PowerFleet (AIOT) 8 Aug 212021 Q2 Earnings call transcript

Good morning, and welcome to PowerFleet’s Second Quarter 2021 Conference Call.

Joining us for today’s presentation is the Company’s CEO, Chris Wolfe; and CFO, Ned Mavrommatis.

Following their remarks, we will open the call for questions.

Before we begin the call, I would like to provide PowerFleet’s safe harbor statement that includes cautions regarding forward-looking statements made during this call.

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second our compared Turning of $XX.X to ‘XX. the quarter and sequentially XX% previous million XX% to of million results quarter. for Revenue from in increased QX to the last $XX.X year increased

This high-margin from revenue, revenue million for year-over-year XX% or Gross revenue the service to to or which gross second the last last $XX the year. to mentioned, year. $XX.X million future XX% total and margins increased XX% XX% XX%, of compared Service XX%, at QX $XX.X line prior recurring of $X.X from million for XX% Product Chris QX drives in which ‘XX in As QX last the with year-over-year the was increased gross in quarter of million revenue. margin of services strong quarter. compares million Product year. quarter was an second revenue $XX $XX.X XX% dollars in second total improvement for remained to quarter in year. million to of increased profit QX of year-over-year

$XX.X to were expenses. operating the and XX% from slight compared a of million, in decrease our to million turning expenses previous in million a Now increase Total the QX quarter. $XX.X XXXX $XX.X

of $XXX,XXX and basic QX share common or or improvement basic year. attributable stockholders share non-GAAP for per $X.XX from share. to GAAP $X.X last in in totaled diluted basic $X.XX $X.XX This an net ‘XX $X.XX Turning an net and per per is stockholders $X.X $X.X basic per to income income of and totaled attributable common loss or This quarter $X.XX Non-GAAP share. profitability of the to second diluted million million common or diluted last ‘XX QX was share stockholders net to net of improvement of $X.XX diluted for our to and million a measures. QX loss year. compared per per attributable

Our adjusted in of to an improvement QX XXXX compared a $X.X million, for million non-GAAP $X.X QX metric of EBITDA totaled adjusted EBITDA, last year.

the cash operations. we X months $X.X generated from During million of in XXXX,

positions $XX $XX At million had prepared quarter remain and cash capital working Chris? concludes equivalents we This and cash strong. million. liquidity remarks. in end, of my Our

Thanks, Ned.

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industrial Just wanted group. to circle back on the

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Yes.

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