million, and our gross margin improved to 68.7%, up from 63% last year
And we saw that effort payoff as our year-over-year revenue growth rates grew each quarter, 18.9% in Q1, 19.3% in Q2, 20.2% in Q3, and 21.2% in Q4
Thanks for the question, and good to see another strong quarter
I'm extremely proud of our team, and it is -- this is again a strategic focus area for 2024
And so, I would say we're in a very good place there
The corresponding operating loss margin of 3.8% is a significant improvement from the operating loss margin of 11.2% last year
Our engineering and operating teams are focused on providing an exceptional customer experience and doing so while remaining efficient and expanding our margins
Our growth rate in payments is still significantly higher than our total revenue growth rate, and we continue to see strong demand for our subscription products, which had improving growth rates throughout 2023
We delivered an experience that continues to solve real problems for our customers, and we have an incredible team that is engaged in firing on all cylinders
In 2023, our customer MPS improved significantly throughout the year
       

Bearish Statements during earnings call

Statement
We shared in previous earnings calls that in 2021 and 2022, employee attrition was a significant headwind to our business, a situation not unique to Weave
This compares to free cash flow of negative $3.8 million, and a free cash flow margin of negative 10% in the fourth quarter of 2022
As such, we expect to see a modest decrease in our year-over-year growth rate in Q1 versus our Q4 year-over-year growth due to lapping the initial impact that each of these initiatives had last year
So, sounds like you're going to be facing some tougher comps on the payment side, starting in 1Q
This is compared to a net loss of $3.7 million dollars or $0.06 per share last year
Our employee attrition rate decreased by nearly 50% from 2022 to 2023
Our net loss was $800,000 or $0.01 per share in the fourth quarter based on 69.7 million weighted average shares outstanding
So, the reason we introduced the concept of boomerang customer was really in response to a competitive question
I think that the -- you mentioned payments, but there the bigger actually piece of the difficult compare in Q1 has to do with the onboarding revenues that we recognized
And then one quick follow-up on specialty medical, a little surprised that actually is growing fast enough to overtake veterinarian
   

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