IBEX Limited (“ibex”), a leading provider in global business
process outsourcing and end-to-end customer engagement technology
solutions, today announced financial results for its first quarter
ended September 30, 2023.
First Quarter 2024 Key
HighlightsGAAP Financials:
- First quarter revenue of $124.6
million was on the higher end of first quarter guidance, 2.5% less
than the prior year period mainly due to continued migration from
onshore to higher margin offshore regions.
- Net income increased to $7.4
million from $6.5 million in the prior year quarter. Net income
margins increased to 6.0%, from 5.1% in the prior year
quarter.
- Diluted earnings per share
increased to $0.39 from $0.35 in the prior year quarter.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures:
- Adjusted net income increased to
$7.6 million from $6.8 million in the prior year quarter.
- Adjusted earnings per share
increased to $0.40 from $0.36 in the prior year quarter.
- Adjusted EBITDA increased 6.2% to
$13.7 million, over the prior year quarter. Adjusted EBITDA margin
increased to 11.0%, up 90 bps over the prior year quarter and in
line with first quarter guidance.
Other Metrics:
- Net cash position improved to $61.1
million with total debt of just $1.0 million as of September 30,
2023 from $56.4 million as of June 30, 2023, due to strong free
cash flow generated throughout the quarter (see Exhibit 4 for
reconciliation).
- Repurchased 134,524 shares at a total cost of $2.0 million
in the first quarter, and a total of 419,136 shares through
November 8 at a total cost of $6.7 million fiscal year to
date.
- Four new client relationships were established in the
HealthTech, FinTech, and Technology verticals.
“We are pleased to report that we executed well
this quarter, delivering strong growth in profitability, cash flow,
and EPS, while revenue came in at the high end of our guidance,”
said Bob Dechant, CEO of ibex. “ibex continues to improve our
operating performance by executing on our strategy of shifting to
higher margin services and geographies, as demonstrated by our
fifth consecutive quarter of year-over-year adjusted EBITDA margin
expansion. Our sales pipeline continues to strengthen, as we remain
confident in our brand and our ability to win high profile new
clients, with four impressive new wins to start the year. In
addition, we continue to make significant progress on our
initiatives integrating generative AI and automation into our
delivery platforms, reinforcing our belief that these technologies
represent greater opportunity than risk for ibex.”
First Quarter Financial
PerformanceRevenue
- Revenue was $124.6 million, compared to $127.8 million in the
prior year quarter, a decrease of 2.5%. Revenues were impacted by
the continued shift of delivery from onshore to higher margin
offshore regions. 75% of revenue was delivered from these higher
margin regions in the current quarter, up from 70% in the prior
year quarter.
- Revenue growth in our HealthTech and Retail and E-Commerce
verticals was offset by a decline in our FinTech vertical.
Net Income and Earnings Per Share
- Net income increased to $7.4
million compared to $6.5 million in the prior year quarter. Diluted
earnings per share increased to $0.39 compared to $0.35 in the
prior year quarter. The increase was primarily the result of
stronger operating margins and interest income, partially offset by
higher tax expense.
- Net income margin increased to 6.0%
compared to 5.1% in the prior year quarter.
- Non-GAAP adjusted net income
increased to $7.6 million, compared to $6.8 million in the prior
year quarter. Non-GAAP adjusted diluted earnings per share
increased to $0.40, compared to $0.36 in the prior year quarter
(see Exhibit 1 for reconciliation).
Adjusted EBITDA
- Adjusted EBITDA increased to $13.7
million, compared to $12.9 million in the prior year quarter (see
Exhibit 2 for reconciliation), driven by stronger operating results
from higher capacity utilization and an increased mix of higher
margin nearshore and offshore delivery.
- Adjusted EBITDA margin increased to
11.0%, compared to 10.1% in the prior year quarter (see Exhibit 2
for reconciliation).
Cash Flow and Balance Sheet
- Cash flow from operations increased
to $8.7 million, compared to $5.6 million in the prior year
quarter.
- Capital expenditures were $2.1
million compared to $3.6 million in the prior year quarter.
- Free cash flow increased to $6.6
million, compared to $2.0 million in the prior year quarter (see
Exhibit 3 for reconciliation).
- Cash and cash equivalents improved
to $62.0 million and availability on our revolving line of credit
was $72.6 million as of September 30, 2023, compared to cash
and cash equivalents of $57.4 million and availability on our
revolving credit facilities of $71.9 million as of June 30,
2023.
- Net cash position improved to $61.1
million as of September 30, 2023 from $56.4 million as of June 30,
2023 (see Exhibit 4 for reconciliation).
“Looking forward to the remainder of 2024, we
are confident in the resiliency of our business, supported by the
client diversification and strategic vertical expansions we’ve
built over the preceding years. As a result of our solid start to
the year, we remain confident in our execution which is reinforced
by our reiteration of prior guidance and our share repurchase
program,” said Taylor Greenwald, CFO of ibex. “We believe our
recent client wins and strength of our pipeline will return ibex to
growth later in the year and position us well as we head into
fiscal year 2025.”
Fiscal Year 2024 Reaffirmed
Guidance
- Fiscal year 2024 revenue between $525 to $535 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA margin of approximately 13%.
- Capital expenditures of $15 to $20 million.
Conference Call and Webcast
InformationIBEX Limited will host a conference call and
live webcast to discuss its first quarter of fiscal year 2024
financial results at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time today, November 9,
2023. The conference e-call may be accessed here. We will also post
to this section of our website the earning slides, which will
accompany our conference call and live webcast, and encourage you
to review the information that we make available on our
website.
Live and archived webcasts can be accessed
at: https://investors.ibex.co/.
Financial InformationThis
announcement does not contain sufficient information to constitute
an interim financial report as defined in Financial Accounting
Standards ASC 270, “Interim Reporting.” The financial information
in this press release has not been audited.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We present non-GAAP financial measures because
we believe that they and other similar measures are widely used by
certain investors, securities analysts and other interested parties
as supplemental measures of performance and liquidity. We also use
these measures internally to establish forecasts, budgets and
operational goals to manage and monitor our business, as well as
evaluate our underlying historical performance, as we believe that
these non-GAAP financial measures provide a more helpful depiction
of our performance of the business by encompassing only relevant
and manageable events, enabling us to evaluate and plan more
effectively for the future. The non-GAAP financial measures may not
be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other
companies, have limitations as analytical tools, and should not be
considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our
operating results as reported in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”).
Non-GAAP financial measures and ratios are not measurements of our
performance, financial condition or liquidity under U.S. GAAP and
should not be considered as alternatives to operating profit or net
income / (loss) or as alternatives to cash flow from operating,
investing or financing activities for the period, or any other
performance measures, derived in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
ibex is not providing a quantitative
reconciliation of forward-looking non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA margin
to the most directly comparable GAAP measure because it is unable
to predict with reasonable certainty the ultimate outcome of
certain significant items without unreasonable effort. These items
include, but are not limited to, non-recurring expenses, foreign
currency gains or losses, and share-based compensation expense.
These items are uncertain, depend on various factors, and could
have a material impact on GAAP reported results for the guidance
period.
About ibexibex helps the
world’s preeminent brands more effectively engage their customers
with services ranging from customer support, technical support,
inbound/outbound sales, business intelligence and analytics,
digital demand generation, and CX surveys and feedback
analytics.
Forward Looking Statements
In addition to historical information, this
release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some
cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology
such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,”
“anticipate,” “intend,” “should,” “plan,” “expect,” “predict,”
“potential,” or the negative of these terms or other similar
expressions. These statements include, but are not limited to,
statements regarding our future financial and operating
performance, including our outlook and guidance, and our
strategies, priorities and business plans. Our expectations and
beliefs regarding these matters may not materialize, and actual
results in future periods are subject to risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
projected. Factors that could impact our actual results include:
general economic uncertainty in global markets and unfavorable
economic conditions, including inflation, rising interest rates,
recession, foreign exchange fluctuations and supply-chain issues;
geopolitical conditions, including developing or ongoing conflicts;
our ability to attract new business and retain key clients; our
profitability based on our utilization, pricing and managing costs;
the potential for our clients or potential clients to consolidate;
our clients deciding to enter into or further expand their
insourcing activities and current trends toward outsourcing
services may reverse; our ability to manage our international
operations, particularly in the Philippines, Jamaica, Pakistan and
Nicaragua; our ability to anticipate, develop and implement
information technology solutions that keep pace with evolving
industry standards and changing client demands, including the
effective adoption of Artificial Intelligence into our offerings;
our ability to recruit, engage, motivate, manage and retain our
global workforce; our ability to comply with applicable laws and
regulations, including those regarding privacy, data protection and
information security, employment and anti-corruption; the effect of
cyberattacks or cybersecurity vulnerabilities on our information
technology systems; our ability to realize the anticipated
strategic and financial benefits of our relationship with Amazon;
and other factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” described in our
periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”), including our annual reports on Form 10-K,
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and past filings on Form 20-F, and
any other risk factors we include in subsequent filings with the
SEC. Because of these uncertainties, you should not make any
investment decisions based on our estimates and forward-looking
statements. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation
to publicly update any forward-looking statements for any reason
after the date of this press release whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.
IR Contact: Michael
Darwal, EVP, Investor Relations, ibex,
michael.darwal@ibex.co Media
Contact: Daniel Burris, Senior Director PR and
Communication, ibex, daniel.burris@ibex.co
IBEX LimitedUnaudited
Consolidated Statements of Financial Position
|
September 30,2023 |
|
June 30,2023 |
Assets |
|
|
|
Current
assets |
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
62,029 |
|
|
$ |
57,429 |
|
Accounts receivable, net |
|
90,114 |
|
|
|
86,364 |
|
Prepaid expenses |
|
6,843 |
|
|
|
6,616 |
|
Due from related parties |
|
98 |
|
|
|
43 |
|
Tax advances and receivables |
|
6,201 |
|
|
|
5,965 |
|
Other current assets |
|
2,230 |
|
|
|
2,190 |
|
Total current
assets |
|
167,515 |
|
|
|
158,607 |
|
|
|
|
|
Non-current
assets |
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net |
|
37,890 |
|
|
|
41,151 |
|
Operating lease assets |
|
67,146 |
|
|
|
70,919 |
|
Goodwill |
|
11,832 |
|
|
|
11,832 |
|
Deferred tax asset, net |
|
4,340 |
|
|
|
4,585 |
|
Other non-current assets |
|
6,757 |
|
|
|
6,230 |
|
Total non-current
assets |
|
127,965 |
|
|
|
134,717 |
|
Total
assets |
$ |
295,480 |
|
|
$ |
293,324 |
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities and
stockholders' equity |
|
|
|
Current
liabilities |
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
$ |
18,240 |
|
|
$ |
18,705 |
|
Accrued payroll and employee-related liabilities |
|
32,913 |
|
|
|
29,360 |
|
Current deferred revenue |
|
5,921 |
|
|
|
6,413 |
|
Current operating lease liabilities |
|
13,014 |
|
|
|
13,036 |
|
Current maturities of long-term debt |
|
396 |
|
|
|
413 |
|
Due to related parties |
|
81 |
|
|
|
2,314 |
|
Income taxes payable |
|
3,161 |
|
|
|
3,020 |
|
Total current
liabilities |
|
73,726 |
|
|
|
73,261 |
|
|
|
|
|
Non-current
liabilities |
|
|
|
Non-current deferred revenue |
|
1,503 |
|
|
|
1,383 |
|
Non-current operating lease liabilities |
|
61,058 |
|
|
|
64,854 |
|
Long-term debt |
|
581 |
|
|
|
600 |
|
Other non-current liabilities |
|
2,573 |
|
|
|
3,262 |
|
Total non-current
liabilities |
|
65,715 |
|
|
|
70,099 |
|
Total
liabilities |
|
139,441 |
|
|
|
143,360 |
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders'
equity |
|
|
|
Common stock |
|
2 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
Additional paid-in capital |
|
206,323 |
|
|
|
204,734 |
|
Treasury stock |
|
(5,726 |
) |
|
|
(3,682 |
) |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
|
(7,207 |
) |
|
|
(6,312 |
) |
Accumulated deficit |
|
(37,353 |
) |
|
|
(44,778 |
) |
Total stockholders'
equity |
|
156,039 |
|
|
|
149,964 |
|
Total liabilities and
stockholders' equity |
$ |
295,480 |
|
|
$ |
293,324 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
IBEX LimitedUnaudited
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
|
Three Months Ended September 30, |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
Revenue |
$ |
124,609 |
|
|
$ |
127,805 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of services (exclusive of
depreciation and amortization presented separately below) |
|
88,196 |
|
|
|
96,153 |
|
Selling, general and
administrative |
|
23,040 |
|
|
|
19,305 |
|
Depreciation and
amortization |
|
5,042 |
|
|
|
4,677 |
|
Total operating expenses |
|
116,278 |
|
|
|
120,135 |
|
|
|
|
|
Income from
operations |
|
8,331 |
|
|
|
7,670 |
|
|
|
|
|
Interest income |
|
586 |
|
|
|
48 |
|
Interest expense |
|
(104 |
) |
|
|
(148 |
) |
Income before income
taxes |
|
8,813 |
|
|
|
7,570 |
|
|
|
|
|
Provision for income tax
expense |
|
(1,388 |
) |
|
|
(1,047 |
) |
Net
income |
$ |
7,425 |
|
|
$ |
6,523 |
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive
income / (loss) |
|
|
|
Foreign currency translation adjustments |
$ |
(701 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,677 |
) |
Unrealized loss on cash flow hedging instruments, net of tax |
|
(194 |
) |
|
|
(261 |
) |
Total other comprehensive
loss |
|
(895 |
) |
|
|
(1,938 |
) |
Total comprehensive
income |
$ |
6,530 |
|
|
$ |
4,585 |
|
|
|
|
|
Net income per
share |
|
|
|
Basic |
$ |
0.41 |
|
|
$ |
0.36 |
|
Diluted |
$ |
0.39 |
|
|
$ |
0.35 |
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average
common shares outstanding |
|
|
|
Basic |
|
18,287 |
|
|
|
18,141 |
|
Diluted |
|
18,898 |
|
|
|
18,641 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
IBEX LimitedUnaudited
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
|
Three Months Ended September 30, |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
CASH FLOWS FROM
OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
Net income |
$ |
7,425 |
|
|
$ |
6,523 |
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
operating activities: |
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
5,042 |
|
|
|
4,677 |
|
Noncash lease expense |
|
3,225 |
|
|
|
3,554 |
|
Warrant contra revenue |
|
287 |
|
|
|
286 |
|
Deferred income tax |
|
244 |
|
|
|
292 |
|
Share-based compensation expense |
|
848 |
|
|
|
1,122 |
|
Allowance of expected credit losses |
|
11 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
Change in assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
Increase in accounts receivable |
|
(3,792 |
) |
|
|
(6,891 |
) |
Increase in prepaid expenses and other current
assets |
|
(1,256 |
) |
|
|
(143 |
) |
Increase in accounts payable and accrued
liabilities |
|
206 |
|
|
|
869 |
|
Decrease in deferred revenue |
|
(372 |
) |
|
|
(1,265 |
) |
Decrease in operating lease liabilities |
|
(3,184 |
) |
|
|
(3,464 |
) |
Net cash inflow from operating activities |
|
8,684 |
|
|
|
5,562 |
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM
INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
Purchase of property and equipment |
|
(2,052 |
) |
|
|
(3,558 |
) |
Net cash outflow from investing activities |
|
(2,052 |
) |
|
|
(3,558 |
) |
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM
FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
Proceeds from line of credit |
|
37 |
|
|
|
9,355 |
|
Repayments of line of credit |
|
(89 |
) |
|
|
(14,000 |
) |
Repayment of debt |
|
— |
|
|
|
(2,686 |
) |
Proceeds from the exercise of options |
|
5 |
|
|
|
21 |
|
Principal payments on finance leases |
|
(88 |
) |
|
|
(80 |
) |
Purchase of treasury shares |
|
(1,832 |
) |
|
|
(276 |
) |
Net cash outflow from financing activities |
|
(1,967 |
) |
|
|
(7,666 |
) |
Effects of exchange rate difference on cash and cash
equivalents |
|
(65 |
) |
|
|
(318 |
) |
Net increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
|
4,600 |
|
|
|
(5,980 |
) |
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning |
|
57,429 |
|
|
|
48,831 |
|
Cash and cash
equivalents, ending |
$ |
62,029 |
|
|
$ |
42,851 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
IBEX
LimitedReconciliation of GAAP Financial Measures
to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
EXHIBIT 1: Adjusted net income and
adjusted earnings per shareWe define adjusted net income
as net income before the effect of the following items: warrant
contra revenue, foreign currency gains, and share-based
compensation expense, net of the tax impact of such
adjustments. We define adjusted earnings per share as adjusted
net income divided by weighted average diluted shares outstanding.
The following table provides a reconciliation of net income to
adjusted net income and diluted earnings per share to adjusted
earnings per share for the periods presented:
($000s, except per share
amounts) |
Three Months EndedSeptember
30, |
|
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
Net
income |
$ |
7,425 |
|
|
$ |
6,523 |
|
Net income
margin |
|
6.0 |
% |
|
|
5.1 |
% |
|
|
|
|
Warrant contra revenue |
|
287 |
|
|
|
286 |
|
Foreign currency gains |
|
(797 |
) |
|
|
(849 |
) |
Share-based compensation
expense |
|
848 |
|
|
|
1,122 |
|
Total
adjustments |
$ |
338 |
|
|
$ |
559 |
|
Tax impact of
adjustments1 |
|
(189 |
) |
|
|
(284 |
) |
Adjusted net
income |
$ |
7,574 |
|
|
$ |
6,798 |
|
Adjusted net income
margin |
|
6.1 |
% |
|
|
5.3 |
% |
|
|
|
|
Diluted earnings per
share |
$ |
0.39 |
|
|
$ |
0.35 |
|
Per share impact of
adjustments to net income |
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
0.01 |
|
Adjusted earnings per
share |
$ |
0.40 |
|
|
$ |
0.36 |
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average
diluted shares outstanding |
|
18,898 |
|
|
|
18,641 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EXHIBIT 2: EBITDA, adjusted
EBITDA, and adjusted EBITDA margin
EBITDA is a non-GAAP profitability measure that
represents net income before the effect of the following items:
interest expense, income tax expense, and depreciation and
amortization. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP profitability measure
that represents EBITDA before the effect of the following items:
interest income, warrant contra revenue, foreign currency gains and
share-based compensation expense. Adjusted EBITDA margin is a
non-GAAP profitability measure that represents adjusted EBITDA
divided by revenue. The following table provides a reconciliation
of net income and net income margin to adjusted EBITDA and adjusted
EBITDA margin for the periods presented:
|
Three months ended September 30, |
($000s) |
|
2023 |
|
|
|
2022 |
|
Net
income |
$ |
7,425 |
|
|
$ |
6,523 |
|
Net income
margin |
|
6.0 |
% |
|
|
5.1 |
% |
|
|
|
|
Interest expense |
|
104 |
|
|
|
148 |
|
Income tax expense |
|
1,388 |
|
|
|
1,047 |
|
Depreciation and
amortization |
|
5,042 |
|
|
|
4,677 |
|
EBITDA |
$ |
13,959 |
|
|
$ |
12,395 |
|
Interest income |
|
(586 |
) |
|
|
(48 |
) |
Warrant contra revenue |
|
287 |
|
|
|
286 |
|
Foreign currency gains |
|
(797 |
) |
|
|
(849 |
) |
Share-based compensation
expense |
|
848 |
|
|
|
1,122 |
|
Adjusted
EBITDA |
$ |
13,711 |
|
|
$ |
12,906 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA
margin |
|
11.0 |
% |
|
|
10.1 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EXHIBIT 3: Free cash flow
We define free cash flow as net cash provided by
operating activities less capital expenditures.
|
Three months ended September 30, |
($000s) |
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
Net cash provided by
operating activities |
$ |
8,684 |
|
$ |
5,562 |
Less: capital
expenditures |
|
2,052 |
|
|
3,558 |
Free cash
flow |
$ |
6,632 |
|
$ |
2,004 |
|
|
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EXHIBIT 4: Net cashWe define
net cash as total cash and cash equivalents less debt.
|
September 30, |
|
June 30, |
($000s) |
2023 |
|
2023 |
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
62,029 |
|
$ |
57,429 |
|
|
|
|
Debt |
|
|
|
Current |
$ |
396 |
|
$ |
413 |
Non-current |
|
581 |
|
|
600 |
Total debt |
$ |
977 |
|
$ |
1,013 |
Net cash |
$ |
61,052 |
|
$ |
56,416 |
1The tax impact of each adjustment is calculated using the
effective tax rate in the relevant jurisdictions.
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